(No AI was used in the writing or illustrating of this post. AI was used in research but its results have been checked manually. This is another in a series of pieces exploring the frontiers between human and AI work. Here’s another.) AI is here to stay, and it’s moving fast. We are a little … Read more
I’m changing my mind about generative AI. I don’t think hallucination is the show-stopper anymore. I think we are. Perplexity.ai, which I’ve been using as my main AI research assistant, has this month launched a Deep Research tool, essentially an upgraded version of itself, which doesn’t just do a cursory web search and build its … Read more
I assumed that by now we’d be using something better than email. (Remember Google Wave? No, I don’t either.) But we aren’t. So it’s probably time for me to make a confession: I’m still struggling to find the perfect email app. After a recent spate of embarrassing moments when important emails just passed me by, I … Read more
Drones are changing the way wars are fought, but they’re also changing the way we experience those wars. Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America — not on the battlefields of Vietnam. — Marshall McLuhan (1975) Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar … Read more
Accusations that some big name musical acts have been miming their vocals raises some tricky questions. Popular music is in danger of becoming a parody of itself. Where once we dreamed of a fairer, more equitable landscape, big money is ever more concentrated in the hands of a shrinking group of artists and record companies. … Read more