AI & SocietyA series of articles about the most significant technology shift of our lifetime 1 Overview2 The Case For Optimism3 The Case For Pessimism4 The Failure Of Governance5 Messy, Complicated & Uneven Our world is all AI, all the time, sure, obviously. What does that mean? We have the vague idea that big things are happening…
NotebookLM is the most interesting consumer AI product currently available, period, full stop. Don’t look away. This is not just for nerds. NotebookLM is also potentially the most useful AI assistant for you – yes, I’m looking at you, you special snowflake. It is unique and special and better than ChatGPT or the other general purpose…
Humans are no longer the dominant force on the internet. Automated bots make up more than half of global internet traffic. Your instinct is that human beings visit websites and send email. That’s outdated. Bot activity surpassed human-generated activity for the first time in 2024. AI models, automated crawlers, good bots, and especially bad bots have…
The internet is splintering into pieces. This will seem like an unhappy story because I have to explain what’s happening and why and it’s kind of sad. But there’s a happy ending! I have a dream about the way a curated web will emerge. There are products coming to make us confident about embracing new AI technology….