The deadline isn't when AI outsmarts us – it's when we stop using our own minds(theargumentmag.com)

288 points by NotInOurNames 1 year ago | 245 comments

The 100k whys of AI(lcamtuf.substack.com)

145 points by surprisetalk 4 months ago | 88 comments

Should DayQuil Be Legal?(theargumentmag.com)

167 points by paulpauper 3 months ago | 213 comments

Learning happens in environments optimized for understanding, not winning(joanwestenberg.com)

43 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 8 comments

Giving people money helped less than I thought it would(theargumentmag.com)

26 points by tekla 1 year ago | 21 comments

Do you want the US to "win" AI?(geohot.github.io)

20 points by mefengl 6 months ago | 31 comments

Opus 4.5 is not the normal AI agent experience that I have had thus far(burkeholland.github.io)

797 points by tbassetto 9 months ago | 1203 comments

Burke Holland's blog post arguing that Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5 is a step change in AI coding agent experience.

Nobody knows how to build with AI yet(worksonmymachine.substack.com)

475 points by Stwerner 1 year ago | 368 comments

Scott Werner's Substack essay arguing nobody yet knows how to build software with AI, drawing on building Protocollie in four days without touching the code.

Quality non-fiction books are the antithesis of AI slop(resobscura.substack.com)

463 points by benbreen 3 months ago | 222 comments

Benjamin Breen's Res Obscura essay arguing quality non-fiction books counter AI slop, introducing a vibe-coded tool indexing prize-winning books.

We should be more ambitious with the software we build(danluu.com)

857 points by ltratt 1 day ago | 744 comments

Dan Luu essay arguing that advancing AI coding models let developers build more ambitious software, citing pgrust, a regex engine, ripgrep fork, and board game AI projects.

Thoughts on thinking(dcurt.is)

588 points by bradgessler 1 year ago | 367 comments

Dustin Curtis's blog essay reflecting on how AI and LLMs have made his own writing, coding, and creative thinking feel pointless.

I'm Tired of Talking to AI(orchidfiles.com)

1753 points by theorchid 5 months ago | 850 comments

A personal essay recounting frustration with people replying using copy-pasted AI answers, including on GitHub discussions and from an employer sharing ChatGPT screenshots.