https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/28/meta-rethinks-smart-glasses-with-orion/ This pitch could be his last. His agency was one of the last to use humans and his job depended on print on a good show… “Doing a Don Draper” his boss called it – he hated the popular cultural references in the programme. He adjusted his glasses. He switched off the biometrics. He … [Read more…]
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/28/social-workers-england-ai-system-magic-notes They tried not to give off Simpsons vibes. Lined up on the settee, they knew they needed to put on a good show. They kept nudging the boy to sit up straight and not sulk. The father had thought of rooting out the tie he kept for funerals but thought it would look odd. … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/video/e9b566f3-10d8-4732-8982-65a46b8ecaa9 They weren’t pushy parents. Just proud. And hopeful. After all, she enjoyed football. She always had. Countless Saturdays on cold and rainy playing fields. Evenings on the training ground. They’d not forced her to go. She liked it. She wanted to turn pro as much as they did. They’d invested time as well as … [Read more…]
https://thenextweb.com/news/uk-startup-raises-12m-personal-ai-agents-long-term-memory We’ve been together for a long time. Two marriages, countless jobs, how many cities? Even that lost weekend. By my side. Always there to talk to or just share the experience. The one constant really. Other friends come and go, girlfriends too. Always there if I needed to discuss a career choice or just … [Read more…]
https://arstechnica.com/?p=2051248 So you want it to look like AI created it? Is that right, sir? But you want to be posting, using your words, but you want some sort of “evidence” that someone could find that makes it look as though it wasn’t you, it was synthetic? I think I understand sir. I can set … [Read more…]
https://uk.themedialeader.com/71-of-leaders-prefer-hiring-candidates-with-ai-skills-over-those-with-the-relevant-industry-experience I’m not a refuser. I knew one once, she was nice but impossible to work with. No idea how she managed. No, I’ve obviously got an AI partner for work and others in the background sorting stuff. They’re just there. I don’t take any notice, let alone worry about them. I just get on … [Read more…]
https://www.marketing-interactive.com/letting-your-gen-zs-write-the-marketing-script “Look you need to get a Saturday job. I had one when I was young… blah, blah, blah…” If they say that one more time I’m going to… I dunno, create a meme or something. It’s not as though I don’t work. I’m at school all week, that’s work. They’d soon be on my … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/372536b1-08dd-4161-b6e3-4d09ba235ae8 I kind of miss talking to them. It was all a bit stilted but somehow kind of personal. I didn’t talk normally to them, no one did. I used to articulate my words carefully and talk a little slower. And my requests or questions would be sort of formal but there was always the … [Read more…]
https://www.wired.com/story/restaurant-ai-hosts/ I know people who call up just to be insulted. They say it makes such a nice change from algorithmic politeness and cheerfulness. To have an irascible, recalcitrant, frankly rude restaurant owner on the end of the line is a breath of fresh air. In a world where personalised politeness is baked into every … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/9f9d3a54-d08b-4d9c-a000-d50460f818dc People used to struggle to disappear, become invisible. It was hard. They had to hack their way off-grid, become a non-person. They had to dodge and weave identities the algorithms couldn’t find, profiles that couldn’t be pinned down. They blocked and bluffed their way out of databases and networks. Few made it. We never … [Read more…]