A short note, twice a month, on what I am actually seeing in the work.
Sometimes a pattern I keep running into. Sometimes something I read that changed my mind. Sometimes just the thing I would tell you if we were having coffee. No fixed format, and nothing padded out to fill a template.
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It all comes from the same conviction: the technology is not the hard part. The hard part is making sure the people who already carry the expertise don’t get written out of the next version of work. Beyond that, I write about whatever is genuinely on my mind rather than working through a content calendar.
A pattern showing up across client work, a question three people asked me in the same fortnight, or an assumption I have watched cost somebody something. Written up while it is still fresh rather than polished into a framework.
Research, a report, or a claim doing the rounds, and what I think it actually says once you read past the headline. Frequently the interesting part is what the number does not cover.
A position I have changed my mind about, or advice I would now give differently. These tend to be the most useful ones to write and, judging by the replies, to read.
Roughly. Often enough to be worth subscribing to, rare enough that it never becomes another thing to triage. I would rather skip a fortnight than send you filler.
A few minutes to read. If something needs more room than that, it becomes an article on the site and I will point you at it rather than making the email long.
I set the direction, I built the infrastructure it runs on, and I decide what is worth saying. AI and, on occasion, human collaborators support the delivery. Every note carries a line stating exactly that, so you never have to guess.
Not a schedule, and not a promise that each of these turns up in order. It is simply the territory I work in, so it is where most of these notes land.
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Every note, article, and page carries the same line. I use AI heavily in my work and I think people are owed a clear answer about where it sits, rather than having to guess.
“Human-led. Strategy, design, and editorial standard are mine. Delivery, including imagery, is supported by AI systems of my own architecture and, where applicable, by human collaborators. Authorship and final judgement remain mine.”
In practice: I set the direction, the structure, and the standard the work is held to, and I designed the AI infrastructure it runs on. AI drafts, refines, and generates against that direction, as do human collaborators on occasion. Neither sets the standard, and neither decides what I think. Where a person has contributed materially to a piece, I name them in it.
Two different things, deliberately. Plenty of people read both.
Human-led. Strategy, design, and editorial standard are Lexi Gilbert’s. Delivery, including imagery, is supported by AI systems of her own architecture and, where applicable, by human collaborators. Authorship and final judgement remain hers.
A short note twice a month, from someone who spends her days on exactly this.
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