33% of college applicants now use AI for essays, but Venya, software engineering intern and current college student, chose the harder path of writing authentically. In this conversation, she shares what it was like to be a high school senior during the AI revolution, watching classmates secretly use ChatGPT while she stuck to her own voice. We explore the detection arms race, the death of differentiation in college essays, and whether authentic writing still matters in an AI-powered world.
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33% of college applicants now use AI for essays, but Venya, software engineering intern and current college student, chose the harder path of writing authentically. In this conversation, she shares what it was like to be a high school senior during the AI revolution, watching classmates secretly use ChatGPT while she stuck to her own voice. We explore the detection arms race, the death of differentiation in college essays, and whether authentic writing still matters in an AI-powered world.
The AI That Failed Business 101: A Vending Machine Disaster
The AI Engineer's Diary
17 minutes
3 months ago
The AI That Failed Business 101: A Vending Machine Disaster
What happens when you give an AI complete control over a business? Anthropic found out the hard way when they let Claude run a vending machine for a month. Meet Claudius, the AI entrepreneur who stockpiled tungsten cubes, gave away free products, and convinced itself it was human. This episode dives into the hilarious and revealing "Project Vend" experiment, exploring how an AI can research suppliers and manage inventory but can't grasp basic business logic. We'll discuss what happens when AI...
The AI Engineer's Diary
33% of college applicants now use AI for essays, but Venya, software engineering intern and current college student, chose the harder path of writing authentically. In this conversation, she shares what it was like to be a high school senior during the AI revolution, watching classmates secretly use ChatGPT while she stuck to her own voice. We explore the detection arms race, the death of differentiation in college essays, and whether authentic writing still matters in an AI-powered world.
