How Big Tech Monopolies Made the Internet Worse

How big tech monopolies made the internet worse

Maybe you found this article through a Google search. If you did, chances are you had to scroll for longer — and past more spammy websites and advertisements disguised as results — than you might have had to 10 or even five years ago.  It’s not just your imagination, or nostalgia — the online world is in fact getting worse. It’s harder to use, and jammed with more AI-generated dreck you don’t want.  Or, as Cory Doctorow puts it, “ensh-ttified.” …

AI and a culture that is getting worse at being human

It’s no wonder that some are wondering if actual demons are at work in this kind of AI. #AI #friendship #chatbots #loneliness #church

Big Tech’s AI Endgame Is Coming Into Focus

One app to rule them all