Originally published May 2023 A couple of years back, Cory Doctorow coined a word, “enshittification,” that’s a perfect summation of why we can’t have nice things. Enshittification is the process that takes a service, or a system, or a tradition, or even an institution, and degrades it to the extent that it’s just no good any… Continue reading

Originally published April 2023 There’s a lot of, um, chat going around about ChatGPT, the well-known large-language-model generative chatbot. I’m holding off on calling it an “Artificial Intelligence,” but I will go as far as calling it an AEM — Artificial English Major.  ChatGPT and its pals really are a lot like the typical caricature… Continue reading

I keep circling back to Descartes. René freaking Descartes. Maybe the original tech bro. Guy decided animals were machines. It wouldn’t have made any difference, except the jerk was an a-list persuader and people listened to the things he said and for some reason (this reason is still around and you know it) took the things… Continue reading