Robots Are Coming! (No, They’re Not!)

Hello, and happy Sunday! We’re off on Monday for Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the U.S. See you back here on Tuesday.—Kate Lee

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Knowledge base

"How to Use Claude Code for Everyday Tasks—No Programming Required" by Katie Parrott/Source Code: That black window developers type code into can be your secret weapon, too. Claude Code—the terminal version of Claude—removes all the annoying limitations from the web app and gives you AI with the training wheels off. Katie Parrott shows how Every's team uses it to analyze massive datasets, build expense trackers, and answer customer questions without bothering engineers. Read this if you want to seriously level up your AI skills.

"Seeing Science Like a Language Model" by Dan Shipper/Chain of Thought: For centuries, we've been forcing psychology, economics, and social sciences into a straitjacket—trying to reduce human behavior to simple equations and universal laws. Dan Shipper argues that language models reveal a radically different way forward. Read this if you want to understand how AI isn't just a tool for doing science faster—it's ushering in a fundamental paradigm shift in how we pursue knowledge itself.

"Smuggled Intelligence: Why AI Progress Is Real and Most Jobs Are Safe" by Dan Shipper/Chain of Thought: Are robots really coming for our jobs? While GPT-5 Pro is solving math problems that stumped previous models and OpenAI's new benchmark shows AI matching human experts nearly half the time, there's a secret ingredient behind these achievements: humans. Dan reveals the “smuggled intelligence” that makes these AI feats possible. Read this to understand why the future of work isn't jobless, but transformed.

"Vibe Check: OpenAI DevDay 2025" by Dan Shipper and Alex Duffy/Vibe Check: Dan and Alex Duffy report from OpenAI's third annual DevDay, which they said felt like watching a magician explain their tricks. The company launched a new app store, AppsSDK, a workflow builder called AgentKit, and API access to its best models, including GPT-5 Pro and Sora 2. Read this if you want an insider's perspective on whether OpenAI is still pushing boundaries or just polishing what already exists.