Algorithm

Stop Blaming the AI. Ontario Knew Exactly What It Was Doing.

Ontario’s prison AI system SAFER assigns Black and Indigenous prisoners harsher living conditions β€” but the real scandal isn’t the algorithm. The ministry’s own internal documents predicted this outcome before deployment and chose to proceed anyway. This isn’t a technology failure. It’s a government deliberately laundering racial bias through a black box.

Stop Calling Yourself a ‘Content Creator’. It’s the Word That’s Poisoning the Web.

The word ‘content’ reduces everything you create to a commodity β€” interchangeable, disposable, and measured only by volume. Changing the label to ‘writing’ or ‘customers’ is just window dressing if the underlying business model still treats audiences as traffic. The real shift is reclaiming the human relationship behind every piece of work.

Stop Trying to Make Art with AI. You’re Just Feeding the Machine.

The AI comic drama bubble has burst, revealing a brutal truth: the ‘democratization’ of AI tools is a lie. Distribution and compliance remain oligopolies. If you’re trying to make art, you’re just feeding the machine. The only way to survive is to abandon your creative dreams and become a commodity craftsmanβ€”or get out before you lose everything.

OpenAI’s ‘Free’ AI Isn’t Generosity β€” You’re the Product

OpenAI is handing out GPT 5.6 Terra, Luna, and Sol for free β€” 2.5 million tokens a day, no strings attached. Except the strings are everywhere. This isn’t generosity or a response to open-source competition. It’s a calculated move to turn millions of users into unpaid trainers, harvesting human correction data to build the next model. The free tier is a data harvester wearing the mask of a gift.

I Spent 10 Years as a C Programmer. Then I Built a Game That Changed How I See AVL Trees.

A programmer’s decade-long obsession with AVL trees led to a game that combines Tower of Hanoi moves with tree balancing logic. This isn’t just a puzzleβ€”it’s a visceral way to internalize data structures that feel alive. Discover why this twist on algorithmic learning might be the missing piece in your CS education.