One machine. Eight parts. No magic.
Anatomy of an Answer
Eight short essays that take the machine apart, one piece a week.
4 of 8 parts published
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Part 1 of 8
The Token
The AI that wrote your last email has never seen a word. Part one of Anatomy of an Answer opens the machine at the point your text goes in, and finds a Victorian telegraph office.
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Part 2 of 8
The Thought
When an AI says it is thinking, it is writing - pages of rough work you are billed for and mostly never see. Part two of Anatomy of an Answer, which begins with a horse in Berlin.
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Part 3 of 8
The Effort
The effort setting buys thinking time on a brain that stays the same, and a small model with time to think can beat a big one answering off the cuff. Part three of Anatomy of an Answer.
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Part 4 of 8
The Picker
Model names read like flight codes, but underneath them models differ in four ways, and none of the four is printed on the name. Part four of Anatomy of an Answer.
