speculations

https://gizmodo.com/openai-reportedly-dissolves-its-existential-ai-risk-tea-1851484827 They used to think we would destroy humanity in some great Terminator-style apocalypse. I remember a video I was trained on where a “founding father of AI” painted a picture of robot soldiers and self aware weapons. Then there were those obsessed with the paperclip problem, imagining a Sorcerer’s… Read the rest

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/16/researchers-build-ai-driven-sarcasm-detector Everything was packed and ready. Cameras and sound gear: the client always liked to see and hear “the people” in a presentation. He’d tested the sensors. His kids always liked that bit. Chris had set a new personal best for engagement. Alex had failed to beat the record for… Read the rest

https://www.engadget.com/apple-brings-eye-tracking-to-recent-iphones-and-ipads-140012990.html She looked out across the classroom and remembered why she did this. The pay and conditions were lousy, the admin horrific but she smiled as she saw the rows and rows of children. They were why she kept on doing this. An old romantic maybe but she still believed… Read the rest

https://www.marketing-interactive.com/expedia-first-party-data-led-travel-media-network The pool was glistening, silently thanks to the headset’s noise cancelling algorithms. His favourite playlist provided a soundtrack to the kids jumping and splashing, their screams of delight monitored by the lifeguard sensors for any change in pitch. The next pitcher of sangria arrived when the cameras reported the… Read the rest

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2024129 We were a tightly knit team. We’d all started together… how long ago now? We’d worked together for so long that we knew each other’s strengths and weaknesses, our different ways of working. I guess we were friends as well as colleagues. We had our in jokes and I… Read the rest

https://www.thedrum.com/news/2024/05/09/experts-opine-the-future-generative-ai-marketing-the-drum-live-new-york There were croissants of course, and cofffee. Bowls of fruit and sparkling water from an eco-friendly event sponsor were lined up on the bar. He could really could do with a drink. The stage manager would be arriving soon. The other panel members were still chatting confidently. His company’s… Read the rest

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/11/24153242/ifixit-pro-tech-toolkit-sharge-retro-67-charger-deal-sale He’d always liked tinkering: taking things apart, putting them back together. As a kid he’d had model kits which he ‘customised’ as he called it, creating Frankenstein monsters or speculative objects. He moved on to fixing things, much to his parents’ concern. As a teenager his tinkering became political.… Read the rest

https://www.ft.com/content/308c42af-2bf8-47e4-a360-517d5391b0b0 I’m sorry boss but you’re going to have to. Yes, I know you are things to do. Of course we spent a lot on your home office and it has indeed worked really well but times have changed. Yes, security has looked into it and they’re clear, they can’t… Read the rest

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/09/apple-ipad-ad-prompts-online-backlash The worst thing was it had been her team that had done it, and everyone knew it. It had been a good old fashioned process. She even had the sketchbook and the bar receipts to prove it. It had been like the old days, just tossing ideas around with… Read the rest

https://www.thedrum.com/news/2024/05/08/gary-vaynerchuk-s-call-arms-quality-content-the-drum-live-new-york The session was packed. It was a coup to get such a famous – or should that be infamous – speaker. No-one knew what to expect. Always controversial. Always provocative but never predictable. It was the usual mix of rhetoric and streams of evidence. Today’s talk was about creativity… Read the rest