Over the last year, we've seen a familiar pattern: Companies announce layoffs and blame AI. (Now, some of the layoffs are blamed on AI, but are actually for different reasons, but that's been the trend.) Today, the WSJ reported that some…

Earlier this week, Substack launched a new feature on its platform in partnership with Pangram, an AI-detection tool. The goal: alert readers to content that's been written entirely by, or with the assistance of, AI. Chris Best Substack's…

Over the last few years, AI has become more ubiquitous and abundant seeming. We type, chat, generate, prompt to our heart's content. But the reality is that we're using a highly subsidized resource that's feels unlimited but is highly…

Charting Models Against the 'Good Enough' AI Threshold The 'good enough' concept is the idea that technologies progress to the point where they work for most people. After that, further improvements produce diminishing returns. He…

Back in the 1980s a debate raged about whether it was okay to let children use calculators in elementary school. Critics warned that giving kids calculators would lead to the "destruction of student math skills." A similar debate is happening…