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I've been trying to articulate why the fawning, complimentary responses from AI chatbots feel so insidious to me. I've finally figured out how to explain it.
Wrote a long piece on how current model training and design choices threaten our critical thinking skills: maggieappleton.com/ai-enlighten...
Wrote a long piece on how current model training and design choices threaten our critical thinking skills: maggieappleton.com/ai-enlighten...
A Treatise on AI Chatbots Undermining the Enlightenment
On chatbot sycophancy, passivity, and the case for more intellectually challenging companions
maggieappleton.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I've been trying to articulate why the fawning, complimentary responses from AI chatbots feel so insidious to me. I've finally figured out how to explain it.
Wrote a long piece on how current model training and design choices threaten our critical thinking skills: maggieappleton.com/ai-enlighten...
Wrote a long piece on how current model training and design choices threaten our critical thinking skills: maggieappleton.com/ai-enlighten...
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I've wanted versioning on my digital garden for ages. Felt like a critical missing piece.
Making my own dreams come true over here.
Hard but fun to design this. These aren't automatically generated – I intentionally decide when to make new versions. Not every edit = new version. Only major updates
Making my own dreams come true over here.
Hard but fun to design this. These aren't automatically generated – I intentionally decide when to make new versions. Not every edit = new version. Only major updates
August 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I've wanted versioning on my digital garden for ages. Felt like a critical missing piece.
Making my own dreams come true over here.
Hard but fun to design this. These aren't automatically generated – I intentionally decide when to make new versions. Not every edit = new version. Only major updates
Making my own dreams come true over here.
Hard but fun to design this. These aren't automatically generated – I intentionally decide when to make new versions. Not every edit = new version. Only major updates
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Worked on some onboarding illustrations this morning. #buildinpublic #swiftui
January 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Worked on some onboarding illustrations this morning. #buildinpublic #swiftui
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Noise, shadows, gradients and motion blurs
February 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Noise, shadows, gradients and motion blurs
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meet Apple Spotlight
January 15, 2025 at 7:06 AM
meet Apple Spotlight
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tomorrow is Joi Day, aka the 9th of every month. what one feature should we release tomorrow?
→ joi.software
→ joi.software
January 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
tomorrow is Joi Day, aka the 9th of every month. what one feature should we release tomorrow?
→ joi.software
→ joi.software
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i have started a job where i have no idea whats going on 90% of the time
it’s rare to have an opportunity to be a beginner again — i am doing a residency as a research engineer at anthropic
it’s rare to have an opportunity to be a beginner again — i am doing a residency as a research engineer at anthropic
December 30, 2024 at 10:23 PM
i have started a job where i have no idea whats going on 90% of the time
it’s rare to have an opportunity to be a beginner again — i am doing a residency as a research engineer at anthropic
it’s rare to have an opportunity to be a beginner again — i am doing a residency as a research engineer at anthropic
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new update to feeeed, my 'build your own news feed' app!
🦋 A new look with a new icon, cleaner type and more consistent colors
🧵 Native views for Reddit comment threads and videos (dont tell reddit!)
🌍 Translate a story via the share menu (uses Google translate) & summaries in any language
🦋 A new look with a new icon, cleaner type and more consistent colors
🧵 Native views for Reddit comment threads and videos (dont tell reddit!)
🌍 Translate a story via the share menu (uses Google translate) & summaries in any language
December 30, 2024 at 4:39 AM
new update to feeeed, my 'build your own news feed' app!
🦋 A new look with a new icon, cleaner type and more consistent colors
🧵 Native views for Reddit comment threads and videos (dont tell reddit!)
🌍 Translate a story via the share menu (uses Google translate) & summaries in any language
🦋 A new look with a new icon, cleaner type and more consistent colors
🧵 Native views for Reddit comment threads and videos (dont tell reddit!)
🌍 Translate a story via the share menu (uses Google translate) & summaries in any language
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step 1 of writing a prolog interpreter: have Claude code me a custom debug utility that can visualize what my interpreter is doing :D
already helped me fix so many bugs!
already helped me fix so many bugs!
December 20, 2024 at 10:54 PM
step 1 of writing a prolog interpreter: have Claude code me a custom debug utility that can visualize what my interpreter is doing :D
already helped me fix so many bugs!
already helped me fix so many bugs!
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a little experiment in ui: MAGIC WAND
can you tell the computer to modify part of a complicated document by "pointing" at it?
can you tell the computer to modify part of a complicated document by "pointing" at it?
December 20, 2024 at 11:32 PM
a little experiment in ui: MAGIC WAND
can you tell the computer to modify part of a complicated document by "pointing" at it?
can you tell the computer to modify part of a complicated document by "pointing" at it?
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Our 'Open Supernotes' links just got a glow up ✨
December 20, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Our 'Open Supernotes' links just got a glow up ✨
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I had so much fun designing @supernotes.app wrapped, here's mine 👇
December 16, 2024 at 6:17 PM
I had so much fun designing @supernotes.app wrapped, here's mine 👇
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the animation that plays when you commit to your plan in semantical.com's Today app, created with rive.app
December 9, 2024 at 11:00 AM
the animation that plays when you commit to your plan in semantical.com's Today app, created with rive.app
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After seeing @supernotes.app in action on the Galaxy Fold, I'm really tempted to buy one 😍
December 9, 2024 at 6:49 PM
After seeing @supernotes.app in action on the Galaxy Fold, I'm really tempted to buy one 😍
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Weather Widgets that can be customised..
December 9, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Weather Widgets that can be customised..
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🥑 NEW WORK FOR ALMA 🥑
We worked with the team at Alma to help them bring to life a new kind of nutrition tracker. One that celebrates food, flavor, & culture. One that actually encourages you and gets to know you and your weird lil tummy.
Full case study link below
We worked with the team at Alma to help them bring to life a new kind of nutrition tracker. One that celebrates food, flavor, & culture. One that actually encourages you and gets to know you and your weird lil tummy.
Full case study link below
December 4, 2024 at 5:36 PM
🥑 NEW WORK FOR ALMA 🥑
We worked with the team at Alma to help them bring to life a new kind of nutrition tracker. One that celebrates food, flavor, & culture. One that actually encourages you and gets to know you and your weird lil tummy.
Full case study link below
We worked with the team at Alma to help them bring to life a new kind of nutrition tracker. One that celebrates food, flavor, & culture. One that actually encourages you and gets to know you and your weird lil tummy.
Full case study link below
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The touch bar has been turned into a standalone gadget, powered by an ESP32 microcontroller:
December 1, 2024 at 10:41 PM
The touch bar has been turned into a standalone gadget, powered by an ESP32 microcontroller:
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little pals
November 30, 2024 at 9:41 PM
little pals
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In a alternative timeline. 🦋
November 30, 2024 at 8:38 AM
In a alternative timeline. 🦋
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Almost got this design where I want it. Still have plenty of tweaks I want to make and need to figure out the animations on the blueprints page.
I’ll go over and refactor a lot when I get more content in
I’ll go over and refactor a lot when I get more content in
November 29, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Almost got this design where I want it. Still have plenty of tweaks I want to make and need to figure out the animations on the blueprints page.
I’ll go over and refactor a lot when I get more content in
I’ll go over and refactor a lot when I get more content in
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ok i think this is a bit better
November 28, 2024 at 6:20 AM
ok i think this is a bit better