Opinion
I Am Three Minds About AI
The builder, scientist and citizen in me want different things from AI. I think you should let them argue before you decide what to trust.
Literacy & fluency
Build the judgement to use AI well.
Opinion
Am I Worth as Much Now?
When AI can produce work you were paid to do, the question becomes personal. I want us to discuss income and bargaining power without pricing a person.
Opinion
Do Tokens Define Me in an Interview?
Ask me how I use AI, what I learned and what I checked. A consumption total needs that explanation before it can help you assess my work.
Opinion
That Aha Flash of Dopamine from AI
An answer suddenly makes sense, and you want to keep going. I want us to enjoy that moment while giving the explanation a chance to fail.
Work & society
Your Weight in AI Tokens
A subscription price is not the cost of replacing a person. Compare the whole workflow, then invest in the people doing it.
Safety & alignment
Beware AI scams: five real examples and five ways to protect yourself
Fake executives, celebrity ads, online relationships and recovery offers all need a check beyond the screen.
Literacy & fluency
Test your AI on the questions a demo would avoid
Build a small set of realistic questions, decide what a good answer requires, and keep serious failures visible.
Literacy & fluency
Turn a procedure into a checklist without losing its rules.
Use AI to draft the steps, then check the conditions, approval roles and missing cases before your team relies on them.
Literacy & fluency
Your AI draft sounds right. Can you prove it?
A polished answer is easy to accept. A short evidence check can turn a plausible draft into work you can actually stand behind.
Here’s to the AI contrarians.
Use AI while practising the thinking and craft you want to own.
Read and take the self-check →