AI, understood over time / Weekly essays
Making sense of AI.
What AI can do, how it is changing work, and where it might take us next. I’m trying to understand the technology, the economics and what they mean in practice.
Each week, I bring together what I’ve learned, connect the ideas, and write about what stands out, what challenges my assumptions and what I’m still working through.
Weekly writing
Start here · 3 September 2026Why I’m taking AI seriously
The benefits, the resource debate, and the thinking behind having a stake in it.
Read the essay →The questions I’m exploring.
01 / AI & CAPABILITY
What can AI do?
The progress, the limitations and what it takes for AI systems and agents to do useful work.
02 / COMPUTE & ECONOMICS
What makes it useful?
The cost of intelligence, access to compute, and how technical progress becomes practical value.
03 / WORK & THE FUTURE
What could change?
The implications for how we work, what we build and the opportunities ahead. What seems plausible, and what remains uncertain?
What I’ve learned. How it fits together. Where I might be wrong.
These essays reflect my understanding as it develops. I link to the evidence behind important claims and distinguish what is established from my own interpretation.
DIEM and VVV are part of my own exposure to AI. I explore that connection when it helps explain the wider picture.