As a long-term enjoyer of titles based on classic UK tv shows, @paulrobertlloyd’s latest travel post made me smile:

Last of the Summer Shine.

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.

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…

I feel like AI is struggling with the idea of “scissors”.

Just as well it can’t run with them…

Various hands are shown cutting newspapers in implausible ways with scissors in different artistic styles and lighting.

Listening to Polly Toynbee and David Walker talking at the Jeremy Tunstall Memorial Lecture. Lots of opinions about the problems with political journalism today…

Watched: Ms. Marvel S1E2, Crushed 🍿

Rewatching this with the family made me realise that the under-rated The Marvels is a far more successful sequel to Ms. Marvel than it is Captain Marvel.

Finished reading: Soul Wars by Josh Reynolds 📚

Here’s a review.

Stunning autumn colours starting to emerge.

Red berries are clustered on a branch with a blurred background.

Matthew 7:16 is an incredibly useful lens to view the behaviour of people on social media, whether you’re a Christian or not.

Here’s my notes from the panel at the Future of Media Technology, about how publishers are shifting from search and social to community development.

This made me both excited (because this is exactly what they should be doing, and tired (because I’ve been banging this drum for 20 years).