The Skeptic

Are highly educated workers the ones most exposed to AI job changes?

California data found stronger AI-exposure layoff signals among college-educated workers, not a broad statewide jobs panic.

Why calling AI agents your 'coworkers' can backfire

Treating AI agents like coworkers sounds collaborative until oversight slips. The framing quietly changes who catches mistakes.

Meta's New Image Tool Can Use Your Public Instagram Photos. Here's How to Turn That Off.

Meta brought out an AI image tool that can use photos from public Instagram accounts without telling you — but you can switch it off in your settings in about thirty seconds

Is My Job Actually Safe?

Everyone's wondering. Nobody's asking it the right way. Here's the honest version, and the question that's actually worth asking instead.

“Someone sent me this three times yesterday. The headline says the world isn't ready for AI. It does not say which world.”

The "World Isn't Ready for AI" Report That's Everywhere This Week

A Morgan Stanley report says the world isn't ready for AI. The Skeptic read it. Turns out "the world" means institutional investors, not you.

Why Does AI Make Things Up, and Can I Actually Trust It?

AI tools make things up. It's called hallucination, and it's not a glitch. Here's what's actually happening and which tasks are genuinely safe.