AI can be one of the biggest amplifiers in your life, or one of the biggest ways to hand over your judgment. These posts are about staying the one who decides: how to use AI as a tool without letting it use you.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
When technology is viewed as the catch-all solution, it risks overshadowing deeper, systemic issues that require nuanced approaches. Remember when smartphones came out and apps were the big thing? Many businesses jumped on the app bandwagon, thinking they needed one…
AI image generators have been making waves in the digital world for the past year. They’ve become a staple on social media, a hot topic on news shows, and a frequent feature in magazines. The reason? AI-generated images are not…
For ages, the art of automatic writing has fascinated and enthralled countless people. It’s a remarkable form of expression that can be seen in two intriguing ways. The first perspective takes us into the mystical realm, where automatic writing becomes…
