Category: Technology
My Hopes for the Steam Frame
Speculation about the near-future of accessible, approachable VR, which Valve’s new headset will totally make happen, for real this time.
Are AI Evangelists In Heat?
What Hollywood legends in estrus can teach us about the ludicrous claims about generative AI being democratizing
Pointing the way to a friction-free existence
Thoughts as a non-artist getting his first glimpse into just how pervasive AI slop has gotten
Steam in your living room and Steam all over your face
Valve’s announcement of new Steam hardware makes all the right choices, and actually makes me feel a little less irrelevant
Vast and Trunkless Legs of Stone
The people pumping up the generative AI bubble are so lazy that they’ve skipped over a crucial part of the whole pitch
The Genie Has Left the Bottle
Getting mad at an infuriatingly insipid AI video and thinking about how much of the bubble is genuinely inevitable.
The Tragedy of the Slop
Even with billions of dollars of investment, the miraculous thinking machines can’t answer the simple question “Why can’t we have nice things?”
Kobo Libra Colour: Reader-Centric
An important addendum about e-readers and what we should expect technology to do
