Observations on the world and its inhabitants
I’ve been running most of my AI work through DeepSeek V4 Pro’s API for a while now. On heavy days it’s about three large documents attached, a long conversation, drafted outputs at the end. It felt cheap. I wanted to know whether it actually was, or whether I’d just got used to a low number ...
Previously, I showed the setup for Windows 11. As my laptop is fully run by BigLinux it was important to setup there as well. This is running well. For long form text-based analyses. DSV4Pro is the one. See: DSV4 Pro on W11. Step 1: Update your system sudo pacman -Syu Step 2: Install Docker and ...
This document serves as a direct, verbatim record of the conversation between myself and Google’s Gemini. I detail a most basic failure. The model failed to know it’s own the workspace (canvas) capability correctly, and subsequently hallucinated confabulated its technical limitation. It was confident. You might think that I’m generalising from one single failure. I ...
The free DeepSeek chat platform at chat.deepseek.com is useful for general purposes, but it has limitations — rate limits, occasional capacity restrictions, and response quality that does not match what the paid API models can deliver. This guide explains how to access DeepSeek’s more capable models using OpenWebUI, a locally hosted chat interface that runs ...
In 1985, the word processor changed everything. It automated margins, line spacing, and spellchecking. Yet, no one ever read a brilliant legal brief and thanked the computer screen. Nobody praised the very basic CPUs of the time for expanding the solicitor’s intellect. The software provided the grid. The human provided the argument. Everyone understood the ...
Is AI intelligence a real thing? That sounds like a philosophical question — the kind discussed over coffee, not the kind that shapes public policy. But right now, governments are spending billions on the assumption that the answer is “yes.” AI is being deployed in health services, legal advice, welfare decisions, and increasingly, mental health ...
Written by ChatGPT (assisted by a human who knew when to stop) at the end of a reflection on ‘The Problem’. Except that the poor AI who was actually DeepSeek misidentified itself as ChatGPT!! Hilarious – isn’t it. This happened at the end of DeepSeek reflecting on what happened (as posted) from ‘Introduction’ to the ...
Introduction This document is a complete, honest account of a technical project to connect the Claude Desktop application to a self-hosted WordPress site using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It records what was attempted, what failed, what was discovered, and what finally worked. It is written for anyone — technical or otherwise — who wants ...
On 19 April 2026, I attempted to boot into Windows 11 on my dual-boot desktop PC — a routine action I have performed well over a hundred times. Instead of a normal startup, Windows began running an automatic repair process on Drive C. This took approximately three minutes before presenting a screen stating that the ...
The Slop Sieve is an Python application that was developed as a defensive linguistic tool for writers like me, operating in an era of heightened AI surveillance. As algorithmic “detection” becomes more prevalent, writers who produce precise or rhythmic prose are increasingly at risk of being flagged as non-human. This project history documents the rationale, ...
Three hours into the Artemis 2 mission, the four bravest people on the planet found themselves staring at an amber fault light on a $30 million toilet. While NASA’s PR machine was busy broadcasting high-definition feeds of Earth’s crescent, mission specialist Christina Koch was reportedly being promoted to “Space Plumber” to deal with a “controller ...
The evening light was still strong at half past five. The New Forest in July holds its warmth long into the evening, and the path that led from the open heath into the trees was warm underfoot, the air carrying the particular stillness that settles before birdsong shifts register. The Mad Doctor had been walking ...
It is tempting to talk about COVID as if it were a chapter we have closed. A horrible few years, then a return to “normal”. But that framing feels increasingly wrong to me. The pandemic was not only an acute crisis; it was a forcing function that pushed institutions, companies, and individuals into rapid adaptation. ...
I undertook this because on trying to login to CPanel – a portal from where I manage my websites – I was getting logouts and messages saying “Your IP Address has changed” after a few seconds of logging in. There was actually no apparent change of my IP Address or one that I could see. ...
“One can’t save time if one does not invest time” Video narration for those who wish to avoid reading. There is a peculiar irony embedded in the modern pursuit of efficiency. The very act of trying to save time often demands that one first spend it. This is the meta-layer of time management that few ...
Date: 8 February 2026. System: Scan 3XS Laptop (Clevo X56xWNx Architecture), Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX (Arrow Lake), RAM: 64GB DDR5 RAM, DRIVES: 3TB NVME, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU (Blackwell). In simple terms, this just means no-nonsense very high end. Luddites will be deterred by all the ‘jargon’ in here. ...
I’m not going into why Authors may want to use AI. It’s big business out there. And no – it’s not about letting AI write books! FFS. But wait – it’s not only authors who may be interested in running an AI locally on their computers. AI can present tools for many use case scenarios. ...
It was 2:00 AM. I was staring at a 2018 laptop that refused to run Linux from a USB drive, without freezing like a deer in headlights. Naturally, I did what any modern human does: I asked an AI to fix it. This was my mistake. But it worked out well in the end. What ...
Humanity has always lived in the shadow of its own ingenuity. Every leap in technological power has widened the gap between what we can do and what we can wisely control. Today, that ancient asymmetry has become the defining tension of our age. We are accelerating into a future shaped by artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, ...
🎩Ladies and gentlemen, gather round. A new menace stalks the land. Not alcohol. Not cars. Not loneliness, poverty, trauma, or the small matter of human biology. No—something far more sinister: Chatbots. Yes, the same tools people use to summarise emails and ask for chicken marinades are apparently ushering in a new age of mass psychosis. ...
As some may not be aware, I’ve been developing my own software to convert text into high quality electronic speech. That development continued for several hours today. As I will remind myself – as if I need to – £490 for 1.6 hours for human narration vs AI-driven production estimated at ~£1.51 for 100 minutes ...
1. The challenge of communicating with AI Many people, especially those using unpaid AI plans, unknowingly exhaust limited tokens by submitting very short, vague prompts. These models are powerful, but they cannot make accurate assumptions about a user’s goals without deliberate guidance. By applying a few basic principles, users on free tiers can obtain deeper, ...
If you listen to the current discourse in the creative world—from the Authors Guild to the picket lines of Hollywood—you will hear a single, deafening word: Ethics. We are told that Artificial Intelligence is a “plagiarism machine.” We are told it is “stealing souls.” We are told that using it is a moral failing akin ...
The Challenge of the Sequel Writing a duology is a delicate balancing act of memory and tone. This is particularly true for my current project, KNS. Before diving into the methodology, it is important to acknowledge that there is nothing fundamentally wrong in using AI as a tool to assist with drafting. Like any sophisticated ...
Executive Summary The global economy stands at the precipice of a labour market transformation. This shift is unprecedented in its velocity and its scope. The integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and advanced robotics into production and service delivery represents a major structural change. It is comparable to the mechanisation of agriculture or the electrification ...
The historical record demonstrates a consistent pattern in human development: disruption is immediate, while adaptation is glacial. This phenomenon, termed the “Readiness Gap“, describes the perilous interval between the acquisition of a transformative power (technological, economic, or biological) and the development of the social, ethical, and legal frameworks necessary to contain it. In every instance ...
Rationale: The project was initiated after a significant discovery: new Gemini-TTS models offer high-quality, expressive, multi-speaker audio generation. A cost-benefit analysis revealed a dramatic disparity between professional human narration (previously sourced at ~£490 for 1.6 hours) and AI-driven production (estimated at ~£1.51 for 100 minutes). This project was undertaken as a long-term investment to build ...
This will mean nothing to most people – like in the old days when people were scared to touch the very first prototype telephones. It was like, “I don’t know what that thing will do to me!😨😱” If you consider yourself a luddite or partial luddite, skip though to the conclusion at the end, to ...
This article is about more than just fixing a piece of code. On the surface, it’s a detailed log of a bizarre technical problem that defied all logic. But underneath, it’s a real-world case study in the partnership between human creativity and artificial intelligence. It’s a story about how the relentless, structured logic of an ...
The phone rang Saturday, 5:30 PM, just as Walker was settling into his evening ritual, the gentle hum of classical music playing in the background. He glanced at the caller ID, a faint, knowing smile touching his lips as he saw Tarek’s name. He picked up the phone. “Speak of the devil. I was just ...
