Michelle Pellon
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Essays on technology, AI, and digital autonomy

AI Jan 2026

The Conflation Problem: Why Financial Criticism Fails as Technology Assessment

A response to Cory Doctorow arguing that conflating financial bubble dynamics with AI capability assessment leads to flawed conclusions.

Data Engineering Nov 2025

Week 11: When Your Model Forgets to Look Outside

How a 28.6% accuracy week revealed my NFL prediction model was collecting weather and rest data but completely ignoring it.

Data Engineering Nov 2025

How to Build an NFL Prediction Model with ELO Ratings and DuckDB

Build a sophisticated NFL prediction model achieving 57% accuracy using ELO ratings, DuckDB, and dbt. Complete technical guide with Python code and real-world results.

AI Oct 2025

Claude Skills in the Enterprise

Claude Skills, packaged as a governed, repo-first library, are the practical path to scalable, cross-domain human-AI collaboration in the Enterprise.

AI Safety Aug 2025

AI-Facilitated Delusional Ideation

Exploring the risks of chatbot interactions amplifying delusional beliefs and the urgent need for a Belief-Amplification Index.

Digital Autonomy Aug 2025

A Case for Digital National Parks

AI promises convenience, but at what cost to privacy and human freedom? This piece argues for urgent safeguards to preserve authentic choice in an automated world.

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