Writing
I write about AI and emerging technology from the space between technical capability and practical consequence. These essays are where I work through ideas in public, before they harden into conventional wisdom.
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Accelerating towards Obsolescence
Fields confronting AI tend to see two paths: ban it or delegate to it. Both fail. The third option is harder to articulate and the only one that works.
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The Economics of AI Anxiety
Anxiety about AI-driven job cuts is everywhere, but badly misdiagnosed. The labor market is absorbing AI through task-level substitution, and three economic constraints ensure that human roles...
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My Teleprompter that Claude Built
A custom browser-based teleprompter built in a single chat. Why the economics of custom tools just changed.
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Paper Records as Unhackable Backup
Why the oldest backup medium may be the newest defense.
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Who Pays for Open Weights?
The golden age of free Chinese frontier models is ending. A note on why, and who fills the gap.
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Most of the Internet Isn't Human Anymore
More than half of internet traffic is now generated by AI agents and bots. The easy reading is that bots are taking over. A more interesting possibility: the internet is forking.
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A Signal Becomes Real
A new disruptive innovator impacting higher education?
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Nobody Said It Was Easy
Eight modules, 120 videos, a rapidly changing field, and student feedback pulling in different directions. I ran an experiment—an extended conversation with Claude—to scope a full course revision....
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I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
From manipulated video to interactive dialogue in four years—a journey through AI avatar development that reveals a deeper challenge: when synthetic media becomes indistinguishable, how do we...
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Reverse Engineering a Recipe
How to Use AI to Reverse Engineer a Recipe from a Label
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Who's Gonna Drive You Home?
Lessons from autonomous vehicles reveal why AI job displacement may be slower and more nuanced than predicted—and why humans will likely remain in the loop longer than we think.
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In-Situ Website Translation
A practical guide to using Safari’s built-in translation features to read foreign-language webpages, including automatic translation of text within images and infographics.
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The Quantum You Want
A clear, accessible explanation of why quantum computing represents a fundamentally different approach to computation and where its most significant early impacts are likely to occur.
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Dancing in the Dark
A reflection on how generative AI has disrupted academia, leaving faculty uncertain, uneasy, and searching for guidance as they adapt to a rapidly changing landscape.
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Ghosts in the Machine
An exploration of how generative AI embodies the accumulated knowledge of humanity and is reshaping both entry-level work and the mission of higher education.