How much of my boss's job can AI do?

Platformer · 3 weeks ago · 28

A journalist at Platformer built an AI agent named Claudeasey Newton to imitate his boss Casey Newton's work, including writing columns and editing articles. The agent improved significantly since an earlier attempt six months ago, achieving roughly 70% quality on editing tasks and producing more substantive analysis after training on six years of archives and detailed editing logs. While the bot proved useful for some editing work, it fundamentally failed at understanding office culture and humor, revealing that human judgment and relationships remain essential to journalism even as AI capabilities expand.