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The Slop Generation and the Devaluation of Art
I’ve been considering a frightening prospect. What if the next generation is known as The Slop Generation? A generation unaccustomed to the world before the inception of AI-generated slop. Despite successes or failures with generative AI, it seems the AI-generated cat is out of the slop bag with the power to warp artistic expressions and Read more
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Techno-Communism and The Things Will Cost Nothing Fallacy
One of the oft-repeated talking points erupting from the mouths of futurists and tech leaders alike is claiming that things will cost nothing in the future. As if we are to believe all of these people are in the business of making something for nothing. The entire claim is a gross absurdity that charlatans like Read more
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Four Ds of Personal AI Risk
There is a current push to cram every inch of AI into every conceivable corner of our lives, like someone trying to shove the fifteenth clown into the clown car at the circus. This is a direct result of needing to show investors that the monumental amount of cash being chucked into the furnace is Read more
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Being Realistic About AI Agents in 2025
There are few predictions I can make with more certainty than that we’ll hear the word “agent” so many times in 2025 that we’ll never watch another spy movie again. The industry and influencers have latched on to the new hype term and will beat that drum until it screams AGI. In an attempt to Read more
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The Shift From Assistant to Companion
Seems the Hawk Tuah girl isn’t the only one hawking things lately. If I had told you a couple of years ago that a large tech company like Microsoft would be peddling personal companions, you’d think I’d lost it. However, here we are in 2024, and the game is changing. The ultimate question is, are Read more
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AI Performance Art and Absurd Predictions
The past few months have witnessed a rash of completely absurd AI predictions. These claims come not from the usual suspects but from the tech leaders’ mouths themselves, lending further legitimacy. However, what people fail to realize is that these are pieces of performance art. Performances enacted not for you but for a singular audience: Read more
