Raising the machine

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Claude, Anthropic, and why the AI you choose matters more than you think. This is the first piece in a series I am writing about AI: how it actually works, who builds it, and what it is doing to the way we think and work. If that interests you, subscribe. I work in tech education. And … Weiterlesen

The intelligence revolution won’t be televised — it will be automated over a longer arc

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The intelligence revolution won’t be televised — it will be automated over a longer arc If you want to understand where AI is taking us, stop staring at the future. Look back about 150 years. Highland Park — the birth of the modern assembly line at Ford Motor Company. The Industrial Revolution didn’t just change what people made — it fundamentally changed how work … Weiterlesen

Sorry, designers, we don’t decide the future of design

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From making things to deciding things — how AI is forcing a renegotiation of what being a designer actually means. Photo by Meritt Thomas on Unsplash There is a persistent belief within the design profession that designers shape the trajectory of their own field, that we are collectively the authors of our own discipline. The truth is, designers do … Weiterlesen

Playing dumb: how AI is beating scammers at their own game

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Fraudsters prey on human psychology. The most effective AI defences win by weaponising theirs. There is a phone ringing somewhere in a call centre. A scammer picks up, settles into their script, and begins working through the familiar choreography of a con. Urgency, authority, manufactured trust. They have done this hundreds of times. They know … Weiterlesen