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  • Self-Inflicted Threats and the Misnomer of AI Security

    Self-Inflicted Threats and the Misnomer of AI Security

    AI security is a hot topic in the world of cybersecurity. If you don’t believe me, a brief glance at LinkedIn uncovers that everyone is an AI security expert now. This is why we end up with overly complex and sometimes nonsensical recommendations regarding the topic. But in the bustling market of thought leadership and Read more

  • Yippee Ki-Yay: Risk Over Reward in the AI Dumpster Fire Rodeo

    Yippee Ki-Yay: Risk Over Reward in the AI Dumpster Fire Rodeo

    The past couple of years have been fueled entirely by vibes. Awash with nonsensical predictions and messianic claims that AI has come to deliver us from our tortured existence. Starting shortly after the launch of ChatGPT, internet prophets have claimed that we are merely six months away from major impacts and accompanying unemployment. GPT-5 was Read more

  • The Architects of Devaluation: The AI Slop Architecture and Its Acolytes

    The Architects of Devaluation: The AI Slop Architecture and Its Acolytes

    Weaved through the fabric of the hustle-bro culture, threaded with the drivel of influencers, lies one of the biggest cons of our current age. This is the false perception that everything we do has to be for some financial gain or public attention. With everything in life revolving around social currency or actual currency, removing Read more

  • Code Roulette: Spin the Code, Take the Breach

    Code Roulette: Spin the Code, Take the Breach

    Although AI has taken a hit in the past few weeks, the vibes are still strong and infecting every part of our lives. Vibe coding, vibe analytics, and even vibe thinking, because well, nothing says “old” like having thoughts grounded in reality. However, an interesting trend is emerging in software development, one that could have Read more

  • Trying To Live Forever Isn’t Living: A Story of Two Johnsons

    Trying To Live Forever Isn’t Living: A Story of Two Johnsons

    Although the singularity isn’t here, the shitularity certainly is, and it’s moving to infect every corner of our humanity. In the shitularity, shit’s upside down. Where you have people welcoming the extinction of humanity and worshiping marketing material as prophecy, it’s this environment that spawns people like Bryan Johnson and elevates them to hero status. Read more

  • AI Grenades: When Errors And Hallucinations Become Facts

    AI Grenades: When Errors And Hallucinations Become Facts

    We are continually inundated with examples of silly errors and hallucinations from generative AI. At this point, it’s no secret to anyone on the planet that these systems fail, sometimes at rather high rates. These systems also have a tendency to make stuff up, which isn’t a good look when that data is used for Read more