AI Sidequest
Episodes
BREAKING! What writers REALLY think about AI, with Josh Bernoff
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There's a brand new study from Gotham Ghostwriters and Josh Bernoff looking at how almost 1,500 writers and editors feel about AI and what they're act...
HOT TAKE: Can AI do 2.5% of your work or 48% of your work?
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new study found dramatically different results from a previous similar study of how well AI can do real human work. Researchers from the Center for ...
Small AI wins that actually matter: garlic puns to Spanish rock songs
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Learn why AI is changing creative work in unexpected ways. Mignon Fogarty and Jane Friedman look at the delightful small uses of AI (like generating p...
Claude Code for non-coding tasks? Plus, the limits of AI without humans.
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mignon Fogarty and Adam Davidson discuss Sora, Claude Code, the OpenAI jobs study, ChatGPT parental controls, and more. Sign up for the newsletter at ...
Beautiful bones + ugly scams: Building with AI. Defending against it
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mignon Fogarty and Jane Friedman as they discuss their AI wins and worries. They talk about using AI to build web sites, find new haunts, and do ...
BREAKING: $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright settlement delayed
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
US Copyright Office: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/ Atlantic database: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data...
ChatGPT hates your drama
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
- When asking medical questions, watch your language because LLMs give worse answer if your prompt seems dramatic, uncertain, or has typos. - Anthropi...