Instead of scrolling, destroying our brain cells by consuming inane content interspersed with ads, we now have interfaces that talk to us.
Grokipedia and the Age of AI Megalomania
The result is less an encyclopedia than an algorithmic mirror of one man’s ideology.
The result is less an encyclopedia than an algorithmic mirror of one man’s ideology.
When AI Gets It Wrong: Why Responsibility Still Lies With Us
Human supervision is crucial when using AI in professions, requiring professionals to understand its limitations and take responsibility for its outputs.
Human supervision is crucial when using AI in professions, requiring professionals to understand its limitations and take responsibility for its outputs.
Samsung’s Ad-Powered Fridge: A Masterclass in How to Alienate Your Best Customers
This move is seen as a violation of customer trust, particularly for those who value a premium, ad-free experience.
This move is seen as a violation of customer trust, particularly for those who value a premium, ad-free experience.
Work and the Machine: History Repeats Itself
During the first industrial revolution, steam engines destroyed artisanal trades and family workshops.
During the first industrial revolution, steam engines destroyed artisanal trades and family workshops.
Who’s Surfing the Internet, You or Your Browser?
These browsers are susceptible to prompt injections, where hidden commands can manipulate the AI to perform unauthorized actions like leaking passwords or extracting personal information.
These browsers are susceptible to prompt injections, where hidden commands can manipulate the AI to perform unauthorized actions like leaking passwords or extracting personal information.
Behind the Padlock: The Hidden Risks of Built-In Password Managers
While improved, browser-based password managers create a single point of failure; if an attacker accesses your browser session, they gain access to all your stored passwords.
While improved, browser-based password managers create a single point of failure; if an attacker accesses your browser session, they gain access to all your stored passwords.
Autocorrect Gone Rogue: Why Your iPhone Keeps Getting It Wrong
Lack of transparency in the algorithm’s decision-making process erodes user trust, especially when errors occur.
Lack of transparency in the algorithm’s decision-making process erodes user trust, especially when errors occur.
Why I Let AI Help Me Think — But Never Think for Me
Over-reliance on AI can erode cognitive abilities, but strategic use as a support tool can strengthen understanding and creativity.
Over-reliance on AI can erode cognitive abilities, but strategic use as a support tool can strengthen understanding and creativity.
The Silent Battery Revolution
While the world’s attention is focused on AI, an overlooked disruption is taking place in the field of battery technology.
While the world’s attention is focused on AI, an overlooked disruption is taking place in the field of battery technology.
The End of Billable Hours: How AI Is Forcing Consulting to Reinvent Itself
A Reuters article, “AI sets up Kodak moment for global consultants”, has sparked debate among the profession.
A Reuters article, “AI sets up Kodak moment for global consultants”, has sparked debate among the profession.
How Google Closed the Open Web It Once Symbolized
Google was once a potent symbol of an open web. Its success was based on a simple ideal: to make all the world’s information accessible to everyone.
Google was once a potent symbol of an open web. Its success was based on a simple ideal: to make all the world’s information accessible to everyone.
Innovation Without Agency: How We Lost Control of the Future
Society is becoming increasingly dependent on closed AI models, centralized cloud services, and intermediaries that control access to essential resources and information.
Society is becoming increasingly dependent on closed AI models, centralized cloud services, and intermediaries that control access to essential resources and information.
Could We Be Witnessing the End of Mass Tourism?
In December 2024 I wrote an article arguing that tourism in Europe had become unsustainable.
In December 2024 I wrote an article arguing that tourism in Europe had become unsustainable.
The Death of Forgetting: Technology Is Destroying Our Freedom to Start Over
The right to be forgotten becomes paradoxical and loses its meaning in a world where everything is recorded and preserved.
The right to be forgotten becomes paradoxical and loses its meaning in a world where everything is recorded and preserved.
AI Isn’t Neutral — And That Should Worry Us
The widely held view on AI is that it is unbiased, objective, impartial.
The widely held view on AI is that it is unbiased, objective, impartial.