Dead Neurons | Substack

Modern computing has undergone three major shifts, each defined by a new interface and a new economic tollbooth.

For nearly 4 years, the public has been told that generative artificial intelligence is an economic wrecking ball aimed directly at white-collar employment.

If you run a public company and someone steals your customer database, the standard public relations playbook requires you to announce two things.

Selling snake oil to the United States Congress is an ancient American craft, and the frontier artificial intelligence industry is currently attempting the most audacious hustle in modern corporate history.

In 1996, a corporate chief executive could sign a purchase order for $40-a-seat Netscape Navigator licenses, install the software across thousands of office desktops, and proudly inform the board of directors that the company was now an internet-native enterprise.