Why AI resistance is essential (and how to do it right)
Welcome to another edition of Office Hours! Lately, my comments section has been getting spicy. I’m not just getting questions about how to use AI, I’m getting …
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Kylie Jenner is laundering Meta’s surveillance state
The ad is called “Introducing Kylie Jenner x Meta Glasses,” and not much happens. Jenner grabs a can of spray paint, tags “XO, KYLIE” across a billboard of her …
Your next laptop will cost more because of AI.
TL;DR: Apple has raised prices across Macs, iPads, and other hardware, in some cases by $200 to $800 in Canada. The driver of the increase is a surge in memory …
Office Hours: Will AI steal all of our jobs?
In this edition of Office Hours, I go for a nature walk to talk about the one question I get all the time. It’s the elephant in the room that a lot of people…
An AI for a CEO? Argentina’s radical bid to replace the c-suite with AI
Image: Human+AI TL;DR: A non-human corporation is a proposed legal structure in which artificial intelligence systems, rather than human managers, make…
Which Claude model should you use? Effort settings, thinking mode, and Fable 5 drama
Image: Human+AI TL;DR: For routine work, use a fast model with thinking off. For writing, analysis, or strategy, use Claude Opus 4.8 with thinking on at Medium …
Inside tokenmaxxing: The gamification of corporate AI that's costing millions
TL;DR: Lacking clear methods to track generative AI return on investment, some companies default to simply tracking AI usage. What’s tokenmaxxing? The practice …
The Pope, "AI brain fry," and the cost of total optimization
Quick Summary: Magnifica Humanitas The document: A 42,300-word papal encyclical from Pope Leo XIV on AI and human dignity. Pope Leo said he wants to “disarm…
Why even the smartest minds mistake AI for a friend
Image: Human+AI TL;DR: As AI companions engineered with "sycophancy" become perfectly emotionally available, even logical minds like Richard Dawkins are…
Office Hours | Why I don't post videos of my kids online anymore
In this episode of Office Hours, I’m talking about an AI safety issue that’s affecting a lot of people. Scams. Specifically, AI voice cloning. Just two years…
I was a fool. - Elon Musk, under oath.
Image: Human+AI Yesterday afternoon, a jury in Oakland ruled against Elon Musk. In the end, it all came down to timing. The jury found that Musk had known…
Office Hours: Do people with ADHD "get" AI better?
I’ve always felt like my brain worked in eight different directions at once. For years, I viewed that as something to manage—or hide. But since diving deep…
Local AI: What it is, why it's trending, and how to install it yourself
TL;DR: A growing number of people are running AI models on their own computers instead of in the cloud. Here’s why, and how to try it yourself. Before I open…
Office Hours: Celebrities, safety, and Mel Robbins' bad AI advice
We’re officially in AI’s influencer era. From Reese Witherspoon telling us to use AI to Mel Robbins partnering with Microsoft, AI is being marketed…
Sam Altman and Elon Musk want to design your safety net. It's complicated.
Human+AI, images of Altman and Musk generated by Gemini TL;DR: While tech leaders propose “compute credits” or “universal high income” as AI safety nets,…
The digital safety skill I hope you’ll never use
TL;DR: Do these 4 things first Don’t pay or engage: This fuels the abuse. Screenshot everything: Capture URLs, usernames, and timestamps. Report to platform:…
Office Hours: What if I don't have time to learn AI?
In this video, Nicolle answers this question from a fellow mom: "I get it, I need to learn this. But I have two kids, a full-time job, and about 20 minutes of…
Everyone's mad at Reese Witherspoon because she told women to learn AI
Image: Human+AI, Vecteezy.com TL;DR: While Reese Witherspoon's AI message faced backlash, 2026 data confirms women face 3x more automation risk than men. The…
Office Hours: How do I use AI at work?
On this episode of Office Hours, I talk about this question: "My boss just told our whole team we need to 'start integrating AI into our workflows' but gave us …
What Claude Mythos means for your security
Image: Human+AI TL;DR: Claude Mythos is an unreleased AI model from Anthropic capable of identifying and autonomously exploiting software vulnerabilities,…
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