Archive - Marian Bantjes is Writing Again

I have always had trouble with the pyramid diagram because of its inverse relationship between weight at the bottom and importance or dominance at the…

Apr 11

January 2024

The glitch in AI text-to-image generators

As it turns out, direct copying does happen, but under what conditions?

Jan 12

October 2023

How to have a conversation

It takes a surprisingly long time (years, decades) to learn how to have a conversation, and recently I’ve become aware that some people never do learn…

Oct 15, 2023

January 2023

In which Edel Rodriguez and I play a friendly game of underwater hockey.

Jan 20, 2023

In which I dive into AI and start to drown: Copyright and impact.

Jan 11, 2023

I dive into Midjourney and take a swim around

Jan 8, 2023

December 2022

An End-of-Year List

Some additions to Stanford’s “Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative.”

Dec 30, 2022

May 2022

The Rise of the Book Store

A visit to Kingfisher Books

May 16, 2022

March 2022

Two stories about Will Smith

I met Will Smith once … sort of; depending on your definition of “met.” It was at the 2010 TED conference and I saw him glide through the door on a wave…

Mar 30, 2022

Part II of Bullshit Jobs

Mar 25, 2022

Mar 12, 2022

February 2022

Much has been made recently of 22.2.22. I like things like this, but I’m also partial to roman numerals. While others were rejoicing the turnover from…

Feb 25, 2022

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