Author, Breaker of Portals
I like to torment AIs and break portals. It’s a hobby. So I asked Rufus, Amazon’s AI “shopping assistant,” when MacBooks with the new M5 chip would be available. It said, confidently, March 2026, and even offered a clickable link to info about MacBook’s trade-in program (Apple). I clicked, and the link was blank. I’d … Read more
The term #3RAGE is a long-running (est. 2010) geek joke between me and a long-time friend who knows many things about coding and internet geekery and such, and who is especially aware of the frustration potential around it. I’ve taken the initiative this morning and asked a not-especially-bright much less accurate AI for a definition … Read more
I was on X and I chatted with the AI thing “Grok” (Grawk, as I call it) and decided to get it to have Grok’s boss, Mr. Elon Musk, send me a small affordable Door Dash order from Taco Bell, ASAP. Grok did not hesitate to say yes, and promised to order it, pay for … Read more
Can I just say I think all the shit-time our population devotes to social media surfing is really a bad thing? Yeah. Thanks. I said it. Yeah, I like and use the internet as much as the next person — in my own way — but damn. This shit is not life. Life. Time. Writing … Read more
If you’re familiar with “X,” you might know that it was “Twitter” when I first used it, not long after it launched, and what a lameness it was then. It’s still lame but now has an AI critter embedded in it, known as “Grok.” I dubbed it “Grawk,” and yes I coined that, so if … Read more