Web/Tech
"16 Billion Apple, Facebook, Google And Other Passwords Leaked — Act Now"
June 23, 2025
One good thing: if actually 16 billion passwords--about two for every person on the planet--have leaked, presumably no future security breach will add significantly to the problem.
Two on AI "hallucinations"
June 17, 2025
"Tesla’s Robot Is Utterly Pathetic"
June 04, 2025
The author has written a series of energetically anti-Elon articles so I'm not sure how correct this piece is. But he raises an interesting question: what, exactly, is the value of having a human-sized, human-scale robot? For at least some uses a robot specialized to a single task would be much more efficient.
"Substack Has Changed in the Last 30 Days"
June 04, 2025
Interesting--post is free access as of 6/3--account of how all-of-a-sudden Substack as gone mainstream.
"AI is not coming for your job"
May 05, 2025
Interesting perspective that runs counter to the AI-is-going-to-replace-almost-all-white-collar-workers articles I've seen a lot of recently.
"AI Food Flaw: ChatGPT Gives Top Marks to Revolting Brownie Recipes"
April 30, 2025
AI is not perfect yet.
Analyzing AI risk
April 28, 2025
A Twitter thread analyzing the "core claims around AI risk" and finds them wanting. (Link via Marginal Revolution.)
"The Loneliness Myth: Social Media Isn't the Culprit"
April 17, 2025
I believe it: "Long-term studies show stable loneliness levels over decades, not an 'epidemic'."
"Will AI Automate Away Your Job?"
April 07, 2025
Discusses five job characteristics that lead to conjectured "high vulnerability," led by "short time-horizon tasks".