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David’s Saturday AI Thoughts
What happened in AI this week, why it matters, and what it means for how we work.
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Edition #36 · 24th October 2026
The dog and the squirrel
This week the machines shook the internet, and not through a chatbot.
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36 essays
The weekly centrepiece. What happened, why it matters, and what it means for how organisations absorb AI.
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News worth knowing
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The three things worth knowing each week. Friends also get the extra news.
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Try this
108 practical tips
Practical things you can do this week. Full prompts are for friends. Filter by category or search by keyword.
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Letters for friends
What readers wrote back, what they are saying elsewhere, and what David heard this week. For people on the list.
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The spoken-word version. Different AI voices for each section. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and RSS.
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