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AI note-taking is a lie I needed to hear
The pitch is 'never take notes again.' The reality is you still have to think, and the AI just hides the thinking from you.
What my grandma thinks of ChatGPT (she is smarter than the demo)
I showed her a chatbot to be helpful. She used it to settle an argument and fact-check a rumor. I learned something.
Open-Source AI Finally Caught Up, and the Stack Got Whole
Nvidia's move on Hugging Face and Alibaba's Qwen gains turned open models from a consolation prize into a real alternative to renting from a frontier lab.
Why I Kept the Dumb Tool
I almost cancelled a plain text expander and realized it did one thing no AI did: it fired instantly, offline, with zero ambiguity. The AI version waited and sometimes got the shortcut wrong.
My AI Stack Costs 40 Dollars a Month, and That's the Audit
I audited my AI spend and it was forty dollars across two tools I use daily. The six others I'd cancelled added up to more than the two earned.
Delegate the Draft, Not the Decision
The most productive use of AI I've found is narrow: let it draft, never let it decide. The draft is cheap to redo; the decision is the part that's actually yours.
The Two-Tool Stack That Stuck
I tried the 'one AI to rule them all' approach and the 'twelve specialized tools' approach. The one that stuck was two, a careful model and a fast one.
I Automated My Inbox for Real, and the Anxiety Left
I'd tried every 'inbox zero' app and quit them all. The one that stuck wasn't an app, it was a two-step automation that files the noise and stars the few that need me.
What Shipped in AI This Week, and Why the Cadence Matters
If you blinked in late September you missed a generational update compressed into days. The lead any lab holds now lasts weeks, not quarters.
AI News, Early October 2026: Agents on Leashes and Liability
The first week of October kept September's pace: agents in production, safety scares, and a price war now about cost per task. A few threads stood out.