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Moneyballocracy
"Predictions are hard, especially about the future" - Neils Bohr, possibly apocryphally
Dec 22 • Jon Evans

November 2025

Of Agents and Agency
AI can't just do things (yet.)
Nov 30 • Jon Evans

October 2025

Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble
GPUs burn and valuations double
Oct 7 • Jon Evans

September 2025

Why 95% of AI Commentary Fails
In which I actually read the paper everyone is talking about.
Sep 2 • Jon Evans

August 2025

Walter and other stories
An August grab bag of delights. Well, divertissements.
Aug 26 • Jon Evans

July 2025

Where Is Your AI God Now?
Come on, Mary, don't fear the AI reaper.
Jul 1 • Jon Evans

June 2025

Here Come The Drones
Little darling, I see a disconcerting future.
Jun 25 • Jon Evans

May 2025

Join The Enthusiasts!
It's never too late to join us, but join us before it's too late.
May 27 • Jon Evans

April 2025

2,000 Years of AI Doom
The last two thousand, not the next two thousand, to be clear.
Apr 29 • Jon Evans
Freaky Tales and Johnny Canuck
and the Splendor and Misery of Seeking, of Scarcity
Apr 16 • Jon Evans

March 2025

AI is Worse Is Better
And for better or worse, Worse Is Better wins.
Mar 31 • Jon Evans
The interview is dead, long live the interview
Perhaps my most wildly implausible sci-fi concept yet: what if everyone didn't hate the hiring process?
Mar 18 • Jon Evans
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