Lead Data and Generative AI consultant @ Greener by Default | Research Director @ Bryant Research | Building a better food system with data & AI. Effective Altruist. Follow for research on food, agriculture, sustainability, animal welfare & alt proteins.https://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3mhxm3xdbjk2dI recently went on Chris Bryant's YouTube stream to talk about the amazing ways we're using AI for animal advocacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KIcYZ1Qs04 https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/how-ai-can-turbocharge-your-advocacy-youtube-appearance/26 Mar 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxm3xdbjk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3mhxkewu7lw2fClaude Cowork: my learnings as they happen Me and the Bryant team have been using Cowork for two weeks now, and it's pretty clear that this is the future of work. We now have multiple instances where the team has managed to complete one or two weeks' worth of work in a single day. However, it also… https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/claude-cowork-my-learnings-as-they-happen/26 Mar 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxkewu7lw2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3mguofh2g4t2cIn the latest edition of "Richie writing blogs about why you shouldn't pay him for AI stuff." I talk about why building a custom AI workflow is not always the best thing to do. https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/when-you-should-not-create-ai-workflows/12 Mar 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3mguofh2g4t2chttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3mgagozdmje2jI use Claude Code for all my research projects now, but it's built for programmers, not social scientists. Here's an ongoing log of learnings on how to use this hugely powerful tool for social science research. I'll update it weekly. https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2026/03/04/using-claude-code-and-codex-cli-for-social-science-research-my-learnings-as-they-happen/04 Mar 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgagozdmje2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3mf2b5eiswt2cHow to automate your Plaud AI notepin using N8N I have had my Plaud AI notepin for about three months now and I absolutely love it. I can record my thoughts or ideas with the press of a button. It makes taking notes on all sorts of things in my life totally frictionless. I'm going to be writing a… https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/how-to-automate-your-plaud-ai-notepin-using-n8n/17 Feb 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2b5eiswt2chttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3meijdgisg42uLLMs are exceptional programmers, but mediocre data scientists. In 2025, LLMs got terrifyingly good at software engineering. So why are they so unimpressive at data science? Data science doesn't really use tests that much LLMs are so powerful for software engineering is because of a 1-2 punch: As… https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2026/02/10/llms-are-exceptional-programmers-but-mediocre-data-scientists/10 Feb 2026 08:12 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3meijdgisg42uhttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3me4cmsfzy52gGet a Google sheet of your Oura data that updates every day Here's how you can automate pulling your latest Oura Ring data into a Google Sheet every day To do this we are going to use something that most people don't know about but is insanely powerful: Google Apps Script. Google Apps Script is a… https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/get-a-google-sheet-of-your-oura-data-that-updates-every-day/05 Feb 2026 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3me4cmsfzy52ghttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3mdwyc5susn2cAI Could Fix School Examinations What if we fundamentally recreated exams from the ground up, with AI at the core? I see the potential to make a radically better way to do school exams. What's more, most of the technology already exists. Before we begin: I'm going to use the term "LLM" a lot. That… https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/ai-could-fix-school-examinations/03 Feb 2026 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdwyc5susn2chttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3mdfgcmlcjh2mOffsetting meat consumption is likely to be more effective than offsetting carbon emissions The consensus is that overall, carbon offsetting hasn't worked at reducing or negating emissions. Does that mean offsetting meat consumption is a dead-end? I argue no. If we look at the 2 main reasons why… https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/offsetting-meat-consumption-likely-to-be-more-effective-than-offsetting-carbon-emissions/27 Jan 2026 09:15 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdfgcmlcjh2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3mcxbefuqc72uIs AI our secret weapon against factory farming? (podcast appearance) I was recently on "The Vegan Report" podcast talking about AI and the animal movement. We discuss AI tips, how advocates are using AI in their activism, fears and concerns people have over AI, and even AI consciousness! https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/is-ai-our-secret-weapon-against-factory-farming-podcast-appearance/21 Jan 2026 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcxbefuqc72uhttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3mctwxf6vhm2rWhere will the next generation of world changers come from? AI can do much of the work that used to be reserved for interns and juniors. For cash-strapped, burnt-out workers in the NGO space, AI assistants are a tempting alternative to managing early career employees. But how can we reap these… https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/where-will-the-next-generation-of-world-changers-come-from/20 Jan 2026 10:25 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3mctwxf6vhm2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3mc7ogppp6n27Be grateful for shit things Most people write gratitude journals about the good things in their life. I've done this, and while it feels good at first, it gets a bit repetitive. It cultivates a useful mindset, which is to just regularly be grateful for things in your life. However, I think we can… https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/be-grateful-for-shit-things/12 Jan 2026 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc7ogppp6n27https://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3ma3xk2jaae2qFinding the number of AI tools overwhelming? Don't know where to go beyond ChatGPT? Lots of people feel the same. This post is for you. No jargon, no advanced things, no list of 100 tools. Just 5. I am extremely confident that one of them will be useful to you. https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/there-are-an-overwhelming-number-of-ai-tools-ignore-all-of-them-until-youve-tried-these-5/16 Dec 2025 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma3xk2jaae2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3m7kbl5e7l722This summer I gave 3 talks on food security which are all now on YouTube! I've collected them in this post. Enjoy! https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/i-gave-3-talks-on-factory-farming-and-food-security-this-summer-watch-them-now-on-youtube/09 Dec 2025 09:53 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7kbl5e7l722https://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3m7hyyfqdfl2kHere I make the case that AI art is real and valid art. https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/ai-art-is-real-art/08 Dec 2025 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7hyyfqdfl2khttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3m5dzs5utn42aThe impacts of AI on Animals: mine and other expert opinions https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/the-impacts-of-ai-on-animals-mine-and-other-expert-opinions/11 Nov 2025 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5dzs5utn42ahttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3m3ey6hvihc2rAre LLMs good at making charts and graphs? I distilled insights from several excellent data visualisation blogs. https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/are-llms-good-at-making-charts-and-graphs/17 Oct 2025 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ey6hvihc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3m2ytqkrghd25I’m teaching a free 12 week-course on AI Myself and 3 other AI consultants are teaching a free 12-week practical course in generative AI. You'll go from beginner to confident user. It's open to anyone working on fixing our food system: promoting plant-forward diets, increasing animal welfare,… https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2025/10/12/im-teaching-a-free-12-week-course-on-ai/12 Oct 2025 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ytqkrghd25https://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3m2tb52ehd22lHow will AI developments affect the animal advocacy movement? I built a curated chatbot to find out, and you can use it too! https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/how-will-ai-developments-affect-the-animal-advocacy-movement-i-built-a-curated-chatbot-to-find-out/10 Oct 2025 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2tb52ehd22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3ly3hw2anla2dLooking at AI conversations on socials you get the feeling that excitement and anger are the only two valid emotions to feel about AI. In this very short post, I want to talk about fear. https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/ai-makes-me-excited-and-scared-and-thats-ok/05 Sep 2025 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly3hw2anla2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3lvkxseyuyi2nThe only AI concept that actually helps you use ChatGPT better "Do I need to learn about neural networks to understand ChatGPT?" I hear this all the time, and have been asked this a few times. I also see people making videos, courses and blog posts breaking down the technical details of how large… https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/the-only-ai-concept-that-actually-helps-you-use-chatgpt-better/04 Aug 2025 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvkxseyuyi2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3lvgdzcjhl22n"Will AI take jobs and should we protect jobs?" is the wrong framing for 2 reasons: - AI will automate *tasks* not whole jobs. All jobs will be impacted to some degree, but some way more than others - No one cares about jobs, they care about people (and maybe the economy). Protect people, not jobs.02 Aug 2025 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvgdzcjhl22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3lvfqyjrqhp2cNew post from me! Combining 3 things I love: Latin dance, regressoin models, and my Oura Ring! https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2025/08/02/does-salsa-dancing-ruin-my-sleep-using-my-oura-ring-and-python/02 Aug 2025 08:34 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvfqyjrqhp2chttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3lv5xwsxp3b2iI tested the new ChatGPT agent on 11 use cases and it’s just ok ChatGPT agent has now come to people on the paid £20 a month plan. The shameless YouTube hype merchants are obviously impressed (must be hard having your mind BLOWN literally every few days...), others are disappointed, and others… https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2025/07/30/i-tested-the-new-chatgpt-agent-on-11-use-cases-and-its-just-ok/30 Jul 2025 06:17 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv5xwsxp3b2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3luxiwtnjhq24My new report with Good Growth and Faunalytics is out! Last year I completed a six month research contract with The Good Growth Co. They're a brilliant social science think tank that serves the animal advocacy movement and alternative protein sectors in East Asia. We analysed a ton of social media… https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2025/07/27/my-new-report-with-good-growth-and-faunalytics-is-out/27 Jul 2025 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3luxiwtnjhq24https://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3luki3ka5dc2kConcerns about AI’s energy use are reasonable I feel like every week I see the same debate play out again and again. "Is AI bad for the environment?" It a question on a lot of people's minds. I use AI for basically everything and so do many of my friends, so you can probably guess what my take is.… https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2025/07/22/concerns-about-ais-energy-use-are-reasonable/22 Jul 2025 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3luki3ka5dc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3ltynlfhdrd2iNew Blog post from me! I propose some pretty sci-fi ideas for how AI could create exciting new opportunities for qualitative researcher and their work. https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/4-bold-new-frontiers-for-qual-research-in-the-gen-ai-era/15 Jul 2025 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltynlfhdrd2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3lttnfbw4t426The Deep Research Revolution: my talk at AI, Animals and Digital Minds London 2025 A few months ago I gave a talk at the AI, Animals and Digital Minds conference in London. It was on the exciting new possibilities that have been enabled by AI deep research tools (I've also written about them… https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2025/07/13/the-deep-research-revolution-my-talk-at-ai-animals-and-digital-minds-london-2025/13 Jul 2025 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lttnfbw4t426https://bsky.app/profile/richie-phd.bsky.social/post/3loqfyavwar2eWhy Scheduling meetings with ChatGPT can give you breakthrough ideas Some people schedule meetings in order to avoid thinking. They have a problem at work and they either don't want to or can't figure out themselves. By scheduling a meeting with a bunch of other people, they can hash through it… https://evolvingimpact.wordpress.com/2025/05/09/why-scheduling-meetings-with-chatgpt-can-give-you-breakthrough-ideas-5/09 May 2025 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:p4e4evyn6djubt37zwvmjrys/app.bsky.feed.post/3loqfyavwar2e