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For one of the first times ever, the state’s road agency is proposing narrowing a major arterial street and producing a dedicated bus lane. Sort of.

Automotive Tech

September 5, 2023 Nat M. Zorach

Ford F-150 Lightning Review: The F-150, But Electric. That’s About It.

The F-150 Electric is a heavier, faster version of the F-150 Acoustic. Will this sell with the F-150 loyalists because of this? Or, will it alienate car buyers who are looking for something different in an EV?

Business & Economics Tech

August 1, 2023 Nat M. Zorach

World War X: Elon Musk, Twitter, and the Peculiar 24th Letter

Is it that big a deal to rename a multi-billion dollar brand? Most experts say yes. Why’s he doing it, then? It probably goes beyond a brief history of the use of the letter ‘x’ in brand development. But why not learn about this weird letter?

twitter corporate boardroom rendered in midjourney ai

Business & Economics Tech

July 18, 2023 Nat M. Zorach

Yes, We Still Have To Talk About Elon Musk’s Media Relations Response.

Twitter’s media relations team has been dissolved and replaced by a bot that sends out a poop emoji to inquiring journalists.

Artificial Intelligence

July 17, 2023 Nat M. Zorach

Prose Rife With Burstiness & Perplexity: AI & Its Jargon

Artificial intelligence models can generate outputs we can understand from conversational input. But how does an AI narc on itself? We look at a couple of the rationales for why one author says that an AI detector “thought” that the US Constitution and the Book of Genesis were almost certainly written by AI– and unpack some more details about the mysterious innerds of the model.

artificial intelligence ai and the demise of the usable internet

Artificial Intelligence Business & Economics Tech

July 12, 2023 Nat M. Zorach

Two Things Making The Internet Unusable In 2023

The tech sector is trying to both expand the use of artificial intelligence while clinging on to the dying days of an epic business cycle. Both are contributing to making the internet, IoT, and any consumer product even remotely connected to the internet, increasingly unusable, increasingly resource-intensive, and increasingly frustrating.

midjourney ai rendering cities city neighborhoods

Art & Design Artificial Intelligence

July 3, 2023 Nat M. Zorach

Unpacking AI Training Biases in Midjourney

Artificial intelligence can produce imagery of whatever you ask it for. The question is: How accurate is the AI’s interpretation? In some cases, it sounds like it’s based more on the prejudices and stereotypes held by the people who design and train the model. That’s a big problem.