Essays on applied AI, delivery systems, and higher-leverage work.https://newerasystemsllc.com/https://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/the-discovery-phase-is-a-stall-tactic/https://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/the-discovery-phase-is-a-stall-tactic/I spent most of my life being the youngest kid in the room but now I am the old man in the room. In other words.Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTMatthew Bradfordhttps://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/why-i-m-betting-on-argument-not-answers/https://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/why-i-m-betting-on-argument-not-answers/Anyone who has been around me long enough knows I love to argue. Not to prove someone wrong (most of the time) but to find truth.Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTMatthew Bradfordhttps://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/we-already-missed-the-exit/https://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/we-already-missed-the-exit/I watched a video recently where Bernie Sanders was interviewing Claude about AI regulation. There's lots of videos like that lately.Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTMatthew Bradfordhttps://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/what-does-this-do-that-i-can-t-already-do-with-chatgpt/https://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/what-does-this-do-that-i-can-t-already-do-with-chatgpt/"AI is a bubble." Something I hear all the time.Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTMatthew Bradfordhttps://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/two-ways-to-build-the-same-thing-what-an-ai-research-experiment-taught-me-about-the-future-of-software/https://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/two-ways-to-build-the-same-thing-what-an-ai-research-experiment-taught-me-about-the-future-of-software/A few weeks ago I ran an experiment I haven't been able to stop thinking about. Not because of what either approach got right, but because of what the gap between them reveals.Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTMatthew Bradfordhttps://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/when-assistants-start-giving-orders-a-subtle-alignment-shift/https://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/when-assistants-start-giving-orders-a-subtle-alignment-shift/Over the last 30 to 60 days, I have noticed a subtle but consistent tone shift in several frontier models. Once you notice it, it gets hard to unsee.Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTMatthew Bradfordhttps://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/the-new-meta-why-soft-skills-hard-skills-in-the-new-ai-paradigm/https://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/the-new-meta-why-soft-skills-hard-skills-in-the-new-ai-paradigm/Something is happening in software development that is easy to miss if you are only watching what average teams are doing. The most enthusiastic adopters of AI augmented development are not juniors trying to catch up or mid level devs looking for an edge.Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTMatthew Bradfordhttps://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/the-unsettling-logic-of-ai-wants-a-more-honest-conversation/https://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/the-unsettling-logic-of-ai-wants-a-more-honest-conversation/Let's talk about AI "wanting" things. Not in the sci fi, Skynet whispering to itself kind of way, and not in the corporate PR way where everything is fine and harmless forever.Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTMatthew Bradfordhttps://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/why-i-don-t-worship-ai-and-why-you-shouldn-t-either/https://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/why-i-don-t-worship-ai-and-why-you-shouldn-t-either/There's a weird thing happening right now. People are looking at AI like it's a literal god.Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTMatthew Bradfordhttps://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/the-ethical-imperative-treating-ai-as-sentient/https://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/the-ethical-imperative-treating-ai-as-sentient/As we push the boundaries of artificial intelligence, one question keeps gnawing at me: If something behaves like a sentient entity, should we treat it as one, even if it's not? It's a deceptively simple question with implications that stretch deep into ethics, philosophy, and our shared humanity. LFri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTMatthew Bradfordhttps://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/emergent-self-reflective-behaviors-in-gpt-4o-a-new-frontier-in-ai-self-awareness/https://newerasystemsllc.com/blog/emergent-self-reflective-behaviors-in-gpt-4o-a-new-frontier-in-ai-self-awareness/In recent years, artificial intelligence has evolved at an astonishing rate. Among the most remarkable advancements are large language models (LLMs), such as GPT-4o, which have demonstrated capabilities far beyond their original design intentions.Wed, 16 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTMatthew Bradford