One Man's notebook this week.
I feel like AI is struggling with the idea of “scissors”.
Just as well it can’t run with them…
Worth watching: ChatGPT growth has slowed, and time spent per user is down…
Or, so reports TechCrunch, based on Apptopia figures. So this is app usage, not overall usage.
But still…
John Naughton being as brilliant as ever about the AI economic bubble:
⛓️ Is the AI bubble history repeating itself? Ask a chatbot
Make no mistake: the technology is going to be transformative, but we are in a bubble of over-hyped expectations and (crucially) valuations.
As a long-term enjoyer of titles based on classic UK tv shows, @paulrobertlloyd’s latest travel post made me smile:
That feeling when you realise that your Reddit account is older than many of your students…
Ten years ago this would have been very exciting to me: Movable Type 9 Released.
But then they started charging $499 for a licence, and MT and I were done. But I have a lot of nostalgia for it. It was MT that really made me fall in love with blogging.
Bright, cold autumn morning.
I thought we had autumnal mist forming outside the swimming pool, but as soon as I went outside, the smell told me it was someone burning something. And it’s still two weeks from bonfire night!

