When Chatbots Grow Up Part V – The Aftermarket for Feelings
By late 2026, the surprise wasn’t that people bonded with AI. The surprise was how fast companies learned to meter that bond. Once it became (… read more)
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When Chatbots Grow Up Part IV – The Psychology of Synthetic Companionship
Context: The Psychology of Synthetic Companionship By the time The Ethics of Desire Machines had ignited debate among technologists and ethicists, another conversation was happening (… read more)
When Chatbots Grow Up Part III: Love as a Service
Love as a Service: The Monetization of Affection In the history of technology, the most profitable inventions have always sold convenience first, companionship second. The (… read more)
Kevin Rose – “feel like you should punch someone in the face for wearing it, you probably shouldn’t invest in it.”
Kevin Rose has a visceral rule for evaluating AI hardware investments: “If you feel like you should punch someone in the face for wearing it, (… read more)
Tech Debt – Move Your Stuff In. Take All Your Stuff Out.
There’s a special kind of tech debt that doesn’t look like tech debt—until it does. It’s the lint in the lint trap after you’ve already (… read more)
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)
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)
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)