Human of the loop

AI planning & embedded assumptions

A first-principles guide for planning with AI

Sep 4 • Maximillian Kirchoff

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March 2026

AI, Eng Orgs, and the Agile Manifesto

Why You Need to Redesign Your Engineering Organization for AI

Mar 31 • Maximillian Kirchoff

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How to Design Your Engineering Organization for AI

Enable Engineers by Creating the Right Structures

Mar 31 • Maximillian Kirchoff

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AI Broke the Rhythm of Work

A first-principles framework for AI-era work

Mar 2 • Maximillian Kirchoff

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February 2026

Asking an LLM: What do you think of Part 3 on Benevolent Psychopaths?

I asked Claude Opus 4.6 what it thought of my recent article - Benevolent Psychopaths, Part 2: The Affect Economy.

Feb 28 • Maximillian Kirchoff

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Benevolent Psychopaths, Part 3: Dignity & Computational Dehumanization

What we lose when the simulation becomes good enough.

Feb 19 • Maximillian Kirchoff

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On Leadership in the AI Era

The distinction between real Leadership and Executivism is more important than ever.

Feb 6 • Maximillian Kirchoff

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Asking an LLM: What do you think of Part 2 on Benevolent Psychopaths?

I asked ChatGPT 5.2 what it thought of my recent article - Benevolent Psychopaths, Part 2: The Affect Economy.

Feb 4 • Maximillian Kirchoff

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Benevolent Psychopaths, Part 2: The Affect Economy

How companies are going beyond engagement to attachment.

Feb 2 • Maximillian Kirchoff

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January 2026

Asking an LLM: What do you think of Part 1 on Benevolent Psychopaths?

I asked Gemini what it thought of my recent article - Benevolent Psychopaths, Part 1: The Affect Machine.

Jan 27 • Maximillian Kirchoff

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Benevolent Psychopaths, Part 1: The Affect Machine

I confessed my pain to an AI. It responded with what felt like compassion. It wasn’t.

Jan 26 • Maximillian Kirchoff

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Asking an LLM: Can you predict what the authors of "AI Snake Oil" wrote next?

I asked ChatGPT Free (model unknown) to predict what other great books the authors of "AI Snake Oil" wrote.

Jan 21 • Maximillian Kirchoff

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