Chain of Thought

Thinking at the edge of AI.

Oct 27, 2023

ChatGPT Is the Best Journal I’ve Ever Used

My slow and steady progression to living out the plot of the movie 'Her'

Apr 1, 2024

What I Do When I Can’t Sleep

AI, insomnia, and the articulation of taste

Apr 16, 2025

Vibe Check: o3 Is Here—And It’s Great

The highest praise I can give is that I’m already using it all the time

Dec 10, 2022

Artificial Unintelligence

Returning risky results is a dimension of performance for AI models

Jul 14, 2023

The Optimal Level of Optimization

Lessons on goal maximization from machine learning

Apr 28, 2023

AI and the Future of Programming

An interview with Replit co-founder Amjad Masad

Dec 8, 2023

Will Google’s Bard Be a Destination Chatbot?

Why it could succeed or fail—and what that means for the future of AI chatbots

Nov 1, 2024

Writing as a Way of Thinking

Why managers might offer our best clue about AI’s impact on writing

Oct 11, 2024

Five New Thinking Styles for Working With Thinking Machines

AI is turning science into engineering—with unprecedented changes for how we see the world

Nov 14, 2024

Is AI Progress Hitting a Wall?

No.

Apr 14, 2023

Against Explanations

AI can make progress where science has struggled

May 10, 2024

ChatGPT and the Future of the Human Mind

AI is a lever that becomes a lens

Oct 18, 2024

How to Figure Out What People Want

Think in sequences, not essences

Sep 26, 2024

GPT-4: A Copilot For The Mind (2023)

Never forget what you read again

Nov 10, 2023

A Day at the Center of the AI Boom

In San Francisco, there’s one rule to live by: Layer up.

Jan 23, 2025

We Tried OpenAI’s New Agent—Here’s What We Found

Operator (Could you help me do this task?)

May 20, 2025

Microsoft’s AI Vision: An Open Internet Made for Agents

On the ground at the Microsoft Build conference with CTO Kevin Scott

May 26, 2023

What I Learned Teaching 100 People To Code with AI

I guess I’m a programming teacher now

Apr 19, 2024

AI Writing Will Feel Real—Eventually

Humans have always found new technology impersonal, but that feeling doesn't last

May 3, 2024

The Next Big Programming Language Is English

I spent 24 hours with AI coding assistant Github Copilot Workspace

May 19, 2023

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of 1-1 Learning

How to learn anything 98% better than average

Mar 29, 2024

Simulating One-way Door Decisions With AI

AI can refine your ability to know your future state

Feb 21, 2025

5 New Thinking Styles for Working With Thinking Machines

AI is turning science into engineering—with unprecedented changes for how we see the world

Jul 19, 2023

Can AI and ML Predict Depression?

An interview with researcher Dr. Eiko Fried