Archive - A Short Distance Ahead

December 2024

The Year Was 1980

And AI had an identity crisis

Dec 30, 2024 •

The Year Was 1979

And silence became portable

Dec 23, 2024 •

The Year Was 1978

And the aliens invaded

Dec 16, 2024 •

The Year Was 1977

And the force was with us

Dec 9, 2024 •

The Year Was 1976

And an AI pioneer became a heretic

Dec 2, 2024 •

November 2024

The Year Was 1975

And computing power slips through institutional fingers into individual hands

Nov 25, 2024 •

The Year Was 1974

And AI went cold while authority folded

Nov 18, 2024 •

The Year Was 1973*

*and we'll get there, but we revisit last week on the way

Nov 11, 2024 •

The Year Was 1972

And we start to ask: can computers 'play?'

Nov 4, 2024 •

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