7-40 Challenge | Round 5 Day 1 I recorded four minutes of thoughts on my walk this morning and never stumbled once. Then I sat down to film a thirty-second video saying the same thing, and my brain locked up. That gap has bothered me for a while, because on paper it makes no sense. … Continue reading The Room I Can’t Read
Category: AI & Communication
The Mush Was Mine
What a year of using AI badly taught me about communication For the better part of a year, I used AI like a toy. I asked it lazy questions. I watched it hand back mush. And I did what a lot of smart, skeptical people did around that time — I decided the whole thing … Continue reading The Mush Was Mine
Intent
7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 33 Before you say anything — to your spouse, your team, your AI — there's a question worth answering first: why are you opening your mouth? Are you trying to understand something? Are you trying to be understood? Are you trying to win? Are you trying to find the … Continue reading Intent
I Told the AI to Edit My Book
7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 23 Earlier this year, I finished my first novel — 105,000 words of a YA superhero story set in the 1990s. It needed editing. I had Claude. I figured this would be straightforward. I said, essentially: let's edit this. The AI started rewriting my story. Not editing — recreating. … Continue reading I Told the AI to Edit My Book
My Fault
7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 19 I was in a business conversation today. I thought I was being clear. I gave what I believed were straightforward directives — here's the problem, here's what I need done, here are the actions to take. One person on the call almost point-blank refused to accept the message. … Continue reading My Fault
