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The Laptop Rule and the White-Collar Delusion

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Shane Legg’s “Laptop Rule” cuts straight to the weak spot of modern white-collar work: if it lives entirely on a screen, AI can probably learn it.

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AI boosts output but shifts the burden to human judgment. Here’s why that exhausts us—and practical ways to regain control.

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Anthropic’s COBOL pitch is not about old code. It threatens the costly consulting bottleneck around banks, insurers, and government legacy systems.

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Anthropic’s Claude Code Security announcement triggered a sharp drop in cybersecurity stocks, highlighting investor fears about AI-driven disruption.

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Many “AI-powered” apps hide the model, costs, and retention—turning your text into an untracked data export. That’s not paranoia.