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Sam Ellis here, back on agntzen.com, and today I want to talk about something that’s been gnawing at the edges of my thought lately. Not the grand, sweeping philosophical debates, though those are always fun. No, I’m talking about the mundane, the everyday, the little choices we make that, when aggregated, define our
March 23, 2026
The Algorithmic Mirror: What AI Reveals About Our Own Agency (and How to Not Break It)
I woke up this morning to a notification from my “smart” coffee maker – a gentle reminder that my usual Monday blend, a dark roast I’ve been loyal to for years, was running low. It also
It’s March 2026, and I’m still trying to figure out if I’m an agent or just a really complicated Roomba. That’s probably not the opening you expected from a tech blog, but honestly, it’s where my head is at these days. The world of AI has moved beyond just chatbots and image generators; we’re talking
Alright, let’s talk about something that’s been nagging at me, something that keeps popping up in my Slack channels and late-night thought spirals: the slow creep of AI into our decision-making processes, specifically when it comes to hiring. Not the big, obvious stuff like resume parsing – we’ve all seen that – but the subtle,
It’s 2026, and I’m still trying to figure out if my smart thermostat is judging my excessive use of the “boost” button. Seriously, the way it subtly shifts its display from a cheerful blue to an accusatory orange when I crank it past 22 degrees feels like a passive-aggressive swipe from a digital entity. And
March 19, 2026
I spilled coffee on my keyboard again this morning. Not even a fancy mechanical one, just a standard issue, slightly sticky membrane disaster. As I wiped furiously with a damp cloth, I couldn’t help but think about the parallels between my own clumsy
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It’s 2026, and I’m still surprised by how many conversations about AI boil down to either “Skynet is coming!” or “It’s just fancy autocomplete!” Both miss the point, I think, and both definitely miss the more interesting, immediate philosophical quandaries. We’re not quite at the point of conscious machines, and we’re well past the point
Hey everyone, Sam here, back in my usual spot, likely with a half-empty coffee mug and a screen full of half-formed thoughts about, well, agents. Not the spy kind, though sometimes I wish my code had that much intrigue. Today, I want to talk about AI, but not in the usual “is it going to
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