Jagged Frontier
John BaileyExamining the uneven edges of AI progress, marked by superhuman performance in some domains while struggling with basic tasks in others. Written for leaders, investors, and policymakers navigating how these shifts are reshaping institutions and society.
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What Using AI for My Mom’s Cancer Taught Me
The most profound way I used AI in 2025 came during one of the harder stretches my family has faced: My mother’s cancer came back.
In the past, navigating this diagnosis meant late‑night Googling, scattered notes, and a nagging sense that...
What a Year of Living With AI Taught Me
A year ago, I shared over at AEI Ideas, some reflections on how I was using AI and suggested that it’s helpful to think of these tools as competent interns working remotely: earnest and sophisticated, but still in need of direction and supe...
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AI Chatbots Are Reshaping Political Persuasion
As large language models (LLMs) increasingly replace traditional search engines as tools for information gathering, the use of AI in the political arena—and its impact on elections—is inevitable. Recent research published in Nature and Scie...
Reading the Mind of the Machine: Why GPT-5’s Chain-of-Thought Monitoring Matters for AI Safety
When OpenAI released GPT-5 last week, most coverage focused on the model’s performance gains, including fewer hallucinations, stronger multilingual abilities, and state-of-the-art results in health tasks. But buried deep in the 59-page syst...
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John advises investors and entrepreneurs in AI, edu & health. He's a fellow at AEI and CZI. Alum: White House, Commerce & ED. Boards: FAS, US Digital Response, Zearn Math.
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