Artificial Intelligence
A Five-Step Approach to Deploying AI in Labor-Intensive Businesses
A recent academic paper about the economic significance of the “up or out” employment system used by famous consulting firms got me thinking about the economic liberty of employees in the age of artificial intelligence. Consulting is labor-intensive and thus very attractive to both consulting firms and AI tool-builders, but the early returns have mixed…
December 17, 2025
Vibe Coding is Just Another Way to Say the Same Old Thing
Those of us who have been writing code since at least the early 2000s are familiar with the stereotype of the “cowboy coder.” The term is sort of a double insult — it’s an insult to the individual developer, and it’s also unhelpfully gendered. While I’ve never heard anyone called a cowgirl coder, I have met…
November 12, 2025
