Tech society posts and shares from Dr Pen, Digital Media & Humanities academic based in Malta, from London. Late bloomer, a bit pithy.
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#DataSociety #DigitalSociety #SmartCities
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Fun survey over at Duck Duck Go, Yes or No AI.
*Maybe AI is a really strong conservative force that only goes where the convenient Big Data already is
It's 2026 and somehow vehicle satnav still does not support:
* Send me via my favorite route, unless it's severely fucked today. I keep going a certain way, acknowledge that
* Let me route based on stress. I'll take a longer route with less crossing busy traffic, fewer turns in general, etc. Optimize by chill, not distance or time
This week I hit a tipping point of people praising Claude Code and I plan to set it up to support my workflows this weeekend.
This article argues Claude isn’t just going to change software development but software itself. SAAS apps are obsolete in a world where you primarily interact with AI agents that can build UI on the fly as needed.
The same way Google obsoleted a lot of information retrieval systems and vertical search engines.
https://www.fabricatedknowledge.com/p/the-death-of-software-20-a-better
I really dont understand why anyone would want to carry on giving free work to these companies who make vast profits at the expense of the planet.
I probably won't donate anymore. They dont need my money, I'll give to a smaller outfit who do.
#Wikipedia #ai #genai #chatbots
Six more AI outfits sign for Wikimedia's fastest APIs • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/16/wikimedia_25_ai_partner_access/
Bruce Sterling @bruces
Jo Shields
Dare Obasanjo
Github Projects
Deniz Opal
Accessibility Awareness
John Holmes