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A journal about AI

When everyone hears hoofbeats,
we're thinking about zebras.

AI is reshaping how we think, work, and exist. Most coverage tells you what happened. We ask what it means — philosophically, practically, and for the long run.

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On the slow erosion of expertise — and why it might not matter

If AI can replicate the outputs of a decade of skill-building in minutes, what do we lose? More than we think, and less than we fear.

MCP changed how I think about software, not just how I use it

The Model Context Protocol is nominally a plumbing spec. But it encodes a particular theory of what agents should be.

Autonomy, delegation, and the question of who's responsible

As we delegate more decisions to AI systems, the moral calculus gets genuinely hard. We should be talking about this more.

"The question isn't whether AI will change everything. It's whether we'll understand it well enough to shape how." — AI for Zebras

Resources & tools

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Honest comparisons of the AI tools worth knowing. Tested, ranked, and updated regularly.

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MCP Servers

Best MCP Servers

The 10 best Model Context Protocol servers for AI agents — ranked by reliability, capability, and real-world performance.

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MCP Servers

Best MCP Servers for Search

Exa, Tavily, Brave, Firecrawl and more — ranked by result quality, latency, and pricing for agent workloads.

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Best MCP Clients

Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, Cline and more — compared for developers and non-developers alike.

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Best AI Coding Agents

A serious comparison of AI coding tools for developers — benchmarked on real tasks, not demos.

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