Elon Musk whined two days ago that his xAI “was not built right first time around” and “is being rebuilt from the foundations up.” That sounds familiar to anyone who knows the story of the man who says everything is very soon to be delivered, yet never delivers. Tesla has never been built right, and … Continue reading xAI is DOA: Elon Musk Just Made the Cybertruck of AI
Related from 2023: Waymo Robot “correctly identified” Dog Before Killing It A new Los Angeles op-ed on AV safety opens with “there’s nothing wrong with mourning” a cat, then spends the entire piece arguing that mourning should produce exactly zero policy response. There’s nothing wrong with mourning the death of a neighborhood cat. You’ll have … Continue reading Kit Kat Death is a Tragedy. Waymo Corporate Immunity From Murder is R Street Business Model
A San Bruno police officer pulls over a Waymo robotaxi during a DUI checkpoint. The vehicle has just made an illegal U-turn—seemingly fleeing law enforcement. The officer peers into the driver’s seat and finds it empty. He contacts Waymo’s remote operators. They chat. The Waymo drives away. No citation issued. The police department’s social media … Continue reading Waymo is Murder: Who Controls the Life Save or End Button?
Anil Dash’s recent paean to Model Context Protocol (MCP) as the harbinger of “Web 2.0 2.0” reads like the kind of Disney-esque a romanticized past of Lordship that never actually existed—and worse, it actively advocates for recreating the exact conditions that led to our current unrepresentative repression and taxation system of tech Lords. Slave Plantation … Continue reading MCP as Nostalgia Misses Forest for Trees: The Danger Inside Anil Dash’s Celebrations