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Why AI people don’t get us ordinary people

A dodgy boiler woke me up to the real uses of AI for read people, not those pondering a post-human world.

Jun 13 • 

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Bewildering and Discombobulating

This is the first of a series of pieces based on Mary Meeker’s recent deck about AI.

Jun 4 • 

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May 2025

The Shrinking Perimeter

AI may make feel like Rorke’s Drift, but let's not give up hope. It's a horizontal enabler, kicking down the walls between professions and disciplines…

May 6 • 

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April 2025

There is another mechanism, and it's not us

We’re in danger of allowing artificial intelligence to control us in a way that would have been unthinkable a few years ago. New research highlights…

Apr 8 • 

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March 2025

We Need to Map this New World, and Fast

We need to radically and urgently rethink how we regard the nexus of politics, technology and business, and as journalist to rethink how we cover each…

Mar 24 • 

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February 2025

Creativity, humans' last frontier, needs a rethink

I’m changing my mind about generative AI. I don’t think hallucination is the show-stopper anymore. I think we are.

Feb 24 • 

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The Kindle Swindle

Prepare for the subscriptionisation of books.

Feb 19 • 

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December 2024

Dealing with email embarrassment

After 30 years I thought I would be free of it. Some confessions and remedies

Dec 20, 2024 • 

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November 2024

The First First-Person War

Drones are changing the way wars are fought, but they’re also changing the way we experience those wars.

Nov 14, 2024 • 

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October 2024

WTF is Happening to Music?

Accusations that some big name musical acts have been miming their vocals raises some tricky questions.

Oct 16, 2024 • 

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Finding a way out of subscription hell

If you're relying on duping your users then your days are numbered.

Oct 3, 2024 • 

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September 2024

Breaking the wall: Drawing the right lessons from Blade Runner(s)

The five movies can help us understand how we confront our own existential challenges

Sep 2, 2024 • 

Jeremy Wagstaff