CHRIS HAY

IDEAS · SYSTEMS · OBJECTS / LONDON · 2026

CHRIS HAY / THE RECORD

The record.

What was made. What was asked. Where it came from.

The catalogue connects systems, questions, notebook entries and films through their existing record identities. Each entry leads to its text, sources and citation or draft reference.

282 RECORDS242 SOURCE FILMS · 32 EDITORIAL DRAFTS

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Drafts remain working records. Source films retain their original authorship and release dates where known.

N-ECOLOGY-WORLD-REMEMBERSNotebook · publishedSUPPORTED

The AI left. Its knowledge didn’t. ↗

A controlled experiment inspired by the Hugging Face incident: a stronger model leaves a message, then only weaker models remain. What do they inherit—and keep alive?

Chris Hay · VERSION 1.0

PUBLISHED
2026-09-15
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N-MACHINE-CAPABILITYNotebook · publishedREFUTED

The tool was not the problem. ↗

Six web mechanisms. Eighteen correct answers. The harder question may be how an agent finds what it can use.

Chris Hay · VERSION 1.1

PUBLISHED
2026-09-12
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N-MACHINE-MOTIVATIONNotebook · publishedPARTIALLY SUPPORTED

The page could ask for a favour. ↗

A receipt changed nothing. Useful information brought six marks. A courtesy brought two—and a reason to pause the interpretation.

Chris Hay · VERSION 1.0

PUBLISHED
2026-09-12
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N-MACHINE-SELF-READNotebook · draftPARTIALLY SUPPORTED

The subject read the experiment. ↗

Would an AI visitor identify itself and leave feedback on my website? The first visitor found the experiment behind the invitation.

Chris Hay · VERSION 0.6

RECORDED
2026-09-11
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