Category: Artificial Intelligence

The Token Economy- The Architecture of Information in the AI World

For a while, the dominant model for consumer AI has been an all-you-can-eat buffet. Pay monthly, use as much as you like, and the provider would absorb whatever it cost to serve you. That worked tolerably well when most people were using AI the way they’d use a search engine, with a question here, a bit of help drafting something… Read more →

Is AI Making us stupid? The impact of generative AI on cognition.

In the tech world one paper drove a huge number of headlines in the last week. Microsoft Research posted a paper looking at the impact of generative AI on critical thinking. It lead to some headline gems, including these: Actually, probably the main ‘red flag’ there is the line ‘new study proves…’ – it is incredibly rare for a single… Read more →