“Our product is five years ahead of the competition… and it will be market ready in five years.”
Author: Gerard Cunningham
Gerard Cunningham occupies his time working as a journalist, writer, sub-editor, blogger and podcaster, yet still finds himself underemployed.
Rule-Bound
Robot: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.” Owner: …but we write the regulations.
Rich Tea
Eating the Rich is all well and good, but they’re mostly fat and lacking in nutrition.
Singularity
A.I.? More like “Alleged” Intelligence, amirite?
Picket Lines
When the A.I. joins the writers’ strike.
Timespan
Middle Age: what else can I do while I’m down here? Old Age: Why did I get down here?
Unsolicited Message
Dick Pic
Housing, Europe and AirBnB
A while back, Irish and other news outlets reported that Irish efforts to tackle the housing crisis by restricting short-lets such as AIrBnB ran into an EU roadblock. You can read a typical report on the story here. So I decided to send a request to the EU Commission under the Aarhus convention access to… Continue reading Housing, Europe and AirBnB
Never-Never
A disturbing number of dystopian fantasies look better than our reality.
To Serve Man
It’s a Modest Proposal: a Citizens’ Assembly on how best to eat the rich.