Jake Makes AI
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AI, without the PR department.
A CEO in a pinstripe suit on his knees shoving an office worker's cardboard box of belongings out a glass door while a cute robot stands by innocently
The Cover Story

AI Didn't Take Your Job. Your CEO Did.

"Automation" is the cleanest layoff press release ever written. It blames a machine for a decision a person made.

By Jake Taylor · 6 min read

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A wizard at a vintage computer conjuring the words MAGIC WORDS
The Labor Lie

Prompt Engineering Was Never a Job

We called a temporary keyboard trick a career. The models already took it back.

By Jake Taylor · 6 min read

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A grinning executive pulling a fire alarm as cash flies past a sign reading The End Is Nigh
Follow The Money

AI Safety Is the Best Marketing Money Ever Bought

"Our product might end the world" is the most effective sales pitch in tech history. Notice who keeps making it.

By Jake Taylor · 6 min read

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About

No hedging. No press releases.

I'm Jake Taylor. I build with AI for a living, and I'm tired of reading about it from people selling it. This is where I say the part out loud. Three pieces a week, real positions, no fence-sitting. You won't agree with all of it. That's the point.

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