Kaila Colbin

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• Kaila Colbin, Signing Off in Media Insider on 04/18/2025
  

  Our longtime columnist explains how writing for MediaPost "forced me to think. I don't have words for how valuable I believe that to be."

• AI Will Not Make The Government -- Or You -- Smarter in Media Insider on 04/04/2025
  

  Did the administration figure out its tariff formula by asking an LLM?

• LLMs Are The Best General Help Desk in Media Insider on 03/21/2025
  

  I've written extensively and negatively about AI in recent months. What I haven't written about is what I LIKE about LLMs.

• Cat-Lovers, Porn Users, Crime-Doers: Early AI Adopters in Media Insider on 03/07/2025
  

  One theory: "Web 1.0 was invented to allow physicists to share research papers. Web 2.0 was created to allow people to share pictures of cute cats."

• We Don't Know How To Think About An AI Future in Media Insider on 02/07/2025
  

  $20 trillion is what IDC says AI will contribute to the global economy through 2030. That's like adding another China to the global economy -- within six years.

• The Secret Superpower Of Powerful People in Media Insider on 01/24/2025
  

  That superpower is what folks answered when AOC asked an understandable question of people who had voted for both her AND Trump: Why?

• AI Gets Thirsty On Facebook in Media Insider on 01/10/2025
  

  I can't understand is how anyone would find it appealing to have AI "friends" on Facebook.

• Let's Make The Season Of Giving Permanent in Media Insider on 12/26/2024
  

  Moral and social obligations exist year-round, and we should not be elevating them just to warm our hearts on a cold winter's night.

• AI Violates The Rules Of Distance in Media Insider on 12/13/2024
  

  Right now, AI is trying to be intimate with us, in ways that don't sit right. We don't have that kind of relationship.

• 'Find The Kitchen': Your New Online Marketing Mantra in Media Insider on 11/29/2024
  

  If you're looking to establish or leverage a presence online, you need to find the heart of the online party as it relates to your business.

Comments by Kaila All comments by Kaila

• Kaila Colbin, Signing Off by Kaila Colbin (Media Insider on 04/18/2025)
  

  Thanks, Ed! Much appreciated!

• Kaila Colbin, Signing Off by Kaila Colbin (Media Insider on 04/18/2025)
  

  Thank you! Have so appreciated this community over the years.

• Social Media Has No Incentive To Protect Children by Kaila Colbin (Media Insider on 11/15/2024)
  

  I can see how it seems like personal responsibility. At the same time, pulling kids off social media when all the other kids are on it is like pulling them out of school or not letting them play sport. If everyone is on it, it's a massive challenge to take one kid off. When kids are surveyed, most of them say they'd love to abandon social media but they can't because that's where their friends are.

• The Scourge Of Generative Human Intelligence by Kaila Colbin (Media Insider on 02/23/2024)
  

  Thanks, John and JW. So true: winning in the short term might destroy all the value in the long run.

• The Brutal Facts Of The World As It Is by Kaila Colbin (Media Insider on 01/12/2024)
  

  Thanks, Kenneth!

• We're Going About Innovation All Wrong by Kaila Colbin (Media Insider on 06/30/2023)
  

  Thanks, Frank! Love it — adding it to the list!

• I Wrote About Extraordinary Communication. I Was Wrong. by Kaila Colbin (Media Insider on 08/12/2022)
  

  So wonderful to hear, Ed. I'm sure that approach leads to you having conversations that are more interesting, productive and informative than they otherwise would be!

• 2 Simple Rules For Extraordinary Communication by Kaila Colbin (Media Insider on 04/22/2022)
  

  Hi Kristyne,I only just saw this wonderful comment — thank you so much! I'm glad you found the column useful.

• His Name Was Jake by Kaila Colbin (Media Insider on 12/03/2021)
  

  Thank you for your lovely comments, Nina and Ed. Appreciate it.

• His Name Was Jake by Kaila Colbin (Media Insider on 12/03/2021)
  

  Thanks, Maarten. Appreciate your kind words.

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