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Claude's "Constitution" is Embarrassing
The AI industry is at it again: making misleading statements about the technology and patting themselves on the back.

Karl Johansson
för 13 timmar sedan4 min läsning


Silicon Valley's Bubble Boys
Whether or not there is an investment bubble Altman and company sure are living in a bubble.

Karl Johansson
20 okt. 20253 min läsning


Speedrunning Surveillance Capitalism
Sam Altman reinvents Mark Zuckerberg's business model: spying on users.

Karl Johansson
13 okt. 20253 min läsning


The Gen-Z Luddite
Thoughts and reflections on the digital from a Gen-Z Luddite.

Karl Johansson
8 sep. 20254 min läsning


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

Karl Johansson
14 juli 20253 min läsning


Ads in Windows
Advertisements in the operating system itself, what's next? Putting up billboards in people's homes?

Karl Johansson
30 juni 20254 min läsning


No Acoustic Guitars in Silicon Valley
Or; Techno-Pangloss, The Next Big Thing, and Silicon Valley’s Loss of Pragmatism

Karl Johansson
19 maj 202528 min läsning


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 maj 20253 min läsning


AGI's New Clothes
Why isn't the media more critical of AI companies and their fantastical claims?

Karl Johansson
21 apr. 20254 min läsning


The AI Race
How bad would it be to lose the AI race?

Karl Johansson
27 jan. 20253 min läsning


Tech & Trump
America's tech elite is embracing Trump en masse. Why?

Karl Johansson
20 jan. 20254 min läsning


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


Bandits on the Information Super Highway
What might the rise of generative AI mean for the internet?

Karl Johansson
24 juni 20245 min läsning


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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