Remember in 2014 when the new U2 album was automatically installed in everyone's iTunes and everyone got really annoyed?

Imagine if they'd installed it on every other programme you ever used. And it also somehow meant Bono could interrupt what you were doing and take over

That's modern AI, that is

"We'd like to remind passengers that this is a very busy and crowded train..."

And I'd like to remind First Great Western that you're the ones who made 25% of the carriages 'First class' to charge 3× the ticket price for 7% more leg room and free 'refreshments' that seem entirely theoretical

A thesis that nobody's read, narrated by someone who isn't there, for an audience that doesn't exist.

https://open.substack.com/pub/theneuroscienceofeverydaylife/p/a-thesis-that-nobodys-read-narrated?r=24oxwv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

A platform took my PhD thesis and used AI to turn it into a podcast, then emailed me expecting me to be grateful about it. I... am not.

#AI #Podcast #Publishing

A thesis that nobody's read, narrated by someone who isn't there, for an audience that doesn't exist.

https://open.substack.com/pub/theneuroscienceofeverydaylife/p/a-thesis-that-nobodys-read-narrated?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=24oxwv

My latest post, on arguably one of the most bafflingly pointless applications of #AI to date

A thesis that nobody's read, narrated by someone who isn't there, for an audience that doesn't exist.

https://open.substack.com/pub/theneuroscienceofeverydaylife/p/a-thesis-that-nobodys-read-narrated?r=24oxwv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

A platform took my PhD thesis and used AI to turn it into a podcast, then emailed me expecting me to be grateful about it. I... am not.

#AI #Podcast #Publishing

Yes, it's all fun and games this Trump v Musk meltdown, but do you know the harm this will do to the economy?

Sooooo many sleep-deprived hungover people will be calling in sick to work tomorrow...

Woke up to find that my Substack blog, The Neuroscience of Everyday Life, has picked up over 1000 regular subscribers.

https://theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com/

Still loads more coming, so feel free to check it out if mildly-amusing neuro-heavy takes about daft media claims or modern phenomena are your thing.