I’ve been around long enough to remember when “browsing” the web meant waiting 30 seconds for a single image to load on Netscape, while praying nobody picked up the landline. Fast forward a few decades, and most of us are using browsers that are still fundamentally passive. Chrome, Safari, Firefox – they’re faster now, yes,…
In 1999, Hugo Weaving introduced the world to Agent Smith, a suit-wearing software sentience with one job: eliminate anything that didn’t belong. He wasn’t a hacker, a virus, or a rogue line of code. He was an agent – the cold, calculated face of a system that had no interest in human survival. And back…
You’ve heard the warnings. Now they’re coming with spreadsheets. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei didn’t mince words this week: generative AI could wipe out 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs within five years. His prediction? Up to 20% unemployment if no guardrails are put in place. Harsh? Sure. But think about it. If an LLM can summarize…
