My last article talked about a specific laptop with a Snapdragon processor, the Lenovo Thinkpad T14s Gen 6. For my needs, it stands head and shoulders above the otherwise exactly identical models with Intel and AMD processors – wildly extended battery life, reliable fast startup, no heat or fan noise, full performance on battery, no compromises. There…
Details matter. Here’s a detail about AI that matters: there’s a difference between hallucinations and misinformation. Seems subtle, I know, but the distinction might help you understand important things as our world becomes all AI, all the time. Here’s an example of what happens when the distinction is not understood. In February 2023, Google was scrambling to respond…
Everything is getting worse. Cory Doctorow gave it a name three years ago: enshittification. Now he has written the best business book of the year, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It. It will help you understand many things, oh so many things, about how and why the massive platforms are breaking…
AI & SocietyA series of articles about the most significant technology shift of our lifetime1 Overview2 The Case For Optimism3 The Case For Pessimism4 The Failure Of Federal Governance5 Governance Alternatives6 Messy, Complicated & Uneven The good news: Ten years from now we might not quite be living in a utopia but AI will definitely…