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What if "big data" just…isn't worth very much?
I'm not saying the emperor has no clothes. I am saying his clothes are cheap, tacky, don't work and are seriously overrated.
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James Ball
So, you've decided to complain about a paywall…
You don't like encountering paywalls. Writers don't like getting social media complaints about paywalls. Let's talk about that.
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James Ball
Okay, so age verification is pretty painless. It's still not a good thing. At all.
It doesn't work. It's intrusive. It creates new vulnerabilities. It's bad for free speech. But…at least it's not difficult for users?
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James Ball
I Built The Torment Nexus (Political Podcast Edition)
Six years ago cartoonist Zach Weinersmith made a joke about a 24/7 AI podcast endlessly talking about polling numbers. I've made it a reality.
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James Ball
Copyright (probably) won't save anyone from AI
There is lots of justified outrage at the way AI companies have "stolen" millions of creative works to train their models. But there's every chance it's…
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James Ball
Why AI Evolution Looks More Like QAnon Than Blade Runner
Samuel Butler warned us about machine evolution in 1872’s Erewhon. But the real threat today isn’t sentient robots – it’s digital ecosystems wreaking…
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James Ball
Musk's sadism economy
It's not really about "better moderation", it's not even monetisation – there's a reason X is so different to anything else.
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James Ball
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