14 essential AI "I can ..." skills every undergrad should have ... I was struggling to find a list of practical interview-ready AI skills that every graduating undergraduate should be able to demonstrate. So I created one 🧵

Everything you wanted to know about doing a PhD ... but were afraid to ask: A personal reflection on what a PhD is, what it is not, and how to navigate one should you take the plunge futureofbeinghuman.com/p/eve…

We’re launching Claude Corps, a national fellowship program matching people early in their careers with US nonprofits. We'll teach 1,000 people to use Claude, and pay them to use AI to advance their hosts’ missions. anthropic.com/claude-corps

I’ve been thinking a lot about the extraordinary outbursts of the President of the United States against female journalists... well, actually against journalists in general and journalism. But it feels like he saves his most childlike behavior and irrational language for female reporters, calling them all kinds of names that kids in kindergarten are given times out for. It’s stunning to me to witness such behavior from any leader, any CEO, any person of influence or importance. I’ve never witnessed someone like this raging, this weekend with @meetthepress host @kwelkernbc, just last week in the Oval Office with @cnn’s @kaitlancollins, calling women stupid or piggy, telling them to “smile”, calling them darling, demeaning their credibility. Every good man should denounce this behavior. Every person should be able to stand up for their colleagues and say “No more.” Imagine this man screaming like this at your daughter, your wife, your sister, your mother... would you stand for it? No, you wouldn’t! And neither should any of us. It’s unacceptable and undignified. Period. End of story.

Running tests with free versions of LLMs on using llms.txt indexed markdown files: Grock — possibly the best Claude — pretty good Gemini — Cannot/won't retrieve files ChatGPT — Doesn't read files and pretends it does!

JUST IN: Vatican announces that Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical — titled Magnifica Humanitas, on the safeguarding of the human person in the age of AI — will be presented at 11:30am on Monday, May 25, in the Vaticanʼs Synod Hall, in the presence of the Holy Father. Speakers at the presentation will include: Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith; Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development; Professor Anna Rowlands, Political Theology, including Catholic Social Teaching, and theological ethics of human migration, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, United Kingdom; Christopher Olah, co-founder of Anthropic (USA) and head of interpretability research for artificial intelligence; Dr. Leocadie Lushombo, Political Theology and Catholic Social Thought, Jesuit School of Theology / Santa Clara University, California. Concluding remarks will be delivered by thel Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. The presentation will also include an address by Pope Leo XIV. Magnifica Humanitas was signed and dated on May 15, the 135th anniversary of the promulgation of Pope Leo XIII’s Encyclical Letter Rerum Novarum.

I'll be on sabbatical until August 2027 and using the time to explore some deeply profound questions ... including why I spend so much time writing stuff so few people want to read! futureofbeinghuman.com/p/the…

AI movies may be less dystopian than we think futureofbeinghuman.com/p/ai-…

I got so frustrated with grad students (and potential students) struggling to understand what a PhD is — and what it entails — that I sat down with Claude and developed a website designed specifically to allow anyone to explore my perspectives, expectations and advice — either through an AI of their choice or reading the material directly. It was a surprisingly tough process, involving several hours of being questioned by Claude on every aspect of my thinking, and being pushed hard where it was wooly. But the end result is a surprisingly candid and deep reflection on what I think a PhD is, what pursuing one involves, the many challenges that PhD students face, and the type of mindset that is more likely to get you throught. Useful for me in clarifying and capturing my own thinking, but hopefully useful to anyone in a PhD program, contemplating a PhD, or supporting someone who is. Links: This is a resource that's been designed to be engaged with in three primary ways (although I'm sure there are many others). 1. Using an AI of choice as a guide. Simply go to soyouwantaphd.wtf/ copy the prompt, and paste it into your AI — see the notes on the web page for tips here on what works better and what struggles. 2. Using NotebookLM Point NotebookLM at soyouwantaphd.wtf/llms-full.… and when the file has loaded ask it anything. Asking for an infographic of the whole file, or specific aspects of doing a PhD seems to work particularly well 3. Browse the source filesThese are written for AI consumption, but all can be read manually at soyouwantaphd.wtf/contents.h… And this is an experiment in making content accessible, so please let me know how you get on if you explore it. Thanks!

5 rules to avoid becoming a ChatGPT zombie youtube.com/watch?v=PF8bfs3Q…

If you have to explicitly explain that this is not a Golden Calf, it clearly is!

I used to make fun of this kind of thing when reporting in North Korea.

Broke out the black glass board for my first Risk Bites video in years! Worried about AI brain rot? 5 rules to avoid becoming a ChatGPT zombie youtube.com/watch?v=PF8bfs3Q…

Working on a research/writing project and have ust moved back to Opus 4.6 from Opus 4.7 in Claude Code – significantly better writing style with the earlier model!

Are design principles for responsible and beneficial AI useful? ASU's release of its AI education platform Atomic reveals the potential usefulness of AI design principles, and the risks of not following them futureofbeinghuman.com/p/are…

Very sad to hear of the passing of Craig Venter - controversial, highly influential, impacted my work in synthetic biology years ago, had the privilege of him serving on a WEF committee I chaired way back. Will be missed.

I'm mad. I'm mad because I've defended ASU many times (even on this hell-site) regarding our work around AI. I work with folks dedicated to helping ASU navigate this difficult landscape with wisdom, care, and in alignment with our values. And now this? insidehighered.com/news/tech…

Can't believe I'm saying this but Grok is acing it on tasks I'm giving other LLMs at the moment!

.@AnthropicAI , what have you done to my trusted AI writing companion?! Why I'm falling out of love with Claude — and what I hope Anthropic does to win me back: futureofbeinghuman.com/p/why…

Working with Claude on capturing my approaches/philosophy/practices of mentoring/chairing PhD students. For anyone who thinks using AI is about offloading intellectual labor, I feel like Claude has has a vacuum cleaner attached to my brain all morning - exhausted!

Question: if you could ask anything at all about doing a PhD, what would you ask - whether you’re thinking about doing one, in one, or just curious? Building a new AI resource and looking for seed questions.