A continuing series

AI — A Working Journey

I came to AI relatively late. Then I went deeper than I expected. The more I learned, the less convincing it became to look at AI through a single lens.

One question at a timeI am not trying to prove that AI will save us or destroy us. I am trying to separate what we can already see from what we are projecting, use history where it helps, and keep changing my view when the evidence gives me a reason to.

The journey so far

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The chapters build on one another, but each explores a question that can stand on its own.

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Chapter 1

I Was Late to AI

I came to AI relatively late. Then I went deeper than I expected—and became increasingly uncomfortable with attempts to explain it through one grand analogy.

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Chapter 2

Baptism by Fire

My first structured immersion in AI exposed me to its usefulness, its limitations, and the habit of questioning the output rather than simply admiring it.

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Coming next

The Chatbot Has a Building Behind It

The more I learned about AI, the less digital it seemed. Every answer on the screen eventually leads back to chips, servers, buildings, cooling, electricity, water and people.

Chapter 3 in progress