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Bullet Points: On the social trajectory of AI
(AI and word processing, AI and higher education, Sam Altman wants regulation so long as he can pick the regulators.)
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Bluesky is just Twitter, without the burden of everything ruining Twitter.
It shouldn't work. But it absolutely could.
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On Generative AI and Satisficing
Some thoughts on what these new tools are good for.
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Pamela Paul, Cancel Culture Grifters, and the Republic of Letters
It's 2023. How is this possibly still a thing?
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Not enough people are making fun of Balaji Srinivasan right now
He lost a million dollar bet. He should also lose the presumption that he knows what he's talking about.
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Web3's fake version of Web history
Chris Dixon must know better than this, right?
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Two Failure Modes of Emerging Technologies
Some thoughts on AI and sociotechnical thought experiments.
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Elon needs professional help
Don't fire your comms team and roll out new products without a plan. That's it. That's the lesson.
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The Future, Now and Then
A newsletter that mixes insights from the history of the digital future (#WIREDarchive) with observations and rants about the state of politics today. Basically a blog for your inbox.
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