As longtime readers of this blog might be aware, I've long been skeptical of machine learning and its so-called "intelligence". The AI industry, aided by clueless futurists and grifters, has abused our tendency to anthropomorphize what are essentially statistical processes, whether it's transformer architectures,…
(this is fiction based on fictional events that never happened any comparisons or similarities to real life events or people or computer programs are a sign of an over active imagination) Dramatis Personae * Nydia, the Seer: Our narrator, a seer who warns of the dangers of neglecting open source. * Jia…
Last night, I attended an insightful and well-organized Bits & Bäume Policy Lab event at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society. Cecilia Rikap delivered an expert breakdown of Big Tech’s dominance and how its control over our digital world extends far beyond mere ownership. She concluded with an…
Apologies to Gramsci for the misappropriation, but the past couple of years have been unbearable. I almost wish I didn’t know for certain that a better world is possible—it would be easier. But the truth is undeniable. And as a cynic, nothing is more irritating than the overwhelming…
The EuroStack initiative aims to establish Europe's digital sovereignty by advancing key industries like AI, cloud computing, and quantum technology. I've spent the weekend reading it, and I would highly recommend that. It is clearly the result of very hard work, and contains many good ideas…
Tech monopolies have a playbook: subsidize a costly service, kill off competition, then lock the world into an overpriced, bloated mess. They did this to our digital infrastructure, after that our e-commerce platforms, then they followed up with our social platforms and social infrastructure, and now they're trying…
“The Semantic Web promised a meaningful digital future—one where the internet would understand, connect, and deliver true insight. But here we are, with brute-force AI models passing off probability as comprehension and flooding us with shallow, recycled content. Instead of a thoughtful digital worl…
Originally, I meant to write a blog post diving deep into the hole Mozilla has been digging itself into with its "privacy-first" advertising push, perhaps even exploring the background work at organizations like the W3C and the IETF that led to this moment. I still may do that…