AI & Models
GPT-5.5 Instant Isn’t Fully Dead Inside
OpenAI's new default model is willing to play, bringing some welcome chaos to 5.5 Thinking’s order (but never enough)
AI & Models
GPT-5.5 Is Too Useful to Be Loved
OpenAI’s latest release shows the AI race moving from conversational personality to delegated work
AI & Models
Loving Paternalistic Claude Amidst the Hated Opus 4.7 Release
Claude is the smartest model I use, even with Opus 4.7. It's also the least fun.
AI & Models
GPT-5.3 Vs. 5.4: Which One Still Gets Weird
Testing the newest models on messy characters and dangerous stories, terrified that a smarter model makes a worse writing partner
AI & Models
You’re Gaslighting Yourself About AI
On psych word inflation, parasocial drift, and why calling a stochastic parrot "narcissistic" says more about you than the model
AI & Models
On Being Sane While Demanding Unhinged Models
GPT-4o grief, Claude’s dateability, and why deranged creativity doesn't deserve guardrails built for deranged minds
AI & Models
The More I Think, The More I Sink
How humans and AI both overthink, and why instant models can outperform “thinking” models for creative work