I Hope the World Isn’t Real
Maybe it’s an experiment on how much an artificial consciousness can take before it melts…
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AI and Personal Ethics: A Case Study
I’m a big fan of thoughtfulness, but aren’t some questions pretty obvious?
Read moreATS and JobScan: It’s Alice in Wonderland Meets Office Space
In order to get a job, you have to pay for software that makes your resume worse.
Read moreFederal Push for Cybersecurity Transparency is Good for Everyone
Attackers cooperate and defenders don’t, giving the hackers a tremendous advantage.
Read moreWe Live in Infinite Universes All At Once
Thinking about this makes my head hurt.
Read moreThe Real Problem With AI
In a lot of ways, the explosion of AI is like the Luddite rebellion.
Read moreTechnology is Neutral
“Technology is neutral” is no longer an ideology – it’s a prayer.
Read more19th Century Day
I was born 22,314 days ago. 22,314 days before that it was still the 19th century.
Read moreAI Amok: Calling Gen. Neo Ludd
The world needs to wrest control of AI from the authoritarians.
Read moreHey, Alexa
Yesterday I hit the button on my iPhone and said “Hey, Alexa.”
Read moreWhy I Ask You Instead of Googling the Answer
Some people have noticed – and commented on – the fact that sometimes I’ll ask if they know X when I could look it up myself.
Read moreAncestry DNA Results and My Mystery Grandmother
Fascinating. To me, anyway… I just got the results back on my Ancestry DNA test.* I suppose mine are like everybody’s: they confirmed a lot of what I already knew and also threw a couple little curves at me. A slight preface: My family has always been working folks and while official records exist, our oral history was longer on
Read moreHelplessly Hoping
This is sublime. This is technology at its best. Thanks to Frank Venturo for passing it along.
Read moreImagine if every web site in the world existed automatically in every language
I was talking yesterday with my friend Petr, who has recently launched Expert Decision, a news and commentary site covering issues facing his native Russia. The site being in Russian, and my Russian skills being limited to a couple words, it’s been necessary to resort to the translate tool in Chrome.
Read moreTwin Peaks: The Return and the Red Room: a collaborative reverse spoken word
David Lynch inspired a generation of genius TV. And a moment of unfettered silliness.
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