Bayesian Theory

artificial intelligence

The Smithies 2026: A Celebration of Mental Redundancy in AI

“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”

cognitive

How to succeed at AI adoption and enablement

Failing to see gains from your AI adoption efforts? You aren’t alone.

artificial intelligence

OpenAI says AGI has arrived, but is it actually useful?

OpenAI’s Astra dropped late last week, and the company says it heralds the dawn of AGI. The model lives up to that hype, but I can’t help but wonder if more power is what we need?

AI Safety

AI agents: the future or a fugazi?

If agents are so great, why can’t we get them to work?

artificial intelligence

Sam Altman: we were wrong about AI adoption

A little louder for the geeks in the back.

AI Bayesics

How to make next-gen ChatGPT work for you

Turn your ChatGPT prop plane into a fighter jet with GPT Work

AI blogging

How the AI backlash will tank Western ambitions – and what can be done about it

The West is failing to adopt AI, and the resentment towards the tech is snowballing - with potentially devastating consequences. To avert this, we must fundamentally rethink how we view AI.

AI ethics

The inevitable return of the Payperclick Maximiser

We've just banned social media for kids in the UK. In this piece, I suggest we go one step further.

artificial intelligence

AI is for everyone

The rising tide that raises all boats

AI ethics

EU AI Act: what you need to know, what you need to do, and why it’s rather brilliant

AKA. How to avoid a €35m fine and git gud at AI in the process.

cognitive

Life after prompting: the three architectures for using AI in 2026

Turn your prop plane chatbot into a jet fighter harness by changing your game.

philosophy

Neurodivergence in action: my first year of AuDHD

Part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2026. This year’s theme is action.

cognitive

The AI Delusion

Dawkins weighed in on the AI consciousness debate, much to the chagrin of the AI researcher world. But does he have a point?

AI ethics

The tragic portrait painted in the Musk-OAI courtroom

Musk’s case against OpenAI is presented as a moral reckoning. But the deeper tragedy may be that he cannot see himself in the accusations he makes.

AI blogging

The art of winging it in the age of AI

Buy the ticket, take the ride.

AI Bayesics

AI Bayesics #6: Claude Cowork

Harness the power of the SaaS-killer

AI ethics

An AI expert's guide to being unemployed

Ten years ago, redundancy put me into a mental tailspin. A decade later I'm the AI guy who can't find work because of AI. The economy's plan, it turns out, is that there is no plan.

AI Bayesics

AI Bayesics #5: Context

Does your AI read between the lines?

AI blogging

AI is punk

Before he died in early 2025, filmmaker David Lynch came out as an advocate for AI, declaring that “AI is punk.” Punks weren’t classically trained musicians. That didn’t stop them. They grabbed those guitars, smashed those drums, yelled into the mic, and gave civilised society the middle finger

AI Bayesics

AI Bayesics #4: brainstorming, creativity and ideation

Unlock AI's potential for brainstorming and supercharge your creativity.

Briefing

My COO doesn’t sleep, eat, or need a salary

How harnesses made everything we know about agents irrelevant

AI Bayesics

AI Bayesics #3: Cognitive sparring

The most valuable thing AI can do is tell you you’re wrong.

Anthropic

When life gives you lemons, make Claude Cowork plugins

Meet Kronos, Font and Stratus - Cowork plugins which manage your whole workday, offer agency comms as a plugin, and replace the whole MBB model.

AI ethics

What world models and AGI mean for life, the universe and everything

Why world models are the route to AGI, the dangers of walking this path, and the reason why we’re screwed if we don’t.

AI Bayesics

AI Bayesics #2: Communicating effectively with AI

Sick of generic AI outputs which miss the mark? It's as easy as Specify, Modify, Verify.