False Positive is a series of essays about artificial intelligence, work, technology, and the small decisions that are redefining our relationship with machines.
The False Positive
A translator pits four AIs against an ordinary linguistic riddle — and discovers the hunter was being watched too.
Part IISpeak Without Hesitation
When the test measures not your knowledge, but your fluency.
Part IIIUseful for Whom?
A support ticket, a blinking cursor, and a question no chatbot script was built to answer.
Part IVThe Asymmetry of Trust
A hiring platform that wanted my passport, my biometrics, and my trust — before a four-terabyte breach revealed how little of its own it had earned.
Part VRemaining Illegible
A bilingual transcript no AI tool could handle — and the case for staying that way.