People were thinking about “AI” long before 1992, but I doubt they completely envisioned what the technological landscape would look like in 2026. Although, I think a few people had a good idea of what was coming. I wanted to share a couple startling paragraphs from Neil Postman's Book “Technopoly” from 1992.
A blogger I follow – JP at moddedbear.com – recently posted about quxnet, a private social network that is all about recapturing the aesthetic and experience of the open web circa the late 1990s.
Thanks, once again, to the wonderful Fediverse (I use Mastodon), I just learned that eBay automatically opted in all of their users to training their AI with personal data without their consent. You can opt out at this link: https://accountsettings.ebay.com/ai-preferences
I have 15 books on my small “To Read” bookshelf that have been sitting there for a while. Some of them I have had for years and still haven't read yet. I just ordered another book. I think I have a problem.
“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
I think we had a discounted membership through work when my wife and I were first married (over two decades ago) but we rarely, if ever used it and let it lapse. But last Saturday we got a Costco membership. The primary reason? Protein powder.