Tag: #TechMeAway
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Another day, another round of “AI is here to kill everything you know and love.” Except, apparently, it’s not. According to The Wall Street Journal, enterprise software — the sprawling beast that runs HR, finance, compliance, and a thousand other cubicle nightmares — isn’t dying anytime soon. AI may be clever, but it’s not about…
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By Ken Hollow, reluctant tech correspondent with a migraine It finally happened: someone in Silicon Valley said the quiet part out loud. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admitted that the current wave of AI hype might look suspiciously like the dot-com bubble in its final Red Bull-fueled days. Billions have been poured into AI companies promising…
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By Ken Hollow, unwilling financier of the attention economy Here’s what I wanted from social media: to post a picture, scream into the void, maybe share a meme that will haunt me for five years. Here’s what I did not want: to be coerced into setting up a digital wallet every time I try to…
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By Ken Hollow, unpaid trend chaser, reluctant doomscroller Let me tell you a secret: I don’t hate TikTok. I respect it. It’s the apex predator of apps. It knows what it is — fast, weird, addictive, chaotic. It has distilled human attention into 60-second vials of dopamine. That’s impressive, in a horrifying, “we’re all doomed”…
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By Ken Hollow, unwilling caretaker of expired social logins Remember Threads? Of course you don’t. And if you do, it’s only because the app is still haunting your home screen like an ex you forgot to delete from your contacts. The icon’s just sitting there, silently judging you for not “engaging in meaningful conversations” while…
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By Ken Hollow, AI wrangler, burnout survivor, and reluctant personal brand When GPT-5 dropped, I thought, “Perfect. Finally, an assistant who can handle my tone so I can stop writing captions at 1 a.m. while half-watching reruns of Kitchen Nightmares.” The dream: teach it to write like me, minus the spiraling panic that I lace…
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By Ken Hollow, now officially the unpaid brand ambassador for AI GPT-5 is here. The internet’s buzzing, tech bros are frothing, and I just watched three YouTube thumbnails promise it will “change EVERYTHING.” And to be fair… it might. It can write better than your average LinkedIn “thought leader,” code entire apps faster than you…
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So buckle up, because OpenAI just dropped GPT‑5 on us—and yes, it’s as glamorously overwhelming as your last existential meltdown. Official Launch (Suck on That, Rumor Mill) After a summer of leaks and cryptic “it’ll be out soon” vibes, GPT‑5 finally made its grand entrance. OpenAI rolled it out today to all ChatGPT users, free-tier…
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There’s a romanticized image of “working in digital marketing” that gets passed around on LinkedIn — all minimalist coffee shops, sleek laptops, and people in turtlenecks nodding thoughtfully over pie charts. In this fantasy, you spend your days “driving engagement” and “leveraging data,” occasionally pausing to sip an oat latte and update your personal brand…
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By Ken Hollow, certified human (barely) There was a time when I scoffed at AI-generated content. “Oh please,” I said, adjusting my ethically sourced hoodie. “People want real voices. Authenticity. Personality.” That was before I found myself, at 11:47 PM on a Tuesday, staring blankly at my 19th carousel caption of the week, whispering, “What…