Such a relief to start a new writing project and, during the initial due diligence, the subject proves themselves to NOT be a milkshake duck.

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Wishing a hashtag#HappyWeekend to all Humans… and non-humans.

It’s Newsletter Time!
“Robbie, From Fiction to Familiar — Robots, AI, and the Illusion of Consciousness”

I recently revisited Robbie, the first of Asimov’s iconic robot stories.

I first read it as a teenager in the ’80s, when robots lived in factories and AI belonged in science fiction. Back then, Robbie felt distant. The idea of forming an emotional bond with a machine? Pure imagination.

Today, that story feels… familiar.

We now live in a world where machines talk back. Generative AI writes, simulates empathy, pretends to understand us — and often, we play along. Meanwhile, Robbie never spoke, never faked understanding, yet somehow earned more trust than the machines we surround ourselves with today.

In my latest Musing on Society and Technology, I reflect on how different it feels to experience Asimov’s vision in the age of hashtag#GenAI, illusion, and the subtle performance of understanding.

The lines between fiction and reality? Between trust and simulation? They’re blurring fast — and maybe we’re not wise enough to notice it happening.

Go ahead, read this article — or simply listen to it, there’s a podcast version linked in the newsletter.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/robbie-from-fiction-familiar-robots-ai-illusion-marco-ciappelli-wwyac

Enjoy, share, subscribe… and stay human — or not.
#SocietyAndTechnology #Asimov #AI #HumanMachine #Trust #GenerativeAI #Storytelling #Technology #Cybersecurity #Future #SciFi #Infosec #Society #Sociology #Psychology #Philosophy #Newsletters #Robotics

#dotsocial #podcast #socialweb #openweb #ghost #wordpress #longform #newsletters #blogging #blogs #writing

https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/john-onolan-and-matthias-pfefferle/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Dot Social @dot-social-tech

Rediscovering the Magic of the Blogosphere, with John O’Nolan and Matthias Pfefferle

Social networks were built on short posts designed for speed and scale. But what if the next era of the web was built for something deeper?

Two of the social web’s “longformers” are working on this. John O’Nolan, the founder and CEO of Ghost, and Matthias Pfefferle, the developer behind the ActivityPub plugin for WordPress, are at the forefront of integrating social features with blogs, newsletters, essays — anything that doesn’t fit in a box of 500 characters or less. 

In […]

https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/john-onolan-and-matthias-pfefferle/

https://www.europesays.com/2183460/ Startups Weekly: Fast and furious #business #Entrepreneurship #newsletters #StartupsWeekly #VentureCapital

Friends don't let friends use Substack.

https://notes.ghed.in/posts/2024/substack-follow-button/

#Substack #Newsletters #OpenWeb

NASA History News and Notes – Summer 2025 https://www.nasa.gov/history/nasa-history-news-and-notes-summer-2025/ #NASA #NASAHistory #Newsletters

PressGazette: New IT publication appears to be largely AI-generated. “US-based ‘Levelact’, which makes extensive use of AI-generated imagery, offers news and features on topics including: cloud, cybersecurity and quantum networking, It claims in outreach emails to have 97,000 subscribers. But the site’s editor, Marc Mawhirt, has no Linkedin profile, and does not appear to have been […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/16/pressgazette-new-it-publication-appears-to-be-largely-ai-generated/

In der neuen Ausgabe unseres #Newsletters erfahrt ihr:

Wie ihr einen digitalen Doppelgänger verhindern könnt,
woran ihr seröse Online-Shops erkennt und
wie ihr euch und eure Kinder vor digitaler Gewalt schützt.

Seid ihr bereit für die Extraportion Wissen? Dann lest rein: https://www.bsi.bund.de/dok/1147620

I'd like every #Newsletter author to know that if you don't provide an RSS feed, I use this service instead of giving you my email. It's freed up my inbox like you wouldn't believe! https://kill-the-newsletter.com/ #MailingList #Newsletters #RSS

ARTISTS & NEWSLETTERS — AN OPEN SOURCE DIRECTORY

Artists and musicians are moving away from social media and towards newsletters.

This open source list will help you find and discover these newsletters.

HELP OUT

Please add your own and your favourites to the list so we can grow this and have an easier time staying in touch with newsletters.

Add an entry by following the instructions in the post.

Plz boost!

#newsletters #beyourownplatform #email

https://hyaline.systems/blog/directory-of-artist-and-musician-newsletters/

What does Cary Doctorow know about the price of eggs? Plenty, as I was happy to share in the most recent Eat This Newsletter.

Along with the sad saga of the British sliced loaf, what to grow in a nuclear winter (you should be so lucky), hot dance food science PhD, and a sober accounting of the US's food-related losses.

Read (and subscribe) at https://buttondown.com/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-270-concentrated-profits/

dcodesdev/LetterSpace at selfh.st

https://github.com/dcodesdev/LetterSpace

Specialty NASA Glenn License Plates Available https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/specialty-nasa-glenn-license-plates-available/ #NASA #GlennResearchCenter #AeroSpaceFrontiers #Newsletters

NASA Glenn Hosts Slovenian Delegation and Ohio Governor’s Office https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/nasa-glenn-hosts-slovenian-delegation-and-ohio-governors-office/ #NASA #GlennResearchCenter #AeroSpaceFrontiers #Newsletters

Do yourself a favor, Mastodon, and read and then subscribe to @mako's weekly newsletter. It's one of the best. As with the quality of the beans he brews, his links and commentary is always top notch.

#newsletters #blogging #links #wisdom
https://social.seattle.wa.us/@mako/114489103531779959

https://www.europesays.com/2045242/ Startups Weekly: Drama or game-changer? You decide #business #Entrepreneurship #newsletters #StartupsWeekly #VentureCapital

Okay, after chewing on this topic for a few weeks, I've worked up the courage and wrote the blog. Authors, we need to talk about Substack (and leopards).

https://eponaauthorsolutions.com/authors-lets-talk-about-substack/

#Blogging #Newsletters #Enshittification #Substack #AuthorsOfMastodon @bookstodon #WritingCommunity #bookstodon #WritersCoffeeClub

https://www.europesays.com/2008883/ Unpacking the DOJ’s Crypto Enforcement Memo #crypto #cryptocurrency #newsletters #StateOfCrypto