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Why nobody uses the “L” word anymore
People talked a lot about "lifelogging" when it was impossible. Once it became possible, everybody stopped using the word.
Jun 14
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Mike Elgan
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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.
Jun 5
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Mike Elgan
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May 2025
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.
May 22
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Mike Elgan
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April 2025
Three bad reasons to be polite to AI
Smart people give dumb reasons why people should say "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT.
Apr 25
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Mike Elgan
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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.
Apr 6
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Mike Elgan
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March 2025
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?
Mar 7
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Mike Elgan
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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.
Mar 2
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Mike Elgan
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February 2025
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?
Feb 13
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Mike Elgan
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The mainstreaming of AI glasses starts today
Meta's super great AI glasses got two Super Bowl commercials. Here's what happens next.
Feb 9
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Mike Elgan
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January 2025
Why you can deep-six the DeepSeek hype
A fast, cheap open-source LLM-based AI chatbot has emerged from China. Here's what's bugging me about all the hype.
Jan 27
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Mike Elgan
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How AI will become politically polarizing
First the media, then social media, divided the public into political tribes. Soon, AI chatbots will do the same.
Jan 11
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Mike Elgan
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December 2024
When the going gets fake, the fakers turn pro
What's behind the growing industry of faking experiences? Why have many people lost the ability to live our actual lives?
Dec 28, 2024
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Mike Elgan
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