computer science in the intelligence age

wrote this on a plane using freewrite I built for ipad. cleaned it up with claude. original outline here. i’m finishing my final year of cs while working part-time as a software engineer slash technical writer. i write python professionally. ship features to production. debug production issues. integrate apis. architect new systems. real stuff people actually use. then i walk into an exam hall and they ask me to handwrite bubble sort on paper....

November 3, 2025 · 13 min · 2717 words · Abdul Baari Davids

All aboard the AI hype train!

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” -Arthur Clarke, a man who would be out of a job had Claude been a thing in his day Artificial Intelligence. Where do I begin? Perhaps by asking if it’ll steal my job? Or will it overthrow the government? Or maybe have it simply write this blog for me? Disclaimer: Yes this post is 100% made by a human, source: trust me bro...

April 29, 2024 · 4 min · 710 words · Abdul Baari Davids