Using AI Without Losing Your Humanity
Elon Musk once said: “There really won’t be anything AI won’t be able to do better than humans, apart from being human, perhaps.” I am not an Elon Musk fan.…
Soul Drift
Collective Soul Drift: Developing Humanity Alongside AI
AI can now do things we once saw as deeply human. It can write a song, generate an image, draft a difficult email, offer relationship advice, suggest an ethical response,…
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…
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,…