Sunset Through Turret Arch
Turret Arch in the Windows section of Arches National Park, shot into the setting sun and converted to black and white.
The Novelty Problem: Why AI Ideas Don't Survive First Contact
Expert reviewers rated AI research ideas more novel than their own colleagues' work. Then 43 researchers spent 100 hours each building them, and the ideas fell apart. What that says about where judgment actually lives.
A Storm Over the Colorado River
A steel arch bridge over the Colorado River in a remote stretch of southern Utah, shot in black and white as a storm rolled through.
The Subsidy Problem
The AI you run is priced below cost. If your plan assumes cheap AI forever, the real exposure is the price resetting to what inference actually costs.
The Totem Pole Under the Milky Way
The Totem Pole and the spires of Monument Valley under the Milky Way core, deep in the Navajo backcountry, reached only with a guide.
The Number on the Slide
One AI product, three published accuracy stories spanning 34 points. Why vendor metrics aren't comparable, what they actually measure, and the three questions that cut through.
Green River Overlook, Canyonlands
A sunset panorama from Green River Overlook in Canyonlands National Park, and making peace with the sky you're given after years of returning.
How to Tell What's Real in AI
A practitioner's five questions for judging AI claims without writing code: what was measured, on whose data, where it breaks, what it stands on, and which mistakes you can live with.
Alien Eggs at Bisti Badlands
The alien eggs at Bisti Badlands, a mile and a half out into BLM land in the middle of Navajo country south of Farmington, New Mexico.
Judgment Doesn't Scale
AI didn't hollow out consulting, it repriced it. When analysis gets cheap, you stop paying consultants for capacity and start paying for judgment.
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