Artificial Intelligence Articles

Illustration of Ada Lovelace, whose 1843 notes gave us Lovelace's objection

AI & Data | 13 min read

Lovelace’s Objection Still Shapes 5 Big Questions About AI

I recently learned that in 1843, Ada Lovelace translated an Italian mathematician’s paper from French into English. As if that’s not impressive enough, she added her own notes, which ran about three times longer than the paper itself. One of them, Note G, held a table often described as the first computer program. It also […]

fantasy tavern and glowing knowledge-graph illustration

AI & Data | 10 min read

Building an AI Dungeon Master With Real Memory

This post walks through three techniques I used to give an AI Dungeon Master real memory: tiered storage across a NoSQL event log, a vector database, and a knowledge graph; narrative hierarchies that break story goals into smaller pieces; and proactive retrieval that pulls in the right context before the AI needs it, instead of […]

Abstract image featuring a magnifying glass icon on a square gray button, symbolizing search or discovery in AI, surrounded by scattered translucent and solid tiles in various shapes, set on a textured white surface.

AI & Data | 8 min read

Leverage AI for Promising UX Results: 2025 is the Year to Begin

I get asked all the time if I am worried about artificial intelligence (AI) replacing my job. There’s a common misconception that AI will wipe out the need for user experience (UX) designers. This way of thinking fails to consider the expertise that UX designers bring. AI is powerful. But, it lacks the critical thinking […]