Word-whore. I write 'em. I talk 'em. Information, politics, media, and the cybers. I drink. I use bad words. All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris! Vive les poissons rouges sauvages!
The robodebt royal commission provided the big story to finish the week, but there’s also new guidelines for generative AI in government, drone security concerns, and a bunch more.
Continue reading “Digital developments from Canberra 43”
Senate Estimates always provides some amusement, if by amusement you mean schadenfreude. We’ve had plenty of that, plus action on AI regulation, and much more. Read on...
Continue reading “Digital developments from Canberra 38”
My week of Monday 22 to Sunday 28 May 2023 was wonderfully productive, but I can’t tell you much about it yet. So here’s an old photo of a weevil, and some links to Interesting Things.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 678: The Sapphire Weevil of Productivity”
We now know that some the people responsible for robodebt might face a corruption inquiry, and that ChatGPT is being used for stupid things. Also, SAP is expensive but hey we also knew that.
Continue reading “Digital developments from Canberra 37”
In the first Pubic House Forum episode of the The 9pm Edict since 2018, I was joined by Sydney Morning Herald cartoonist Cathy Wilcox and satirist Mark Humphries at Sydney’s Royal Exhibition Hotel in Surry Hills with an enthusiastic live audience.
There’s also a video of this episode on YouTube.
Continue reading “The 9pm Public House Forum 7 LIVE”