Computers should be tools for the people but — hidden in a malaise of fatalism — the AI bubble has made computers tools to push people around. Soon, or in some time, this will change. We have some thoughts to share with you in the meantime.Morro Bay,...
Everyone seems to be asking whether AI will replace UX designers. I think that’s the wrong question.Following the numbers gets you a picture but doesn’t make you an artist | Russell PinkstonIn March 2025, the Computer History Museum and IEEE Spectrum staged...
A long workbench split down the middle, finished tools stacked on one side and a single open notebook on the other.My list of tasks I give models without a second thought and what I review until the tools evolve.I’ve used generative models for almost four...
A researcher checks a generated synthesis against her own interview notes while a stack of vendor contracts sits unopened at the edge of her desk.Practitioners know what good output looks like and should own the final call, with operations handling the...
By June 2026, I couldn’t open an app without being told I was falling behind. My Instagram saves were full of designers building agents over a weekend. LinkedIn was a steady stream of people who had “shipped it with Cursor.” And the job listings I was...
A product team weighs a purchased tool against an internal build at the same table.Artificial intelligence made building cheap and buying easy. The trade-off now turns on who owns the upkeep, the seams between tools, the chat surfaces, and the data.For most...
How has AI restructured work and employment at Anthropic? As a company at the frontier of AI adoption, Anthropic could be a leading indicator of how AI will shift work organization, hiring, and labor demand across the economy.
Somewhere in this room is the one person who can tell if any of it is actually good. AI made everyone else look exactly like them.AI lets a solo founder produce a product, but it can’t help them understand whether that product is actually good…yet. That...
One person works across a design file, a product roadmap, and a code editor at a single desk, with their badge face down beside the keyboard. AI assisted, steampunk style.Exposure to artificial intelligence runs through the tasks you do each week, not the...