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Announcing the Golden Gate Institute for AI
And why "Am I Stronger Yet?" is now "Second Thoughts"
May 9, 2025
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Steve Newman
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Discarding the Shaft-and-Belt Model of Software Development
AI enables – and benefits from – a move from mega-projects to artisanal solutions
Jan 14
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Steve Newman
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Software Too Cheap to Meter
Personalized solutions may replace one-size-fits-all applications
Jan 6
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Steve Newman
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Presenting the Case That the Future Will Be Unrecognizable
We should prepare for the possibility of profound change
Dec 19, 2025
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Steve Newman
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Reflections on The Curve
A compilation
Nov 20, 2025
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Steve Newman
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Rachel Weinberg
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Hyperproductivity: The Next Stage of AI?
A glimpse at an astonishing, exhilarating, exhausting new style of work
Nov 19, 2025
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Steve Newman
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A Coalition For The Future
If we can keep it
Nov 11, 2025
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Anton Leicht
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A Project Is Not a Bundle of Tasks
Current AIs struggle to create a whole that exceeds the sum of its parts
Nov 4, 2025
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Steve Newman
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