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Feb 13

ChatGPT and the End of SEO

A response to Maggie Appleton and Dark Forest Theory — Machine-learning language models such as GPT-3 and ChatGPT, which can automatically generate intelligible copy in response to a prompt, comprise a disruptive technology in the truest sense: the effects of which will be wildly unpredictable. Allow me to make a prediction. In this recent article by Maggie Appleton, she warns…

ChatGPT

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ChatGPT and the End of SEO
ChatGPT and the End of SEO
ChatGPT

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Jan 18

Hey Elon! Here’s How to (Finally) Make Twitter Profitable

And Solve the Political & Content Moderation Issues Too! — This is an idea I’ve borrowed from Ben Thompson at Stratechery, but it’s such a good one that it bears repeating, in the hopes that it might spread. Twitter on Deathwatch Even before Elon’s ill-fated buyout offer, Twitter was besieged on all sides. From its inability to stop losing money to perennial content…

Twitter

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Hey Elon! Here’s How to (Finally) Make Twitter Profitable
Hey Elon! Here’s How to (Finally) Make Twitter Profitable
Twitter

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Jan 6

Don’t Be Afraid of AI-Generated Art

Artists are livid about AI-Generated art. Should they be? — There’s an uproar right now in the digital arts community over the new machine-learning denoising algorithms such as DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, and Midjourney. It’s because these systems can quickly and easily render original imagery from nothing but a text prompt. …

Ai Generated Art

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Don’t Be Afraid of AI-Generated Art
Don’t Be Afraid of AI-Generated Art
Ai Generated Art

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May 22, 2022

Billionaires in Space, In Defence of

Why gallivanting in space may be the best thing Bezos, Branson and Musk can be doing for us all. — Ten months ago Jeff Bezos blasted off in a private rocket — Blue Origin’s historic first crewed flight — and popped a bottle of Champagne in zero gravity. He was preceded that same week by Richard Branson riding in one of his own Virgin Galactic rockets. Both were soundly ridiculed…

Blue Origin

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Billionaires in Space, In Defence of
Billionaires in Space, In Defence of
Blue Origin

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Dec 6, 2021

The Real Deal with NFTs

Read this before you invest! — So much hype, so little understanding. I write this because after listening to people around me, it turns out there is much excitement around NFTs, but few understand what an NFT actually is. So here’s what you need to know before jumping on the bandwagon. Consider yourself warned. What’s an NFT? An NFT is a digital token which resides…

Nft

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The Real Deal with NFTs
The Real Deal with NFTs
Nft

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Nov 24, 2021

We Already Had the Metaverse. It Was Called the Web.

And look what happened. — Much talk has been made lately of the so-called “Metaverse,” most recently surrounding Facebook’s corporate re-brand (and accompanying massive investment) to signal its ambitions in the space. Evidently Mark Zuckerberg truly believes the Metaverse is “the next chapter for the technology industry.” But what exactly is it? What is the Metaverse? Good question. As…

Metaverse

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We Already Had the Metaverse. It Was Called the Web.
We Already Had the Metaverse. It Was Called the Web.
Metaverse

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Apr 1, 2021

Let’s stop saying Master/Slave
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Mike Roberts

I would humbly submit that in reference to a Git repository, it is an entirely different 'master'…

I would humbly submit that in reference to a Git repository, it is an entirely different 'master' in use. In this case, the word is deployed in a 'master - copy' semantic, a metaphor to analogue media. This is in clear contrast to, for example, an IDE channel, where the…

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Feb 6, 2021

Empire and Communications

I recorded an audiobook! — Last year when I wanted to listen to Empire and Communications, no audiobook was available (except a useless TTS robo-read). So I recorded one myself, in case anyone else might find it useful. Help yourself — it’s free. (But be warned: I am not a professional reader) What is Empire…

History Of Culture

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I Recorded an Audiobook!
I Recorded an Audiobook!
History Of Culture

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·Jun 14, 2018

How Storytellers Change the World

Change the metaphor; change the reality. — “Why do you want to make movies?” my mom once asked me. “Wouldn’t you rather do something that helped people? Like a doctor? “A doctor can only help one person at a time,” I tried to explain. “A storyteller can help the whole world.” Notwithstanding research doctors, I still hold this to…

Tesla

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How Storytellers Change the World
How Storytellers Change the World
Tesla

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CinematicVR

·Jul 6, 2017

VR is Not a Fad

De-abstracting presence and agency matters in a big way. — I’ve been hearing a lot of talk recently denigrating VR. It seems as though wave of hype has finally crested and the pessimists are having their day. “It’s just a fad” they say. “Remember 3D TV? Google Glass? VR in the ‘90’s?” “What does VR bring to the table that…

Virtual Reality

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VR is Not a Fad
VR is Not a Fad
Virtual Reality

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