Trumpism & the American AI Project
There is an iconic clip from the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner where comedian Seth Meyers jokes about Donald Trump’s ambitions to become President. While the whole room is boiling over with laughter, Trump sits still like a statue with an ice cold stare on his face. Fifteen years
The Right to a Human v. the American AI Investment Thesis
How much better would life be if we always had the right to a human? Unfortunately, we don’t. Companies are increasingly saving on customer service workers in favor of AI assistants and good advice is expensive, so is therapy. Most of the time, we’ll have to make do
The Infinite Donut Machine
Two weeks ago, I invited members to participate in my BigNerve challenge where they can (still) suggest ideas for new posts. So far, I have received three really good suggestions: * The deviousness of infinite scroll * Overview of different state laws on AI/AI data centers * The right to deal with
What Happened After I Quit Social Media
Let me release the tension right away by answering the post title: Nothing. Nothing happened. But that’s pretty remarkable, right? Over so many years, different people have told me to be on different platforms. “Everyone is on Snapchat nowadays. That is how the new generation communicates” “If you are
American Storytelling & “Our AI Agent Also Went Rogue”
Before the printing press, I imagine storytelling was a bonfire activity that inspired a sense of awe, mystique, excitement and wonder in the audience. Storytelling is the ability to stimulate people’s imagination, giving them mental images and a conception of the unknown; what they can’t see, touch, feel
What if Claude and Chat Are Secretly Working for the Government?
In a previous decade, American social media platforms managed to make surveillance seem “sexy”. Sexyveillance. Facebook normalized the idea of people sharing everything about their personal lives online as a way of better connecting with others. Nothing should be hidden. Hobbies, personal interests, political views, vacation photos, date of birth,
Tech Legal Brief #16: Trump Has a Point About the EU Commission’s Big Tech Fines
Welcome to the 16th edition of my newsletter concept Tech Legal Brief. The first edition on Ghost. Our main story today concerns the geopolitics around the billion-dollar fine the EU Commission recently imposed on Google for breaching its landmark law the Digital Markets Act. Here is what else we
What Is the Future for Me & You?
This is my first post on Ghost. I have migrated all Substack subscribers over to this platform (which is why you receive this mail, if you are wondering). It feels like a small era is over for me, personally, after four years writing on Substack, so now must be a
Why AI Boyfriends Are a Much Bigger Deal Than AI Girlfriends
The American market has been slow to get the memo.
The American Disease
... was once the American Dream.
US Monarchy & Trump v. Slaughter
+ implications on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework
The Next Phase of American AI Is a Make-It-Or-Break It Moment for the EU
Digital dependency vs. tech sovereignty