The Cost of Easy Gains
If a tool made you stronger but left you weaker, would you still use it? AI is making work easier—but at what cost? Researchers say it’s eroding our ability to think.
Confessing AI Uncertainty
I’m going to be honest. My view on AI—to the extent it even matters outside my own cozy head—moves all over the place. I’m uncertain.
Atrophy, Apathy, Literacy
A smaller and smaller slice of people enters the workforce able to wrestle with ideas they don’t easily understand.
Demystifying the Threat of AI
Is a future with AI inevitable? Is it good? I’m suggesting we might want to think a few more than two steps ahead since we’re already almost inevitably on this path.
“Zero-Cost” Knowledge Makes No Sense
Knowledge is not an output of a system. It is not a commodity. It’s actually pretty simple. Knowledge means nothing without a knower.