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The Permanent Underclass Has Good GMAT Scores
On credentials, Claude Code, and going swimming anyway
 • Artificial Whimsy
It be like WHAT sometimes
On the limits of meme-speak and why we don't just say what we really mean
 • Artificial Whimsy
The Personal Assistant in Your Pocket: What It Takes
Apple's Siri promised us a personal assistant in our pockets 15 years ago. Now in the age of agentic AI, that promise could finally come true, but only…
 • Anna Barber, Céline Vendler, and Artificial Whimsy
Is it an art-house short or a B2B SaaS ad?
Every AI launch looks like an A24 trailer, and Silicon Valley has decided its next competitive edge is taste. We set out to answer what taste really…
 • Artificial Whimsy
Stained to perfection
A 996 AI job in the Silicon Valley. A slow life on a farm, tending to goats. What explains the rise of these polar opposite attitudes towards work? Are…
 • Artificial Whimsy
ARE WE LEARNING ANYTHING?
"WE'RE NOT LEARNING ANYTHING," went the now-viral critique. This week, we ponder what we're really doing at business school, what we're learning, and…
 • Artificial Whimsy
The Rehearsal(s)
Watching Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal feels a lot like living in our world, as organizations similarly attempt to minimize uncertainty through…
 • Artificial Whimsy
Our Library of Babble
In 2024, Oxford’s Word of the Year was “brain-rot." Has our brain's capacity to process information met its match in the age of AI-generated mishmash? A…
 • Artificial Whimsy
The Good Man Is the Builder
AI is revolutionary, but man has invented many a revolutionary thing. Understanding its arrival in the context of our history is key to its deployment…
 • Artificial Whimsy
The Future of Commerce Is a Sim?
Play shapes how we compete, connect, and express identity. Commerce is becoming its own infinite game. Will AI deepen agency or automate it away?
 • Artificial Whimsy
Nevertheless, Creativity Survives
Creation is a human instinct. AI is both enabling and threatening creativity. History suggests that human art will endure. We have a choice: to use AI…
 • Artificial Whimsy
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