Tag: search engine

  • The AI Anti-Utopia, And Other Stories

    The AI Anti-Utopia, And Other Stories

    Software is replacing artists and writers who enjoy their work while warehouse staffers pee in bottles to make quota. AI is turning into a shitty anti-utopia. As I write this, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has been on strike for 28 days. In a negotiation with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers…

  • A Blue Check On A Pike Warns Us Not To Give Up The Web

    A Blue Check On A Pike Warns Us Not To Give Up The Web

    Today is my seventh day of Twitter limbo. On March 31st, I became Elon Musk’s mother for several hours. But the account was put into a type of quarantine. My username replaced by a dot, my photo removed, I cannot log in. But my profile, with the years-old blue check still stands like a head…

  • TikTok, Drugs, Congress, and Monopoly

    TikTok, Drugs, Congress, and Monopoly

    Very few accusations are unique to TikTok. But, to the extent that members of congress know about data brokers, I assume they feel the U.S. data brokers’ selling lists of all the closeted gay people, with cancer, taking anti depressants in Kentucky are good and clean. But first party data collection by the Chinese Communist…

  • Human-AI Interaction Is A Partnership Based on Blind Trust

    Human-AI Interaction Is A Partnership Based on Blind Trust

    People express a lot of fear when it comes to AI. Some worry AI will grow superhuman and kill us all. Others are concerned that AI lead automation will displace over 100 million workers and devastate the economy. Honestly, either may happen because the simple truth of AI is that when machines learn, humans lose control. Currently, self-learning AI…

  • Why Google Search Sucks And A Tribute To Neil Gaiman

    Why Google Search Sucks And A Tribute To Neil Gaiman

    Google grants access to information kings didn’t have 50 years before. I have consumed so much content, books, podcasts, movies, articles, songs, and possibly the Ph.D. thesis of a woman from Chesapeake. I cannot remember it all. Like most, I’ll occasionally use Google to find a specific but only half-recalled crumb of content. Increasingly I…

  • 5 Pieces of Etiquette for Startups Approaching Advisors

    5 Pieces of Etiquette for Startups Approaching Advisors

    We’re coming upon the end of the year and a lot of people are planning to take the next steps toward starting a company. I can’t back that with statistics, but as a guy running a marketing agency, I’ve been having a lot of meetings with startup founders who would like help and advice. I…

  • The 1xftrv9efs of Covid19 – Google Test

    The 1xftrv9efs of Covid19 – Google Test

    Hey all, as you may have experienced Google Search as gotten worse over time. It’s hard to find specific articles from smaller websites now even when you search for very unique titles. This post will serve as an example. At the time of writing, most of the (seven) results for “The 1xftrv9efs of Covid19 –…

  • The Four, Book Review

    The Four, Book Review

    Written by Scott Galloway, “The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google” reads like the highest aspiration of the edgy business book genre. Flipping to any page, and putting a finger on any sentence gives you about a 70% chance of reading an (at least semi) meaningful insight, wrapped in a warm…