Abundance Has Its Own Perils
AI makes production abundant—but when output outpaces verification, attention, and discovery, genuine value can become harder to find.
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AI Writing
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The Imperfect Human vs. Almost-Perfect AI: Testing the Micro-Frictions of Nature
AI can explain why a technique works. But can it recognize when an imperfection must be preserved to create a better whole? Explore hunger, creative timing, chess, friction, and the limits of local optimization.
The Last Thing Humans Should Outsource to AI
AI can make our work better and faster. But what happens when we outsource the thinking that develops our own capabilities? A case for using AI as an amplifier, not a substitute for judgment.
ChatGPT’s Analysis of My Original Quotes
ChatGPT analyses original quotes conceived around 2016, revealing why AI must preserve the humour, emotion, and human touch that make writing memorable.
AI Is Brilliant. So Why Does It Keep Getting the Point Wrong?
AI is becoming extraordinarily good at doing things. Yet it can still misunderstand what a person actually means. The deeper problem may not be intelligence, but judgment: knowing what matters in the first place.
Podcast Episode: AI Will Help You Prove Yourself Right
AI can help us research faster—but it can also become an extraordinarily efficient confirmation engine. This podcast episode explores why better questions, adversarial checking and human judgment matter when AI produces persuasive research.
Podcast Episode: The Other AI Bottleneck: It Is Not the Size of the Wand, but the Skill of the Magician.
As AI models become more capable, the bottleneck may shift to the human operating them. This podcast episode explores why judgment, questioning, selection and AI musicianship determine how much useful work we actually extract from powerful models.
Podcast Episode: AI, Writing, And Human Judgment
AI may compress management layers, change the value of human expertise and alter how we write. This podcast episode connects those ideas through one question: who holds the judgment when machines hold the scale?
Writing Is a River
Good writing advice is everywhere. Be clear. Be concise. Use the active voice. Avoid clichés. Prefer simple words. Cut unnecessary words. But good writing is more than following rules—it is a process of thinking, revising and discovering what you actually mean.