The smartphone
Puts a telephone, a camera, a map, a wallet, and a general-purpose computer in a pocket, always connected, with its software supplied through its maker’s store.
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Communication
Tools for talking, writing, and sharing information with other people.
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Catalogue · Communication · Learning
Local language models
Produces text in response to text, on a computer you control, with no connection to its maker. It works by predicting likely next words from patterns found in a very large body of writing.
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The fediverse
Lets people on thousands of separately run servers follow and reply to each other, using a shared open protocol. Posts arrive in the order they were written; no company ranks them.
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Catalogue · Communication · Learning
Hosted language models
Produces text in response to text, as a service run by a company: answers, summaries, translations, drafts, and computer code. It works by predicting likely next words from patterns found in a very large body of writing.
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Current, the RSS reader
Collects the feeds you choose and shows them as a river that fades with time, instead of an inbox to clear.
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The algorithmic social feed
Sorts what other people and organizations post into one endless stream, ranked by a platform’s software for what will hold your attention.
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The telephone
Lets anyone with a line speak to anyone else with one, in real time, about anything. The network carries the call; it has no say in what is said.
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