The Warning Label For Emerging Technology
I’ve had quite a few conversations about the OpenAI presentation at Black Hat over the past couple of days. Let’s just say my feedback isn’t positive. I didn’t immediately post about it due to travel, responsibilities, and, well, the fact that I still have to work. I know, isn’t AI supposed to relieve us of [ ]
What happens when we shift from a literate culture to something resembling an oral culture? The answer to this question is before us. A post-literate culture took shape, and few seemed to notice as people distracted by symptoms became blind to the cause. But we didn’t revert to the oral cultures in which humanity was [ ]
By now, you’ve no doubt heard about OpenAI’s experiment hacking HuggingFace. It’s all anyone in tech is talking about. I’ve written a few thoughts about the hack for Modern CISO, and you can read that article here. In the article, I make the following observation about OpenAI’s write-up. OpenAI’s write-up of the incident reads more [ ]
People love to utter phrases like “data is the new oil” or “data is the new gold.” When we hear these phrases, we immediately think of businesses and big data, not the simple aspects of our daily lives. However, this obsession with data seeps into every crevice of our existence, even when the data is [ ]
You’ve heard these two phrases uttered thousands of times. They creep into every conversation about AI and work, being mindlessly parroted as people nod in involuntary agreement. Two phrases that seem incredibly simple yet are loaded with a potential world of problems. They are: AI won’t replace people. People using AI will replace those who [ ]
It turns out that creating dystopias is rather easy. A smidgen of uncertainty, a dash of job loss, and a heaping of hopelessness topped with a dose of dehumanization will churn out dystopias quite nicely. Season to taste. However, getting people to accept that recipe without revolt is another thing entirely. As most people get [ ]
It seems AI is becoming one of the most volatile and expensive dependencies in modern systems, and most organizations aren’t prepared for what comes next. I recently wrote an article for Modern CISO on AI cost volatility, offering observations and recommendations to mitigate this risk. Token Ransom and High Cost For years, we’ve been told [ ]
For months now, I’ve been fascinated by seeing smart people completely captured by AI hype. The very people who should be pushing back against the hype are the most swept up in its rapture. But it’s starting to make sense to me. I believe I’ve pinpointed a few key features driving this phenomenon. As is [ ]
Since this site focuses on risks and trade-offs rather than shiny, utopian use cases, there is some confusion about my thoughts on AI. Be it the AI of the present or the AI of the future. With this post, I stake out my position on AI and its advancement so I don’t have to keep [ ]
Talk to any tech bro, and they’ll be happy to tell you, scarcity is about to become a thing of the past. Abundance is coming and we are going to have so much awesomeness that we can’t even fathom how amazing it will be. Sam Altman recently said that society has been structured around managing [ ]