Whenever I help my 80-something father with his iPad, I check YouTube to see what he’s watched lately. His feed is filled with AI Slop; fake videos dramatizing seemingly real events trumped up to look like news coverage. The videos have disclaimers, but he never reads them. According to Mom, Read more
When the shit literally hit the fan, when I found myself in the middle of a home maintenance dustup the likes of which I’d never dealt with before, I turned to Claude, the thinking partner I knew would be at my side throughout the situation. I just didn’t count on Read more
Maybe you don’t use AI today. Maybe you don’t use it because of what you heard about how the growing need for building and powering data centers may impact the environment, ground water, or what you pay for electricity. Perhaps it’s because of privacy concerns – which are well founded, Read more
Will Apple’s Face ID work after you die? Do your loved ones know how to access your email? How about your bank accounts, or your phone? I’ve thought about this a lot. When I managed a checking account for an industry group, I made sure that if anything happened to Read more
Last week, 4,000 people at one company lost their jobs. At one time. Between the State of the Union speech and the U.S. and Israel attacking Iraq, maybe you missed Block CEO Jack Dorsey’s announcement that the company is laying off 40% of its workers. No. That’s not a typo. Read more