Pamela Minnoch

And I say that as someone who used to use them constantly, which probably makes me a hypocrite but also, I think, makes me a useful witness. Because I know exactly what is happening when I reach for shorthand instead of the full phrase. It is not efficiency. It is comfort. The term is already loaded in my brain, already familiar, and unpacking it feels like extra effort I do not always bother to make. I am working on that. But first, let me tell you what prompted this. I was in a meeting...

For most of the internet's history, we've designed digital experiences around people. That sounds obvious, but it's worth reflecting on because it has shaped almost every decision we've made as technologists. Websites were built so humans could find information. Search engines were built so humans could ask questions. E-commerce experiences were designed so humans could compare products, read reviews, make decisions, and complete purchases. Even when mobile arrived and fundamentally changed...

Something significant happened in China recently, and it deserves more attention than it has received. Two courts, both ruling the same way, established a legal precedent that could reframe how the world thinks about AI and employment. Not in some distant future. Right now. A tech company in Hangzhou tried to cut an employee's salary from 25,000 yuan to 15,000 yuan on the basis that AI could now do the job more cheaply. The worker refused. The company fired them. The court ruled that the...