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To understand the risks posed by AI, follow the money

O'Reilly

The problems fostered by social media, search, and recommendation algorithms was never an engineering issue, but one of financial incentives (of profit growth) not aligning with algorithms’ safe, effective, and equitable deployment. The internet protocols helped keep the internet open instead of closed.

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What I learned at GlueCon 2023?—?Tipping Points and Generative AI

Adrian Cockcroft

My talk was on Innovation and Tipping Points, the first half was based on some content I’ve given before on how to get out of the way of innovation by speeding up time to value or idea to implementation. Some kind of mandatory labeling seems to be needed.

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Web Performance Bookshelf

Rigor

When it comes to web content, you can easily find what you need through many different paths, from search engines and social media to playlists and blogs, jumping from one source to another with just a tap of a finger. Site speed & SEO go hand in hand. Speed Up Your Site. Web Performance In Action. The Art of SEO.

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The Best In Performance Interview Series – Episode #2: Recap with Alla Gringaus

Rigor

She also shared tips on who to follow on social media for the most recent news and innovations in the web performance space. The top myth Gringaus says she had to bust was: “The Internet is designed for optimal performance.” Instead, she explains, “the Internet was built for resilience, not for performance.”.

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Eye-Tracking In Mobile UX Research

Smashing Magazine

In the late 1990s, marketing and advertising agencies saw the potential of eye-tracking for the Internet and started using the technology to analyze how people consume content online. For instance, Nielsen’s research conducted in 2006 showed that people read content on the Internet in an F-shaped pattern. Advertising In Context.

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Rethinking the 'production' of data

All Things Distributed

Developments like cloud computing, the internet of things, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are proving that IT has (again) become a strategic business driver. Today, developers of technology (for example medical technology, software) and platform operators (social media enablers, credit card companies) are at the top.

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The Best In Performance Interview Series – Episode #3: Recap with Buddy Brewer

Rigor

Then, gather and share RUM data alongside business metrics to build support and ask, “Are there ways – without disrupting the overall functionality of the site – that we can speed things up a little bit?”. Q: How have you seen companies be successful in building performance culture throughout the organization?