Catastrophism, AI Slop and bringing trust back to media (2023)

Ever since the introduction of the printing press, the media has served a foundational role as a conduit for the communication of new ideas. As technology has evolved, so too has the media. With the rapid advances of large language models we have seen in less than a year, we sit at a crucial inflectionContinue reading “Catastrophism, AI Slop and bringing trust back to media (2023)”

Why aren’t we copying the East? (2021)

Shanzhai (山寨 — directly translating to ‘copycat’) is a term that gained widespread popularity in China in the late 20th century as a multitude of businesses made a fortune by copying Western businesses products, services or business models and having them protected internally by law.  While this concept largely defined the modernisation of some ofContinue reading “Why aren’t we copying the East? (2021)”