AI
Two Claude Prompts for a Blurry World
Tool demarcation is eroding. Ask AI a few early questions if you want to minimize rework.
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AI
AI Agents: A Reality Check
Are these autonomous actors ready for prime time? Let's look at some recent data.
AI
The Enshittification of Tennis Viewing: An AI Infographic
Explaining the madness that today's fans suffer when they try to watch a match.
AI
Claude's Third Report Card
Did it bounce back from its first two substandard performances?
AI
Claude's Second Report Card
Could the powerful AI tool improve on its most recent performance?
AI
Equal-Opportunity Hallucinator
Deloitte's irresponsible use of AI serves as a valuable and embarrassing reminder of its limitations.
AI
On Employee Expenses, Lazy Managers, and AI Agents
Today's tech would have prevented a nasty dustup with my boss in 2000.
AI
Maslow Revisited
Launching new AI features is all fine and dandy, but companies would do well to remember the basics.
AI
AI as an English-to-English Translator
Claude helped me solve a longstanding problem.
Communication
Citation Sloths
Quoting a stat in a post or video? Great. Respect your audience by bringing your receipts.
AI
Battle of the LLMs
To answer a simple basketball question, I pitted Claude and ChatGPT-5 against each other. Let's see which tool won and what we can learn from the exercise.
AI
Will AI Make Us All Line Judges?
Not that long ago, the idea of a machine making tennis calls seemed far fetched. Now, thanks to a narrow form of AI, it's the norm.
AI
The Nvidia Arrow
What if we're looking at the relationship between company success and remote work wrong?
AI
One AI Tool, One Simple Question, Two Different Answers
A simple exercise undermines a fundamental, scary LLM limitation.
AI
On Thermostats and AI Hallucinations
A recent interaction with Claude left me profoundly perplexed.
AI
The Harold Baines AI Hallucination
A recent experiment only underscores the need to question LLMs' responses.
Dataviz
AI Dataviz Abominations
Claude knows a great many things, but it conveniently ignores the basics of creating simple charts.
AI
Lessons From My Accounting System's Sudden Crash
A case study in how not to run a software company and the current limitations of AI.
Google
Web Browsing Is About to Get Much More Interesting
Forget the marginal improvements we've seen over the past decade. Big changes are coming.
AI
The Generative AI Tool That's Blowing My Mind
Citizen developers' toolboxes just exploded. Arthur C. Clarke's words are ringing truer than ever.
AI
I Asked AI How My Writing Has Evolved Since 2009. Here's What It Found.
Claude weighs in on my nearly 1,500 blog my posts. Its findings were scary accurate.
AI
The Dangerous Democratization of AI
Open-source software means many thingsโand some are downright terrifying.
AI
AI Is Everywhere
The hype cycle is on overdrive.
AI
Following the AI Money
A tried-and-true rule of thumb suggests that big things are on the horizon.
Publishing
The Case for Author Experiments
Stuck on a title, subtitle, and cover for your book? Let data show you the way. Oh, and I compare myself to Brad Pitt.
Collaboration
On Blocks and the Future of Collaboration and Productivity
Virtual LEGOS and more collaborative documents will make Google Docs look quaint by comparison.