An engineer discusses 'AI psychosis' or 'cognitive surrender' in software development, urging critical thinking when using AI tools to avoid blindly trusting AI outputs.
Simon Willison discusses Niklas Gruhn's term 'meat proxy' for people who blindly copy AI output, urging readers to understand and validate AI responses before relaying them.
A philosophical exploration of being wrong in technology, challenging binary thinking and advocating for nuanced judgment.
A critical examination of AI use cases, starting with writing policies and a new livestream series called 'Humans In The Way'.
A keynote on AI literacy for developers, exploring human-AI collaboration and the shift from code wrangling to habitat engineering.
A developer argues for using AI as a 'tutor' for critical thinking tasks, not just a tool to do the work, to maintain and improve core cognitive skills.
Explores the human role in the AI age, arguing we must value critical thinking, agency, and creativity over competing with AI on raw intelligence.
A guide to identifying and countering common forms of propaganda and flawed thinking in the technology industry, from FOMO to naive utopianism.
A developer shares a mental exercise for changing one's mind by assuming the other person is right, emphasizing good faith and intellectual humility.
Explains second-order thinking, a mental model for considering long-term consequences of actions, with examples from software engineering and management.
A guide for engineers on how to actively listen, think critically, and extract value from company meetings to understand their impact on work.
A guide to critically reading academic papers in computer science, emphasizing active engagement and contextual understanding.
A software developer reflects on the personal and professional tension between being a critical, negative thinker and fostering a welcoming tech community.
