http://simonwillison.net/2017-11-07T12:40:01+00:00Simon Willison2017-11-07T12:40:01+00:002017-11-07T12:40:01+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2017/Nov/7/something-is-wrong-on-the-internet/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="https://medium.com/@jamesbridle/something-is-wrong-on-the-internet-c39c471271d2">Something is wrong on the internet</a></strong></p> James Bridle takes a fascinating and deeply troubling dive into the world of Kids’ YouTube videos, which appear to be increasingly algorithmically generated and are evolving in a very dark direction. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/james-bridle">james-bridle</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/youtube">youtube</a></p>

2017-11-07T12:34:12+00:002017-11-07T12:34:12+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2017/Nov/7/james-bridle/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="https://medium.com/@jamesbridle/something-is-wrong-on-the-internet-c39c471271d2"><p>In the official timeline, Peppa is appropriately reassured by a kindly dentist. In the version above, she is basically tortured, before turning into a series of Iron Man robots and performing the Learn Colours dance. A search for “peppa pig dentist” returns the above video on the front page, and it only gets worse from here.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="https://medium.com/@jamesbridle/something-is-wrong-on-the-internet-c39c471271d2">James Bridle</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/james-bridle">james-bridle</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/youtube">youtube</a></p>

2009-11-16T16:16:17+00:002009-11-16T16:16:17+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Nov/16/new/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://shorttermmemoryloss.com/menace/">A New Theory of Awesomeness and Miracles, by James Bridle, concerning Charles Babbage, Heath Robinson, MENACE and MAGE</a></strong></p> I didn’t go to Playful ’09, but I really wish I had. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/charles-babbage">charles-babbage</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/heathrobinson">heathrobinson</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/james-bridle">james-bridle</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/mage">mage</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/menace">menace</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/playful">playful</a></p>