John Stewart’s appearance on The Daily Show this week left me feeling a range of emotions: frustration, anger… and then confusion. The opening monologue was about the threat of AI; specifically, how corporate interests are planning to use it to replace humans in the workforce. Because they’re all talking a big game about curing diseases and solving climate change, but what AI actually does is a s... [Read More]

The other day, RevenueCat released a report about the state of the app subscription market. And the facts are not shiny: the top 5% of apps generate 200 times the revenue of the bottom quartile after their first year, while the median monthly revenue an app generates after 12 months is less than $50 USD. Oof. Anyone who’s been paying attention to the App Store game will not be surprised to lear... [Read More]

(I’m sorry. I can’t bring myself to say “artificial intelligence” non-ironically.) I am super-optimistic about the advent of large language models and their related technologies. I am also freaking terrified of large language models. I feel like there’s a strong case to be made for both potential outcomes. On the one hand, I’m really looking forward to June’s Apple Worldwide Developers’ Conferen... [Read More]