State of the TAM - 12th Dec

What’s Up

True North is coming soon!

Somerset would like to re-iterate. He is NOT an elf and he is OFFENDED at the suggestion.

I also have a cold, the first of 2024, and I am not enjoying the experience! Thus last week’s missed newsletter, it was that and putting up Christmas that did me in. It is better than the time I had Swine Flu at Christmas though. That was unpleasant.

Pupdate of the Week

These two are lucky they are cute. They’ve gotten into the habit of waking me up in the wee hours so they can go out for their business.

@tamoorewritesGet someone that looks at you the way Jax looks at his physiotherapist! #rescuedogsoftiktok #hydrotherapydog #staffiesoftiktok #happystaffy [image error]Tiktok failed to load.

Enable 3rd party cookies or use another browser @tamoorewritesIt’s a very squeaky Christmas. #staffiesoftiktok #staffychristmas [image error]Tiktok failed to load.

Enable 3rd party cookies or use another browserCover Reveal

This book isn’t going to be out until NEXT Christmas. That is Christmas 2024. That is twelve months away! But….

First Christmas song of the season. I love this song. No-one before or since has gone this hard on Little Drummer Boy.

…are they even outsourcing the panopticon of predictive, draconian pyschic law enforcement measures to AI now? Will it never end?!

Seriously? This doesn’t sound a bit Minority Report to anyone else? Does AI really exist? Or do we just have pyschics floating in a gene tank somewhere?

When Will A.I. Be Smart Enough to Thwart Violence?And do we really want it to?

A stylized shot of a security camera lens, which contains a silhouette holding a knife menacingly. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by simpson33/iStock/Getty Images Plus and Borislav/iStock/Getty Images Plus. 

Our world has long been filled with cameras peering out over streets, malls, and schools. Many have been recording for years. But for the most part, no one ever looks at the footage. These little devices, perched on shelves and poles, exist primarily to create a record. If something happens and someone wants to learn more, they can go back.

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Published on December 12, 2023 06:58
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