Are you still watching? What a piece in n+1 on Netflix’s ponzi scheme of attention that describes how Netflix has pivoted from distributor of content to creator of it, and the effect thereof on the quality of movies. According to the relentless author, Netflix is ”staffed by unsophisticated executives who have no plan for their […]
Scarlett vs. Deepfakes, Math In or Out of the Classroom, and Online Dating – Week 7’s AI News
Well, this week was… something else. Last week I didn’t put together a proper news overview because I went skiing, and while I was up in the mountains I’d occasionally check the news on BlueSky – and it wasn’t looking very happy. Elon Musk claimed all sorts of data and systems for himself, all development […]
Week 6’s AI News
Ok, full disclosure—I was on vacation this week! But now that I’ve got a few hundred subscribers, I obviously need to make sure there’s some content, right? So before I left, I set aside some timeless pieces about AI. Algorithmic Agnotology I came across the term “algorithmic agnotology” on BlueSky and had to look it […]
Week 5’s AI News
Here we are again! New readers, welcome!! There are already quite a few of you—so cool! Please do reply to this email; the downside of a newsletter compared to social media is that I hardly ever hear back (but hey, no hate messages either, which is nice…). 404 Media:It was, of course, DeepSeek week, but […]
Week 4’s AI news
It was another wild week of AI craziness! The Guardian:I’ve written before about all the madness in the UK, and this week they’ve launched something new over there —a tool powered by AI that helps Cabinet Ministers understand how people might react to their policies. And naturally, I can’t help but ask: do you really […]
