The discipline of making technology feel human. HCI research, interface design, accessibility, conversational UI, and the long history of trying to make machines easier to talk to.
26 Posts · Jan 19, 2024 – Feb 12, 2026W07 - We built a thing that's really good at making us not need ourselves anymore, and we're calling it progress. It only takes 250 poisoned documents to corrupt an entire AI system. Not millions. Not thousands.…
W50 - They labeled it ADHD. But what if your rapid-fire mind isn't broken—just faster? Here's how the medical system mistakes cognitive speed for disorder, and the unsettling reason they need you to believe you're…
W40 - What if our most advanced AI lacks what squirrels instinctively know? From Saskatchewan's endless prairies to cutting-edge robotics, discover why authentic experience—not perfect simulation—shapes our future.…
W38 - Disney silenced Kimmel, sparking a mass exodus that crashed their systems—and credibility. This misfire exposed corporate America's costliest strategy: cowardice as prudence. Mickey's white gloves? Perfect for…
W37 - Today's Luddites aren't smashing machines—they're teachers demanding longhand math and surgeons questioning AI diagnoses. While we debate ethics, our judgment muscles atrophy. The real question: can we preserve…
W34 - Every human attention pattern has been mapped & algorithmically exploited. Every business model decomposed into trackable APIs. Platforms promised infinite growth but now operate like supersaturated…
W31 - My attempt to expose AI's dangers revealed my own dependency. Join my ironic journey navigating the blurry line between human thought and AI. With "occasional" help from ChatGPT, I'm losing the battle against…
W25 - You know that hollow feeling after three hours of phone scrolling? Eyes burning, neck aching, weirdly anxious about crises you can't solve but can't remember learning anything useful? That's your intelligence…
W21 - We've spent millennia convinced our intelligence made us special. Now, as we eagerly surrender our cognitive sovereignty to AI, we're about to discover how terrifyingly wrong we were. Welcome to the twilight of…
W10 - While you fought over encryption, Big Tech pulled off the greatest surveillance sleight-of-hand. Your iPhone isn't just watching—it's redefining privacy itself. And Apple, once privacy's champion, just became its…
W08 - Psst! AI just overturned the job market applecart: It's not just a bad year—it's a swirling shift. Experience is now your biggest liability, and your resume? It’s more like a relic in this new AI-augmented world.…
W52 - Google's Android XR isn't just a product launch—it's a daring heist of human consciousness. By hijacking neural optimization principles, they're not winning a platform war; they're rewriting evolution itself. The…
W43 - Everything you think you know about magnetism isn't just incomplete—it's a fairy tale. While physicists cling to outdated models, a quantum revolution churns beneath our assumptions, threatening to shatter physics…
W42 - Quantum neurons shatter silicon dreams of consciousness. Tech leaders mistake AI prowess for awareness, ignoring physics' deeper truths. True consciousness emerges not from faster computing, but from a…
W41 - The AI revolution isn't about machines thinking like humans—it's about discovering that intelligence itself follows mathematical principles. What we're learning isn't just changing technology; it's forcing us to…
W39 - Smart devices, dumb decisions: An exploration into building fully wired homes with cards of IoT. From compromised chemical plants to paralyzed cities, we're creating unprecedented vulnerabilities. The Internet of…
W36 - Picture a world where your car greets you, your home adjusts on cue, and your phone leads you through a crowded room. That's not magic – it's Ultra-Wideband (UWB). Let's unravel how this precise, powerful tech is…
W35 - Imagine a future where your smartwatch is more clairvoyant than your fortune cookie—a digital sleuth predicting health hiccups before they happen. Welcome to 2030, where data from digital detectives transforms…
W34 - In a world where digital tourists "see" the Sistine ever being there, we're teetering dangerously between access and artificiality. Are we democratizing travel or selling our soul to virtual reflections, leaving…
W32 - In a lab outside Boston, three specialists stare at patterns none fully understand. They're not supposed to. The quantum physicist, pharmacist, and materials scientist each see different meanings—they're all…
W30 - In the heart of Silicon Valley, a revolution in surveillance unfolds—not with a bang, but with the silent pulse of invisible waves. The architecture of our digital future is being built, one smartphone at a time,…
W28 - Silicon Valley's trillion-dollar spatial computing gamble rests on a dangerous delusion: digitally replicating human spatial intelligence. This fallacy risks billions and decades of progress. We're not just…
W12 - Disney’s Imagineers redefine storytelling with Autonomatronics: the art of illusion meets autonomous interaction, where dreams dance with technology.
W09 - Dive into the depths of NeRF and Gaussian Splatting: two 3D tech titans. Journey through their contrasts to elevate your digital projects!
W03 - In the quiet corridors of a bustling hospital, a silent revolution hums. AI analyzes images at lightning speed, detects threats before they manifest, and crafts treatments with eerie precision. The future of…
W02 - These networks of wearable or implantable devices that communicate wirelessly have set the stage for a seismic shift: a future where proactive and personalized medical interventions become the standard, not the…
