becausecurious

Epistemic status: Personal history anchored to dated records (chat exports, git log, daily notes). Public launch dates are from the vendors' own announcements. My own first-use dates are given to the month and are the earliest surviving evidence, so they can only be later than the truth, not earlier. AI...

Epistemic status: infected. Amateur Wombat enthusiast. Facts checked and footnoted. AI use: research (fact-check and extra facts), review, grammar and light phrasing. I remember very vividly how my unhealthy interest in wombats started. It was an ordinary day and I was not anticipating anything special. I was browsing YouTube and...

Epistemic status: recently disclosed event, so more information might become available. The facts are from Anthropic's report and the Philadelphia police statement; the interpretation is mine. AI use: research and fact-checking (including a read-only check of the tip site's page source), source links, footnotes, grammar, light phrasing. Gist: Anthropic ran...

Epistemic status: amused. Labels read, court records checked. AI use: research (more examples and context), grammar and light phrasing. We've already looked at marketing claims that are unnecessary because they are the default, in Gluten-free water. However, the landscape of weird marketing tricks in the US is far from exhausted,...

Epistemic status: quick research to answer my own curiosity. AI use: research (reuse process, examples), image attribution, grammar and light phrasing. While researching Gluten-free water I stumbled upon a story about beer bottle sterilization. This reminded me that in Germany beer bottles are apparently reused, which was surprising to me,...

Epistemic status: a curiosity I chased for an afternoon. Facts verified and footnoted; the why is speculation. AI use: research (more examples and their context), review, grammar and light phrasing. No added hormones I somehow know that the use of added hormones in poultry (which includes chicken) is illegal in...

Epistemic status: sharing an interesting thing I've discovered and my opinion of it. AI use: research for additional context, grammar, and light phrasing. I stumbled upon this case a couple of months ago and have been fascinated by it since. It has significantly changed how I perceive the abilities of...