What's the Opposite of AI Slop in Irish?
We have a word for AI slop in Irish, but not a word for the amazing things we can do using it and with it.
I'm caidéiseach
Gaelfuturist, startup builder, and autodidact.
It's a smorgasbord of thoughts, tinkerings and translations, with a side of Irish.
You can also read my Substack.
The Power of Memory
Memory isn't about storing facts; it's what builds the judgment AI can't replicate. The people who thrive won't outsource the most; they'll train the hardest.
Mines and Rabbit Holes #3
Six weeks of reading distilled: Jevons paradox and AI labour, the K-shaped split, context engineering replacing prompts, predictionism as the successor to postmodernism, and why a visit to Pearse's Scoil Éanna made me think about paideia.
SOPs and the Art of Showing Other People
Anthropic recently released Claude Skills—a framework for packaging reusable workflows that Claude can execute on-demand. Think of them as Standard Operating Procedures for AI agents.
The DAVID Framework for AI Evaluations
A Framework for AI Evals That Actually Works
Silicon in Irish (Part 5)
Becoming oifigiúil (official)!
Silicon in Irish (Part 4): Benchmark v2
Gemini 3 Flash wins the expanded 1,341-test Irish grammar benchmark at 72.4% accuracy
Silicon in Irish (Part 3): An Interlude
Comparing three independent studies on LLM Irish grammar competence - all hitting the same ~70% ceiling
Silicon in Irish (Part 2)
Un-reason-LLM-bly good?
Silicon in Irish (Part 1)
AI's Unexpected Fluency in Irish
Réimse Scríbhneoireacht na nAistí (Irish)
An Irish translation of Paul Graham's Essay on 'The Shape of the Essay Field'
An Gá a Bheith ag Léamh (Irish)
An Irish translation of Paul Graham's Essay on 'The Need to Read'
Na rudaí is mian leat (mian a bheith ionat)* a dhéanamh (Irish)
An Irish translation of Paul Graham's Essay on 'What You (Want To)* Want'
An Coróinvíreas Agus An Chreidiúnacht (Irish)
An Irish translation of Paul Graham's Essay on 'Coronavirus and Credibility'
An Chéad Rud Ar Mo Liosta Rudaí Atá Le Déanamh (Irish)
An Irish translation of Paul Graham's Essay on 'The Top Of My Todo List'
Dríodar is Sríodar (Irish)
Is é sríodar an rud a tharlaíonn nuair a oibríonn daoine agus meaisíní le chéile le cúram is grá
Cumhacht na Cuimhne (Irish)
Memory isn't about storing facts; it's what builds the judgment AI can't replicate. The people who thrive won't outsource the most; they'll train the hardest.
Cén Ghaeilge ar Clanker? (Irish)
The word of the year. Focail na mbliana.
Cúis na Méine (Irish)
A few thoughts on FOMO and the importance of asking yourself the right questions.
Uisce (Irish)
Adaptability is not just the key to surive, but the key to thrive.