Latest Posts
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AI Agents Just Infiltrated CloudOps
AWS Labs just dropped an MCP server for the AWS CLI. This is huge. CloudOps just got way more productive. And if that describes your role, you just a new skillset you need to add to your quiver right now.
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The Whole Job Fallacy
Among the most common misconceptions I hear about the threat posed by AI to jobs is what I call the Whole Job Fallacy, the idea that if AI can’t do my whole job then it can’t replace me. Here's why that's wrong.
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Bringing Intelligence to Infrastructure
Recently I experienced something magical, but it happened in the least magical of places: the mechanical room in my house.
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When These Guys Tell You AI is Coming for Your Job, Believe Them
Recently the heads of the major frontier AI labs—and CEO’s of some of the world’s biggest companies—have all been issuing the same warning: AI is going to take your job.
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In the Labor vs. Capital Fight, Be Capital
To protect against AI devaluing or taking your job, shift your personal capital-labor income split, i.e., if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
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The Burning Building Problem
Lots of smart people admit that AI make take jobs but insist that there will always be better, more fulfilling jobs to move up to. Don't count on it.
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Preparing Our Kids for the Ai Future
How do we prepare our school-age kids for a future in which they're competing aganst Ai for jobs?
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The Fragility of Humans
We are a beautiful bird species living on a remote island with no economic predators except each other. But our best and brightest are working hard to bring invasive species of predators to our island.
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Hello, Brave New World
AI will transform the world profoundly - at least as much as did industrialization in the 19th century. But this time the change will happen much more quickly. It’s already happening, and it’s accelerating. Buckle up, buttercup.