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How ChatGPT works, In Layman’s terms[38 Before 38]

Black background with a repeating pattern of robot emoji and chat bubble. The foreground is 2 rows of yellow candle drawings. 19 each. The 8th is white.

You too can sound smart to your friends.

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Search is Dead, and ChatGPT will not save you[38 before 38]

Search is dead. You can’t find anything useful. Barely anything useful left to find. And LLMs are killing what’s left.

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Trying to keep it together[38 Before 38]

Two rows of candle drawings. All are yellow except the 6th one. That is white. There is a cutout of a woman helping another woman puke. There are no actual depictions of bodily fluids.

Being sick makes this project quite difficult.

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🚍Public Transport is Cool[38 before 38]

Two rows of candle drawings on on a black background. All are yellow, except the 5th one, which is white. There is cutout of a photo of a london double-decker bus on the right side. The photo is by Chris Steer.

Seriously

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Are there any commercial uses for AI?[38 Before 38]

The picture of a robot panhandling. Holding a cardboard sigin with text: "will geneare for food". The image is in a ribbon-end cutout, the background is two rows of candles in yellow. But the 4th one is white. Image generated using Google Imagen.

None of the hawkers of “AI” are making money. But is anyone else?

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Podcast is a Technology, not a genre[38 before 38]

The old man yells at cloud simpsons meme in a ribbon end cutout. The background is two rows of candles. All candles are yellow except the third one.

A rant

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Children as a Cybersecurity Threat[38 before 38]

This image depicts a child wearing a red hood or jacket and sitting in front of a computer screen displaying a matrix-like background of green code and digital patterns. The foreground of the image features a series of burning candles, represented by stylized illustrations, arranged diagonally across the lower portion of the frame. The second candle is white. The rest are yellow.

All consumer tech seems to be designed by people without children.

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38 Blogs Before 38

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Rebuilding my writing muscle before I turn 38

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Meta Dreams—Somethings

The title of the post with a triangular cutout of a picture of Mark Zuckerberg’s realistic 3D avatar from is metaverse interview with Lex fridman.
Mark Zuckerberg’s realistic 3D avatar from is metaverse interview with Lex fridman.

Also, the recency bias of the internet, the death of search, and the most dangerous BigTech firm in the world.

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Choose One—Somethings

Title of the page with a triangular cut out of Edith Sampson. Sampson was a pioneer in American law.
Edith Sampson. Sampson was a pioneer in American law.

Also ‘family’ businesses, a holly horror story, conspiracy stories, realpolitik of justice, and why it is hard to follow advice.