This was written using Chat GPT. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made significant advancements in recent years and has the potential to revolutionize various industries. However, when it comes to writing content, the use of AI poses some serious dangers that need to be considered. The first danger is the potential for misinformation. AI-generated content can spread false information, especially when it comes to news and articles. AI algorithms can be trained on biased data, which…
Author: Michael Hudak
Facebook is back up. Now what?
Facebook went down yesterday, which caused quite a bit of excitement over the internet. I was originally hoping to draft some observations from a technical standpoint, but I read this article from Cloudflare and felt it was better than what I was working on. Instead, I’m going to keep it less technical and speak to my thoughts on where the internet should go from here. It occurred to me that many people in my slack…
Pay Attention To Your Data
None of my tech friends have an Amazon echo product in their house. Many of them are hesitant to buy a Tesla – but not because of the cost. My tech friends are concerned about privacy. Why? The common sentiment seems to be a respect for what technology can do. If you ever hear your amazon echo respond when you didn’t want it to, you might think nothing of it and keep going about your…
Scams That Target Web Agencies
Recently, in my life as a web host/developer, I have been getting approached by multiple scammers doing a not-so-new sort of scam where it feels like someone is interested in getting a website set up and has suspiciously reasonable demands and budget. I ended up doing some research on the clearnet to see if other people had this experience – and I found an article from 2018 that used the same exact language as this…
Taking back your personal data
I recently sat down with Jeff Bermant, CEO of Cocoon MyData to chat with him about the project. Cocoon is an app that allows anyone being tracked to get a little bit of money in exchange for sharing their data. While the project is extremely young, I think that conceptually it is spot on. As the internet has shifted into an advertising-first economy, it’s important to know the value of our personal data and to…