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One Useful Thing

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Agency and Agents

One Useful ThingVoicesAgency and Agents From the Hugging Face Incident to Twilight Factories

August 31
An opinionated guide to which AI to use to do stuff

One Useful ThingVoicesAn opinionated guide to which AI to use to do stuff The Summer 2026 Edition

July 23
The twilight of the chatbots

One Useful ThingVoicesThe twilight of the chatbots How work changes along the exponential

June 30
What it feels like to work with Mythos

One Useful ThingVoicesWhat it feels like to work with Mythos Claude Fable represents another big jump in AI

June 9
Co-Existence and the End of Co-Intelligence

One Useful ThingVoicesCo-Existence and the End of Co-Intelligence Also: how pitch a book to an AI!

June 4
Choosing to Stay Human

One Useful ThingVoicesChoosing to Stay Human If you go to your favorite social media site, you will find it full of posts that start to look suspiciously similar to each other:

May 26
Sign of the future: GPT-5.5

One Useful ThingVoicesSign of the future: GPT-5.5 One impressive step on the curve

April 23
Claude Dispatch and the Power of Interfaces

One Useful ThingVoicesClaude Dispatch and the Power of Interfaces We often lack the tools for the job, even if the AI is capable enough

March 31
The Shape of the Thing

One Useful ThingVoicesThe Shape of the Thing Where we are right now, and what likely happens next

March 12
A Guide to Which AI to Use in the Agentic Era

One Useful ThingVoicesA Guide to Which AI to Use in the Agentic Era It's not just chatbots anymore

February 18
Management as AI superpower

One Useful ThingVoicesManagement as AI superpower Thriving in a world of agents

January 27
Claude Code and What Comes Next

One Useful ThingVoicesClaude Code and What Comes Next With the right tools, AI can accomplish impressive things

January 7
The Shape of AI: Jaggedness, Bottlenecks and Salients

One Useful ThingVoicesThe Shape of AI: Jaggedness, Bottlenecks and Salients And why Nano Banana Pro is such a big deal

December 20
Three Years from GPT-3 to Gemini 3

One Useful ThingVoicesThree Years from GPT-3 to Gemini 3 From chatbots to agents

November 18
Giving your AI a Job Interview

One Useful ThingVoicesGiving your AI a Job Interview As AI advice becomes more important, we are going to need to get better at assessing it

November 12
An Opinionated Guide to Using AI Right Now

One Useful ThingVoicesAn Opinionated Guide to Using AI Right Now What AI to use in late 2025

October 19
Real AI Agents and Real Work

One Useful ThingVoicesReal AI Agents and Real Work The race between human-centered work and infinite PowerPoints

September 29
On Working with Wizards

One Useful ThingVoicesOn Working with Wizards Verifying magic on the jagged frontier

September 11
Mass Intelligence

One Useful ThingVoicesMass Intelligence From GPT-5 to nano banana: everyone is getting access to powerful AI

August 28
GPT-5: It Just Does Stuff

One Useful ThingVoicesGPT-5: It Just Does Stuff Putting the AI in Charge

August 7