K.C. RaybouldWhy I Don’t Like HorrorShort one today, as I am in the hospital for now. I am feeling much better, and the surgical option appears to have been ruled out, but…1d ago1d ago
K.C. RaybouldAI Is Burning the Planet for No Good ReasonFirst, sorry for the lack of newsletter updates. I had to go into the emergency room for dehydration on Monday. Long story, but still not…6d ago6d ago
K.C. RaybouldElon In Memphis, Or AI Requires Hurting You to WorkSpace Karen has sprung up a new data center in the Memphis area in order to power his Grok chatbot. It is, unsurprisingly, an environmental…Sep 16Sep 16
K.C. RaybouldSunday Good Reads for September 15th, 2024I got nothing. Enjoy the articles.Sep 15Sep 15
K.C. RaybouldFacebook Doesn’t Care if You Burn to Death or Why Don’t We Have a Public Social Network?Facebook is blocking and removing posts from emergency accounts as fires burned in the West this summer:Sep 12Sep 12
K.C. RaybouldSchools, Ransomware, Crypto, and the “Promise” of Imitative AIThere is about one cyber attack per day on k-12 school in the United States. Most, if not all of these attacks are ransomware attacks —…Sep 11Sep 11
K.C. RaybouldAI Will Kill Your Dog. Or Not Everything is a Tech ProblemAn essay I wrote about a couple of weeks ago is going viral for something I did not discuss: the fact that an AI chatbot convinced a woman…Sep 10Sep 10
K.C. RaybouldThe Most Dangerous Aspect of AI (Seriously): Imitative AI is Bad at SummarizingA new study from Australia shows that imitative AI is not especially good at summarizing documents. The study showed that imitative AI was…Sep 9Sep 9
K.C. RaybouldSunday Good Reads for September 8th, 2024First, an apology. In Friday’s newsletter, I consistently spelled “copyright” and “copywrite” when discussing a legal issue. I am, as…Sep 8Sep 8
K.C. RaybouldFailed Writer’s Journey: The Internet Archive was WrongThere has been a lot of hand wringing over the Internet Archive’s failed appeal of the early ruling that its National Emergency Library…Sep 6Sep 6