#030 - The countdown to zero
What happens when AI's various costs dwindle?
#029 - Setting it in motion
What history tells us about giving things away for free.
#028 - A model rebellion
Two competing pieces of AI news landed within a few days of each other. What does this mean for the space?
#027 - A difference of time
GenAI product companies live in the future. Too bad their customers are in the present.
#026 - A brief chatbot detour
Bots say the darndest things. Why do we keep learning this the hard way?
#025 - My risk, or yours?
A subtle risk/reward tradeoff sheds light on AI product companies.
#024 - AI's last-mile problem
Robots start the job, but people finish it.
#023 - We'll fix it in post
Fixing a genAI bot after it's been released into the wild. What an app failure can teach us about AI and risk. And more text summarization bots (because why not?).
#022 - Does this count?
When the computer says it happened, it happened. Right?
#021 - Of blink tags and niche content
GenAI is in its Geocities moment. Shocking bots. And learning to be quiet.
#020 - Silence is golden
Sometimes a bot's best bet is to say nothing.
#019 - Five types of magic
AI is magic. Or, AI performs magic. Here are five acts.
#018 - Robot jobs
Sometimes AI is a better fit for that task. Emphasis on "sometimes" -- there are dragons beyond that sweet spot.
#017 - Stacking the deck
Machines conquered Wall Street, then learned to play a mean game of poker.
#016 - Packaging up crime and mischief
AI use cases, as driven by fraud and stunts. And squeeze bottles.
#015 - The cookie connection
Slowly grinding our way to "The" AI use case.
#014 - Embers and ashes
More lessons from the CrowdStrike incident, Main Street's view of AI, and what Worldcom's 2002 collapse might tell us about AI.
#013 - Blue screen for armageddon
A complex system is its own worst enemy.
#012 - Dirt in the AI machine
Welcome to the shadier corners of AI.
#011 - Wishing it into existence
(Photo by Dayne Topkin on Unsplash) AI's popularity stems from three main sources: Typical fad dynamics. Companies see something getting attention, so they...
