Shower thought: too many of these predictions are coming true at the same time!
- Looking at the AI news, how long before something happens that we collectively say “you will not create a machine that thinks like a human”?
- Watching the events with Iran and oil through the strait of Hormuz is probably the clearest reminder ever that whoever is able to destroy something is able to control it.
- Trying to explain to someone how practically to use an AI code assistant, I might provisionally describe it as “like talking to a child who knows everything. Their reasoning is basic but their brain contains all knowledge of history”.
Should the next Claude be called Alia?


I’ve been building a DIY home assistant in my spare time and have been looking for a good wake word to use. Alia is great!