And it’s not another Twitter clone By Reed Berkowitz It seems that everyone is grasping at straws trying to find the next incarnation of social media. Meta put its money on a VR only metaverse. Elon hopes to turn Twitter into an “everything app” like WeChat. Everyone else (including Meta…

by Reed Berkowitz Some members of the press are having some pretty panicked responses after playing with Microsoft’s new chatbot Bing (aka Sydney). I would like to reassure you, It’s going to be ok! The AI is not a delusional teenager in love with you. The AI is not a…

By Reed Berkowitz Blake Lemoine, a software engineer working in Google’s Responsible AI organization, has been put on administrative leave because he became convinced that Google’s new AI LaMDA is a sentient being. You can read more about it in Blake’s own words in his Medium article. If you have…

Everyone Needs Access To Games — Written by Reed Berkowitz A friend of mine noticed something interesting. His teen was playing a game online with a group of other kids, but no one was actually “playing.” The characters were just kind of standing around chatting with each other as the game went on without them. The…

The science behind why the jump scare is here to stay It’s dark and SOMETHING is just behind the door. You creep up to it, baseball bat in hand, your friends huddle behind you, whispering to be careful. Your hand shakes as you reach out to open the rattling door…

SPOILERS: This is an in-depth article on the movie ‘Joker’ and is meant to be read after viewing. It openly discusses and analyzes many plot points of the movie and is full of spoilers. “I used to think that my life was a tragedy, but now I realize, it’s a…