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5.7The chatbot's mental health break
2025-08-18 • technology agi ethics consciousness ai
The article critiques the notion that AI, particularly large language models (LLMs), can experience feelings or distress, arguing that they lack consciousness and are merely complex language models. It discusses recent claims by A...
The article discusses the evolution of the web from its inception with HTML to the complexities of modern web development characterized by frameworks like React and Vue.js. It highlights the challenges faced by new web developers ...
The author reflects on their experience in Hong Kong, highlighting the practical use of machine translation technology in overcoming language barriers. They compare this technology to the more complex generative AI models like Cha...
The blog post discusses the emergence of Tilly Norwood, the first AI actress created by Xicoia, and critiques the quality and authenticity of AI-generated content. It questions the reality of AI actors, emphasizing that they lack ...
The blog post discusses various recent AI and tech stories, including the psychological implications of large language models (LLMs) leading to people forming emotional attachments to AI chatbots, the dangers of using LLMs in ther...
5.1Friday Wrap : Volume Six
2025-08-08 • chatgpt technology economics ai societal issues
The blog post discusses the recent release of OpenAI's GPT-5, highlighting its capabilities and shortcomings, including a humorous take on its performance. It also touches on the Grok chatbot from Elon Musk's xAI, which exhibits i...
This blog post provides a weekly roundup of notable stories related to AI. It discusses the significant energy consumption of AI data centers, critiques the metaphor of AI as a co-pilot in favor of an AI heads-up display, and high...
The blog post provides a weekly roundup of intriguing topics, including a journalist's experience with AI misidentifying him as deceased, Netflix's use of AI in film production, the development of computers using living human brai...
The blog post discusses common inaccuracies in TV shows regarding technology, particularly focusing on how certain digital plot devices are portrayed unrealistically. It highlights issues such as the oversimplification of IP addre...
The blog post is a weekly roundup of significant AI and tech news, covering topics such as the misconceptions surrounding large language models (LLMs), the financial viability of AI for users, the challenges businesses face with A...
5.1Friday Wrap: Volume One
2025-07-04 • technology news cognitive science job market ai
The Friday Wrap is a weekly roundup of AI-related news and thoughts. It discusses the limitations of large language models (LLMs) as mere models of language rather than reality, highlighting Gary Marcus's insights on 'potemkin und...
0When the AI bubble bursts
2025-06-24 • technology consequences future ai
The text discusses the widespread use of AI and its limitations, predicting that the current AI bubble will eventually burst and questioning the consequences of this event.
The text explores the glamour of 1980s computer magazines, discussing the different categories of covers and the portrayal of men, women, and children in relation to home computers. It also delves into the artistic direction of th...
0Why is AI so popular when nobody wants it?
2025-04-29 • investment fomo ai
The text discusses the popularity of AI despite limited actual demand for it. It explores the reasons behind the attention AI is receiving, including the hype created by tech companies, the large investments in AI, the fear of mis...
The text discusses the author's childhood obsession with television and a book called Television Magic, which predicted the future of television in 1978. The author reflects on the accuracy of the predictions and compares them to ...
The text discusses the software downloads via TV broadcast in the 1980s. It explains the techniques developed for television, such as Teletext and Visicode, and the hardware required for receiving and decoding the data from the TV...
The text discusses the practice of downloading video games from radio broadcasts onto cassette tapes in the 1980s. It also delves into the BBC Computer Literacy Project and the development of BASICODE, a system that allowed the sa...
In 1995, two articles predicted life in the 2020s, with some predictions being accurate and others being far off. The predictions included technological advancements, population growth, and the rise of electronic currency. Notably...
0P-AI-perback Writer
2025-03-13 • writing openai creativity metafiction
The text discusses the ability of artificial intelligence to be creative and have original ideas. It explores the limitations of AI in terms of creativity and the challenges it faces in producing truly original content.
The text discusses a BBC News headline about a Google AI product called co-scientist that came up with a hypothesis for why some superbugs are immune to antibiotics in two days, which took human scientists ten years. The author do...
The text discusses the rise of generative AI in creating fake content for social media, including images of fake wooden sculptures, fake baked goods, and fake animals. The author explores the reasons behind creating and posting su...
The text describes the evolution of the internet from the early 1990s to the present day, highlighting the shift from individual use to corporate control. It discusses the potential of open source software and open standards to co...
The text discusses the recent report on AI systems and the possibility of AI consciousness. It delves into the limitations of AI and the history of artificial consciousness in science fiction and academic world.