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Singles
Scattered
observations.
Standalone
pieces responding
to moments
in the AI landscape.
3 essays
Which AI Tool Should I Actually Use? A No-BS Guide for Social Science Researchers
How I learned to stop worrying and use multiple AIs
"If you're like most social science researchers I know, you've probably tried ChatGPT, maybe Claude, and wondered, "Which AI should I actually be using for my work?" The answer, unfortunately (or fortunately?), is "it depends.""
read essay →Research Memex: Working at the AI Research Frontier
One approach to human-AI research collaboration, demonstrated through systematic reviews
"There is no seahorse emoji. Yet when asked to represent one, AI systems confidently suggest: 🌊🐙🦈🐚. Pick your favorite "seahorse." They're all hallucinations. This became the mascot for Research Memex, a framework we've been building for..."
read essay →Kimi-K2: Another DeepSeek Moment?
The Chinese AI that speaks in registers we don't have names for
"On July 11, 2025, two days after xAI's splashy Grok-4 launch, Moonshot AI (月之暗面, based in Beijing and launched on the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon) quietly dropped Kimi-K2. No livestream or benchmark fanfare. Just an ope..."
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