netwars

This week's net.wars, "What's in a name", goes to see Alan Ayckbourn's latest play, The Trial of Romeo Oscar, in which a robot is tried for murder: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/10/09/whats-in-a-name/ #NetWars #robots #scienceFiction

This week's net.wars, "Return of the apocalypse", reviews the new books End Times Fascism, by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor, The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State, by Jill Lepore, and The Rulers, by Cecilia Rikap: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/10/02/return-of-the-apocalypse/ #books #NetWars

This week's net.wars, "Creative destruction", highlights the new TV show Cupertino, briefly reviews Gary Wolf's book, The Quantified Self, and notes the passing of 1990s web pioneer Salon.com: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/11/06/creative-destruction/ #NetWars

This week's net.wars, "Mathslopapocalypse", wades into OpenAI's 722-paper disruption of the field of mathematics: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/10/16/mathslopapocalypse/ #NetWars #math #AI