If you want AI to generate books "in the style of X", you have to train it on all the works of X. How does X feel about that?

If you've ever waited 5 months for a 15min radiology scan appointment -- chances are the backlog is in the analysis of the result.

The principles that made a successful open, global Internet are under threat. Policy overreach and technical mandates threaten to create a substandard “splinternet.” A push for “digital sovereignty”, eg at WSIS+20 challenges openness, multi-stakeholder governance, and decentralization

Digital dementia -- is a thing :-/

The advent of the printing press brought significant change, too. We couldn't now imagine life without it. Where is AI taking us, in terms of literacy?

Spoiler alert -- the answer is yes :^). And, early detection is important. Have a listen!

Online advertising is not going away -- by tracking and selling your shopping data, retailers (on and offline) are able to put data behind which ads are successful. And make money doing it.

Electricity -- it's the driving force.

Traditional journalism has to compete for attention with social media. This is set up as an unfair fight.

It's 10am, and do you know what your IP addresses are up to? I had fun doing the keynote presentation at ARIN 55 this week -- illustrating the threat of attacks circulating on the Internet, and how collaboration among infrastructure operators could address them! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEWj...

Power and AI -- driving innovations.

While this approach has powered extraordinary growth, it has also created "discourse dumpster fires". How can we move beyond the “promote and police” model that dominates today’s platforms? And what practical steps can create digital spaces that bring out the best rather than the worst of us?

Spoiler alert: never believe them if they say they've destroyed their copy of your data...

The way the word gets its news is changing -- imperative now, more than ever.

Comforting?!

All new for 2025!

With a cameo from my cat, no less :^). In all seriousness -- it was a fun discussion!

A tale of a sweater that sat under my desk, 99% finished, until I finally just washed it and THREW IT IN THE DRYER! Superwash.. meh. www.knitbot.org/gallery/2024...

And, we'll be back in early 2025 with new guests and new topics!

When I think of the future described in Neuromancer, this isn't it....

Can major scientific innovations be driven to deliver on the promise of social justice? Dr. Jenny Reardon joins co-hosts Alexa Raad and @lesliedaigle.bsky.social to discuss the important topic of science, capitalism and social justice. techsequences.org/podcasts/202...

And, here we have it: my first bluesky post. Sharing (with no one, so far :^) ) this important announcment from a couple of weeks ago.