The Cognitive AI Tax
An explanation of the avoidable mental effort created when unreviewed AI output shifts validation, context gathering, and decision-making onto others.
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Re: Automattic Doubles Down on the Developer Community
A reflection on Automattic’s growing investment in developer support, WordPress.com tools, WP Cloud, WooCommerce, and the wider WordPress community.
Reblog: Hacking Campaign Actively Exploiting Ultimate Member Plugin
How an Automattic security investigation uncovered an active campaign exploiting unresolved vulnerabilities in the Ultimate Member plugin.
AI Ethics and the Dangers of Autonomous Agents
A look at the risks and responsibilities that emerge when increasingly capable AI agents can plan, act, and iterate with less human oversight.
Brewing with GPT: AI-PA
An experiment using GPT-3.5 to design a New England-style IPA recipe, from water chemistry and hops to fermentation and brew-day adjustments.
Reblog: Fake plugin wave affecting WordPress sites
How attackers used compromised credentials to install fake WordPress plugins, plus links to the malware indicators and protective rules uncovered in the investigation.
2018 MacBook Pro GPU Failure & Workaround
A troubleshooting record of a 2018 MacBook Pro GPU failure and the software workaround that kept the machine usable.