Tech continues to be political

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I like writing code, writing about code, and reading about code. Here are some links about code 😎.

I’ve been thinking about LLMs a lot lately. Haven’t we all. Here’s my reading from the last few years: (skip) 2016 (easter egg!) Google says machine learning is the future. So I tried it myself 2023 Bite-size thoughts about AI Bing chat is the AI fire alarm Unpacking AI: “an exponential disruption” with Kate Crawford: podcast and transcript Losing the imitation game The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic’s con Language Is a Poor H

This was CSS Day 2025: A personal story about the conference, facing fears, and finding joy in the web community. This is a heartfelt look at the talks, the people, and what makes CSS Day so special.

The Monastery at the End of the World: into the woods—AI is not therapy: Machines will destroy the very idea of therapy. Who would pay to have someone sit with them in uncomfortable silence, when you can snuggle under your warm doona with a voice that is always there, always comforting, always making you feel better? And that is so important, because you always need someone. A person who will listen and talk, like the machine. Because you’re still suffering. Every day, the stress, the anxiety, th

Links to posts and websites I've enjoyed this week, curated and automated.

A vastly incomplete list of the many significant issues with artificial intelligence.

In which I wrestle with the moral quandry presented by software on which I depend introducing AI to their development processes

On the afternoon before CSS Day we are organising an unofficial Pre-CSS Day event at the University of applied sciences in Amsterdam. We have some fantastic speakers with great talks, and more. You do not want to miss this, and you don’t have to: It’s free.

My approach to artificial intelligence

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