I mean, I understand this labeling but deep down I still feel like I’m being slowly poisoned by sub-standard cheese

“These people do not really face human problems, and have created cultures dedicated to solving the imagined problems that software can fix.” Very good long read on the AI bubble. https://www.wheresyoured.at/subprimeai/

The Subprime AI Crisis

None of what I write in this newsletter is about sowing doubt or "hating," but a sober evaluation of where we are today and where we may end up on the current path. I believe that the artificial intel...

Best reason to go off the record.

Lina Khan deserves all the plaudits

We found the weather machines.

The state is back, baby!

US weighs Google break-up in landmark antitrust case

Justice department could seek ‘structural remedies’ such as forced product sales after judge’s ruling of illegal monopoly in search

Just dawned on me that being the first person in the office every day means that no one will notice the obvious signs when I am the inevitable victim of foul play

Train cancellations and delays every day. Britain’s back, baby!

One of the coolest things about being middle aged is that (assuming things go reasonably well, statistically speaking) I have my whole life ahead of me! And this time around I actually know stuff and can do things right from the start and I have way more resources. It’s kind of awesome, honestly!

While it’s a truism that there’s been more fiction written in Excel than Word, true epics belong the oral tradition. @davekarpf.bsky.social with this banger on gap between claim and reality at OpenAI. Almost like every professor banging on about “critical reasoning skills” may be on to something.

It’s Time to Stop Taking Sam Altman at His Word

Understand AI for what it is, not what it might become.