Latest Stories from Jamie
99% of CEOs want to replace workers with AI within two years
Your fears about being usurped by AI in the coming years may not be massively overblown, after all. In a Mercer poll of 1,000 US executives, 99% revealed they have plans to replace workers with AI within two years. By the time you have five years’ experience for that entry level job, AI might just render it obsolete anyway. It’s no secret that companies are looking to automate admin roles...
gen z obsessed with obsession + murdoch guns for new media
so… that was fucking mental I’m a little late to the party, but last night I went to see Obsession. My God, am I glad I did. It edges out both It Follows and Weapons for me as far as modern high-concept horror goes, and sits comfy amongst Blumhouse’s very best. It also came as an absolute surprise package. The trailer didn’t do the final product justice at all, and I internally...
zebra stripe drinking + ‘chud’ the convict
from chat donations to praying for probation Is there anything greater than seeing a pal bolt awake after a boozy night out like a wobbly Nosferatu hellbent on finding anywhere appropriate to hawk their guts up? Maybe I’m just an arsehole. You might not glean the same level of sadistic pleasure from it, but you’ve almost certainly borne witness to it. Reckless abandon and the ensuing anatomical punishment, that’s the rite...
Is Gen Z’s obsession with ‘mogging’ becoming toxic?
Gen Z streamers have brought ‘mogging’ into the everyday vernacular of young people. Is the trend dumb and fleeting, or does it have the potential to cause lasting harm? If your algorithm isn’t full of streamers in their early 20s telling people they’re ‘low-key chopped’, consider yourself lucky. I’ve clearly lingered on clips from Kick streamers like Clavicular, Marlon3lg, and Drago just long enough for their content to...
The rage bait economy is officially a public safety issue
Controversial streamer ‘Chud the Builder’ has been charged with attempted murder after a heated altercation with a stranger ended in a shooting outside a Tennessee courthouse. If Dalton Eatherly, better known online as ‘Chud the Builder,’ has somehow escaped your feed, consider yourself lucky. His brand of rage bait is exactly the kind of content that keeps the attention economy thriving. In the most predictable set of circumstances ever, the 28-year-old...
can ai humble itself + twitch mogging mutants
can AI stop waffling with such chest? Is there anything more irritating than getting a response from an AI chatbot that you know to be complete bollocks? Ask your shitty Alexa Echo voice assistant any question more complicated than ‘what’s the weather looking like?’ and there’s a great chance it’ll reluctantly say ‘sorry, I don’t know that.’ Ask an AI chatbot something it doesn’t know, and it’ll rustle together an ad-hoc...
plague cruise + mj fanaticism
couldn’t moor, two stars If this was a monster or outbreak movie, it would only end one way. Just stay well out of range of Trump’s missile capabilities. If you were unaware, a luxury cruise is currently hovering around Cape Verde unable to moor due to the rare and deadly virus spreading on board. The MV Hondius had hosted 149 passengers from 23 countries, three of whom have now died with...
How Euphoria’s return left its Gen Z resonance behind
Euphoria was once a fever dream of Gen Z adolescence, but the show’s adult era has swapped emotional chaos for sex, money, male approval and little else. Has it finally lost all resonance with the generation it’s trying to portray? People loved Euphoria in 2019, but it was pushing it in terms of relatability back then. The teenage squabbles over drugs, toxic relationships, and spiralling self-destruction weren’t exactly normal, but the...
ballroom bunkers & dating ai bobbleheads
never waste an assassination attempt. Trump has had more attempts on his life than Jason Bourne, and he’s determined to turn the latest into a major dub. Following the recent assassination attempt in the Washington Hilton hotel, heated questions are raging about competence, systems, and how a man strapped to the hilt with guns made it to a checkpoint near the President and his officials. Trump is seemingly unbothered about that,...
Countries convene in Colombia on breaking fossil fuel reliance
Governments from nearly 50 countries will gather in Santa Marta this week to discuss the global move away from oil, gas, and coal. Will it prove useful, or are we looking at more COP-esque posturing? International climate diplomacy reminds me of my own tendency to hit the snooze button on Sunday instead of getting up and attending to my daughter. It too, is screwing the next generation over. This week, governments...
