Jan
0001
Signal to Noise
Marcus Pemberton had always been a man of systems. He colour-coded his socks, alphabetised his spice rack twice weekly, and maintained a spreadsheet …
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Ai
Nov
2025
Slop for the People
The Australian Public Service’s (APS) official culture of AI adoption is not found in the glossy press releases of its ministers. But …
Jul
2025
(Gradient) Descent into Mediocrity
While the rest of the world loses its collective mind over artificial intelligence, Tasmania is sitting on an amazing competitive advantage… …
Mar
2025
Constraints are the Point
I get it. I disagree with it, but I get it. The tech industry is throwing obscene amounts of money at LLMs. VCs are salivating over AI startups. The …
Mar
2025
Beyond Bad Output
The Deeper Problems with AI in Creative Work “But AI will get better at writing stories, won’t it?” This response to my rant about …
Mar
2025
The Empty Promise of AI-Generated Creativity
“Are you going to add AI writing to Yarn Spinner?” It’s a question I hear almost weekly these days. Whether at game development …