Elon Musk’s approach to innovation and business practices has drawn substantial criticism, with some comparing him to notorious fraudster Bernie Madoff. Musk’s strategy, it appears, centers around a common swindler’s tactic: promising what people want to hear rather than delivering on feasible, tangible results. Musk’s modus operandi seems to consist of peddling dreams and collecting … Continue reading Elon Musk’s Blatant Ignorance Is Killing His Own Truck Dreams→
We often speak about disinformation like it’s a side show to news, something motivated in extremes and from adversaries outside of balanced mainstream reporting. The NYT however gives us a good example of disinformation in the mainstream cycles (pun intended). They’ve been caught by StreetsBlog pushing an agenda with false analysis. To begin, the NYT … Continue reading Can You Spot the NYT eBike Disinformation?→
The robot revolution began long ago, and so did the killing. One day in 1979, a robot at a Ford Motor Company casting plant malfunctioned—human workers determined that it was not going fast enough. And so twenty-five-year-old Robert Williams was asked to climb into a storage rack to help move things along. The one-ton robot … Continue reading On Robots Killing People→
See what I did there? It worries me that too many people are forgetting almost nobody really has been able to tell what is true since… forever. I gave a great example of this in 2020: Abraham Lincoln. A print of abolitionist U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was in fact a composite, a fake. Thomas Hicks … Continue reading The AI Trust Problem Isn’t Fakes. The AI Trust Problem Is Fakes.→
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