AI Grief Tech Sure Seems Predatory
My latest for KnowTechie is a criticism of “grief tech,” the growing number of AI chatbots that are trained with data of deceased loved ones. These tools, almost all seem…
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Grief tech seems predatory as a Victorian-era séance
Many so-called grief tech startups are popping up. These companies promise the impossible, interactive digital immortality powered by AI. But using large language models to train AIs with the writings…
Pluralistic: How to save the news from Big Tech (18 May 2023)
Today’s links How to save the news from Big Tech: Four prescriptions from EFF. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent…
Regulatory Capture Breaks Tech Here’s How
An example of tings that are incredibly upsetting, but only surprising because of how normal they have became. How tech does regulatory capture My “favorite” example of horrible regulatory capture…
Pluralistic: How tech does regulatory capture; Part 2 of the Red Team Blues serial (18 Apr 2023)
Today’s links How tech does regulatory capture: An extremely frank and open look inside the ugliest of sausage-factories. Red Team Blues Chapter One, part two: How Danny Lazer came back…
Tech Exceptionalism
I respect Cory Doctorow a lot. I just read his article Twiddler from February discussing what he calls the “enshittification” of tech. He lays out a lot of good points,…
Tech exec arrested for allegedly killing CashApp founder Bob Lee
Expand IT Founder Nima Momeni has been arrested by San Francisco-area police in connection with the April 4, 2023, murder of CashApp Founder and Block CTO Bob Lee. Mission Local…
Tech Guy Changes Mind About Emulating Dead Parents After Watching “Black Mirror” Episode
Talk about a change of heart. Just days after tweeting that tech designed to emulate dead loved ones would be available to the “masses” by the end of the year,…
Pluralistic: Mass tech worker layoffs and the soft landing (21 Mar 2023)
Today’s links Mass tech worker layoffs and the soft landing: Finally, the non-tech sector can hire technical workers. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003,…