All Your Post Are Belong To UsA few days ago Meta announced it will start with using content of UK users from Facebook & Instagram to train their AI. Some observations…Sep 16Sep 16
The Appeal of Evil — Amazon’s Colossal Misunderstanding of “The Man in the High Castle”I recently rewatched some parts of Amazon’s TV show “The Man in the High Castle” (2015–2016), a “TV adaption” of Philip K Dick’s 1962…Mar 31Mar 31
Neuralink Should Make Your Brain Hurt, Seriously.Almost a quarter of a century ago, managers of the legendary Bell Labs reported several breakthroughs that could have changed technology…Feb 24Feb 24
A Hostile Architecture Tour Around London — Part 3In my previous two instalments of this series I first rather randomly wandered around London to stumble over some examples of hostile…Jan 2Jan 2
The End (of 2023) Is NighAnother year comes to an end. Tomorrow it has been one year since I wrote my “And It’s ELIZA All Over Again” article, in which I complaint…Dec 29, 2023Dec 29, 2023
Where The World Is On AI Regulation — December 2023Only two months have passed since my last AI regulation roundup but enough has happened since then that warrant a December update…Dec 15, 2023Dec 15, 2023
Meta’s Threads Launches In The EU, Teases The Fediverse. Now What?Threads, Instagram’s new microblogging service, has finally launched in the European Union. What does this mean for social media and what…Dec 14, 2023Dec 14, 2023
Prepared For Landing — The EU Artificial Intelligence Act Has Found Its Final FormYesterday, after 35 hours of negotiations¹, the drama was over. The three branches of the European Union, the Commission, the Council and…Dec 9, 2023Dec 9, 2023
Facepalms at Bletchley Park: How Not To Approach AI RegulationIn the end the UK AI Safety Summit¹, held symbolically at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, was all choreographed happiness: 28 countries…Nov 30, 2023Nov 30, 2023
Where the World is on AI Regulation — October 2023A few months have passed since I wrote my last article in June on the state of Artificial Intelligence regulation around the world. With…Oct 27, 2023Oct 27, 2023