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The Mismanagement of X
Everyone involved in X has botched it. Linda Yaccarino, Elon Musk, and wider society.

Karl Johansson
för 2 dagar sedan3 min läsning
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Ads in Windows
Advertisements in the operating system itself, what's next? Putting up billboards in people's homes?

Karl Johansson
30 juni4 min läsning
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No Acoustic Guitars in Silicon Valley
Or; Techno-Pangloss, The Next Big Thing, and Silicon Valley’s Loss of Pragmatism

Karl Johansson
19 maj28 min läsning
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The LinkedIn Rube-Goldberg-Machine
There is a counterproductive arms race between recruiters and candidates enabled and caused by the incessant and unnecessary use of software in hiring.

Karl Johansson
5 maj3 min läsning
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AGI's New Clothes
Why isn't the media more critical of AI companies and their fantastical claims?

Karl Johansson
21 apr.4 min läsning
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The AI Race
How bad would it be to lose the AI race?

Karl Johansson
27 jan.3 min läsning
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Tech & Trump
America's tech elite is embracing Trump en masse. Why?

Karl Johansson
20 jan.4 min läsning
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Internet Islands
 Social media moguls like Musk are getting into high profile spats with regulators, could this be the start of a more fractured internet?

Karl Johansson
2 sep. 20243 min läsning
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Bandits on the Information Super Highway
What might the rise of generative AI mean for the internet?

Karl Johansson
24 juni 20245 min läsning
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The False Promise of AI
Silicon Valley produces "innovation" without considering how they practically solve problems. AI is the latest example.

Karl Johansson
27 maj 20244 min läsning
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The False Promise of "Innovation"
Real innovation is not about "disruption" or new technologies. It is about problem solving.

Karl Johansson
13 maj 20243 min läsning
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Threats: Energy, Sanctions, & Cyber
Just like energy and sanctions, cyber is more bark than bite in a state against state conflict.

Karl Johansson
8 apr. 20242 min läsning
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The Age of the Narrowcast
 Social media and the advertiser-funded internet encourages narrowcasting, to the detriment of users and society.

Karl Johansson
25 mars 20243 min läsning
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TikTok Regulation, or the lack thereof
Social media regulation in the US is defined by petty grudges and thoroughly lacking in ambition.

Karl Johansson
18 mars 20243 min läsning
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Reality Bubbles
The Vision Pro and other AR gear risks letting social media bubbles escape into another reality.

Karl Johansson
5 feb. 20243 min läsning
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AI & The Idiot Savant Problem
Can AI be smart enough to be a threat while also being dumb enough to be a threat?

Karl Johansson
4 dec. 20233 min läsning
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The Search for a Tech Shortcut
The hype cycles surrounding the hot new tech du jour shows how techno-optimism has become a worldview in a society without a vision.

Karl Johansson
28 aug. 20234 min läsning
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The New Oil
Is data the new oil? And could that be a good thing?

Karl Johansson
31 juli 20233 min läsning
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Reddit, AI, & the Value of Data
AI's insatiable thirst for data creates problems for those who produce and host that precious data.

Karl Johansson
3 juli 20233 min läsning
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