The Complaint Printer Is Working Perfectly
AI makes participation cheap, but verification stays expensive: courts, maintainers, editors, and teachers now drown in plausible paperwork.
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AI, Abundance, and the Discipline of Being Human
Ben Sasse becomes a lens for thinking about abundance, education, character, and the human disciplines AI cannot supply for us.
Clawdbot, Moltbot, and the New Shape of Risk: Why Agent Gateways Feel Different
Agent gateways feel risky because they connect communication, identity, and action, turning ordinary automation mistakes into cross-platform exposure.
OpenAI’s New Muzzle: When “Safety” Means Gatekeeping Knowledge
OpenAI's policy restrictions are challenged as safety theater when useful knowledge becomes gated behind vague institutional caution.
The EU's Regulatory Overreach: Stifling Innovation and Punishing Consumers
Apple's unavailable AirPods translation feature becomes another example of European regulation turning consumers into collateral damage.
OpenAI for Germany: A Tech Mirage Ignoring Citizens' Real Needs
OpenAI for Germany is criticized as another sovereign-cloud spectacle that may ignore the boring needs of actual citizens.
OpenAI's $1 ChatGPT Deal for the Federal Government: Philanthropy or Power Play?
OpenAI's one-dollar federal deal looks generous, but it also plants ChatGPT deep inside public-sector workflows.
When AI Becomes the Journalist: Why the Real Threat Isn’t Google, It’s Evolution
The threat to journalism may not be Google summaries alone, but AI systems evolving into publishers, editors, and distributors.
AI as an Employee: Why Risk Management for AI Should Mirror Human Accountability
Instead of exotic regulation, the post argues AI risk management should borrow from ordinary accountability for human employees.
The Impending Evolution of Large Language Models: GPT-5 and Beyond
Sam Altman's GPT-5 comments become a starting point for thinking about what better models may actually change.
Striking the Balance: Navigating Europe's Data Protection and AI Innovation
European privacy law and AI innovation collide, raising the question of whether regulation protects users or slows useful tools.