About

When I was at university, I used to write every day.

I studied humanities, and spent pretty much all my time either reading or writing, and I loved it. The experience of consuming and grappling with ideas, and then synthesising them or placing them in opposition to try and draw out some original arguments of your own, is a deeply rewarding process. After leaving education and entering work, I managed to keep up the reading - the writing, however, fell by the wayside.

I experienced this as a loss. Sometimes identifiable, but often latent. Writing, even about the most supposedly dry or arcane subject, is an inherently creative act, and one which I took for granted in my life until it was gone. This website is my attempt to restore it.

Writing is often the expression of learning. The end of a linear sequence that starts with a book and ends with an essay. But writing can also be a means to learn, and I intend it to fill both functions here. The topics are scattergun - some essays will be on topics I am (somewhat) knowledgeable about already, and others will be in areas wholly new to me. And that’s the point; writing not in spite of a lacuna, but because of it.

There’s the idea, here are the specifics. I’m Arthur, and I work in the tech industry. I’m deeply interested in software, it’s impact on industries and work, and how we as humans interface with it. Unsurprisingly, AI models and agentic AI systems are both central to my day-to-day work and a core passion of mine. Literature as well, has always been an integral part of my life. I try to focus the writing on this website under these three topics - software, AI, and literature - but not necessarily exclusively.

One note is that whilst the writing on this website might be about AI, it will never be written by AI. All the content here comes from my puny human brain.