Chain of Thought

Thinking at the edge of AI, every Friday.

Apr 19, 2024

AI Writing Will Feel Real—Eventually

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

Apr 26, 2024

What Can Language Models Actually Do?

Part one: Language models as text compressors

May 3, 2024

The Next Big Programming Language Is English

I spent 24 hours with AI coding assistant Github Copilot Workspace

May 10, 2024

ChatGPT and the Future of the Human Mind

AI is a lever that becomes a lens

May 14, 2024

GPT-4o and OpenAI’s Race to Win Consumers

Decoding what the AI leader’s latest release means for the future

May 22, 2024

GPT-5 Is Coming: Reading Between the Lines at Microsoft Build

News and notes from the AI-everything developer conference

May 24, 2024

Microsoft’s CTO on How to Build Enduring Businesses in the AI Era

My conversation with Kevin Scott

May 24, 2024

Coding With Devin: My New AI Programming Agent

Is it an employee or a tool?

May 31, 2024

How Language Models Work

A 100-percent jargon-free guide

Jun 7, 2024

LLMs Turn Every Question Into an Answer

Part two: Language models as text expanders

Jun 12, 2024

Apple Embraces the Enemy

What its unlikely AI alliance with OpenAI and Microsoft means

Jun 28, 2024

When AI Gets More Capable, What Will Humans Do?

We used to be sculptors. We're all about to be gardeners.

Jul 19, 2024

Every’s Master Plan

Writing our way to a big business

Jul 26, 2024

How I Built Spiral

Paying-subscriber benefit: My chat with Claude to write the code for our new prompt builder

Jul 26, 2024

AI Can Help You Make Big Life Decisions

Navigating one-way-door decisions with a little prompting

Aug 2, 2024

The Great AI Unbundling

Why ChatGPT and Claude will spawn the next wave of startups

Aug 9, 2024

Review: ChatGPT’s New Advanced Voice Mode

AI’s new voice is a leap into the future

Aug 21, 2024

The Mantra of This AI Age: Don’t Repeat Yourself

AI won't kill your job. But it will steal your repetitive tasks.

Aug 30, 2024

OpenAI’s New Model, Strawberry, Explained

ChatGPT’s next big evolution lies in its ability to solve the ‘strawberry’ problem

Sep 6, 2024

Why Generalists Own the Future

In the age of AI, it’s better to know a little about a lot than a lot about a little

Sep 9, 2024

AI Journaling Changed My Life

Your new best friend for personal development

Sep 13, 2024

OpenAI’s o1 Model, Explained

Chain of thought opens a new paradigm in AI progress

Sep 20, 2024

Admitting What Is Obvious

I’m a writer—what are you?

Sep 25, 2024

GPT-4 Is a Reasoning Engine (2023)

Reason is only as good as the information we give it