Tag: AI

  • What happens when anyone can build the software?

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    AI-assisted projects like ArtCraft may not replace Microsoft or Adobe, but they could change the economics of competition. As software becomes easier to reproduce, the value of the surrounding ecosystem becomes increasingly important. The question is whether customers stay because that ecosystem delivers genuine value, or because leaving is simply too difficult.

  • Forget Skynet: AI Risk Is About Control, Not Consciousness

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    AI doesn’t need to become conscious, malicious or “go rogue” to create real risks. The practical challenge is controlling what increasingly capable systems can access and do.

    Split illustration contrasting an ominous red AI network with a controlled data centre where access paths are allowed or blocked. Generated by ChatGPT.
  • The machine is faster. I’m not sure I am

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    AI can make knowledge work faster, but not necessarily easier. It often shifts the burden from producing first drafts to judging, refining, and taking responsibility for the output. If the machine is faster, does the human have to be faster too?

    Desk setup showing an AI-assisted writing workflow with a laptop, monitor, keyboard and coffee mug.
  • Not the f*** off bot

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    Often AI powered chatbots frustrate customers – Oura’s chatbot is actually useful.

    Screenshot of an in-app chatbot