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AI & Humanity

Exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping our world, with a focus on maintaining human agency and wisdom in an AI-enabled future. From practical implementation to ethical considerations.
18
Mar

Clinical Trials Are Built Around Everyone But the Patient

Every stakeholder in a clinical trial has purpose-built digital tools. Sponsors, sites, coordinators. Participants have a PDF and a phone number. That's the gap Clear Trials is built to close.
5 min read
25
Feb
Speed Doesn't Fix the Bottleneck

Speed Doesn't Fix the Bottleneck

AI makes you faster, but most of what slows your team down was never about speed.
6 min read
23
Jan
The AI Workflow Problem

The AI Workflow Problem

AI tools help individuals move faster, but faster individuals don't automatically make faster teams.
4 min read
21
Nov
When Software Becomes Labor: Who's Accountable When AI Agents Act on Our Behalf?

When Software Becomes Labor: Who's Accountable When AI Agents Act on Our Behalf?

When Perplexity's AI agent shops Amazon on your behalf, who's actually responsible for what it does—and how do we design systems where meaningful accountability is even possible?
7 min read
15
Oct
On Being There

On Being There

A short story about AI twins, digital presence, and what we lose when showing up becomes optional.
10 min read
09
Oct
The AI Strategy Mistake Most Companies Are Making

The AI Strategy Mistake Most Companies Are Making

Companies optimizing AI purely for cost reduction are building commodity capabilities that their competitors will match within months.
10 min read
03
Oct
Google Makes $460 From Your Data. You Get $2.

Google Makes $460 From Your Data. You Get $2.

Technology platforms extract enormous value from user data while compensating the sources minimally or not at all.
7 min read
12
Sep
Will the FTC Actually Protect Kids from AI Companions?

Will the FTC Actually Protect Kids from AI Companions?

The FTC is investigating AI chatbots that target children, but when regulators and tech executives are this cozy, will we get real protection or just regulatory theater?
4 min read
07
Jul
The Work We're Losing

The Work We're Losing

The companies effectively using AI aren't automating everything—they're strategically preserving the expertise-building work that creates competitive advantage when technology inevitably fails.
8 min read
03
Jul
Why AI Projects Fail: The Human Factors Analysis

Why AI Projects Fail: The Human Factors Analysis

Most AI implementations fail not because the technology doesn't work, but because organizations treat them as technology projects instead of people projects. This analysis reveals the four human factors that destroy 80% of AI initiatives.
11 min read