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On AI: Memory, Identity, and Lock-In

As generative AI reaches a fever pitch of investment, product releases, and hype, most of us have ignored a profound flaw as we march…

Apr 15

On AI: Memory, Identity, and Lock-In

Apr 15

Published in
Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

A Committee of Stochastic Parrots

I’m going to try to write something difficult. I don’t know if I’m going to pull it off, but that’s kind of the point. This is how writers…

Apr 11

A Committee of Stochastic Parrots

Apr 11

Zuck and Trump: What’s the Deal?

There is so much…sh*t flooding the zone of late, it’s hard to grok it all. But when the CEO of one of the richest and most morally…

Apr 3

Zuck and Trump: What’s the Deal?

Apr 3

Published in
Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

We’re Living Much Longer. Maybe We Need College for Elders?

For the past 10 or so years I’ve harbored a mostly secret desire to return to graduate school. Part of this is because I’m a frustrated…

Apr 13

We’re Living Much Longer. Maybe We Need College for Elders?

Apr 13

Facebook Wants Us Back. Will We Go?

Earlier this week I met a fellow who, among very many other things, is a member of a bicycling group based where I live. Given that I live…

Mar 28

Facebook Wants Us Back. Will We Go?

Mar 28

Google to the News Industry: You’re Worthless.

There’s an old maxim in the news business: Stories in which a dog bites a man are uninteresting. But a man biting a dog? Now that’s worth…

Mar 26

Google to the News Industry: You’re Worthless.

Mar 26

Google Hasn’t Figured This One Thing Out Yet.

And I’m not sure it even can.

Mar 21

Google Hasn’t Figured This One Thing Out Yet.

Mar 21

Published in
Age of Awareness

Why AI Agents Will Take Way Longer Than We Thought

Three months ago I published my annual predictions, and while I rarely revisit them in the middle of the year, I do want to note an…

Mar 18

Why AI Agents Will Take Way Longer Than We Thought

Mar 18

What Happened to Tech’s Magic?

I’ve been pondering something for a while now, but have held off “thinking out loud” about it because I was worried I might sound like a…

Mar 11

What Happened to Tech’s Magic?

Mar 11

How Do You Read?

Nearly every conversation I’ve had over the past month has involved some variation of this question: What are you reading right now? The…

Feb 21

How Do You Read?

Feb 21

John Battelle

John Battelle

A Founder of DOC, The Recount, NewCo, Federated Media, sovrn Holdings, Web 2 Summit, Wired, Industry Standard; writer on Media, Technology, Culture, Business

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