







A blog about making culture. Since 1999.



Maybe it's time for lots of little indie AIs to take over - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

How we’ll fight the platform war against Big AI - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

How we’ll fight the platform war against Big AI - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Why shaming people about AI slop isn’t enough to stop Big AI - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Why shaming people about AI slop isn’t enough to stop Big AI - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Is there something it is like to be an AI?
Posted on Wednesday 2 Jul 2025. 1,593 words, 6 links. By Matt Webb.


The Thoughts The Civilized Keep
The hype around a new AI language generator reveals the sterility of mainstream thinking on AI today — and indeed on how we think about thinking itself.

AI, Artifice, And Authenticity
The era of badly-automated homogenized engagement slop is upon us. I desperately want to believe there's a renaissance for authenticity on the other end.
The AI Aesthetic
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.
AI FOR EPISTEMICS & COORDINATION
Civilization and technology have radically improved the human condition. Nonetheless, the world sometimes goes in directions which essentially nobody would prefer — e.g., nuclear arms races, unexpected financial crashes, predatory marketing, or ubiquitous political misinformation.