a quiet day lets us reflect on work in the time of AI
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.
Quiet, My Exoself
Someday real soon, most of us — starting with young adults — will carry an always-on AI.
Is there something it is like to be an AI?
Posted on Wednesday 2 Jul 2025. 1,593 words, 6 links. By Matt Webb.
"AI" and Productivity
[I keep bringing these up on Bluesky, so I think it’s time to gather them up and make a post out of them.] This is a collection of articles...
AI #169: New Knowledge
Even in a relatively quiet period, AI is out there creating new knowledge.
233. "The Illusion of Thinking" — Thoughts on This Important Paper
This is a fantastic paper. I just love it. tl;dr AI is not human. Anthropomorphization has been bad for AI, LLMs, and Chat. Clippy walked so today's AI could run.
AI #160: What Passes For a Pause
A lot happened, but by today’s standards this felt like a quiet week.
The Scaling Era: An Oral History of AI, 2019–2025
An inside view of the AI revolution, from the people an…
AI is now unpopular. That may not make a difference.
The Jevons Paradox of AI - Wesley's notes
Why AI can make us more productive but will never save us time
MMitchell on Twitter / X
If you haven't read this piece on language use in around AI, you definitely should. Great work from @emilymbender , @NannaInie and @peter_zukerman with solutions for what to call things we backoff to just anthropomorphising. pic.twitter.com/HxdA7Im57h— MMitchell (@mmitchell_ai) July 6, 2026
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