The World Wide Web turns 35 today. I spoke with its inventor, @timberners_lee
, about the milestone – and what the next 35 years will bring. From AI assistants to Big Tech breakup: World Wide Web inventor's top predictions as it turns 35
POLICY
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Web inventor predicts AI future and Big Tech breakup
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AI Deceleration as Preventable Deaths Ethical Debate
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“We believe any deceleration of AI will cost lives. Deaths that were preventable by the AI that was prevented from existing is a form of murder.” – Marc Andreessen
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Elon Musk to Release Grok After Suing OpenAI for Lack of Openness
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From earlier today… After suing OpenAI for being too closed, Elon Musk has said he will release Grok. It's could help attract developers to his project but will likely also see him wade into the debate concerning the risks of open models.
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Open Source Emerges as Common Enemy in Rights vs Weights Battle
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In the battle between rights owners and weights owners, open source is the common enemy
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Institutional Trust Decline Not Purely Technological Phenomenon
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it’s hard to talk about this without striking a doomer tone but part of why i wanted to write this was to suggest that this isn’t some new phenomenon…it really seems less purely technological and a lot more to do with waning trust in institutions
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Post-Truth Era: Deepfakes and Image Manipulation Beyond AI
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This post-truth era doesn’t feel like chaotic science fiction—it's mundane. A pervasive, low-grade disorientation, suspicion, and distrust. The royal-photo fiasco shows the deepfake age doesn’t need to be powered by generative AI—a hasty Photoshop will do.
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Realistic AI Policy Approaches Beyond Pause or Acceleration
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I think the chance of an actual pause or an even bringing AI development to a crashing halt (model collapse, lawsuits) is basically zero I would love to see more discussion about realistic approaches to policy-making from both people afraid of AI and develop-at-all-cost boosters
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AI’s Mixed Consequences: Modeling Benefits While Mitigating Harms
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Every time I post something negative about AI, I get comments about why I am positive about it in other posts, and vice-versa. The consequences of AI, like any General Purpose Technology, will be mixed. So we need to model the positive changes while mitigating negative outcomes.
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AI-Generated Content Problem on Amazon Demands Better Curation
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And now there is an AI-generated workbook for my new book, which isn't even released yet (and I can be almost certain that the author, if they were real, which they are not, has not seen it) The issue with AI generated content on Amazon is already acute. Curation will be needed
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Corporate Climate Responsibility Displacement in AI Industry Reports
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Note that this specious and self-serving displacement of climate responsibility is effectively mirrored in this report, which sloppily assumes that people engaged in waged work for a corporations are themselves responsible for the climate impact of said work.