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ChatGPT: The AI of Everything That Can’t Be Trusted to Do Anything

Monday, November 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
ChatGOP as the hand of God

Sam Altman wants ChatGPT to become “the core of how people use technology.” But after months of using it, I spend more time correcting its mistakes than benefiting from its intelligence. OpenAI posted $7.8 billion in losses while multiple lawsuits link ChatGPT to teen suicides. Meanwhile, Anthropic’s founders hired a philosopher to build AI responsibly.… Read more.

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Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: AI Ethics, AI Safety, Anthropic, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Claude AI, Dario Amodei, iPINIONS, OpenAI, Sam Altman, Silicon Valley, Tech Criticism, Teen Safety

From Brain Rot to AI Rule: Social Media Is Making Dinosaurs of Us All

Monday, August 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
AI as Frankenstein who might destroy us

Social media is doing to our brains what asteroids did to the dinosaurs, hastening our extinction. MRI scans show the damage, tech insiders confess their guilt, and Geoffrey Hinton warns AI may soon decide we’re more useful as its tools than its masters. iPINIONS warns the signs aren’t satire anymore; they’re prophecy. Read the full… Read more.

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Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: AI dangers, digital addiction, dopamine hijack, Geoffrey Hinton, social media brain rot

Smart TV: When Remote Control Becomes State Control

Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
your TV is watching you

When your smart TV starts watching you more than you watch it, Big Brother doesn’t need telescreens anymore. Orwell saw it coming. iPINIONS thinks this cartoon proves it. Read more on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/smart-tv-when-remote-control-becomes Read more.

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Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: Big Brother smart TV, iPINIONS, Orwell and technology, smart TV privacy risks, smart TV spying, surveillance technology in the home

Job Interview in the Time of AI

Sunday, July 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
cartoon about interviewing for a job that a chatbot has already taken

You spend your life becoming qualified only to realize the interview is just data mining for the bot they already prefer. iPINIONS welcomes you to late-stage capitalism — where Adams’s Dilbert applies, Kafka’s Josef K. judges, and Camus’s Meursault thrives. Read more.

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Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: AI, Artificial Intelligence, automation, Camus, capitalism, cartoons, comics, Dilbert, iPINIONS, job interviews, jobs, Kafka, satire, Technology, workplace

Threads Is Becoming the eX-Twitter Killer… After All

Friday, July 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
depiction of Threads challenging X.

Just a year ago, I once declared Threads dead on arrival. Now it’s quietly kicking Elon’s X into irrelevance — no cage match required. From bots and hate speech to fleeing advertisers and Grok’s antisemitic meltdown, X is imploding. Meanwhile, Threads is gaining ground on users, credibility, and momentum. Turns out iPINIONS was wrong, but… Read more.

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Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: AI, Content moderation, Digital Strategy, Elon Musk, free speech, Grok, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, Platform Wars, social media, Threads, Twitter, X

Musk Rebrands Twitter ‘X’ After Threatening to Sue Zuckerberg Over Threads

Monday, July 24, 2023 at 1:05 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Twitter rebranded logo X with inset image pitting Musk vs Zuckerberg.

Elon Musk has become to business what Donald Trump is to politics. And, from the day he launched his bid to buy Twitter, Musk has been hellbent on making that antic analogy a reality. Musk threatens to sue Zuckerberg Rash and reckless decisions have defined Trump’s political activities. They have defined Musk’s business activities too. So it… Read more.

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Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, rebranding Twitter X, Social Media Drama, Threads, Twitter, Twitter vs Threads

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