Econproph

@econproph
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Economics Professor, Open Learning Lab pioneer, edtech, org guru, inventor, father, husband, 1 of a kind, won't fit in a box. Utterances my own only.
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Show threadEconproph1d ago
@jwildeboer
Thanks for the post. Amazing coincidence: I've just been looking in the last week for a domain registrar in EU to replace my states-bound registrar!
Econproph2d ago
elia ayoubMar 24
Still always this: “The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” James Baldwin
Econproph3d ago
jimgroom3d ago
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The web and its impact on the real world has grown significantly since its inception in the early 90s. While there have been a number of positive developments that have undoubtedly improved the lives of countless people which we can attribute to this growth, there are plenty of negative developments

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Show threadEconproph4d ago
@nasser @mattly
umm, it was a biologist (Garrett Hardin), who first posited the concept of "tragedy of the commons".
It was a Nobel Memorial Prize winning economist, Elinor Ostrom, that not only debunked "tragedy of commons" but documented the conditions under which a commons succeeds and thrives, using both empirical data and theoretical models.
Show threadEconproph5d ago

@harold

"Down the road natural gas might cost more..." Like maybe 2 weeks down the road, right?

EconprophMar 27

Jim Groom continues on 🔥 this week. Maybe we should send him alone to more poorly-catered conferences.

@reverend

"the underlying infrastructure the internet runs on is fundamentally at risk because it’s underfunded. It’s funny how software reflects the same problems as society: concentration of wealth, chronic underfunding, and just enough fear and uncertainty to keep us all in line."

https://bavatuesdays.com/5-hours-to-live-security-in-the-age-of-ai-and-the-new-arms-race/

EconprophMar 27
Fredrik GraverMar 27

Number of AI chatbots ignoring human instructions increasing, study says https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/27/number-of-ai-chatbots-ignoring-human-instructions-increasing-study-says?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Ok, so this is a problem—but not for the reason the headline claims. The AI agents are not «ignoring instructions», but are following instructions and because they are programmed to act semi-independently without checking for new instructions every step along the way, the consequences of the instructions they are given are well beyond what is foreseen. We have had fables warning us about this for thousands of years—think of King Midas not being able to forsee the consequences of everything he touches being turnes to gold—but we stubbornly refuse to listen to our own warnings.

Number of AI chatbots ignoring human instructions increasing, study says

Exclusive: Research finds sharp rise in models evading safeguards and destroying emails without permission

The Guardian
Show threadEconprophMar 27
@bonni208 And the disturbing part (truly) is they are using a 3rd-party system about which they know nothing and care less. Because the 3rd-party system probably would get it to you despite you not being in the system yet. They prob record your call number/caller ID, match it with info they exchange with a data broker who knows all about you. And now you're in their system -- and multiple other systems you know nothing about. ARRRGGHHHH!
Show threadEconprophMar 25

RE: https://aus.social/@kate/116291733969954888

@kate @reclaimhosting @jimgroom
Kate is right. Jim, you've nailed it. Absolutely best, most concise analysis of an industry "situation analysis" I've ever read* - and it's so readable. I want to see this post as a movie.

* and since I was in corp world doing strategy & consulting for >25 yrs, I've read a few.

And I'm sticking around with y'all for after the bubble bursts and all those suits turn to rags.

EconprophMar 25
Gabriele SveltoMar 25
Given what it's gonna do to the world economy when the bubble will burst I think it's better if we drop all references to intelligence and just start calling it subprime computing