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Are We Machines?
A central tenet of AI development is that human beings, and all of the messiness of our consciousness, are nothing more than complicated machines.
Sep 8
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Is Companionship AI A Gateway Drug?
Tech adoption is always driven by some unlikely, sometimes underappreciated use: for the Internet, it was porn, and screaming into the ether drove…
Sep 1
August 2025
AI Relies On Old School Propaganda
The folks selling AI are drawing on tricks that have been used throughout history to sell us things.
Aug 25
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It's Time To Join The Clanker Resistance
“Clanker” is a new-ish slur for AI and technology in general that seems to be getting traction on the Internet, according to, well, clankers.
Aug 18
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The Social Media Warning For AI
The results are in: Integrating smart phones and social media into our lives has turned our brains into Jell-O.
Aug 11
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Turing Is Turning Over In His Grave
AI has passed a major milestone in its journey to possessing the intelligence and agency of human beings:
Aug 4
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July 2025
Bias Is Now Enshrined In US AI Policy
The US government has announced that it will make sure that the AI it uses is biased and unreliable.
Jul 28
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Oops, AI Is Going To Get Us Fired After All
Microsoft’s latest plans to fire about 9,000 workers has some suspecting that all of us are destined to be replaced by AI.
Jul 21
The Left & Right Have Abandoned Us to AI
The entire political spectrum in America seems to have thrown in the towel on saying anything useful about AI, let alone doing something on our behalf.
Jul 14
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We're Living In An Episode of "Black Mirror"
A chatbot called a Tolan will let you turn your real life into a dystopian sci-fi nightmare.
Jul 7
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June 2025
The Real Digital Divide
We have been told that a “digital divide” exists between people who possess and benefit from tech and those that don’t.
Jun 30
We've Got It Backwards On AI
AI might never achieve true human awareness (called “AGI”) but it has already shown that much of what we think and do can be accomplished by a machine.
Jun 23
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