Spencer Kelly

3 weeks ago | spencerkelly.substack.com | Spencer Kelly

“Can you get them to hold the plane? I’m nearly there!”, I call into my phone. Okay, I am stressed now. All throughout my nightmare drive to Heathrow, at every traffic jam, I’d remained calm. It’s fine, I‘ve built in enough time for a couple of delays, I kept telling myself. Thanks for reading Spencer Kelly on the Edge! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

3 weeks ago | spencerkelly.substack.com | Spencer Kelly

Hey everyone, just to let you know that the next episode of Spencer Kelly on the Edge will be in your inboxes tomorrow morning. It’s a story of passion and betrayal, but it is also a bit of a whopper, and Substack has told me that it’s too big to work properly as an email (I think it’s mainly the photos, tbh). However, I know many of you prefer to read it as an email, so, tomorrow, you will receive three emails.

1 month ago | spencerkelly.substack.com | Spencer Kelly

I’ve just had a really bizarre experience with AI. It went wrong at the best/worst time, depending on your viewpoint. And I feel like I’ve had a glimpse of some of its inner workings - I just don’t know what to make of it. Here’s the background - I thought I'd try something a bit different for this month’s newsletter. I wanted to combine two ideas:Thanks for reading Spencer Kelly on the Edge! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

2 months ago | spencerkelly.substack.com | Spencer Kelly

I’ve just had a lightbulb moment, and it’s made me inappropriately excited. I think I’ve hit on a new way to describe the hottest topic of the season - Artificial Intelligence. A lot of my life has been spent taking complex subjects and explaining them simply, telling an interesting story about them, and concentrating on the parts that particular audiences need to know, while dispensing with the unnecessary detail.

2 months ago | spencerkelly.substack.com | Spencer Kelly

It’s 10pm. I’m loading up my new car with a few bits and bobs, and closing the front door of my sort-of-used-to-be-home. Of the fifteen houses in the Close, twelve are dark. Many of my neighbours have moved out, leaving behind houses that are uninhabitable, some already with their floors and walls ripped out, some just vacant, awaiting months of repairs. Thanks for reading Spencer Kelly on the Edge! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.