Should we regulate AI? Are the current moves to regulate the use of digital communication tools a government overreach – or necessary for the smooth running of society?

Last night’s Jeremy Tunstall lecture by Philip Schlesinger, and he put the current debate in historical and political context…

Nearly done on migrating one of our WordPress sites to Ghost, ready for the spring term. Oh, this feels good.

John Gruber:

Marcus’s post is on his Substack blog, which, annoyingly, requires you to be logged into a Substack account and to “subscribe”, even though it’s ostensibly a free post. What a rotten oppressive turd of a blogging platform Substack is.

Substack could end up as the Medium (remember that?) of the 2020s if it carries on making these kinds of decisions.

Interesting:

Apple’s Claris subsidiary is testing an app called Harbor, which turns Apple silicon Macs into a private AI server.

So many AI businesses are predicated on cloud compute. What if most AI usage is delivered locally?

The problem with all these AI-generated posters is that:

  • They all look the same
  • They blend into one

This could be any one of dozens of pubs in my area. They‘re utterly unmemorable, so fail as marketing.

Two colorful signs advertise food events featuring wood-fired pizza on wheels on Saturday at 4 PM and Happy Go Souvlaki with souvlaki pitas, fries, and loaded cheesy fries available Friday.

Started reading: Baldur’s Gate 3: Astarion by T. Kingfisher 📚

A sunny, cold morning in Windsor. A very enjoyable micro-break, with the girls away on a Guides trip.

A busy pedestrian street filled with people walking toward a historic castle under a partly cloudy sky.

This is genius.

A bear figurine made of pumpkins, with a scarf wrapped around its neck, is sitting on a bed of autumn leaves.

Took half an hour off this afternoon to get stuck into the first of the major autumn garden chores.

A rusty garden rake is positioned on grass with scattered dry autumn leaves.A jute sack filled with fallen leaves is hanging from a tree branch in a garden.A large mesh bag filled with leaves is placed next to a wooden fence and a tree trunk.

It isn’t you, SEO. It’s me.

Or why my focus on editorial SEO is not what it once was…