Writing by Viksit Gaur

It is abundantly clear that AI slop is here to stay. We’re in an era of cheap, disposable, shallow content so generic that it barely holds anyone’s attention anymore. Worse, the flood of AI generated slop will only grow, fragmenting our already…

While industry leaders like Sam Altman and Dario Amodei tout that more compute, more data, and ever-lower loss are the keys to AGI, much of this messaging seems designed to generate PR buzz and secure funding rather than address fundamental…

There’s a clamor that AI is going to crash software developer salaries and render them obsolete. Some companies are already saying they won’t hire junior or mid-level engineers this year, or that most of their code is now churned out by AI. But here…

Chaos may be the catalyst that pushes AI to the next level. Ten years ago, I asked a question: Can there be an algorithm for creativity? I defined creativity as “the ability to generate unique and novel explanations for events that can’t be deduced…

For decades, software was built by professionals. Now, a billion people are making it — without realizing they’re developers. Casual developers aren’t engineers. They’re educators automating lesson plans, small business owners tweaking Notion…