Carole Cadwalladr - Broligarchs, AI, and a Techno-Authoritarian Surveillance State
Posted 4th Jun 2025 @ 16:41
Power Houses
Posted 4th Jun 2025 @ 14:34
Sam & Jony introduce io
I think Sam Altman deserves to share space in the same bucket as Mark Zuckerberg. They are not good guys. Frauds? Maybe.
Zuck hit it big with Facebook and then through acquiring our attention and competitors (or just copying them).
Altman is still trying to make it big. I think his ego is as big as Zuck's and somehow he's found himself in this AI race and is winning. I'm a little sad to see Ive join up with OpenAI but I bet the pull to be the first to make it transparent was too good to pass up.
While I see potential in AI, I have no faith in it being the central repository of knowledge or that it is the answer for anything other than allowing us to spend more of our time creatively rather than productively. I think that's part of the reason that Ive moving in this direction is so odd to me. I'm sure his team at Apple were all about results and pushing boundaries but at the cost of experimentation? I very much doubt that.
Given Humane's AI pin was a complete flop it's hard to see what the future holds in this space but if anyone can try, it's Ive and his team.
Oh and is it just me or does the image that accompanies the post look AI generated?!
Posted 22nd May 2025 @ 11:13
People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies
I have used ChatGPT to get me past a few problems, but remain a sceptic. There's not a chance I'd use it for anything personal.
Posted 6th May 2025 @ 15:14
Man Rescued From Mount Fuji For Second Time In One Week After Going Back For Phone
Posted 29th Apr 2025 @ 09:12
Universities should act like universities
This is the quote Kottke shared from M. Gessen:
This is my radical proposal for universities: Act like universities, not like businesses. Spend your endowments. Accept more, not fewer students. Open up your campuses and [bring] education to communities. Create a base. Become a movement.
Cannot get behind this enough. For the past 4 years or so, I have been volunteering my time at two universities, multiple times a year. For one I am an alumni and for the other, I'm considered an "expert". It's not only rewarding on a personal level, but I hope it is rewarding to those students who get input from people with real industry experience. I'm coming up to 20 years now and there some that are a year into their journey and others that are even more seasoned than I am in their professions. We each bring different experiences but ultimately we are giving these students and the university access to a wider community.
Posted 15th Apr 2025 @ 08:23