Archive - Social Warming by Charles Arthur

November 2024

Australia to under-16s: drop the smartphone

Plus that LinkedIn post? It's probably AI.

Nov 29, 2024 •

Let us now weep for Don Draper

..while we consider what AI is doing to his legacy

Nov 22, 2024 •

The grass is always bluer on the other side

And everyone hates you already even before you get there

Nov 15, 2024 •

How to ID photos, and the non-social media election

Plus OpenAI splurges on a domain

Nov 8, 2024 •

How AI slop undermines our understanding of reality

Biblical floods in Spain provide an object lesson in what people refuse to believe

Nov 1, 2024 •

October 2024

Finally, science knows why right-wingers get suspended from social networks

Plus does OpenAI infringe copyright, or not?

Oct 25, 2024 •

If the truth hurts, we can help you avoid it altogether

Plus the AI expiration date (yeah you wish)

Oct 18, 2024 •

Are the gatekeepers coming back?

Plus the artist who wants copyright on his AI picture

Oct 11, 2024 •

Roll up for the hyperbole ratchet

Plus will an AI interview you for your next job?

Oct 4, 2024 •

September 2024

Slopping over the edge

We seem to be at a tipping point (and not a good one)

Sep 27, 2024 •

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