Things that I think are worth your time.
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AI Necromancy
Using any means to put words into the mouth of a dead person feels grotesque, especially for the purposes of a legal case. Generative AI unfortunately makes it easy to accomplish in a rather compelling way. An AI avatar made…
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5 Star Reviews Are Ruining Your Life
This video from Adam Conover covers something that I’ve been thinking about myself – online review systems and ratings are pretty horrible. You shouldn’t care what anonymous people rating things on websites think. If you need a recommendation, get it…
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2024 NC Elections Finally Over
After spending over six months vigorously contesting his narrow loss in the 2024 North Carolina Supreme Court election, Jefferson Griffin conceded the race on Wednesday following a federal judge’s ruling against him. Griffin, a Republican judge on the state Court…
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Money, Money, Money
Must be funny, in the rich man’s world ABBA Here’s another song I like: ABBA’s Money, Money, Money. ABBA – Money, Money, Money (Official Music Video) (ABBA – YouTube)
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Cuts Threaten Climate Modeling
Proposed cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the agency whose weather and climate research touches almost every facet of American life, are targeting a 57-year-old partnership between Princeton University and the U.S. government that produces what many consider…
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