Tag: llm
Collaboration: a Confused Story in Five Graphs
Some graphs about reading and writing on the internet. Less a story than a Rorschach test.
Wikipedia's traffic drop: more on languages and freshness
Following up on last week's post, I looked at 5,000 "Vital Articles" across eight major-language Wikipedias. Articles about math, physical sciences and tech are waaaay down, while people, geography, and history hold up far better—regardless of which language they're in. Article freshness matters too—but not as much.
Career articles on Wikipedia: some scary numbers
I took a look at English Wikipedia pageviews for ~4,000 articles about careers. The numbers are grim: the median is down 28% from pre-COVID, with a huge drop in the last year.
Connecting the dots for biodiversity action from the NAS/Royal Society Forum
Summary of the Nine Recommendations and Biodiversity Monitoring Standards Framework papers from the NAS/Royal Society US-UK Forum in summer 2025, and how they connect to my work on collective knowledge systems, TESSERA, and evidence synthesis.
Lawyers, Humility, and LLMs
Reviewing a book about a multi-billion-dollar contract bug—and what it means for the profession's arrogant response to LLMs.
Using Kyutai's low latency audio models on macOS in one command
Quick setup guide for running Kyutai's high-quality speech-to-text model locally on Mac using their MLX implementation.
The Vibes Are Insecure - Human Generated Content
It's Not a Damned Calculator
Generative AI is not a calculator. Thinking of it that way misses the point.
It's Not a Damned Calculator
Generative AI is not a calculator. Thinking of it that way misses the point.
It's Not a Damned Calculator
Generative AI is not a calculator. Thinking of it that way misses the point.
It's Not a Damned Calculator
Generative AI is not a calculator. Thinking of it that way misses the point.
Escaping the Rigged Internet - Human-Generated Content
If You Can't Beat'em - Human-Generated Content
Human Generated Content, Issue 5
Human-Generated Content 2
Publishers are seeing two very different futures for their businesses. Is the future of media aggregated and summarized or is it direct-to-audience?
Human-Generated Content 1
This issue, Nilay Patel talks to Google's Sundar Pichai on AI, chriswaves and Mike Masnick each explore the managed decline of the web, and Molly White and Mike McCue chat about building a new web inspired by the old one.
Meditations on The Human Web
To save the internet, we may have to rebuild it.
Meditations on The Human Web
To save the internet, we may have to rebuild it.
Meditations on The Human Web
To save the internet, we may have to rebuild it.
Interfaces
LLMs are coming for search, and the internet will never be the same.
Interfaces
LLMs are coming for search, and the internet will never be the same.
Interfaces
LLMs are coming for search, and the internet will never be the same.