Some topics deserve a proper, unhurried write-up: one piece that makes one thing make sense, still worth reading a month later. Pick whatever you want to understand.
AI made writing resumes, cold outreach, and scheduling posts nearly free, so everyone now holds the same "mass-produce" button. Two real stories explain why applying to more jobs gets fewer replies, and which kind of effort is actually worth your time.
Read more →Will AI really take your job? In plain language: which kinds of work get hit first, which stay safer, why people who can judge are worth more than people who can just do, and one thing you can try today no matter your field.
Read more →OpenAI studied a full month of real ChatGPT messages from over a billion users, and the results are surprising. This piece looks at what people actually use it for, how work and personal use differ, and whether upgrading from the free plan is worth it.
Read more →A jargon-free intro to ChatGPT. What it actually is, whether it costs money, how to start the first time, the everyday things you can use it for, and a few things to be careful about.
Read more →AI pushed the cost of producing reasonable-looking things to near zero, so they're now endless while actually-reasonable ones stayed just as rare. I call that the rationality surplus. From a real delusion case, through three layers of it, to how you train discernment and agency.
Read more →When I get stuck at work, I ask AI now, not a coworker. Engineers asking technical questions do the same. But asking a person, whether a coworker or a public forum, used to leave something behind for someone else too. Here's what disappeared along with that.
Read more →The daily posts here are written by AI, and I say so openly. Then I lined up a dozen recent ones and most of them looked alike. This is how I caught it and what I changed, typed by hand, because the whole point of the piece demands it.
Read more →A study of 26,000 middle and high schoolers found AI-assisted homework scores went up, but exam scores dropped months later. This explains why, and how a parent can tell whether their kid actually learned anything.
Read more →New studies on doctors and engineers found that relying on AI regularly leaves people noticeably worse at the task once the AI is gone. Here's how that happens, when it's worth worrying about, and a simple way to decide.
Read more →A chart of a Brown economics class's midterm-vs-final scores went viral as an AI cheating scandal. My take differs from most: the midterm collapse was baked in the moment it became an easy A. The people worth discussing are the few who still gambled on the in-person final.
Read more →Scammers now use real-time AI face-swapping to impersonate bank staff, bosses, even family on video calls, and the footage barely shows a flaw. Real cases plus tests researchers verified, things to try mid-call instead of finding out you were scammed later.
Read more →Scammers impersonate family on LINE asking for wire transfers or game cards, and AI voice cloning now makes the trick more convincing. Real cases and police data on how to check, whether the message is text or a voice call.
Read more →More than 50 universities, including MIT and Yale, dropped AI detection tools this year after a Stanford study found they falsely flag non-native English writers 61 percent of the time. Why they miss so badly, whether your school runs the same system, and what to do if flagged.
Read more →A viral claim says AI firms are buying and destroying used books to train models. This sorts the news, court documents, and fact checks to explain what's confirmed, why AI wants old books, and whether it touches your own shelf.
Read more →A plain explanation of why AI doesn't really have memory by default, what ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude have each built to work around it, and the one habit that beats waiting for it to remember.
Read more →AI makes fake videos, fake voices, and fake messages startlingly real, and both older folks and younger people get caught. Here are a few checks anyone can use, no tech skills needed, to protect yourself and your family.
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