Ted Ladd

Anthropic reports that 91.3% of users do not fact-check AI. Let's fix that. @DrewBent forbes.com/sites/tedladd/…

Skeptical Intelligence: Disciplined Doubt for AI-Powered Innovation. Even though Skeptical Intelligence sounds like a rebrand of “critical thinking,” it is not. thinkers50.com/blog/skeptical…

Are software developers (and the leaders who direct them) putting efficiecy ahead of utility? The first in the Skeptical Intelligence Series with Divisha Chellani forbes.com/sites/tedladd/…

I am tired of "Magic Prompts" for AI. Lauren's concrete directions to force AI to improve my writing are the best I have ever seen. And they work spectacularly. versesovervariables.beehiiv.com/p/verses-over-…

@SmartLess I'm in a crisis that I think only @arnettwill can solve. Black tie wedding 2 days from now in Jackson Hole. No tux, just dark blue suit. QUESTION: black bow tie (if I can borrow one), blue dotted patterned bow tie, or blue full tie? #relatable

A week's escape before digging more into Skeptical Intelligence.

A skeptical approach to AI is not a list of prompts. It is a mindset and a plan to get more useful - and accurate - assistance from AI. forbes.com/sites/tedladd/…

Humans take mental shortcuts. AI does, too. This is doubly alarming. "Humans And AI Share The Same Flawed Ways Of Thinking" forbes.com/sites/tedladd/…

Skeptical Intelligence filters and improves AI for our lives and businesses. forbes.com/sites/tedladd/…

Traditional companies are building internal multi-sided platforms to solve recurring business problems, including inefficient transactions, innovation bottlenecks, evolving customer demands, underutilized data, and poor strategic insights. forbes.com/sites/tedladd/…

Democracy in Wyoming: A Dad on the Campaign Trail [Reprinted from 2005] tedladd.substack.com/p/democracy-in…

How America Went Off the Rails: A sobering inventory of decline—foreign threats, domestic folly, and the unraveling of national cohesion, authored by my father. open.substack.com/pub/tedladd/p/…

AI innovation requires consistent collaboration between human and institutional customers and providers, says Dr Priyanka Shrivastava forbes.com/sites/tedladd/…

@SmartLess Jason and it was pretty… fantastical.

Who said it: "If your eyes are closed, you don't need blackout curtains. Your eyeballs roll up behind in the back of your head when you're sleeping!" A. Sean B. Jason C. Will

Since bribery of foreigners is now permissible by an executive order from the White House, can large American companies now openly hire smugglers to avoid tariffs? open.substack.com/pub/tedladd/p/…

Legalized Bribery Hurts American Companies and Consumers. Defunding the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act robs American companies of their best asset: their reputations. tedladd.substack.com/p/legalized-br… theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Meta pirated my work for its AI. I am not (too) angry because I want others to read it. I'm just... so disappointed. theatlantic.com/technology/arc…