From Pyramids to Diamonds · The Catalog · №012
As the AI waterline rises through entry-level work, what happens when the corporate pyramid becomes a diamond balanced on a single point? This week: the last leap second, a landline for kids, a virtual train ride, the real sky behind The Starry Night, deepfakes in the midterms, and Anthropic’s S-1 filing.
Average Faces · The Catalog · №011
Can you still tell a real face from a machine-generated one, or a customer from their agent? Banks blocking bots, and a planet found by a hobbyist with AI…
Queue the Agents · The Catalog · №010
What happens when customers deploy AI agents that never give up? AI in the MLB playoffs, WebMCP at checkout, and black-box mathematical solutions. The Catalog is a weekly shortlist of what’s worth learning, exploring, or watching.
Thinking in Generations · The Catalog · №009
A 10,000-year clock, a house printed in 12 hours, AI newsrooms, and news about my book. The Catalog is a weekly shortlist of what’s worth learning, exploring, or watching.
Lowered Barriers to Entry · The Catalog · №008
Seinfeld laughs visualized, OutKast at Waffle House, and why new AI workflows make it easier to create but harder to get hired
Going to Buy an Envelope · The Catalog · №007
The slow pace of biology, a museum made of Wikipedia, and a solar storm that held a train.
Making Canyon Grooves · The Catalog · №006
A canyon that plays music, a phone with no browser, and the hottest summer on record
Faster Than You Can Watch It · The Catalog · №005
Robotaxis without steering wheels, prove your age to Meta, and splitting the video feed
The Case for Maintenance · The Catalog · №004
Foldables, Nvidia's $12.9B bet, OpenClaw 2.0, a horror game that calls your phone, and the summer's best book.
AI Music Gets a Warning Label · The Catalog · №003
Apple and Spotify now tagging AI music, Anthropic eyes $2T IPO, Colour Revolt reunites in Mississippi, and a secret datacenter deal lands in my backyard.
The Network is Watching · The Catalog · №002
Bots now outnumber people online, AI solves problems open since 1946, and your router can tell who just walked past it.
Nobody Browses Anymore · The Catalog · №001
A virtual Blockbuster, a billion people talking to Gemini, and why AI answers have no page two.
Orientation · №000
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