Arrgle Books

12/09/2025

Two tales, one spine - Ace Doubles transformed the economics of publishing, helped launch Philip Dick's career, and defined a generation of science fiction.
Bruceb News - Ace Doubles - https://mailchi.mp/8074075ddbe6/bruceb-news-ace-doubles

11/25/2025

Details matter. AI chatbots might hallucinate - create fabricated facts. But they might also be wrong because of incorrect or incomplete online web sources.
AI Hallucinations And Misinformation - https://mailchi.mp/f98887ab1b47/bruceb-news-ai-hallucinations-and-misinformation

11/18/2025

Cory Doctorow has written the best business book of the year. It will help you understand so many things about how and why the platforms we depend on are breaking down.
Bruceb News - Brown Stage Capitalism - https://mailchi.mp/35d323f0ebf6/bruceb-news-brown-stage-capitalism

11/04/2025

Score one point for optimism, eleventy-zillion points for pessimism. At best, we have begun a messy, complicated, and uneven journey to whatever comes next.

AI & Society: Messy, Complicated, And Uneven - https://mailchi.mp/39163140ae54/bruceb-news-ai-society-messy-complicated-and-uneven

10/28/2025

There will not be any meaningful federal laws or policies to regulate artificial intelligence but it’s not quite the wild west for tech companies. There are complex and often contradictory alternate sources of governance.
Bruceb News - AI & Society: Governance Alternatives - https://mailchi.mp/078705161436/bruceb-news-ai-society-governance-alternatives

10/21/2025

There will not be any federal regulation of AI in the US in the foreseeable future. No policy guidance, no agencies guarding privacy, no initiatives guiding the labor market, no accountability for errors or abuse.
Bruceb News - AI & Society: The Failure Of Federal Governance -

There will not be any federal regulation of AI in the US in the foreseeable future. No policy guidance, no agencies guarding privacy, no support for displaced workers, no accountability for errors or abuse.

10/14/2025

The AI revolution may not only fail to deliver on its grand promises but could actively worsen our quality of life, destabilize our economy, and erode the very fabric of our society. Oh, and extinction, did I mention extinction?
Bruceb News - AI & Society: The Case For Pessimism - https://mailchi.mp/7627ecea282b/bruceb-news-ai-society-the-case-for-pessimism

10/07/2025

Productivity! Streamlined workflows! New jobs that don’t exist yet! Enhanced quality of life! Massive increases in global GDP! AI is great and we will be happy forever, hallelujah, amen.
Bruceb News - AI & Society: The Case For Optimism - https://mailchi.mp/c54389f8806e/bruceb-news-ai-society-the-case-for-optimism

09/30/2025

Will AI be good for the world, or will it be a destructive force? Are we heading toward an AI-powered renaissance, or stagnation and social disruption? The answer is an unambiguous Yes.

Bruceb News - AI's Impact On Society - https://mailchi.mp/ed7c2bb946b8/bruceb-news-ais-impact-on-society

09/09/2025

NotebookLM is the most interesting consumer AI product currently available, period, full stop. It's also potentially the most useful AI assistant for you - yes, I’m looking at you, you special snowflake. Here are all the details you need to get started.
Bruceb News - NotebookLM: Newly Magical And Actually Useful - https://mailchi.mp/c1da9ab632fd/bruceb-news-notebooklm-newly-magical-and-actually-useful

09/02/2025

The good news is you can read any book for free using an app named Libby. The bad news is that public libraries are being gouged by predatory pricing.
Bruceb News - Libby, Libraries & Ebooks - https://mailchi.mp/a211b5a23eba/bruceb-news-libby-libraries-and-licenses

08/19/2025

The painting on the cover of the first US paperback edition of The Hobbit has a lion, a fruit tree, and a pair of emus. There are no lions in The Hobbit. There are no fruit trees or emus. It happened because the publisher was in a hurry - and therein lies a tale.

The Story Behind The Lord Of The Rings - https://mailchi.mp/36a399551c68/bruceb-news-the-story-behind-the-lord-of-the-rings