Starbuck is keepin’ her eyes on the prize as we start the week. Let’s make it a good one!

#cats #CatsOfMastodon #monday

It's a lovely, sunny day here in NEPA, even if it's still cold. I'm enjoying another productive day.

I'm on a roll in the kitchen! I'll be making a French-inspired beef stew in the InstaPot this evening, new recipe (to me). One of the ingredients is fennel (anise), which I've never used as a fresh ingredient before. 🙂

#Monday #Food #BeefStew

🪩 #monday #reflection - 📲 #AI #chatbots are replacing #searchengines —and in the process, they’re gutting the economics of #journalism, #reviews, and the open #internet

In this video, Boyle explores how tools like #ChatGPT, #Claude, and Google’s AI Overviews are intercepting audiences, scraping content without compensation, and threatening the viability of independent news and trusted information -

#tech #contentcreator #contentquality

Video credit Patrick Boyle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4MruTOrLyM

Is AI Slop Killing the Internet?

YouTube

Do you know when you are playing a beat’em up game and you pause the game to go to the restroom, and then you resume the game and everyone rushes back in to enthusiastically remind you they exist with punches and kicks?

That’s what coming back to work on Monday after a vacation feels like. No real damage, just a lot of energetic participation, requests all at once, and an inbox monster that grew wild while you were gone.

#Monday