Have you ever asked AI a question only to have it come back with a seven-step “solution” to a problem you didn’t even know you had? For example, you might
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AI is depressing the shit out of me. Or, these tech bros really suck.AI is depressing the shit out of me. Or, these tech bros really suck.
I’m supposed to be doing my click work right now. I’ve just started a new project in which it’s very clear that they are trying to set up a framework
You can train AI, but you can’t teach it a damn thing.You can train AI, but you can’t teach it a damn thing.
I had this cartoon on my office door for two decades. It used to be that I worried about humans not being willing or able to push back against any
A total AI fail on sourcingA total AI fail on sourcing
As a follow-up to my previous post about the MAHA Commission Report and the fabrication of sources by AI, I just wanted to give a quick example of how that
A Preface to Mechanical ThinkingA Preface to Mechanical Thinking
As you know, I can’t go back to my previous profession because the good folks of America perceive me as a threat. I’m the one who is going to corrupt
It was a comfortable, old BroganIt was a comfortable, old Brogan
So…I had a teaching job, just a bottom rung adjunct position that paid LESS than I was making for doing exactly the same work that I did in graduate school
Other ShoesOther Shoes
Sometimes you think things are moving along marvelously. You have been out of prison for a while. You stop looking over your shoulder in reflexive paranoia. You think you are
Some Things I’m Wondering About CuriositySome Things I’m Wondering About Curiosity
When I was working and living in the prison system, I noticed — more than I ever had before — a distinct lack of curiosity amongst both the incarcerated and
Information is directly destructive of meaningInformation is directly destructive of meaning
I, by the way, cribbed that title from French philosopher Jean Baudrillard. I used to teach that idea as a kind of fascinating thought experiment, but emerging from prison into
As James Baldwin says…As James Baldwin says…
I was poking around through various tests this morning, trying to find something that I might want to use in the writing class I’m teaching. I’m not sure that James