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Slow down, after me
"AI is less regulated than milk," says Microsoft's leadership, asking for an emergency brake. Elon Musk and Sam Altman back a slowdown too. But who's actually stopping? Not Trump: "Whoever wins AI, WINS!" So build your own safety net. It isn't coming from the tech giants, or from Washington.
The First AI Mascot Beauty Contest Is On
Meta has Muse. OpenAI now has dots. The race to AGI is having its Pixar stage — cute mascots on top of powerful agents, getting closer to you, your data and your buying.
Sharpen the Axe
Abraham Lincoln's axe line is the best prompting advice I know: most bad AI output is a bad brief. And if you don't know how to write the brief, ask the model to write it for you — then save it so you never write it again.
Make Time for Change
Nobody needs convincing that AI matters anymore. Getting senior people to carve out time for it is another story. The fix isn't more of their time. It's backing the people who are already obsessed.
Can You Fall in Love with AI?
We already say thank you to ChatGPT. What happens when AI companions start to meet our emotional needs: the risks, the opportunity, and the question of what part of love needs another human.
Are You Ready for Robots?
Humanoid robots like NEO are entering homes. What changes when robots go from awe to appliance, and who decides what they do.
Is AI Making Us Dumber?
We are handing memory, reasoning and creativity to machines. What the research says, and whether we are getting dumber or just changing.
Every Human in the Loop
AI is changing who gets paid, not only who does the work. The gap between people who can afford AI tools and people who can’t, and whether it can be closed.