Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
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Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
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Over the holiday several events happened that illustrate that we are facing a clear and present danger to the freedom of the Internet.
It started with the US government seizing a bunch of domains that were accused of participating in copyright infringement. The action and its aftermath illustrate two important points. First, despite seeking more powers under the awful COICA, the government is already asserting the legality of controlling DNS and seizing domain names. Second, several of the affected sites rapidly switched to domains not controlled by the US and announced these via Twitter, thus making the effort essentially pointless. This clearly demonstrates why we should resist the passage of COICA and fight the current practice of domain name seizure: it is ineffective for its stated purpose and a threat to free speech.
Once the industries (tv, music, movies, publishing) that have been lobbying for COICA and seizure realize this ineffectiveness, we need to be prepared for them upping the ante by calling for IP blocking infrastructure, so that sites that are located abroad can be suppressed entirely. That of course is the equivalent of China’s great firewall. In the meantime Australia has been heading in this direction. There law makers have made it illegal to even link to sites on a banned list, which now includes Wikileaks and Australia has plans to build out a firewall around the continent.
Finally, Wikileaks
Over the holiday several events happened that illustrate that we are facing a clear and present danger to the freedom of the Internet.
It started with the US government seizing a bunch of domains that were accused of participating in copyright infringement. The action and its aftermath illustrate two important points. First, despite seeking more powers under the awful COICA, the government is already asserting the legality of controlling DNS and seizing domain names. Second, several of the affected sites rapidly switched to domains not controlled by the US and announced these via Twitter, thus making the effort essentially pointless. This clearly demonstrates why we should resist the passage of COICA and fight the current practice of domain name seizure: it is ineffective for its stated purpose and a threat to free speech.
Once the industries (tv, music, movies, publishing) that have been lobbying for COICA and seizure realize this ineffectiveness, we need to be prepared for them upping the ante by calling for IP blocking infrastructure, so that sites that are located abroad can be suppressed entirely. That of course is the equivalent of China’s great firewall. In the meantime Australia has been heading in this direction. There law makers have made it illegal to even link to sites on a banned list, which now includes Wikileaks and Australia has plans to build out a firewall around the continent.
Finally, Wikileaks
Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
Intent-based Collaboration Environments
AI Native IDEs for Code, Engineering, Science
Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
Share Dialog
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