Zuck transformed himself from a dorky, democracy-destroying CEO trying to make the metaverse happen into a dripped out, jacked up AI accelerationist in the eyes of startup founders--using the same playbook as Elon Musk: preach to the choir, lean into founder mode, & never say sorry wapo.st/4dsLARK

Inside the bro-ification of Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg has remade his image from a dorky, democracy-destroying CEO into a cool, athletic AI visionary in the eyes of Silicon Valley tech founders.

good piece. i like how it ties his recent fashion choices to broader cultural and political changes in silicon valley

DHdrewharwell.comOct 4, 2024 1:13pm

Zuck's journey from "dorky, democracy-destroying CEO" to "dripped-out, jacked" AI bro. Someday, female tech founders may be "allowed to be overly confident," too. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... @nitasha.bsky.social @naominix.bsky.social

Inside the bro-ification of Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg has remade his image from a dorky, democracy-destroying CEO into a cool, athletic AI visionary in the eyes of Silicon Valley tech founders.

Zuck's journey from "dorky, democracy-destroying CEO" to "dripped-out, jacked" AI bro. Someday, female tech founders may be "allowed to be overly confident," too. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...@nitasha.bsky.social@naominix.bsky.social

Inside the bro-ification of Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg has remade his image from a dorky, democracy-destroying CEO into a cool, athletic AI visionary in the eyes of Silicon Valley tech founders.

In the future, it will be considered a cool day wapo.st/3SePRQP

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Claire Wardle studied online misinformation. Then Trump’s allies upended her life. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Trump allies crush misinformation research despite Supreme Court loss

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thx for having me on the pod, @parismarx.bsky.socialbsky.app/profile/tech...

TWtechwontsave.usJun 13, 2024 2:39pm

After Saudi Arabia dismembered a journalist in 2018 with UAE help, Silicon Valley distanced itself from them. This week @nitasha.bsky.social joins @parismarx.bsky.social to discuss how tech CEOs are courting Gulf dictatorships to fund their AI ambitions. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/224_...

Silicon Valley is rushing back to Saudi Arabia and the UAE regardless of their human rights abuses because they need cash for AI — and because the US wants to keep them out of China’s sphere of influence. I was thrilled to finally have @nitasha.bsky.social on the show for this chat!

TWtechwontsave.usJun 13, 2024 2:39pm

After Saudi Arabia dismembered a journalist in 2018 with UAE help, Silicon Valley distanced itself from them. This week @nitasha.bsky.social joins @parismarx.bsky.social to discuss how tech CEOs are courting Gulf dictatorships to fund their AI ambitions. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/224_...

That said, Safiya Noble’s work on algorithms long since predicted this bullshit, as did almost every woman, trans person, and enby person working in critical tech studies. Y’all didn’t listen.

AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, the best use case for these machines is to audit cultural habits, in this case it is auditing our habits of desire. I t is showing us what we learn to find desirable. We should also note that most of these images are femme and femme adjacent and none adopt trans aesthetics.

She really did. Highly recommend @safiyanoble.bsky.socialnyupress.org/978147983724...

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