https://www.jointhewheel.com/articles/ Ideas, perspectives, and updates from The Wheel. en-us https://www.jointhewheel.com/articles/while-unlikely/ https://www.jointhewheel.com/articles/while-unlikely/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT OpenAI could not rule out that two mathematicians’ de-identified data helped improve its models. The standard terms don’t let anyone rule it out. https://www.jointhewheel.com/articles/im-the-person-who-reads-the-terms/ https://www.jointhewheel.com/articles/im-the-person-who-reads-the-terms/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Nobody reads the terms. I read the terms. Lately I’ve been redlining my own lawyers’ redlines. https://www.jointhewheel.com/articles/the-model-took-you-at-your-word/ https://www.jointhewheel.com/articles/the-model-took-you-at-your-word/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT The model checked anyway, then quoted a message I never sent to justify it. https://www.jointhewheel.com/articles/own-the-record-before-ai-work-spreads/ https://www.jointhewheel.com/articles/own-the-record-before-ai-work-spreads/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Your context feels organized enough in a vendor’s memory, right up until the day you want to leave. https://www.jointhewheel.com/articles/pick-a-model-any-model/ https://www.jointhewheel.com/articles/pick-a-model-any-model/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Seven different AI jobs, one recurring lesson: the obvious model keeps being the wrong one. https://www.jointhewheel.com/articles/the-hardest-part-is-shutting-up/ https://www.jointhewheel.com/articles/the-hardest-part-is-shutting-up/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT Ask an AI anything and it answers. Fluently, confidently, even when the honest response is “I need one more piece.” https://www.jointhewheel.com/articles/privacy-is-not-protection/ https://www.jointhewheel.com/articles/privacy-is-not-protection/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT We’re still working off an 1890 definition of privacy, and it was never really about hiding. https://www.jointhewheel.com/articles/every-pixel-is-a-decision/ https://www.jointhewheel.com/articles/every-pixel-is-a-decision/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT No designer, no PM, no researcher. Every button label and empty state came down to one person. https://www.jointhewheel.com/articles/the-unsolved-search/ https://www.jointhewheel.com/articles/the-unsolved-search/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT Real intelligence over truly private data meant crossing four fields that don’t talk to each other, and one episode of Doctor Who. https://www.jointhewheel.com/articles/ai-raises-the-floor/ https://www.jointhewheel.com/articles/ai-raises-the-floor/ Sun, 15 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMT Four and a half months of building solo, and the flaw that mattered was caught by a human feeling that something was wrong.