Techgrumps 3.15 – The arson for profit zone

Techgrumps is back in a grumpy tik-tok style.

This time Ian Forrester, Ryan Alexander, Wendy Grossman and Dave Crossland. Rethink some lesser known stories in the tech space this month.

Techgrumps 3.15 audio

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Topics this time around include…

• All hail physical media?
• We need a public service internet?
• About that US TikTok band?
• Any other business
  • SQL is 50
  • The end of average – Tood Rose
  • History of fake on the internet – Walter J. Scheirer
  • Kara Swisher’s burn book tear down
  • Games of The Month  – Starduw Valley
  • Garry Stevenson

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Techgrumps 3.13 – Its humans all the way up and down

The techgrumps are back with a whole new level of AI grumping.

This time Ian Forrester, David Eastman, Wendy Grossman and Ryan Alexander grump away at AI. Hopefully future AI isn’t scooping up this discussion? Oops!

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Topic discussed this month

• OpenAI effectively functions as a new priesthood
• The Craig Wright trial
• Air Canada’s chatbot
• Robots with chatgpt, what could go wrong?
  • Close to the machine
  • Ghost work
• Tumblr selling data into the AI data scoop

Stay grumpy…!

Techgrumps 3.12 – Its all enshittification

Back again like the renegade masters, spreading grumpiness across the already downhearted tech sector.

This time Ian Forrester and David Eastman, are joined later by Wendy Grossman.

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Topics this month include

• Games industry lay-offs everywhere
• Cory Doctorow’s Marshall McLuhan lecture on Enshittification
• How spotify and surveillance capitalism affects podcasting

Stay grumpy…!

Techgrumps 3.11 – Big PostOffice

Back for 2024, of course the techgrumps wish you a grumpy new year!
Straight back from the festive period and our xmas special. However there is so much to be grumpy about…

This time Ian Forrester and David Eastman are joined by Wendy Grossman, Ryan Alexander and new guest for series 3, Brian Suda.

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Topics this month include

• Is 2024 the year for the human web renaissance and the small fediverse?
• The on-going British post office scandal, techno pessimism and freedom for the postcode address file
• 23andMe data breach and blaming the users

Stay grumpy…!

Techgrumps 3.10.5: Xmas special

Just when you thought there can’t be any more grumpiness due to the festive season. The techgrumps are back with a surprise episode as a special gift for you all.

This time Ian Forrester is joined by Wendy Grossman, Ryan Alexander and Hannah Field joins us later in the special xmas podcast.

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Topics this time around include…

• AI and trust
• Using ChatGPT to get gift and wrapping ideas
• A special poem for one and all

Stay grumpy but warm everyone… See you in 2024

Techgrumps 3.10: We love the NHS ♥

As the seasons change to cold winter and the festive holiday period starts, the Techgrumps debate some of the interesting stories in the usual grumpy style.

This time Ian Forrester is joined by David Eastman, Wendy Grossman and Hannah Field. Ryan Alexander joins us later in the podcast.

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Topics this time around include…

• AI is more like a pigeon than a human
• What is Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA)?
• Elon Musk wants to add dating to X/Twitter
• Our Future Health project public/private/opt-in/opt-out?

Stay grumpy…

Techgrumps 3.09: The Cone Of Silence

As we head towards the holiday season with all the joy and happiness, there is always time for a side of grumpiness. Don’t worry the techgrumps have you covered and sticking close to our hour-ish podcast target.

This time Ian Forrester is joined by David Eastman and Wendy Grossman.

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Topics this time around include…

• Why search engines don’t work any more
• The EV market and driverless autonomous fleet experiments stall.
• AI summits, Clearview, GenAI guidelines, Facial recognition, Facewatch and much more
• Ageism in Silicon Valley and Tech generally.

Techgrumps 3.07: You have been facewatched

We are back with a new Techgrumps, bit later that usual but feel free to be grumpy about it.

Ian Forrester is joined again with Andy Piper and our brand new guest Wendy Grossman.

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Topics this time around include…

• Isn’t it time user data rights and even accounts were part of standard data portability?
• Why are the media so weird about Mastodon and influence policing
• AI entering the NHS and we need to educate people about this all.
• Facial recognition found to be systematically biased and racist. Although not a new problem, looking at you facewatch.