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Is the AI Bubble about to pop?
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Is the AI Bubble about to pop?

Top Hyperscaler gets a reality check Last week news began to circulate about Oracle, one of the primary companies developing

John Carroll John Carroll 2 min read
Robot sitting behind the steering wheel of a vehicle with a human police officer standing outside writing a speeding ticket.
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AI Guardrails

Preventing Skynet This past few weeks have seen many headlines and posts from Frontier AI companies (like Anthropic and OpenAI)

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Shining castle on a hill built out of Server Racks, high above a valley with dimly lit streets and ramshackle houses. Sad peo
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Technofeudalism

Why we can't have nice things anymore I remember the excitement of opening a brand new video game

John Carroll John Carroll 3 min read
Armored robot firing a pink energy beam at a glowing brain capsule
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Cognitive Offloading

Is AI causing us to lose the capacity to solve problems on our own? When I first received my driver’

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Armored robot welding amid sparks and cables in a neon maintenance area
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The AI Gamble

What I thought the dream was I've always been a Geek and spent most of my childhood and

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Cracked metal panel with glowing orange fissures in a dark neon city street
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Dark Vibes

So, the corporate shenanigans have led to mass layoffs, while AI companies burn cash like it’s going out of style, all in a bid for “Tokenmaxxing.” 55 years old and jobless, our author muses on the inevitable cycle of boom and bust, wondering if they’ll soon reprise their role as the emergency bug f

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Spinning out of Control

The Web Industry is riddled with spin. We constantly strive to ensure that everything we say and do sounds better than it really is. Here are some of my favorite examples.

John Carroll John Carroll 1 min read