I'm not sure how to feel about all this. On the one hand, my talents have never been more valuable, as AI has amplified my talents without (yet) subsuming them, but on the other hand I feel like I may have forever lost the permission to engage in a certain form of craftsmanship.
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* Farewell To Punch Cards (https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/06/05/farewell-to-punch-cards/)
* Waking Up To The Real Challenges Of AI (https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/07/19/waking-up-to-the-real-challenges-of-ai-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-a-big-mess/)
* The Perils Of Outsourced Thinking (https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/12/18/the-perils-of-outsourced-thinking/)
* Agency, Accountability, Architecture, Autarky, Alignment (https://blog.awgibbs.com/2026/01/06/agency-accountability-architecture-autarky-alignment/)
3 Feb 2026
The Long Road To Tragedy
Ideally those charged with the safety, security, and efficacy of systems would proactively monitor and analyze leading indicators that hint of tragedy to come. Second best, then, is at least to have a framework, workforce, mandate, and will to diagnose the root cause of a tragedy once manifested, in the hopes of preventing not just similar ones but also understanding what other hazards lurk just below the surface.
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* From Signal Pete To Deep Fake Rubio (https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/07/13/from-signal-pete-to-deepfake-rubio-the-struggle-to-bootstrap-and-protect-trust/)
* The Data Engineer's Struggle In a Fragmented And Politicized World (https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/03/the-data-engineers-struggle-in-a-fragmented-and-politicized-world-or-confronting-a-crisis-of-credibility/)
* The Hamfisted Hegemon (https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/08/the-hamfisted-hegemon-or-how-to-irreversibly-squander-a-centurys-hard-won-privileges-for-fun-and-profit/)
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* Path Dependent Perils (https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/09/27/path-dependent-perils/)
* This Is Not Fine (https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/10/19/this-is-not-fine/)
* Beyond Boats (https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/12/07/beyond-boats/)
* Guns, Germs, and Steel... And A Few Other Uncomfortable Topics (https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/12/21/guns-germs-and-steel-and-a-few-other-uncomfortable-topics/)
* Agency, Accountability, Architecture, Autarky, Alignment (https://blog.awgibbs.com/2026/01/06/agency-accountability-architecture-autarky-alignment/)
* Put Your Amygdala On Ice (https://blog.awgibbs.com/2026/01/09/put-your-amygdala-on-ice/)
* The Kill-And-Smear (https://blog.awgibbs.com/2026/01/24/the-kill-and-smear/)
25 Jan 2026
The Kill-And-Smear
The playbook takes shape.
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