“Are large language models on the trajectory of word processing or digital advertising?”
“NYC AI Chatbot Touted by Adams Tells Businesses to Break the Law | THE CITY — NYC News”
This was entirely predictable. As is the fact that the chatbot is still available giving incorrect advice.
“Debunking the Myths of Robert Capa on D-Day | PetaPixel”
This is all kinds of interesting.
“Women’s faces stolen for AI ads selling ED pills and praising Putin - The Washington Post”
😬
micro.blog gets the character count wrong for bluesky crossposting frustratingly often.
(And it breaks undos in the editor frustratingly often.)
(And and its posting queue still jams frustratingly often.)
(And and and its UI obscures the actual character count frustratingly often.)
“AI bots hallucinate software packages and devs download them”
As I pointed out recently, the purpose of most software dev (esp. web) is to present the image of an org working with cutting edge tech
Delivering working software or usable business tools is beside the point so this is actually perfect
“We’ve been here before: AI promised humanlike machines – in 1958”
“The Case for Design Engineers, Pt. III - Jim Nielsen’s Blog”
But the creative process is not an assembly line. Complications and in-process revisions are something to be embraced, not feared, because they are an inherent part of making.
This is why just-in-time research is the only way to go. Don’t try to keep up. Instead use that time to research each task as it comes up 🙂
“We have a content quality problem, not a content quantity problem // Cory Dransfeldt”
Because the pundits are unclear on this
A non-compliance investigation by a regulator is not done to find excuses for a fine
The point is to change behaviour
If Apple and the rest change their behaviour before the end of the investigative period, odds are they’ll only get a slap on the wrist
“Michael Tsai - Blog - Movie Piracy App Tops App Store Charts”
Michael gathers together the latest round of App Store shenanigans. Between the fraudulent apps and the constant looming threat from app review, the app store is a net negative for both users and devs
“Windows users don’t want Copilot on their taskbar; they want it in the bin. - MSPoweruser”
It’s interesting that whenever an “AI” article of mine does the rounds, the bit that always gets the most pushback also has the strongest foundation in research: that “AGI” as a concept is made-up sci-fi, ungrounded in reality, and too inconsistently defined to be anything other than bullshit
It’s become clear over the past few years is that the job of the journalists and punditry that tech relies on for information isn’t to convey information but to justify actions
E.g. we have a bunch of them making nonsense speculations about the EU DMA that could be answered just by reading the DMA
Capitalism Is Dead – Long Live Capital — Crooked Timber
I find the insight that we no longer live in a common market – which of course relies on a set of intuitions that have been around for a while and have been hinted at by many, but which has never been spelled out quite as clearly – uniquely valuable regardless
I can’t help but worry about this
“Google’s AI Search Caught Pushing Users to Download Malware”
“Apple, Meta, and Google targeted by EU in DMA non-compliance investigations - The Verge”
Apple fans: “The EU must approve of Apple’s plans, otherwise Apple wouldn’t have announced them”
The EU: “Hang on a minute…”
“Robin Rendle — I love invokers and you should too”
I really really would like Invokers to get implemented broadly ASAP because it’s a great idea.
“The Allure of Local-First Sync Engines - Jim Nielsen’s Blog”
I need to brush the dust off my design for a file-oriented local-first sync engine for the OPFS API. Back then I couldn’t figure out a pathway to pay for the work, but maybe that’s changed?