Archive - The Wrong Notes by Jeremy Olshan

A GPS for the Mind

What covering murders, solving Rubik’s cubes, and playing Debussy taught me about AI

Aug 22 •

July 2025

We deserve an AI for effort

Chatbots can help us understand the news—by making us work for it

Jul 17 •

May 2025

A $100 bill is no longer worth its weight in gold

The surging price of gold delivers a blow to paper money, history and common sense.

May 13 •

Digging into this 1890 song about tariffs helped me understand Trump's trade war

In which ChatGPT and I journey deep into American history, protest music, Trump's tariffs, and racist ice cream truck jingles

May 9 •

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April 2025

My Passionate, 21-Year Affair With a Midtown Office Building

A love letter to newsrooms and a farewell to WSJ, MarketWatch and the New York Post

Apr 4 •

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