One Man's notebook this week.
What a difference an hour makes.
7.30am:
8.30am:
No, spell checker, when I write “virality” I mean it. I do not mean “virility“. Giving students feedback on “virility“ would not be good for my career.
This is not an architectural movement that I’m rushing to embrace… BoND turns Fire Island house into a "machine for voyeurism":
"Calling it a machine for voyeurism, everything is on display," said the team, which aimed to "execute the fine line of both sexual playfulness and desire."
Maybe that’s the real threat of AI: not that it acquires superhuman intelligence, but that it acquires superhuman persuasiveness. Judging by the number of people I see posting screenshots of ChatGPT output as though it’s gospel, we may be heading that way.
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Six Colors, Dan Moren: UK orders Apple to implement secret global backdoor for end-to-end encryption
the United Kingdom’s government has mandated Apple provide a backdoor for access to end-to-end encrypted data in every country, combined with a gag order preventing the company from disclosing this fact to its users
The Washington Post broke the story.
Bit tired this morning. Had a tyre blow out in the way home, and the AA finally got to me over four hours later.
Got home just after 2.30am.
Today’s job: find a mobile tyre fitter.