When Chatbots Grow Up Part II: The Ethics of Desire Machines
There’s a soft click when a system crosses from tool to companion. The outputs haven’t changed much—still words, still probabilities—but the way we read them (… read more)
Month: October 2025
This ain’t no Devil’s Tower made out of mashed potatoes…
In Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the mashed-potato Devil’s Tower is a signal without structure. It’s a shape in the mind. It’s obsession, intuition, (… read more)
Movies Suck Now.
PART I. THE PRODUCTIZATION OF CINEMAHow Movies Stopped Being Movies Mainstream cinema is struggling because major studios largely stopped making films and started manufacturing products. (… read more)
Unmasking Scams: Neil deGrasse Tyson on AI and Cybersecurity
Is there anything real left on the internet? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore deepfakes, scams, and cybercrime with the (… read more)
DNS 2.0: The Living Manifesto
(Part I — Diagnosis) The internet was supposed to belong to everyone. That was the dream—simple, radiant, naïve. We built a network of networks to (… read more)
The Best Show on (Insert Medium Here) Is…
Let’s be honest — “The Best Show” is a trap of a title. It’s the intellectual equivalent of stepping into quicksand while arguing about pineapple (… read more)
When Chatbots Grow Up Part I: The Coming Era of Adult AI Conversations
The moment was bound to arrive. After years of treating conversational AI like a polite guest in a parlor—careful, neutral, and perpetually PG-13—OpenAI has announced (… read more)
Follow the Yellow Brick Code
Las Vegas has never been shy about rewriting the rules of spectacle, but what’s happening inside the Sphere — that gleaming digital orb planted just (… read more)
Why AI Restoration Matters
Here’s an in-depth exploration of ten classic films that are particularly ripe for revival via AI-driven restoration. We’ll examine not just which films, but why (… read more)