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Artificial Intelligence

AI: Beware This Tech Chalice They’re Getting Us Addicted To

Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
AI cartoon complaining about it costing so much in utility bills

AI was supposed to make life easier. Instead, it’s turning into a tech chalice we’re being pushed to drink from… one that raises bills, creates domestic chaos, and hallucinates on command. From “smart” homes that need constant cleanup to chatbots that require nonstop correction, iPINIONS asks whether AI is saving time… or stealing it. Read… Read more.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: AI, AI Hallucinations, Artificial Intelligence, automation, Digital Life, iPINIONS, Smart Homes, tech addiction, Tech Skepticism

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

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

Oprah, the AI Whisperer…? 

Saturday, September 14, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
cartoon about major countries rushing to develop AI

You know we’re in deep doo-doo when AI developers turn to Oprah to allay universal concerns about the existential risks AI poses. But, with all due respect to the Oprah effect, how we’re handling climate change speaks volumes. After all, we’ve had the science, the means, and the urgent calls to action. Yet, we’ve proven… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: AI and society, AI developers, AI risks, Artificial Intelligence, climate change, existential danger, Marx's warning, Oprah Winfrey, technology and humanity.

Firing Altman at OpenAI Exposed Infighting That Portends Our Doom

Monday, November 20, 2023 at 2:27 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Sam Altman addressing AI forum with image OpenAI board members and Altman with Microsoft CEO inset.

Firing Altman at OpenAI Two weeks ago, I published “AI: Sowing the Seeds of Our Own Extinction.” I delineated why AI poses existential dangers that make nuclear bombs look like stink bombs. But even I had no idea that the mad geniuses developing AI were already engaged in an existential battle. That battle led to the summary and sensational firing of OpenAI… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: AI Ethics, AI Safety, Artificial Intelligence, Internal Conflict, Microsoft, OpenAI, Sam Altman, Tech Industry

China Forces Apple to Cancel Jon Stewart

Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 6:31 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Jon Stewart on set at Daily Show inset with Sen. Chuck Schumer and first responders and inset image of front of an Apple store in China.

Apple doing China’s bidding ‘The Problem with Jon Stewart’ will not come back to Apple TV+ for a third season, bringing a surprise and sudden end to the increasingly popular show led by the former Daily Show host. …  He told staff that the company had concerns about the subject matter Stewart planned for three… Read more.

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Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Apple, Artificial Intelligence, censorship, china, Israel, Jon Stewart, politics, The Problem with Jon Stewart, Western corporations

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