AI

Did AI Kill Publius? Replicating Kelsey Piper's Anonymity Experiment
Re-identification of a pseudonym isn't new. It's just become frictionless.
 • Carey Lening
How I Vibe-Coded Myself Into a Better Researcher
I improved on my AI-powered research assistant to handle the toil while I focus on the insights. Here's what I learned along the way.
 • Carey Lening
Anthropic Will Probably Survive Trump's Tantrum, For All the Wrong Reasons
I like Anthropic a lot, but I worry about whether its extensity makes it too big to govern.
 • Carey Lening
Technology Is Destroying Friction.
And That's a Huge Problem
 • Carey Lening
In Defense of Smart Weirdos: What I Learned at an AI Safety Law-a-Thon
I forgot just how much I miss that kind of crazy nerd energy.
 • Carey Lening
Orwell Didn't Predict Grok, But He Did Anticipate This Tweet
Elon Musk is the poster child for not doing ketamine. But when he said the quiet part of the AI arms race out loud, I still got worried.
 • Carey Lening
Should We Be Able to Read ChatGPT's Mind?
Where I explain why knowing everything AI knows about you might drive you crazy.
 • Carey Lening
Diving Deeper into DeepSeek
You're in for a treat -- A guest post by Pete (aka Crapotkin), who has been doing a deep seek when it comes to the company's ToS & API terms.
 • Carey Lening and Crapotkin
From Frustration to Automation: How I Built a LLM-Powered Legal Case Summarizer
Programming generally scares me, but with the combined power of ChatGPT, Python, Obsidian and annoyance, I managed to write a pretty rad legal case…
 • Carey Lening
I Do a Deep Dive on DeepSeek, Part 2
I really dig into DeepSeek's terms and privacy policy, and provide a link to the spreadsheet where I'm keeping track of differences between the six LLM…
 • Carey Lening
I Do a Deep Dive on DeepSeek
A reader tipped me off to a new chatbot out of China. While initial reports claim that it's the new big bad, on review, it's only slightly worse than…
 • Carey Lening
18,000 words. Four Questions. Much Delegation. Little Guidance
The EDPB issued their much-anticipated Opinion on AI Models, and boy do I have some opinions. And bonus analysis (for paid subscribers!)
 • Carey Lening
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