https://paddyspeaks.com/#ai PaddySpeaks essays in AI & Future. en Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/ai-is-looking-for-you.html https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/ai-is-looking-for-you.html Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 AI & Future An interactive story in nine scenes about how professional discovery is changing: an agent scanning three fictional careers in fifteen seconds, the same person described two ways, the beautiful portfolio that describes nothing, the five signals a machine needs, the digital shadow that arrives before you do, and a search box where you can brief the agent yourself. https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/your-ai-is-brilliant-then-the-bill-arrives.html https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/your-ai-is-brilliant-then-the-bill-arrives.html Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 AI & Future A plain-English and technical guide to what really drives enterprise Gen AI costs — tokens, context windows, RAG, agent loops — and how to control them without starving your model of the tokens that actually matter. https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/ai-native-software-development.html https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/ai-native-software-development.html Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 AI & Future AI-assisted development isn't about typing code faster. It's about preserving context, standardizing knowledge, and handing work off cleanly across people, tools, and time zones. A practical framework for building institutional memory around AI — with a reusable skill, a full EOB handoff prompt, and a Context → Plan → Build → Verify → Record → Handoff → Learn loop. https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/part3.html https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/part3.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 AI & Future AI is making purchasing recommendations — but businesses can't see it happen, track it, or verify it. A new opaque layer in the decision stack. https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/what-are-claude-skills-part-1.html https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/what-are-claude-skills-part-1.html Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 AI & Future No jargon. No assumptions. A plain-language guide to Claude's Agent Skills with actual files opened up and explained — SKILL.md anatomy, progressive disclosure, and how Skills trigger. Part 1 of 3. https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/the-connector-map-part-3.html https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/the-connector-map-part-3.html Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 AI & Future Skills taught Claude how to do things. Connectors teach it where to find things — your Drive, inbox, Slack, and calendar. The complete landscape of MCP connectors. Part 3 of 3. https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/skills-in-action-part-2.html https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/skills-in-action-part-2.html Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 AI & Future Four real people. Four real tasks. Step-by-step breakdowns showing exactly which files Claude opens, which code it runs, and what you get at the end. Part 2 of 3. https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/ai-preliterate-v2.html https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/ai-preliterate-v2.html Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 AI & Future You can type a prompt. That doesn't mean you can read. The real skill gap in the AI age isn't access — it's understanding what you're actually holding in your hands. https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/the-great-remark-2028-visual-documentary.html https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/the-great-remark-2028-visual-documentary.html Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 AI & Future Three forces converged. The world re-sorted. This is what it looked like. https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/the-post-query-world.html https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/the-post-query-world.html Sun, 01 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 AI & Future We spent 50 years teaching humans to ask structured questions. What happens when AI eliminates the need to ask at all? Exploring the end of search as we know it. https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/claude-skills-article.html https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/claude-skills-article.html Sun, 01 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 AI & Future Most people use Claude like a vending machine. Enterprise builders need something more. Enter Skills — the mechanism that turns Claude into an AI operator that actually knows your world. https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/the-great-ai-job-apocalypse.html https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/the-great-ai-job-apocalypse.html Wed, 25 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000 AI & Future Everyone is screaming that 50% of entry-level jobs will vanish. Fine. But then tell me — who exactly is going to buy the products? You will have perfect su https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/proveit-career-survival-platform.html https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/proveit-career-survival-platform.html Sun, 15 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000 AI & Future LinkedIn is becoming a career landfill. One billion profiles and still no real trust. ProveIt is a trust-first, human-centric career survival system built https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/employee-of-the-year.html https://paddyspeaks.com/articles/employee-of-the-year.html Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000 AI & Future A satirical look at AI as the perfect employee who never needs a visa, sleep, or RSUs. What happens when machines outperform humans.