No. But the Why and How are interesting...
Join Scottie and Toño for Episode 1 of a new show: TekTalk!
We discuss agentic AI and the general state of tech these days.
Let us know in the comments if you'd like more shows, how we can improve, or if we should just give up now. 😜
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In the glorious new world of AI Everything™️, we need more processing power than ever.
That means more data centers, bigger data centers, and more electricity than you can imagine.
Naturally, this all costs money - but not to worry! We'll just invent new economics to fund it all.
We’ll also just ignore the effects that giant data centers are having on the real people who live in real neighborhoods next door…
In fact, the insanity at work these days in the AI and data center industries is so overwhelming, you could be forgiven for thinking it's just the script from a bad Sci-Fi movie... But no, it's real. And it's NUTS. (more…)
AI is being pushed from every direction.
There's only one problem: it tends to "hallucinate".
What does that actually mean?
Well, it means that AI likes to literally make stuff up... sort of like a pathological human being.
Fun for the whole family, right?
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A recent revelation from inside Facebook has called into question all these privacy laws we now have...
Or more specifically, how companies are actually implementing (or not) these laws designed to protect our data.
The truth, as usual, probably shouldn't surprise you:
It's pretty much just smoke and mirrors!
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For awhile now, we've been hearing rumors of anti-trust actions against the four main Big Tech companies.
Recently, the word is that actual charges will be brought starting in June of this year.
When you put all the recent stories together - along with some other interesting events involving Big Tech - it DOES look like something is finally about to happen.
But will any of it actually change anything?
It's easy to be cynical, but I do see an opportunity here to make a difference...
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As regular readers know, I'm not a big fan of the traditional smartphone craze.
Sure, they're really handy gizmos, but the amount of data being hoovered up and shipped off to large service providers is a bit frustrating.
As if things aren't bad enough on that front, it gets better! It turns out that even individual APPS running on your phone are spying on you - specifically, they're tracking your location (among other things).
What's more, your location data can be easily linked to you as a private individual. To top it all off, this data is bought and sold to anyone who will pay - and all in the blink of an eye!
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In a shocking revelation that simply re-affirmed what everyone already knew, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals again ruled that internet platforms have nothing to do with the First Amendment because they're private corporations.
Well, duh!
In a ruling on February 26th, the court said that, "merely hosting speech by others is not a traditional, exclusive public function and does not alone transform private entities into state actors subject to First Amendment constraints."
Can't say I didn't see that one coming - again...
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A lot of people these days are talking about protecting their online privacy.
We have hearings going on, threats of breaking up Facebook and other Big Tech companies, data leaks, and so on.
Many people are going so far as to boycott Google (which is easier said than done).
But so far, no one - except Mozilla - is talking about the biggest threat to online privacy: Browser Fingerprints.
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Oh dear God, make it stop.
There was a time when American Big Tech was the end-all and be-all.
It seems those days are rapidly going the way of the dodo.
For sure, there will be many companies that survive - and even flourish.
But it's becoming painfully obvious that certain political, social, and cultural influences are starting to crush innovation, cripple sales, and piss off a whole lot of ordinary folks...
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Ah, the internet... It's big. Really, really BIG.
We don't often think about these things, but just how much storage space is needed for the internet to go?
What kind of power is needed to make Google googley?
How on earth does YouTube store and process all that crazy video data?
Join Cletus and me for a look at some fun facts and statistics about YouTube, Google, and the internet as a whole!
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