Cyber Security
I have been developing a penetration-testing platform called Canvas for years. Calling myself a developer would be generous. I am a penetration tester who learned enough Python, JavaScript and databases to try to turn an idea into software. For three or four years, I worked on Canvas whenever client work allowed it. That was part
Knowledge Work Versus Procedural Work When people discuss AI and employment, the conversation usually revolves around one question: Which jobs will AI replace? While being a valid question, perhaps it is not the most important one. The first major wave of white-collar job losses may not require artificial intelligence capable of replacing accountants, analysts, bankers,
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A Slow Surrender Rather Than an AI Apocalypse When Success Becomes the Risk The greatest risk from artificial intelligence may not come from failure. It may come from success. The more useful AI becomes, the more activity we are willing to route through it: searching, reading, comparing, deciding, buying, hiring and eventually acting on our
Most discussions about AI eventually collapse into the same question: Will it take our jobs? That question is understandable. AI can already write software, analyze documents, summarize enormous amounts of information, identify patterns, generate possible solutions, and increasingly interact with computers and other tools autonomously. Many tasks that once required trained professionals can now be
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(A Guide to Understanding Change in an Age of Hyper-Acceleration) If you’ve been reading tech news lately, it feels overwhelming. One day, we read about a miraculous breakthrough that could solve climate change; the next, another headline warns that entire job sectors are obsolete. It creates this persistent sense of panic – a feeling that
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Introduction and Scope I prepared these notes as a thought experiment – a way to synthesize my ideas regarding how Artificial Intelligence will reshape human life. It is crucial to recognize that the precise nature and degree of AI’s impact are not yet clear. And today, our observations are overwhelmed by what feels like a