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Artificial Intelligence and the Erosion of Trust
Last night, I watched a documentary called Endurance, about the search for the shipwreck of explorer Ernest Shackleton’s failed attempt to cross the Antarctic. It’s an incredible story about the spirit of humanity. But as I watched footage of the crew and audio of their voices from 1915, I thought: is this humanity at all?…
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2024 in Review
I had a nice year. Nothing big happened, I just had a pleasant time hanging out with my partner and my dog, listening to good records, drinking good coffee / whisky, being antisocial, and taking long baths. It was a year of self care. That also includes taking exercise and diet more seriously, going to…
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2023 in Review
Pretty normal year this year, which is weird. For better or worse, everyone seems to have moved on from the pandemic, even though we all sense that something has changed forever, and that we probably shouldn’t be ignoring the next foreseeable disaster coming around the bend. Personally, I’ve continued to be very lucky, and I…
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