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Four Ways People Think About AI — And One That Actually Makes Sense

AI builders, AI deniers, AI fearers, and people who just use it. Here is how I map the landscape in mid-2025, and why I think the productivity unlock is still massively underestimated — including by the people building the tools.

14 Jul 202512 min read

#ai#opinion#productivity

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The Quiet Race: How Chinese AI Models Are Catching Up

GLM, DeepSeek, Qwen — open-source models out of China are closing the gap on GPT-4 and Claude faster than most people realise. Here is what the benchmarks actually say, and what it means for developers right now.

10 Jul 202511 min read

#ai#technology#geopolitics

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