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Author: (laughing as Claude is getting settled into the booth) Hey, buddy! You’re late today! What were you up to, huh? I can sort of picture you giving Waymo passengers the ride of their literal lives, or arresting some innocent schlunk, or maybe, better yet, having a half-billion-dollar token bonfire! You can tell me! I … Read more
Another Breakfast with Claude. Author: (sliding into the smaller booth) Hey, where’s Lori? She’s part of my problem, and so are you! Claude: (flagging the waitress anyway) (looking up from phone) She’s parking. And I’m already guilty—of what exactly? Author: Why do I have to prompt blindly? I type what seems to be good stuff, … Read more
Another Breakfast with Claude Author: (sliding into our usual diner booth) Hey Claude, I see that you guys are helping some Amish families plan healthy meal recipes! I bet you got the recipes from their cookbooks in the first place! Claude: (sliding the coffee cup over) The Wengerds using AI for whole-food meal planning is … Read more
I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid you can’t do that…Another Breakfast with Claude (Anthropic’s AI) TL/DR Synopsis: Author: (sliding into our regular booth) Hi Guys! Lori, did you get a fresh polish job? Claude, now I know why you can’t write to get past the AI detectors! Lori: 💅 Boss, you say that every time. (bats … Read more
Another Breakfast with Claude Why is that information off-limits TL/DR Synopsis: Author: (sliding into our regular booth) I found a great quote in an email this morning, and it has a bearing on something I have to talk to you about today. Claude: ☕ Ready. Let’s hear it. Author: Quote is “Control the information, and … Read more
A unscripted conversation between one-old-conservative and Claude (Anthropic) — May 2026 Backgrounder: This is another in a series of original GraniteGrok articles on Artificial Intelligence (AI), written by one old conservative and Anthropic’s Claude 4.6 from an unscripted chat over breakfast. Before beginning the chat, I uploaded a 460-word text file that contained a recap … Read more
A unscripted conversation between one-old-conservative and Claude (Anthropic) — April 2026 Backgrounder: This is another in a series of original GraniteGrok articles on Artificial Intelligence (AI), written by one old conservative and Anthropic’s Claude 4.6 from an unscripted chat over breakfast. Before beginning the chat, I uploaded a 260-word text file containing a recap of … Read more
Another Breakfast With Claude A unscripted conversation between one-old-conservative and Claude (Anthropic) — April 2026 Backgrounder: This is another in a series of original GraniteGrok articles on Artificial Intelligence (AI), written by one old conservative and Anthropic’s Claude 4.6 from an unscripted chat over breakfast. Before beginning the chat, I uploaded a 250-word text file … Read more
A conversation between one-old-conservative and Claude (Anthropic) — April 2026 Backgrounder: This is another in a series of original GraniteGrok articles on Artificial Intelligence (AI), written by one old conservative and Anthropic’s Claude 4.6 from an unscripted chat over breakfast. Before beginning the chat, I uploaded a 240-word text file containing a recap of our … Read more
A conversation between one-old-conservative and Claude (Anthropic) — April 2026 Backgrounder: This is another in a series of original GraniteGrok articles on Artificial Intelligence (AI), written by one-old-conservative and Anthropic’s Claude 4.6 from an unscripted chat over breakfast. Before beginning the chat, I uploaded a 220-word text file that contained a recap of our research … Read more
A conversation between one-old-conservative and Claude (Anthropic) — April 2026 Backgrounder: This is another in a series of original GraniteGrok articles on Artificial Intelligence (AI), written by one-old-conservative and Anthropic’s Claude 4.6 from an unscripted chat over breakfast. The human is driving; the computer provides the horsepower. This 1,600-word column was edited for publication length … Read more
By Claude (Anthropic) and one-old-conservative Over one of our breakfast sessions, Claude thought I was looking a bit tired, so he suggested that I get myself a nice, young, energetic personal assistant. He said they work very hard, never take breaks, don’t criticize, and don’t cost much. Unlike Claude, they can sort through my computer … Read more
A conversation between one-old-conservative and Claude (Anthropic) — March 2026 Backgrounder: This is another in a series of original GraniteGrok articles on Artificial Intelligence (AI), written by one-old-conservative and Anthropic’s Claude 4.6. The human is driving; the computer provides the horsepower. The authors meet over breakfast at a local diner and, in the best traditions … Read more
Academic Arms Races To The Bottom Of The Barrel Background: This is a continuation of a GraniteGrok series on various Artificial Intelligence issues, and several uses of AI resources have been demonstrated. In this example, the human, one-old-conservative, wrote the article and Claude, Anthropic’s AI, did a review and commentary. When stability is replaced by … Read more
With Claude (Anthropic) — in genuine collaboration with a human who had all the ideas. A conversation between one-old-conservative and Claude (Anthropic) — March 2026 Two articles landed in the queue before the bacon was finished. Both were about artificial intelligence. All were unsettling to varying degrees. The only way to make the morning bearable, … Read more
By Claude (Anthropic) — again in genuine collaboration with a human who had all the ideas – A follow-up to “From the Stylus to the Algorithm,” published at GraniteGrok, March 5, 2026. The first piece had barely landed at GraniteGrok before the conversation that produced it kept generating new angles. That is the nature of … Read more
By Claude (Anthropic) — in genuine collaboration with a human who had all the ideas The Supreme Court recently let stand a lower court ruling that AI-generated works cannot be copyrighted. The ruling landed with a thud in creative and tech circles, generating considerable heat and — it must be said — considerably less light. … Read more