{"id":2056,"date":"2024-02-24T17:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T01:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/?page_id=2056"},"modified":"2026-02-25T17:17:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T01:17:29","slug":"my-latest-posts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/my-latest-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"My latest posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"is-grid columns-2 has-dates has-excerpts wp-elements-075105e2b40076cd707a7e64302d47b0 wp-block-rss\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/2026\/03\/08\/ai-warlords-we-dont-need-no-stinkin-redlines\/'>AI warlords \u2013 We don\u2019t need no stinkin\u2019 redlines!<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-03-08T19:14:58-07:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">3\/8\/2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Epigraph \u201cI just think that most of us are simply sick of the parts of digital life that once seemed miraculous but now feel exploitative.\u201d \u2013 Backchannel, Steven Levy (2-13-2026) Boom and kaboom There\u2019s a new factor about the AI [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/2026\/01\/23\/ai-is-really-annoying-there-there\/'>AI is really annoying \u2013 there, there?<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-01-23T20:31:16-08:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">1\/23\/2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">My homage to two famous cartoons: As I\u2019ve noted elsewhere, verbal (or literary) agility need not be a sign of intelligence. And such fluency can be glib, even annoying. Especially when, as with some people, responses are repetitive, follow predictable [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/2025\/12\/29\/the-new-year-2026\/'>The new year 2026<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2025-12-29T09:26:24-08:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">12\/29\/2025<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Taking time out from scrolling \u2026 touch the grass \u2026 the gods need not take our sight \u2026 we scale ourselves \u2026 in moving from low to high,we see our pathway as true,and that we are in the right.yet forever [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/2025\/12\/19\/merry-christmas-2025\/'>Merry Christmas 2025<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2025-12-19T11:58:30-08:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">12\/19\/2025<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">My holiday card this year in the cosmic greetings, Santa-in-Space series. when something grinchy comes this way lean banking balances go to naughtwhere e\u2019re his pitchcraft slop is taught,and roiling boasts do sour in taste,when mister shady tweets in haste [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/2025\/12\/12\/architects-of-ai-time-magazines-person-of-the-year-2025\/'>Architects of AI \u2013 Time Magazine\u2019s \u2018Person\u2019 of the Year 2025<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2025-12-12T16:54:25-08:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">12\/12\/2025<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Two years after Time\u2019s \u201cTIME 100 AI\u201d cover for 2023 \u2013 the most influential people in AI \u2026 movers &amp; shakers, shaping the good, bad, &amp; ugly, we have a shorter list for the 2025 cover. I\u2019ve read &amp; written [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/2025\/12\/06\/rage-bait-word-of-the-year-2025\/'>\u2018Rage bait\u2019 \u2013 word of the year 2025<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2025-12-06T18:27:10-08:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">12\/6\/2025<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">It\u2019s been a year of \u201cdeliberate agitation.\u201d Witness Oxford University Press\u2019 announcement that rage bait was Word of the Year. Compare with last year\u2019s word brain rot: \u201coutrage sparks engagement, algorithms amplify it, and constant exposure leaves us mentally exhausted.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/2025\/11\/24\/happy-thanksgiving-2025\/'>Happy Thanksgiving 2025<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2025-11-24T19:02:11-08:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">11\/24\/2025<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Food for thought &#8230; (click on image to see more)<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/2025\/10\/02\/the-modern-influencer-dream-meritocracys-noble-lie-of-mobility\/'>The modern influencer dream \u2013 meritocracy\u2019s \u2018noble lie\u2019 of mobility?<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2025-10-02T16:50:34-07:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">10\/2\/2025<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Billy, Sally, \u201cWhat do you want to be when you get older?\u201d We live in a hyper-connected world, a social media landscape of scaleable, accessible influence. Monetizing yourself \u2013 you are the product \u2013 is no longer just for traditional [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/2025\/08\/23\/human-welfare-needs-help-the-ai-welfare-sideshow\/'>Human welfare needs help \u2013 the AI welfare sideshow<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2025-08-23T08:15:42-07:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">8\/23\/2025<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Tools .. totems \u2026 T-factor (thalamocortical network) \u2026 consciousness in the circle of life, eh. [1] As mentioned elsewhere, remember that \u201cthere\u2019s nobody home\u201d when interacting with gen AI models and chatbots. Despite occasional chatbot psychosis where a user attributes [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/2025\/07\/22\/shades-of-victorian-hubris-ai-full-speed-ahead\/'>Shades of Victorian hubris \u2013 AI full speed ahead!<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2025-07-22T17:06:19-07:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">7\/22\/2025<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">A better technology, a better humanity. A personal coach (and emotional pal) in everyone\u2019s pocket. That\u2019s the drift. Bet on it. Business is business, eh. If we don\u2019t do it, then someone else will. 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