We Love the Internet 2024/19: The Revenge of the homepage edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• The revenge of the homepage
• Humans Forget. AI Assistants Will Remember Everything
• Journalism after the death of hyperlinks
• The Dystopian Future of TV Is AI-Generated Garbage

Reference points:

• AI tools for advertising
• The Greatest Diss Tracks of All Time, Ranked
• Spotting the deepfakes in this year of elections: how AI detection tools work and where they fail

Longer reads:

• Inside My Days as a Content Bot
• The cloud under the sea
• The Collapse of the News Industry Is Taking Its Soul Down With It

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• The Rise and Fall of Cultural Appropriation

Things to look at/read:

• A Principal Confronted a Teenage Girl. Now He Could Face Time in Prison.
• Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost break down the making of Shaun of the Dead, 20 years later
• Microdosing retirement
• A Fake Conspiracy Theorist’s Second Act

Animal corner:

• This is amazing
• He found a new best friend
• How is it possible for her to get cuter and cuter every second??
• If looks could kill
• Dancing Bailey feeling the friday mood

Tweets of the week:

• Happy Meldrew Point Day, Tom from MySpace!
• The Deputy Mayor of Corfu accidentally smashed an Easter pot over an unsuspecting tourist’s head. See you next year?
• he will be never the same person after this prank

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• The Toxic Culture at Tesla
• The Hottest Restaurant in France Is an All-You-Can-Eat Buffet
• Super Cute Please Like

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