Essays
Writing on AI, mostly.
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The Ghost in the Machine is You
Remember that question everyone keeps asking wrong?
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Beyond Fluency: The Slippery Slope
When models gain tools and agency, overreliance quietly erodes the judgment you still need to keep.
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Beyond Fluency: How Tool Access Turns LLMs Into Operating Systems
Give a language model tools and it stops being a text generator and starts being a system that acts.
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Beyond Fluency: What LLMs Actually Change
Treat language as a universal interface and the way you code, write, and think all shift, for better and worse.
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Fluency, Not Thought: Understanding What LLMs Really Are
These are pattern-matchers simulating fluency through probability, not minds that comprehend. Why the distinction matters.
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Visionary Mode: Keeping Your Voice While Letting the LLM Sweat the Small Stuff
Using AI as a copy editor, not a ghostwriter: handing off the execution without handing over the voice.
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Through the Attacker's Eyes: Perspective as a Strategy with NodeZero
Why seeing your environment the way an attacker does beats running another vulnerability scan.
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Forecast Fatigue: Why Perspective Matters in Vulnerability Management
Drowning in alerts, security teams need context to find the few vulnerabilities that actually matter.