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John Naughton

John Naughton

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John is an engineer, an academic (co-founder of the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy at Cambridge) and a journalist. He's also an historian of the internet, a photographer and a blogger, and in an earlier life was The Observer's TV Critic for eight happy years when TV was worth watching.

AI’s punctuation is only human – I love an em dash too

AI’s punctuation is only human – I love an em dash too

Park your fears, there's a roadmap to an electric car future

Park your fears, there's a roadmap to an electric car future

AI is like a lunch – there’s no such thing as a free one

AI is like a lunch – there’s no such thing as a free one

My advice to Sam Altman: read Jacques Derrida

My advice to Sam Altman: read Jacques Derrida

Zuckerberg’s sermon suggests Meta is lacking belief

Zuckerberg’s sermon suggests Meta is lacking belief

America’s plan to use AI as a political weapon

America’s plan to use AI as a political weapon

Paying geeks $200m but slashing jobs? This is an AI bubble

Paying geeks $200m but slashing jobs? This is an AI bubble
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