AI Slop And The Enshittification Of Everything

AI Slop And The Enshittification Of Everything

I’ve written about how AI is great and AI research will change the world and you should use it to plan your trips, while cheerleaders kick up their heels and wave their pom poms, rah rah sis boom bah. That’s part of the story. I don’t apologize a bit for being a...
The Rise And Fall Of Browser Home Pages

The Rise And Fall Of Browser Home Pages

Remember browser home pages? You do? I wouldn’t have guessed, you must be older than you look. All the rest of you children, gather round the fire, let me take you back to a simpler time when we still said “World Wide Web” and you could hear the capital letters. In...
AI’s Acceleration To Warp Speed

AI’s Acceleration To Warp Speed

AI is going to change things that you use every day. The changes will be profound, perhaps more fundamentally important than the internet or the computer or the iPhone. The speed at which things change will be faster than anything you’ve ever lived through before. You...
All Roads Lead To Philosophy In Wikipedia

All Roads Lead To Philosophy In Wikipedia

Open a Wikipedia article – any article, it doesn’t matter. Here, try the article about Jasper Fforde. Click on the first link in the main article. Skip links that are in parentheses or italics, and don’t follow anything that leads outside Wikipedia. In the Jasper...
Rules For Computer And Online Safety 2021

Rules For Computer And Online Safety 2021

These are the rules for computer and online safety in 2021.  Only your vigilance will protect you against bad guys. You will be safe if you are cautious. Stop and think before you click on links, before you call unfamiliar phone numbers, before you install programs,...