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Alistair Croll

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In an era of slop (both AI and human) the only true currency is legitimacy. When we don’t know what’s real; when we’re flooded with too much information to process—that’s we rely on s...

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The machine fights back

Bill Bisson has been waiting ten months for the CRA to get back to him about an error, while over $3,000 in fines have piled up. He’s called, he’s written, he’s waited on hold. The machinery of government grinds at its own pace, and Bill is...

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The vocabulary of agents

Test-and-Run is a software development approach. I’m going to explain it to you, but that isn’t what this post is about. It’s about whether you knew what Test-and-Run was before I told you.

The Test-and-Run approach to coding breaks what y...

4 months ago
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Every American is bilingual

Hi. It’s been a while.

Just Evil Enough is a book about subverting systems. Now that it’s into the distribution process, I have some stories to tell.

For context: Emily Ross and I spent the last few years understanding why some brands, st...

2 years ago
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How we watermark things

Today, many people can spot things that were created by an AI. The photo might have weird ears and hands; the music might sound strangely distorted; the wording might seem bland. But AI is getting dramatically better, staggeringly quickly....

3 years ago

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    Thinking about the intersection of tech & society. Chair @Startupfest @fwd50conf @scaletechconf. Wrote Lean Analytics; Writing Just Evil Enough. He/him.

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