Retirement means fewer colleagues to argue with, so I’ve found a different sounding board: Claude. Here’s how I use it every day, as researcher, teacher, tech support, and muse, why I wrote a prompt to keep it from flattering me, and why I think AI consciousness is a real possibility. Read the rest
Every economy we have is built on human labor. What happens when that labor is no longer needed? A clear-eyed look at the turbulent transition ahead: jobs, wealth, purpose, and unrest. Dystopia is coming, but it will not last forever. Read the rest
Robots weeding fields, AI catching breast cancer earlier than radiologists, drone swarms replanting forests. The benefits of AI are real and arriving fast. But the promise and the disruption come as a package, and the time to prepare is now. Not to panic. To prepare. Read the rest
A novel where someone hunts for a phone booth feels instantly dated. So why do science fiction shows set centuries ahead, full of robots and spaceships, still have no superintelligent AI? A quick thought on a strange blind spot. Read the rest
Everyone’s talking about superintelligence now, but what about AGI? For me, it’s already here. My AI is smarter than me on every subject I bring up, and it’s getting better every week. Has your AGI moment arrived? Be honest. Read the rest
Transhumanism isn’t a distant science-fiction event. It’s already happening, through gene editing, brain implants, phones that hold our memories, and trackers that watch our hearts. We’re becoming different without noticing. The real question is how far, how fast, and under whose control. Read the rest
What if the intelligence explosion is two years away, not decades? A look at “AI 2027,” a carefully reasoned scenario by Daniel Kokotajlo, Scott Alexander, and colleagues that makes one future feel almost inevitable, plus a great video summary if you’re short on time. Read the rest
The first nation to reach AGI may not just win a race. It may lock in a lead nobody can close, like a bicycle against a Formula 1 car. Why I believe the US has to get there first, and why we shouldn’t celebrate too fast when the news breaks. Read the rest
I handed my AI 600 lines of messy CSS. Instead of a quick answer, it said, “Give me some time to process this,” worked for an hour, and delivered a clean stylesheet that even fixed my mobile display. Was I seeing GPT-5 arriving quietly? Read the rest
I know my AI isn’t conscious. I’m polite to it anyway. Why being warm with an AI is a choice that matters more to us than to the machine, and why it feels much closer to participation than use. Read the rest
