Bad Ethics, Bad Products
AI bots make stuff up. This is not new; in fact, it’s so commonplace that people aren’t even phased by it. Rather than question the value of the bullshit robot, we’ve started to doubt the existence of non-bullshit. Unfortunately, this problem isn’t going away. And while there’s a weird consumer religion out there that machine […]
Tell me more about this “revenge” concept
In the Wall Street Journal today: Obviously, I immediately thought of my favorite mayor. And with that, I yield the floor.
Actually, Top Gun: Maverick is Bad
I am not a shitposter, I swear. I don’t even really have time to construct inflammatory takes, let alone take abuse for them and somehow turn that into engagement or personal brand or whatever it is people do with internet rage. So when I saw the Top Gun sequel, I kept things to myself. I […]
The Unstoppable Bullshit Robot
Just like you can spend months rolling out critical back-end improvements to a software application to no reaction whatsoever, only to set off a riot when you change the color of a button, “AI” is having a moment (again) right now because the folks at OpenAI did an awesome job plugging their work into something […]
Elon’s Twitter Will Fail
This is one of those topics that doesn’t seem like it needs me to add to it, as most of the smart, correct things have already been said. Still, I’ve read some odd things from smart people who are missing some of the elephants in the room that make it pretty clear Elon Musk will […]
Why is Easy Business Math So Hard?
Years ago, I was a new-ish employee at a startup that was both (a) 100% set on becoming a massive enterprise software company, and (b) celebrating closing a $20k annual contract with one of the biggest companies in the world. “But wait…” I said, nervously. “How many companies out there actually need our product?” 5,000? […]