Newslttrs - AI, Tech, Nostalgia
Writing about artificial intelligence, natural stupidity, rose-tinted tech nostalgia| Newslttrs
Writing about artificial intelligence, natural stupidity, rose-tinted tech nostalgia| Newslttrs
The AI proponents are trying to convince us that their creations can feel "distress" and that we should care for their "welfare".| Newslttrs
GPT-5 is alive, Grok's a perv and civilisation is probably going to collapse soon. Happy Friday!| Newslttrs
Believe it or not, it's Friday again and so here is a quick rundown of the stories that caught my eye this week. AI energy demands It's well known that AI data centres suck up a lot of power. But according to this article, quoting MIT| Newslttrs
Who broke the internet? And who can fix it again?| Newslttrs
Living brain computers, North Korean spies and dodgy AI datasets aplenty in this Friday Wrap.| Newslttrs
Zoom! Enhance! Trace his IP! What's your pet peeve when technology appears in TV shows?| Newslttrs
The latest AI and tech stories to catch my eye w/e July 18th 2025| Newslttrs
The second weekly round up of AI and other tech news stories from the past seven days.| Newslttrs
How web development became a never-ending spiral into greater complexity and frustration.| Newslttrs
Sooner or later the current AI bubble is going to burst. What's going to happen when it does?| Newslttrs
Ah, the 1980s! The decade of decadence. Suits with shoulder pads. Dance music workouts with Jane Fonda in leg-warmers. Home computers with rudimentary graphics and sound. *record scratch* Wait. Home computers? How do you make those beige plastic boxes with cassette recorders and televisions for monitors look glamorous? That was| Newslttrs
You'd have to be living on Mars to have avoided all the hype about AI over the past couple of years. Businesses have been trying to ride the wave of enthusiasm by adding artificial intelligence into all their products. Results have been mixed to say the least. Apple has delayed| Newslttrs
Social media has always been home to clickbait, fake photos, tall stories and gullible chumps. And now, thanks to generative AI, you can have all those joys without any of the tedious creativity.| Newslttrs
Two fascinating techniques from retro TV land| Newslttrs
So there I was, minding my own business, doom-scrolling my way through Facebook posts when I happened upon one that hit me straight in the nostalgia. A photo of a 1980s home computer, a cassette player and some tapes. The text underneath proclaimed "In the 1980s, people could download video| Newslttrs
