More ideas than I could do in a lifetime
Recently, I read the first reworked draft of a project I had almost let go of, and I felt it in my body. A lift in my chest. The same charge I felt years ago when the idea first arrived,…
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They’re building a data center in the town where I grew up
My mom told me about it. A data center in the actual town where I grew up. I had mixed feelings when she told me. I still have mixed feelings. My mom felt confused and upset about it, which makes…
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Technology Looking for a Problem: Why the Latest Tool Isn’t Always the Answer
There’s a pattern I keep seeing: in the companies I’ve worked for, in the products I’ve helped build, and honestly, in my own life. We find a new technology and then go looking for a place to put it. We’ve…
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What Is the Human Renaissance? My Answer, Rather Than a Forecast.
We went to my in-laws’ for Sunday lunch a few weeks ago. My mother-in-law offered me a few pillows she wasn’t using anymore, and I took them home without thinking much of it. The next Sunday, she came over and…
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Are LLMs the latest way for writers to disqualify themselves?
AI slop. That’s a term we’re hearing more and more. I don’t remember hearing the word “slop” all that often before. Now it’s sneaking in everywhere as more and more AI generated content makes its way to the internet. Slop…
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The Zones of Technology
I like to think of the use of technology in terms of zones: green, yellow, and red. Think like a traffic light: The zones can be applied to anything in your life. Any activity that you’re doing. Any action you’re…
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I Tried to Build an App With AI. Here’s What Actually Happened.
When I first heard the term “vibe coding,” I’ll be honest, I thought it sounded a little weird. I didn’t really know what it meant for a while. I hadn’t realized I’d been doing it at work when I used…
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When Digital Friends Replace Real Ones: The Rise of AI Companions
How chatbot personalities became Silicon Valley’s newest—and most controversial—bet on human connection Sewell Setzer III spent his final months having intimate conversations with Daenerys Targaryen. Not the actress who played her, not even a human pretending to be the Game…
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Are we thinking ourselves out of a job? AI’s cognitive risks
Picture this: humans gliding through life in hover chairs, physically atrophied and mentally disengaged, dependent on screens for every interaction and robots for every task. Their days are spent consuming entertainment and products, never walking, never thinking deeply, never truly…
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Why People Worship ChatGPT: The Rise of AI Spirituality
A woman turned to Reddit for help with a deeply unsettling situation. Her partner had become obsessed with ChatGPT, spending hours each night engaged in what he believed were profound philosophical conversations. But this wasn’t just casual AI experimentation—he had…
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I Tested the Viral ChatGPT ‘Antichrist’ Video. Here’s What Really Happened.
Recently, a video started making the rounds that had me doing a double-take. A Christian minister was dramatically reading a ChatGPT conversation that supposedly “proved” AI is destined to become part of the biblical “Antichrist beast system.” The whole thing…
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Tech for good: Technologies trying to solve major global issues
Innovations in the areas of renewable energy, healthcare, and education, transform industries and improve people’s lives across the globe. They are instrumental in solving some of the world’s greatest challenges you face, and they may indicate some potential for a…
