Tagged: epistemic-humility

The AI Draft: A Process Essay Nobody Asked For

Frank A. Kalman, a formally trained journalist, argues that using AI as a collaborative drafting partner is not a betrayal of craft but an honest extension of a writer's editorial process. He frames AI as a responsive thinking partner whose "wrongness" is productive, pushing the writer to clarify what they actually mean. The piece is a transparent, process-level account of how an experienced writer uses voice memos, AI chat, and iterative editing to reach a finished essay, positioned against the performative outrage of writers who conflate the suffering of drafting with the value of writing itself.

Planted 25 Apr 2026 Tended 25 Apr 2026

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Algorithmic Epistemic Injustice: AI’s knowledge hierarchy

AI has collapsed centuries of human knowledge into a single point of failure. Discover Algorithmic Epistemic Injustice and why statistical probability isn't enough.

Planted 10 Apr 2026 Tended 10 Apr 2026

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Thinking in action: precision matters

On the importance of precise terminology and definition, and a brief exploration of dialectic thinking. It's humans that need to learn to reason, not LLMs

Planted 29 Mar 2026

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Designing for doubt

Before 2022, it was pretty clear whether you were talking to a bot or a human. With the arrival of ChatGPT, this changed – radically. With a user interface that combines the gift of the gab with information that's not necessarily accurate, designers are faced with a novel challenge. How do we design for interfaces that are so convincing that people instinctively drop their guards and trust them more than might be good for them? And do our traditional design paradigms still serve us here?

Planted 12 Nov 2025

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