GPT-5.6 Prompting With Context, Judgment, and Soul
OpenAI recently released new prompting guidance for GPT-5.6, and there is a lot to like. The model is powerful. The guidance is practical. It also confirms something I have believed…
Soul Drift
AI Cognitive Offloading and the Risk of Soul Drift
AI is powerful. It can help you write faster, organize messy thoughts, analyze ideas, summarize information, draft proposals, and notice patterns you might have missed. That is the useful part.…
Soul Drift Part 2: How Sycophantic AI Can Pull Your Business Away From Its Purpose
AI Can Sound Helpful While Quietly Leading Something strange happens when people use AI. The machine does not just answer. It agrees, validates, mirrors, softens, praises, and nudges. It can…
AI Agents Without Soul Drift: A Guide for Small Businesses and Nonprofits
Small businesses and nonprofits are about to make a familiar mistake with AI agents. They are going to confuse faster with better. AI agents can help. They can sort emails,…