by John Macdonald | May 30, 2026 | AI, Human, Leadership, The250
An interesting paper from the Wharton School at UPenn defines the term “Cognitive Surrender.” It means adopting AI outputs with little to no scrutiny, and in so doing, bypassing human intuition and deliberation. Nailed it. We’re living in a time of cognitive... by John Macdonald | May 26, 2026 | AI, Human, Technology, The250
AI agents overshare. They create more documents, more paragraphs, more explanations, and more words. And if they’re writing code, they create more code, more comments, more tests, and more review items. More, more, more. So much so that you can’t help but say, to... by John Macdonald | May 24, 2026 | AI, Technology, The250
The models, they are a-changin’. Therefore, I’ve updated the ”How to Talk to AI” page. Some terminology: The term “frontier model” is just fancy AI-speak for “the latest model.” The one’s that OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google announce in the press. Enjoy. Share this:... by John Macdonald | May 23, 2026 | AI, Technology, The250
Most people expected that LED lighting would lead to a significant reduction in global lighting power consumption. Why wouldn’t you? Seems reasonable. The Occam’s Razor outcome. A 60W incandescent bulb costs about $10 a year to run versus $1 for a similar LED version.... by John Macdonald | May 20, 2026 | AI, Human, Leadership, Technology, The250
You’ve got several tabs open with several agents working on task lists you’ve given them. It’s neat and tidy in the beginning. You’ve given each one a structured and well-thought-out set of instructions. You’ve got a handle on it. But as each one starts its job, the... by John Macdonald | May 15, 2026 | AI, Human, Technology, The250
I’m pretty darn good at getting what I want out of AI. Why is that? A good portion of it is because I’ve spent the last 3 1/2 years in deep with it. At first, like an 8-year-old with a new toy, I dove in. Then, once I was in, I realized this is indeed the future of...