Tag: history
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Monsters In The Mirror
What are large language models, really? On AI, Language, and the new entities that wear language as their skin.
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Clippy: A Little History of Little Guys
The history of ‘Little Guys’ in AI UX. There are very few bits of software that have achieved such lasting cultural immortality as Clippy.
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Information Age Iconoclasm | 2506
The Ghibli image crisis isn’t really about copyright or ethics. It’s about who gets to make images? and what gives them meaning.
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The Processing of Words | 2429
In 1984, author Ray Hammond reminded readers that ‘the computer has no power to write words.’
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Boycott Hooliganism | 2422
An episode about eponymity—when someone’s name echoes through history, immortalised by their actions or legacy, becoming part of everyday language
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🗒️ History Of Computing Books
I had a drink with Matt Webb the other day and I was telling him about all the ‘history of computing books’ I’ve read over the last few years.
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The Origins of Modern Bureaucracy | 2414
| Where did modern bureaucracy come from? Colonel Sylvanus Thayer, the Father of the Military Academy, or the ‘man who made West Point’. Full Show Notes: https://thejaymo.net/2024/07/07/2414-the-origins-of-modern-bureaucracy/ Support the show! …
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React + Re-Consume | 2408
Reaction videos were (and still) are considered ‘low effort’. At worst a parasitic grift. Leveraging the creative work of others for social clout
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More AI Sludge + Law vs Lore
A few months ago an AI content sludge farm wrote an article / profile about me. Guess what…. It’s happened again.
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The Alms Race: A Brief History of Web2
The Alms Race: The escalating development of product features providing direct financial plumbing (and community) tools to users occurring across the legacy Web2 ecosystem.
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Autonomous Worlds: Misusing The Money Machine | 2339
Exploring blockchain’s shift from finance to creating games in digital universes. A look at this tech’s new role in gaming and virtual worlds.
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Solarpunk: A Container for More Fertile Futures
My original essay from Solarpunk Magazine’s first issue. It examines the rise of Solarpunk as a creative force for sustainable futures.
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‘Medium Effort’ Items
I’ve been ticking off some of the remaining items on my ‘life list’ that I wrote at the beginning of the year
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Happy 14th Blogday
thejaymo.net turned 14 yesterday!
