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An opinionated guide to which AI to use to do stuff
One Useful Thing 📰 AI News & Updates 1mo ago
An opinionated guide to which AI to use to do stuff
The Summer 2026 Edition
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The twilight of the chatbots
One Useful Thing 📰 AI News & Updates 2mo ago
The twilight of the chatbots
How work changes along the exponential
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What it feels like to work with Mythos
One Useful Thing 📰 AI News & Updates 3mo ago
What it feels like to work with Mythos
Claude Fable represents another big jump in AI
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Co-Existence and the End of Co-Intelligence
One Useful Thing 📰 AI News & Updates 3mo ago
Co-Existence and the End of Co-Intelligence
Also: how pitch a book to an AI!
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Choosing to Stay Human
One Useful Thing 📰 AI News & Updates 3mo ago
Choosing to Stay Human
If you go to your favorite social media site, you will find it full of posts that start to look suspiciously similar to each other:
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Sign of the future: GPT-5.5
One Useful Thing 📰 AI News & Updates 4mo ago
Sign of the future: GPT-5.5
One impressive step on the curve
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The Shape of the Thing
One Useful Thing 📰 AI News & Updates 6mo ago
The Shape of the Thing
Where we are right now, and what likely happens next
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A Guide to Which AI to Use in the Agentic Era
One Useful Thing 📰 AI News & Updates 6mo ago
A Guide to Which AI to Use in the Agentic Era
It's not just chatbots anymore
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Management as AI superpower
One Useful Thing 📰 AI News & Updates 7mo ago
Management as AI superpower
Thriving in a world of agents
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The Shape of AI: Jaggedness, Bottlenecks and Salients
One Useful Thing 📰 AI News & Updates ⚡ AI Lesson 8mo ago
The Shape of AI: Jaggedness, Bottlenecks and Salients
And why Nano Banana Pro is such a big deal
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Giving your AI a Job Interview
One Useful Thing 📰 AI News & Updates ⚡ AI Lesson 10mo ago
Giving your AI a Job Interview
As AI advice becomes more important, we are going to need to get better at assessing it
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An Opinionated Guide to Using AI Right Now
One Useful Thing 📰 AI News & Updates 10mo ago
An Opinionated Guide to Using AI Right Now
What AI to use in late 2025
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On Working with Wizards
One Useful Thing 📰 AI News & Updates 12mo ago
On Working with Wizards
Verifying magic on the jagged frontier
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GPT-5: It Just Does Stuff
One Useful Thing 📰 AI News & Updates 1y ago
GPT-5: It Just Does Stuff
Putting the AI in Charge
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The Bitter Lesson versus The Garbage Can
One Useful Thing 📰 AI News & Updates 1y ago
The Bitter Lesson versus The Garbage Can
Does process matter? We are about to find out.
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Against "Brain Damage"
One Useful Thing 📰 AI News & Updates 1y ago
Against "Brain Damage"
AI can help, or hurt, our thinking
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Using AI Right Now: A Quick Guide
One Useful Thing 📰 AI News & Updates 1y ago
Using AI Right Now: A Quick Guide
Which AIs to use, and how to use them
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The recent history of AI in 32 otters
One Useful Thing 📰 AI News & Updates 1y ago
The recent history of AI in 32 otters
Three years of progress as shown by marine mammals
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Making AI Work: Leadership, Lab, and Crowd
One Useful Thing 📰 AI News & Updates 1y ago
Making AI Work: Leadership, Lab, and Crowd
A formula for AI in companies
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Personality and Persuasion
One Useful Thing 📰 AI News & Updates 1y ago
Personality and Persuasion
Learning from Sycophants
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On Jagged AGI: o3, Gemini 2.5, and everything after
One Useful Thing 📰 AI News & Updates 1y ago
On Jagged AGI: o3, Gemini 2.5, and everything after
New models and new thresholds
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