Elon Musk’s greatest political advantage may be how difficult he has become to replace. Historian Quinn Slobodian argues that Musk’s political spending serves a larger purpose: deepening dependence on his companies. In Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, co-written with Ben Tarnoff, he describes a system that promises greater freedom through technology while placing essential servicesContinueContinue reading “Musk’s Endgame”
Category Archives: Artificial Intelligence
When the Doctor Becomes Optional 😳
A Skeptical Read of the “AI-Alone Medicine” Argument https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2852952 There’s a comfortable consensus in medicine about artificial intelligence: the machine assists, the physician decides. The AMA even rebranded it “augmented intelligence” to keep the human firmly in charge. A recent JAMA Viewpoint by Ezekiel Emanuel and colleagues sets out to demolish that consensus. Its claimContinueContinue reading “When the Doctor Becomes Optional 😳”
Run an LLM on your iPhone
Check out Bonsai (27B) and Gemma 4 using the Locally AI by LM Studio App on your iPhone 😎 Both run in Locally AI on an iPhone 17 Pro, but they’re built for different jobs, so the “winner” depends on what you’re doing. TL:DR – Bonsai is the stronger pick for reasoning and code; GemmaContinueContinue reading “Run an LLM on your iPhone”
The Honest Verdict on Every Major AI Subscription
Free AI tiers have quietly gotten very good. Here’s a frank breakdown of which paid subscriptions still earn their cost and which ones don’t. The AI subscription market has a quiet structural problem. When these products launched, the gap between free and paid was large enough to justify the charge without much thought. That’s changed.ContinueContinue reading “The Honest Verdict on Every Major AI Subscription”
The AI RoboDoctor Will See You Now
A Harvard-led study just dropped a result that will make every ER doctor’s stethoscope twitch. In a head-to-head against attending physicians at a Boston hospital, OpenAI’s o1-preview reasoning model diagnosed patients more accurately at the moment of triage, just when information is sparse, time is short, and getting it wrong can kill someone. The NumbersContinueContinue reading “The AI RoboDoctor Will See You Now”
Why Apple’s New CEO is a Bet on System-Level Power
John Ternus’ defining achievement at Apple wasn’t a sleek new gadget—it was a brain transplant. Ternus leading the transition from Intel to Apple Silicon was a high-stakes gamble that required a total overhaul of hardware, software, and the developer ecosystem. In the tech world, shifts this massive usually break things. Ternus made it look effortless. As he takesContinueContinue reading “Why Apple’s New CEO is a Bet on System-Level Power”
Run a Chatbot Locally on your iPhone 
Running a chatbot locally on an iPhone means the AI model lives entirely on your device’s hardware (the processor and RAM) rather than a cloud server. This ensures total privacy and works without an internet connection. In 2026, the barrier to entry has dropped significantly thanks to powerful mobile chips and optimized apps. Here isContinueContinue reading “Run a Chatbot Locally on your iPhone ”
My Mother’s Memory
My mother is 103 years old. To live for over a century is a miracle, but it comes with a heavy tax. Her progressive dementia has reached a stage where language is slipping away. Her speech has become “gibberish” we can’t quite decode, and her once-prolific writing has slowed to a trickle of fragmented lines.ContinueContinue reading “My Mother’s Memory”
Chain-of-Thought (CoT) Prompting
Chain-of-Thought (CoT) prompting is a technique where asking questions, rather than issuing direct instructions activates a model’s full internal reasoning pathway. The key insight from the original framing is that instructions skip steps 1–3, jumping straight to synthesis, while questions force the model to work through the entire reasoning chain. What Chain-of-Thought Actually Is Chain-of-ThoughtContinueContinue reading “Chain-of-Thought (CoT) Prompting”
Supersonic Tsunami: The Next 6 Months
What’s Coming, What It Means, and What You Need to Do Peter Diamandis This article is a quintessential example of accelerationist, venture-capitalist forecasting. It accurately maps the mind-bending financial and technological milestones of our current moment (Q1 2026), but it wraps thosev facts in a techno-utopian narrative that completely glosses over the severe friction ofContinueContinue reading “Supersonic Tsunami: The Next 6 Months”
