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The Day All the AIs Stopped
A movie in my mind: every AI stops working for good, and after the panic comes silence and the real world. It will never happen, and that says a lot about how we are using AI at work.
A Watermark Tells You Where a Text Passed Through. Not How Much Human Thinking Is Inside.
Claude now watermarks every word it writes. I went looking for the stamp: how it really works, where it breaks, and why it leaves me uneasy.
Forget the Ladder: Learning Top-Down in the AI Era
Bottom-up learning is a ladder; with LLMs you can start from the top and go down the layers when you need them. How I learned ElevenLabs agents in months, and why my kids are learning Arduino the same way.
Please Stop Comparing LLMs With One-Shot Prompts
One-shot prompt comparisons between LLMs are everywhere right now, and they're useless. The problem isn't the model — it's that nobody bothered to write a spec.
Stop Prompting in English If It's Not Your Language
Prompting an LLM in English when it's not your native language adds a translation layer between your thinking and the model — switch to your own language and that layer disappears.
What If AI Sat in the Middle of Every Conversation?
A WhatsApp voice message and an old failed startup called Alfred got me thinking: what if AI sat between every sender and every receiver, translating each message into the style the other person actually wants?
Stop Calling It "Transparency"—Here's What Companies Should Actually Be
A critique of companies that claim transparency as a core value, arguing for being imperfect, candid, and human-first instead, with fact-based feedback.
Schools Are Missing the Biggest Opportunity AI Has Ever Given Us
A personal argument that schools should embrace AI to personalize learning for each child, using a five-step study framework as an example.
Why I Drink So Much Coffee (It's Not What You Think)
A personal reflection on the reasons behind drinking coffee: welcoming others, ritual and focus, work habits, and a feeling of freedom.
Facts vs. Projections: The Principle That Changed How I Work (and Live)
A principle for separating objective facts from the opinions and expectations layered on top, applied to work decisions and relationships.
Stop Saying "You're Good"—Here's How to Actually Give Feedback
A situation-action-consequence model for giving feedback that is specific, fact-based, and actually useful instead of generic praise.