Archive - One Useful Thing

GPT-5: It Just Does Stuff

Putting the AI in Charge

Aug 7 •

July 2025

The Bitter Lesson versus The Garbage Can

Does process matter? We are about to find out.

Jul 28 •

Against "Brain Damage"

AI can help, or hurt, our thinking

Jul 7 •

June 2025

Using AI Right Now: A Quick Guide

Which AIs to use, and how to use them

Jun 23 •

The recent history of AI in 32 otters

Three years of progress as shown by marine mammals

Jun 1 •

May 2025

Making AI Work: Leadership, Lab, and Crowd

A formula for AI in companies

May 22 •

Personality and Persuasion

Learning from Sycophants

May 1 •

April 2025

On Jagged AGI: o3, Gemini 2.5, and everything after

New models and new thresholds

Apr 20 •

March 2025

February 2025

A new generation of AIs: Claude 3.7 and Grok 3

Yes, AI suddenly got better... again

Feb 24 •

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