Machine Society

Machine Society

Home
Notes
Chat
Nomad
Archive
Leaderboard
About

When AI is a big lie

AI is the hottest selling point of any product now. That's why so many companies are faking it.
READ THE LATEST
Why the Jony Ive, OpenAI gadget sounds like a loser
Cryptic leaks don't tell us what the OpenAI hardware will be, only what it will not be. And what it will not be is precisely what it should be.
 • 
Mike Elgan
7
Three bad reasons to be polite to AI
Smart people give dumb reasons why people should say "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT.
 • 
Mike Elgan
4
New TikTok tech lets you become anyone
ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, just accelerated our descent into a world where everything, and everyone, is fake.
 • 
Mike Elgan
2
Where's a 'Red Scare' when you need one?
Russian propagandists turned one-third of relevant AI chatbot answers into Russian disinformation. Where's the panic?
 • 
Mike Elgan
4
Who needs people when AI is so "human"?
In the past couple of weeks, a host of new products and features has emerged that try to make AI your friend.
 • 
Mike Elgan
2
Apple is lying. Robots don't feel emotions.
Who will tell us the truth about robots when even researchers who know robots better than anyone flat-out lie?
 • 
Mike Elgan
1
The mainstreaming of AI glasses starts today
Meta's super great AI glasses got two Super Bowl commercials. Here's what happens next.
 • 
Mike Elgan
4
Machine Society
Machine Society
Cyberpunk non-fiction
Recommendations
View all 6
Unicorn Roast
Unicorn Roast
Unicorn Roast
Magic + Loss
Magic + Loss
Virginia Heffernan
Chris Pirillo's LockerGnome
Chris Pirillo's LockerGnome
Chris Pirillo
SpyTalk
SpyTalk
Jeff Stein
User's avatar
Jeff Jarvis
Jeff Jarvis
More Mike Missives
Mike Elgan's blog
Gastronomad
Mastodon
Bluesky
Threads
Facebook
Instagram

Machine Society

AboutArchiveRecommendationsSitemap
© 2025 Elgan Media, Inc.
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture