Polymathic

About Polymathic

What happens to human judgment, craft, and meaning when artificial intelligence reshapes how work gets done? Polymathic explores the human side of technology — reflecting on the intersection of AI and the human experience, the philosophy of building software, and what it takes to stay thoughtful in an era of automation. Paul Welty shares insights from building tools for thinking, writing, and working. Author of "The Work of Being: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Human in the AI Era" (available on Amazon).

Publisher

Paul Welty

Category

business · society & culture · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Feb 2023

Latest episode

9 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

129 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Apr 2026

   The accommodation tax

   Every time I ask an AI agent for a change, I still cringe. The flinch response trained into me by years of working with humans never unlearned itself, even when the other side is incapable of pushback.

2. 

   9 Apr 2026

   I built a content tool that starts from your voice, not a prompt

   Every AI content tool starts from a prompt. Authexis starts from your voice — literally. Here's what I learned about the gap between generating content and creating content that sounds like you.

3. 

   8 Apr 2026

   The org chart nobody drew

   The most honest org chart is the one that emerges from how people actually work, not the one someone drew on a whiteboard. Today, a team restructured itself through conversation — and nobody told them to.

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