Everybody’s talking about it; everybody’s tired of talking about it. Why aren’t we making more progress in the discussion?
How we use AI at Stalwart
It is difficult to have a conversation about software in 2026 without AI showing up in it. Two years ago the interesting question was…
AI is teaching us to speak like bots, and it’s a problem - Fast Company
AI is creeping into our everyday conversations, making us less patient and teaching us to 'prompt' others instead of talking to them.
The Thoughts The Civilized Keep
The hype around a new AI language generator reveals the sterility of mainstream thinking on AI today — and indeed on how we think about thinking itself.
AI Is a Waste of Time
The newest AI tools are accelerating basic research and scaring the general public. But many people are simply using them as toys.
All the ways I want the AI debate to be better
Ground truths, useful rules, ideas I'd like taken seriously, and a rant
Stop saying that AI is just a tool and it only matters how it is used
I’m tired of this phrase and this simple way of thinking about tools. This blog post is a wandering train of thought on the topic of what tools are and why it matters to be even slightly more mature in how we think about them.
The case against conversational interfaces
Conversational interfaces are a bit of a meme. Every couple of years a shiny new AI development emerges and people in tech go "This is it! The next computing paradigm is here! We'll only use natural language going forward!". But then nothing actually changes and we continue using computers the way w
AI is now unpopular. That may not make a difference.
The AI Question that No AI Person Asks
The AI Question that No AI Person Asks
We're Not Building AI Features for the Money
From the Zed Blog: Why Zed invests in AI, and the future we're building toward.
We Need to Know More About How AI is Affecting Mental Health
The public, mental health practitioners, and policymakers don’t know enough about the impacts of AI use on the human psyche, writes Chris Mills Rodrigo.
I don’t think we are close to “AI scientists”
Today's AI agents are not designed to extract deep insights from new observations.
People are using AI for their health crises, and no amount of screaming about it is stopping that. I started slowly drafting a piece about my experiences having long, slow conversations about AI practices in the patient communities I'm in, where I primarily stay just to provide scientific support
