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Aftershocks hit Microsoft, Google and OpenAI

Gemini did not move the needle. Not yet, at least.

AI is a litmus test for tech optimism

AI Has Achieved Escape Velocity

AI wins Round One of copyright lawsuits.

Late September long reads

Weekend Reading List

Generative AI is the new camera

A personal update and the next chapter of this newsletter

Copyright Law versus Tyranny

To Break The Monopolies, The King Must Die

The Worshipful Monopoly of Printer-Publishers

Elizabeth I: The Mother of All Monopolies

The rise and fall of royal monopolies

Medieval Ghosts in the Copyright Machine

Patents and privilege: the original sin of copyright

How the State Displaced the Church

How the Printing Press broke the Church's grip

The Middle Ages, the Church, and the Press

Why do we need copyright laws, anyway?

Copyright in the Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence

A Call for Maximum Regulation of Artificial Intelligence

Is AI fear mongering just a new version of psychological conditioning?

The movie studios should be worried about AI

Studios Are Lousy at Predicting the Future

WGA's epic battle against commoditization

WGA versus AI

Why the AI petition flopped, and why Sam Altman says he is afraid.

The AI Arms Race intensifies the bizarre dynamics

Bonus: the Strange Case of Dr. Elon and Mr Musk

The Extreme Weirdness of Emergent Behavior in A.I.

We need to talk about delusional Artificial Intelligence and the split personalities.

The Deep Weirdness of Artificial Intelligence

I couldn't find the owner's manual

Coming soon: The Owner's Guide