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Artificial adventures

Jamie Brandon · 1 Jul 2026 · scattered-thoughts.net ↗

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  1. Our reading

    Current AI coding models make poor decisions despite strong mechanical execution

    Their wordsBut they are terrible at making decisions. They have the worst judgement.

  2. Our reading

    Frontier AI models essentially never fabricate outright false facts, unlike smaller models

    Their wordsI haven't seen anything I would call a hallucination from the frontier models.

  3. Our reading

    Cheap flat-rate AI subscription pricing is a temporary loss-leader that will be phased out once users are hooked

    Their wordsThe subscriptions to frontier models are a very good deal, but it looks like they are being phased out now that everyone is hooked.