When the Tool Evaluates Its Own Critics
Here is a short essay on the problems with AI today, followed by an exercise in critical thinking demonstrating logical fallacies. I found the essay somewhere on the internet (don’t remember where), then I asked an AI to look for logical fallacies in the text.
Overview # I’m learning to play piano at age 70. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do — and now, I’m going for it.
Got Notes? # Most note-taking systems are designed for humans. You write notes, organize them, and hope you can find them later. But what if your AI assistant could be a full participant—reading your notes for context, writing new ones, and helping you build a knowledge base over time?
Meet Fabric # Fabric is an open-source tool by Daniel Miessler that provides 230+ reusable AI prompt patterns for common tasks like summarizing content, extracting insights, improving writing, and more.
It started, as these things often do, with a book.
Not a new book, exactly—just new to me. One of those titles that practically taps you on the shoulder from across the digital aisle:
I decided to test out some of Google’s newer AI tools—specifically, NotebookLM. I was curious about their podcast generation feature, and figured: why not throw something personal into the machine and see what comes out?
Out in some math-born corner of the void, the Blobs float.
They spin. Pulse. Change color like they’re listening to music only they can hear.
There once was a little black dog named Beatrice who had spent most of her life living in a shelter. She was a sweet and gentle dog, but unfortunately, no one had ever come to adopt her.
We’re Dog On It, Johny McDonald, Ken Cawley, and myself. And we’ve been asked to play at the Drunk Brush on Fridays recently. Some good ol’ fun going on! Trying new stuff, new sounds as well as some old ones, of course. Why Dog On It? Because between Johny and I, we own 7 dogs.
I asked ChatGTP and DALL-E to generate a story and illustration about an old man being grumpy about it being too cold and snowy to go out and ride his bike.
