How Influencers Are Taking Over Hollywood — Have you ever felt like you’re seeing the same thing over and over again on social media? That’s because you are. In recent years, social media platforms have become more and more alike, copying each other’s features and formats in a desperate attempt to keep users engaged and advertisers happy. …

How to create your own Decentralized Autonomous Organization — Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are an innovative way of organizing and managing businesses and projects using blockchain technology. …

What do you mean, “the algorithm asked for it”? — As soon as we have a new technology, we use it to make p*rn. Any rudimentary search on the printing press, radio, TV, and the internet proves this. In fact, the internet’s early success was likely due to the technology’s ability to propagate erotic images and videos. Upstarts like ChatGPT…

How to make money, love, drink, help, and generally exist in your 20s — I turn 30 today. I got most of what I wanted out of my 20s. I got married. I drove a tank. I got a promotion. I drank a Manhattan in New York, a sangria in Barcelona, a Guinness in Dublin and a lager in Munich. I made “a lot”…

Life in 2030 will be… complex — In 2020, I wrote an article titled “The Next Big Thing” in Technology: 20 invention that will change the world”. It has since been read over 70,000 times and shared more than 1,000 times on social media. But anyone reading it today will notice that what was written then is…

There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen — “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen” 2023 is the year of Artificial Intelligence. Worryingly, I’m old enough to remember 2013 also being the year of Artificial Intelligence. But though history rhymes through its moral outrages and Bad Takes, it doesn’t repeat: there are…

Insights and lessons from a fake news experiment — Even if you haven’t personally tested ChatGPT over the past couple of months, you’ve read enough about it to know that it can create content with frightening efficiency. Anyone inclined to do so can have the algorithm write thousands of articles about just any topic in a matter of hours. …

As someone who has been following the advancements in technology, I have always been fascinated by the potential that AI has to offer. However, when I heard about Open AI’s latest innovation, The Singularity Network, I must admit that I was filled with a sense of dread. …

When we’ve said it all, there may be a lot left unsaid — 2023 is the year of Artificial Intelligence. Worryingly, I’m old enough to remember 2013 also being the year of Artificial Intelligence. Having witnessed the ups and downs of such hyped technologies (hey, remember the Google Glasses?), I know that “obvious” foreseen impacts often end up being less transformational than expected…