"By removing this perception of real agency, we remove an actor in the play altogether," writes @richziade. "What’s left are the people behind it all: The people who build AI...they can be held responsible." buff.ly/Ykluwdh

"There's liberty in chaos," says @mipsytipsy. "You need to realize that things always happen that you can't control. And once you get used to that, you stop being afraid of it, and you start being inspired by it and curious about it. "buff.ly/Nusgija

"It’s wild to me that every single giant web and/or AI company could offer experiences like the tools I built and drive links back to publishers," writes @ftrain. "But they do not want to, and at this point, I do not think we are going back." buff.ly/H5as5zG

"We're trying to digest this way too fast, and everyone's under so much pressure," says @mipsytipsy. "It's just too much too fast!" On the podcast, the co-founder of Honeycomb talks about the industry's struggles to adapt to the seismic shift of AI: buff.ly/Nusgija

"The last thing I ever expected to build was a personal search engine," writes @ftrain, "but the AI-ification of everything simultaneously makes it possible... and makes it necessary, because the open web feels less and less reliable every day." buff.ly/H5as5zG

How is observability being redefined in the AI era? On this week’s Aboard Podcast, @ftrain and @richziade sit down with @mipsytipsy, the co-founder and CTO of Honeycomb. Listen now: buff.ly/Nusgija

From everything he's seen of Dario Amodei, @richziade is pretty sure he never "goes into a dungeon and plots how to destroy the world." (Comments about other tech titans withheld...) On the Aboard Podcast, throwing cold water on the recent AI news cycle: buff.ly/nxCeW6X

"AI may be new, but the basic principle underlying its use isn’t," writes @richziade. "When something causes harm, accountability belongs to the humans who made the choices that put it in motion." buff.ly/Ykluwdh

How should we think about AI as LLM development pushes forward faster than most people are comfortable with—developers included? "What we ironically need," @richziade posits, "is a level of friction and bureaucracy right now." buff.ly/6yaHs0k

Tech execs are sounding alarms about the dangerously fast pace of LLM development. Will any regulators stop them? On this week’s Aboard Podcast, @ftrain and @richziade discuss a heady few days in the world of Big AI. Listen now: buff.ly/6yaHs0k

"Humans will do absolutely anything to avoid a meeting or an interaction with another human being." On the latest Aboard Podcast, @ftrain and @richziade discuss the dangers of people firing off AI-generated complaints, particularly in work settings: buff.ly/PdifPyM

"We felt we could do a good job and run it for a long time." In this week's newsletter, @ftrain writes about Aboard's recent work getting the archives of @laphamsquart online: buff.ly/aZK3DnK

"You can't escape actually addressing the issue by letting a robot that sounds like a lawyer or professional talk for you," says @ftrain. "That's not the escape hatch you think it is." Listen or watch the whole conversation: buff.ly/PdifPyM

"Prototypes can come fast, but product still takes plenty of time." In this week's newsletter, @ftrain writes about Aboard's recent work getting the @laphamsquart archives online. Read all about it: buff.ly/aZK3DnK

Problems with your boss? Why not fire up Claude and hit HR with a lengthy legalistic complaint? On this week’s Aboard Podcast, @ftrain and @richziade look at the erosion of human-to-human communication in the AI era. Listen now: buff.ly/PdifPyM

"It's not like the AI rolls out and now all the kids get hundreds at math," says @tyrangiel. "It's not like the AI rolls out and nobody dies of cancer. This is about like, okay, we're at wave one. What can it really do?" buff.ly/NZD4CZR

"People feel that large, indifferent forces are taking advantage of them, and they don’t believe any promises the big platforms are making," writes @ftrain. On Anthropic's $30 trillion market prediction, robot taxes, and the opposition to data centers: buff.ly/6lW98Lv

"So look, AI is real," says @Tyrangiel. "Some of the software is dazzling. It is going to make a lot of things in our lives better. Is it going to make it all better tomorrow? No." On the Aboard Podcast, a conversation about Josh's new book, AI for Good: buff.ly/NZD4CZR

"Obviously TAM is not a real thing. It’s a speculative measure, and this is an investor pitch," writes @ftrain. "Anthropic’s pre-IPO road show is the equivalent of a six-week residency at the Las Vegas Sphere for the world’s biggest money fans." buff.ly/6lW98Lv

Investors are flocking to the Silicon Valley giants, but where is AI really making a difference on the ground? On the Aboard Podcast, @ftrain and @richziade welcome back writer and editor @tyrangiel to talk about his new book, AI for Good. Listen now: buff.ly/NZD4CZR