Quick Thoughts from the Green Goblin of Generative AI
Okay, I’m going to let you in on a secret. One of the reasons I’m so frosty about the gap between generative AI’s narrative, and what it actually can do when you build an application with it and put someone in front of it is that for the last couple of months, I’ve been building […]
Bad Ethics, Bad Products
AI bots make stuff up. This is not new; in fact, it’s so commonplace that people aren’t even phased by it. Rather than question the value of the bullshit robot, we’ve started to doubt the existence of non-bullshit. Unfortunately, this problem isn’t going away. And while there’s a weird consumer religion out there that machine […]
Tell me more about this “revenge” concept
In the Wall Street Journal today: Obviously, I immediately thought of my favorite mayor. And with that, I yield the floor.
Actually, Top Gun: Maverick is Bad
I am not a shitposter, I swear. I don’t even really have time to construct inflammatory takes, let alone take abuse for them and somehow turn that into engagement or personal brand or whatever it is people do with internet rage. So when I saw the Top Gun sequel, I kept things to myself. I […]
Elon’s Twitter Will Fail
This is one of those topics that doesn’t seem like it needs me to add to it, as most of the smart, correct things have already been said. Still, I’ve read some odd things from smart people who are missing some of the elephants in the room that make it pretty clear Elon Musk will […]
Why is Easy Business Math So Hard?
Years ago, I was a new-ish employee at a startup that was both (a) 100% set on becoming a massive enterprise software company, and (b) celebrating closing a $20k annual contract with one of the biggest companies in the world. “But wait…” I said, nervously. “How many companies out there actually need our product?” 5,000? […]