The Buoy blog
Written by people. Sources at the bottom of every post. RSS.
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The biggest efficiency gain ever (terms and conditions apply)
Generative AI is being adopted faster than the PC, and the controlled studies show 14% to 56% productivity gains. Read the fine print and you find the same catch every time: the gains go to people who already know how to use the thing.
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Why ask a human about an AI?
The model can't tell you where its own edges are. The person who fell off the same edge last Tuesday can, in about four seconds. On tutoring, the jagged frontier, and the strange fact that the best AI assistants are made of other people's habits.
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How Buoy works, honestly
What the app does, what the helper can see, what it costs, what we record, and what isn't built yet. Written for people who read the privacy section first.