Synthetic media is giving me the uncannies
Logo: Eniko Note: No large language model was used in the production of this text. No kitten was strangled either, and technically the set of events which...
Existentialist Slop
This week in the the Reg, they report on a study blog post by an LLM analytics shop, which typically does task benchmarks but this time prompted the models...
Fiat Assessment
I had the misfortune of working in tech back when Bitcoin came on the scene. An interesting aspect of this is that, for a summer, half the office (even then,...
Haidters gonna Haidt
I've mixed feeling about the work of Jonathan Haidt. He's been difficult to avoid in the last couple of years, after his book The Anxious Generation came at...
The worrisome philosophies behind US AI
I almost put 'philosophies' between inverted commas Cal Newport, when he's not writing excellent study skills and attention management books, is also a...
Podcast Review - 'Bear Hunt' (Goalhanger)
Goalhanger, Gary Lineker's production company, famed for having cornered the market in celebrity-hosted non-fiction podcasts 'The Rest is (Noun)' is...
LKRP - E3 - Federica
Episode Apple - Soundcloud - Spotify - Amazon -RSS. Episode Description In this episode, I talk to Dr Federica Frabetti, associate professor in Digital Media...
