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This terrific editorial from Nilay Patel has been making the rounds, and with good reason. An important read, especially for those of us working in tech. Here’s what I highlighted: “If you want to meaningfully oppose AI in a way that lasts, you should speak loudly with your dollars in...
Adam remains one of the most engaging writers in my feed. This post covers a lot of ground, but it does a great job of highlighting that while AI has been developing intelligence quickly along one axis, there's another branch of intelligence that current methods still haven't conjured in these...
AI equips the layperson to impersonate an expert, producing output that has all the hallmarks of expert judgement—except for the judgement itself. I have several family members in academia, so the phenomenon being discussed in this piece was already familiar to me, but Dr. Karamanis paints an evocative picture of...
Sahaj Garg, co-founder & CTO of Wispr, recently shared his thoughts on The Displacement of Cognitive Labor and What Comes After. They’re worth a read. The crisis of meaning he talks about is something that worries me, especially at global scale. Then again, the tendency to associate identity with work...
In daily life, social mistakes often cost more than intellectual ones, so it can feel like it's more important to belong than to be correct. In this article, Dan Williams frames today's anti-intellectual movements as a matter of social dynamics. We've known for a long time that the simplest story...
Did you know that one Mac can be used to "revive" a second Mac that's had its system firmware damaged? I didn't. I found out this evening, when Shannon and I discovered first-hand that system firmware can be damaged in "rare circumstances" like...clicking accept on the system prompt asking...
I believe AI is changing how we think. So, it seems, does Shreya Shankar, whose recent post I really enjoyed. Change is often good, but not always. Not all advancement is progress. And when it comes to something as important as thinking, it seems like any changes are worth keeping...
I was listening to a podcast recently where the hosts were discussing their favourite technology purchases of the year. As they listed off computers and smartphones and cameras and the like, I found myself thinking about what I would pick. Despite being someone who loves technology, my answer is something...
You and me—we can spare the time. It’s like John Williams said: music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music…so let’s do some listening! What sort of music are you into? Me too. One of the side effects of writing music for games and...
Point three stood out to me in Anil's provocative piece. It's the only one I fully agree with, but unfortunately it's also the scariest. Especially from a security and privacy angle (a view I am predisposed to, given my workplace). Here's what I highlighted: “Atlas is a browser, but it...
The questions posed by this piece, and others like it, have been swirling around in my head lately. In it, Jenny (a fellow Torontonian!) wonders what's underneath modern technology's promise of "convenience". She's pointing at artificial intelligence, but AI is just the neon lights version of the same story this...
People tend to glorify round numbers when they’re celebrating a milestone: 5, 10, 20 years. But something worth celebrating is worth celebrating in between those milestones, too. That’s one of many things Shannon, my wife, has taught me about love and life in the 16 years we’ve been together so...
In a recent piece, Christopher Butler does a great job of putting into words how AI can, if left unchecked, enable the worst tendencies of late-stage capitalism. The technology industry went from being a mechanism for dismantling silos to one that manufactures them. From a diverse and competitive jungle of...
My iPhone 15 Pro is a marvel, but after over a decade of iPhone use, I am, frankly, bored. Apple products have become familiar to the point of monotony. And, having spent weeks using the betas of the upcoming version of iOS, I can’t shake the feeling that Liquid Glass...