Some quick notes on a truly weird week.
AI #186: The World Takes Notice
In the wake of Jacob Coxon’s resignation, and the resulting preference cascade, things have escalated quickly.
AI Dry July: Aborted
Reflections on trying to go a month without AI. I made it two weeks (sort of). 5.2k words, 23 minutes reading time.
How the AI Writing Panic Is Making Us All Worse Writers
This applies to those who use AI to write and those who don’t
AI #158: The Department of War
This was the worst week I have had in quite a while, maybe ever.
AI #179 Part 2: Hearing The Fire Alarm
This is a continuation of Part 1 from yesterday.
AI #160: What Passes For a Pause
A lot happened, but by today’s standards this felt like a quiet week.
Researchers Studied What Happens When Workplaces Seriously Embrace AI, and the Results May Make You Nervous
Introducing AI in the workplace can create a vicious cycle that leaves employees overburdened and burned out.
AI #182: Pause For Reflection
This was a week of quiet aftermath, an opportunity to process recent events and start to figure out the path forward.
Why We Fear AI: On the Interpretation of Nightmares — Common Notions Press
Industry insiders Hagen Blix and Ingeborg Glimmer dive into the dark, twisted world of AI to demystify the many nightmares we have about it. They combine expertise in cognitive science and machine learning with political and economic analyses to cut through the hype and technobabble to show how fear
