AI’s Next Chapter Requires Human Expertise

AI as Normal Technology

A new paper that we will expand into our next book

The future belongs to those who can refute AI, not just generate with AI

Why verification, not prompting, could shape the next decade of engineering

The future of AI is already written

How physical and economic constraints determine which technologies get built, and why full AI automation is inevitable.

What AI is Really For - Christopher Butler

After three years of immersion in AI, I have come to a relatively simple conclusion: it’s a useful technology that is very likely overhyped to the

AI #169: New Knowledge

Even in a relatively quiet period, AI is out there creating new knowledge.

Software engineering may no longer be a lifetime career

I don’t think there’s compelling evidence that using AI makes you less intelligent overall1. However, it seems pretty obvious that using AI to perform a task means you don’t learn as much about performing that task. Some software engineers think this is a decisive argument against the use of AI. Their argument goes something like this:

AI is getting too advanced

More Than a Tool

What We Learned from a Year of Conversations About AI

Less is more, more or less

In the age of AI, knowing what not to build might be the most important skill of all.

Knowing less about AI makes people more open to having it in their lives – new research

People with less AI literacy often see the technology as ‘magical’ and awe-inspiring.

Knowing less about AI makes people more open to having it in their lives – new research

People with less AI literacy often see the technology as ‘magical’ and awe-inspiring.

How Americans see AI impacting human skills; its role in science, matchmaking, religion and more

Majorities don’t want AI to give advice about religion or love. But many say AI should help forecast weather, search for financial crimes, develop medicine and more.

AI can obviously create new knowledge

But maybe not new concepts