Watson And Chatbots

James Watson, Dead At 97

Sharon Begley | Stat10 | 7th November 2025

Begley died in 2021 but left this "B-side" obituary of Watson to be published upon his death. She did not hold back. "His signal achievements, and the way he accomplished them, inflated his belief not only in his genius but also in how to succeed: by listening to his intuition, by opposing the establishment consensus, and by barely glancing at the edifice of facts on which a scientific field is built" (2,000 words)

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A Tale Of Three Chatbots

Cory Doctorow | Pluralistic | Date | 11th November 2025

Customer service is the place to look to understand our AI future. This aspect of business has always been a drain on profits, which is why it has become gradually worse over the past two decades via outsourced call centres staffed by people who have no authority to help customers. The friction, the sludge, is the point because it makes us give up. AI chatbots are the sludgiest sludge of all (1,500 words)