Category: Exploring AI

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…

Another day, another “breakthrough” model—Claude this, Gemini that, GPT whispering sweet nothings about your next big idea. But does it actually fix the glitches, or just whack one mole while three more pop up? I explored to see if the hype holds water. November wrapped with a bang that echoed into early December, like a…

The exploding speed of technological adoption in US households, from decades-long shifts to years, and how it’s frayed our social threads—plus AI’s shot at stitching them back. Ever wonder why a 1960s family huddled around one glowing TV felt like a team huddle, but today’s multi-screen households often hum with silence? I explored to get…

You pause and rub your eyes for a moment, the strain of the computer marathon coupled with not really following the wall of output from the chatbot prompts you to take a quick pause. You think about that last sentence you read, and realize you have no idea what it’s talking about anymore, then finally…

Have you ever wished for a personal genie who grants exactly what you ask for—word for word, no matter how badly you phrased it? It sounds magical at first. A tireless helper waiting for your every request, ready to write emails, plan trips, design logos, or brainstorm ideas. But rub the lamp wrong, and that…

Have you ever crafted what felt like a rock-solid prompt, only to get back a response that’s confidently wrong—like the AI just invented facts out of thin air? Or maybe it completely ignored some key change that makes everything irrelevant? I set off to build a tool to increase my awareness of it. The Hallucination…