Cal Newport is cutting through the AI clickbait
It is easy to get on the AI hype doom bandwagon. Concerns about AI wiping out the entire working class or AI doing entire jobs with no need for humans,
It is easy to get on the AI hype doom bandwagon. Concerns about AI wiping out the entire working class or AI doing entire jobs with no need for humans, and market analysis pieces about AI that have the ability to rock the stock market are scary. Not to mention
Maybe we are not doomed by AI
Last week, I read some terrifying articles in which two people shared their perspectives of where all this AI shit is headed. Cal Newport, however, does not agree with Matt
Last week, I read some terrifying articles in which two people shared their perspectives of where all this AI shit is headed. Cal Newport, however, does not agree with Matt Shumer's take on AI, his argument being that the job-takeover of AI is much more narrow than we are being
The Amazing Digital Circus is deeper than I thought
About a year ago, my tween kid started talking obsessively about The Amazing Digital Circus. Like many of my tween’s obsessions, I got to listen patiently as she described the
About a year ago, my tween kid started talking obsessively about The Amazing Digital Circus. Like many of my tween’s obsessions, I got to listen patiently as she described the plot, the characters, the episodes…my initial reaction was “this sounds pretty freaking out there.”But I watched an episode with her
Ai, social media, and the problem with tech evilness
Last year I read Careless People, by Sarah Wynn-Wiliams, a tell-all book about the inner workings and people of Facebook/Meta. My thought while reading it was “holy shit, these people
Last year I read Careless People, by Sarah Wynn-Wiliams, a tell-all book about the inner workings and people of Facebook/Meta. My thought while reading it was “holy shit, these people are evil.” The overall premise that I took away from her book is that they (the people who run Facebook/Meta