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Ep. 35: Put Your Money Where Your Prompt Is
The Prompting Curiosity rebrand is officially here and this episode breaks down exactly why the switch happened. I cover the three big reasons for the name change, take a detailed look at OpenAI’s behavior that made staying with them feel untenable, and share a clear-eyed take on Anthropic as the alternative. Main…
Ep. 34: 8 AI Writing Patterns that Are Dead Giveaways
For the love, please stop using AI to write your copy. We can all tell. In this episode I call out the 8 most obvious AI writing patterns, and provide specific names for those specific styles that are just so characteristically robotic. From em dashes and antithesis structures to hollow opens and…
Ep. 33: ChatGPT vs. Claude – Real Differences After Weeks of Daily Use
In this episode I share my personal experience of what it’s actually been like to ditch ChatGPT and go all-in on Claude. This episode covers the real differences between the two platforms: what Claude does better, where it falls short, and why the switch probably isn’t as big a deal as some…
Ep. 32: WTF is OpenClaw?
The whole goal of this episode is simply to put OpenClaw, an open source autonomous AI agent that went viral in early January, on your radar, and make a case for why you absolutely should NOT install it. This episode covers what “open source autonomous AI agent” actually means, it’s two biggest…
Ep. 31: Are We Addicted to AI?
In this episode I dig into whether we’re addicted to AI by examining my own switch from ChatGPT to Claude and what usage limits reveal about dependency. I break down the business models behind OpenAI’s “unlimited” usage versus Anthropic’s enforced limits, explore the Uber playbook of subsidized addiction, and share why both…
Ep. 30: Switching Between ChatGPT, Claude, and Other LLMs Without Starting from Scratch
In this episode we’re talking about how to switch from one LLM to another without starting from scratch or pulling your hair out. I cover why you might want to switch (spoiler: politics and preparedness), how to create a portable memory document that travels with you, and the practical steps for migrating…
Ep. 29: An Introduction to Claude Code and Claude Cowork
In this episode I break down Claude Code and Claude Cowork, two tools from Anthropic that have taken the AI space by storm, and allow Claude to actually execute tasks on your computer instead of just chatting with you. This episode covers what each tool does, how they’re different from each other…
Ep. 28: ChatGPT Introduces Ads and a New Tier
In this episodeI dig into OpenAI’s quiet announcement that ads are officially coming to ChatGPT along with the U.S. rollout of the Go tier. I talk through what the ads will actually look like, who’s going to see them, and why this move feels less surprising than it does revealing. We get…
Ep. 27: Why Is AI So Polarizing?
In this episode I dig into why I think folks have such strong feelings about AI, and why so many seem to have chosen AI as the hill to die on. This conversation looks less at the technology itself and more at what AI has come to represent: forced adoption, corporate overreach,…
Ep. 26: What is Vibe Coding?
In this episode we talk about what vibe coding actually is, where the term came from, and why it’s showing up everywhere right now. I break down how vibe coding differs from AI-assisted coding, why the distinction matters, and what’s exciting and risky about both. The goal is to help you understand…
