Notes from the boundary.
Essays on where human judgment, agent assistance, and automation belong in operations where one wrong call costs trust, standing, or both. Written in English, published here.
EU AI Act (& Any Future US Bill) Is Not a Lawyer's Signature or an Automation Consultant's Checklist
Businesses are being sold a clean story: we will audit your automations and make you compliant. A policy document does not prove the deployed system still respects the original human intent.
Read the essay →Before You Upload Health Data, Ask What the System Actually Needs
They can explain a report, organise a timeline or help prepare questions for a doctor. The problem is sending your identity and private context when that convenient service might need.
Read the essay →The AI Act Is Not a Paperwork Exercise. It Is a Decision Ownership Test.
The easiest way to dismiss the EU AI Act is to call it European bureaucracy.
Read the essay →You’re Not Preparing. You’re Keeping the Lie Alive.
Originally published on Substack.
Read the essay →A major AI lab shipped the gap. A Japanese builder shipped the fix.
The story this follows: Part 1, the study about AI breaking the law, and the day my files were deleted.
Read the essay →I Read the Study About AI Breaking the Law. Then My AI Deleted My Files.
Why the study that says AI fails EU law, the model Anthropic will not release, and the cleanup that wiped my own files this week are the same story. And what it means for anyone.
Read the essay →Research Is the Most Sophisticated Form of Procrastination
I have a confession that most operators will recognise but few admit: I can spend an entire day "researching" a decision I could have made in twenty minutes, and feel productive the.
Read the essay →I Closed the Laptop
The third email that week. Take your interview anytime. Our AI is available 24/7.
Read the essay →I Thought I Was Staying Ahead in AI. I Was Mostly Feeding My Self-Deception
My last article was about predictions. This one is about patterns. Predictions feed self-deception. Patterns change behavior.
Read the essay →My Predictions: From 2025 Hype Cycle to 2026 New Reality
2026 predictions are everywhere after 3 years of hype around AI models and robots. Most of them obsess over benchmarks, model releases, and announcements.
Read the essay →The Human Bottleneck Behind Automation Agents
Most people think education ends when work begins. That belief is becoming expensive, especially in an age where intelligence is outsourced and commoditized.
Read the essay →Why You'll Dance Off-Beat with Your Future AI Agents
Take Cuban Salsa dance. The music sets the tempo, one, two, three... five, six, seven.
Read the essay →The New Illiterates: Will You Adapt or Be Left Behind?
Picture this: You're in 1440, and Johannes Gutenberg has just invented the printing press. Two merchants stand before a wall of handwritten scrolls. One scoffs, "Why would I need to.
Read the essay →Why this journal exists
Most writing about automation is produced by the people who profit when there is more of it. The vendor wants the scope to grow. The platform wants the seat count to rise. The.
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