Category: Exploring AI

Have you noticed everyone suddenly talking about ‘behavioural AI’ as the missing piece after the big technical leaps? I call it relationship literacy—and it’s been the through-line of this column since day one.   Smarter agents, same jagged shape Last week the models took another visible leap. Claude Sonnet 4.6 became the default for free and Pro…

Curiosity gets the better of you. You land on an AI chatbot site for the first time, and there it is: a blank box with a blinking cursor and the cheerful prompt “Ask me anything.”   But what? How? Can I break it somehow? Will it judge me if I say something weird? Should I…

Have you ever wondered if that blog post you wrote years ago, or even a casual chat with an AI assistant, is quietly helping train the next big model? I explored to try to get to the root of the issue. The quiet harvest Large language models are built on enormous piles of data—text, images,…

Have you noticed the AI headlines feeling a bit more grounded lately—like the industry’s traded its rocket ship dreams for a sturdy pickup truck? I explored this week’s news to try to get to the root of the shift. The bill is coming due The past week painted a clear picture: the era of endless…

Have you ever wished your AI chatbot would stop just suggesting recipes and actually go chop the onions for you? I explored to try to get to the root of the issue. What’s all the buzz about? Lately, everyone’s talking about “agentic AI” and “physical AI” like they’re the next big leap. Agentic AI isn’t…

Have you ever grabbed an AI’s quick answer and run with it, only to hit a snag because you didn’t test it out? I explored to try to get to the root of the issue—why checking AI facts feels tough when it can be simpler than making the answer from scratch, and how thinking of…

Have you ever chatted with an AI, gotten a brilliant suggestion, and then realized you still have to do all the work yourself? I explored to try to get to the root of the issue. The Chatbot Rut If you’ve poked around with tools like ChatGPT or Gemini, you’ve probably hit this wall. You ask…

Ever downloaded a free AI model to run privately on your own laptop—no cloud, no fees—only to find it acting oddly stubborn, like it only heard your first message and ignored everything after? I explored to try to get to the root of the issue. The odd fixation Running a local AI sounds appealing: total…

Have you ever wished for a way to spot your blind spots—the things you don’t even know you don’t know? I explored to try to get to the root of the issue. Charlie Munger once joked that if a genie granted him one wish, he’d ask to know where he was going to die, so…