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…the average American, I think, has fewer than three friends. And the average person has demand for meaningfully more, I think it's like 15 friends or something, right? - Mark Zuckerberg, presumably to one of his three friends Since even the President of the United States is using ChatGPT to cheat on his homework and make bonkers social media posts these days, we need to have a talk about AI.| The Daily WTF
While everybody talks about AI, I have plenty of reasons to ignore the bubble.| mertbulan.com
Have you ever heard Sam Altman speak? I’m serious, have you ever heard this man say words from his mouth? Here is but one of the trenchant insights from Sam Altman in his agonizing 37-minute-long podcast conversation with his brother Jack Altman from last week: “I think there will| Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At
on (some of) the moral externalities in the AI economy| thetechbubble.substack.com
Next year is going to be big. Well, I personally don't think it'll be big, but if you ask the AI industry, here's the things that will happen by the end of 2026: * According to the Financial Times, OpenAI's Stargate data center in Abilene, Texas will be "fully operational," and| Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At
Fair warning: this is the longest thing I've written on this newsletter. I do apologize. Soundtrack: EL-P - $4 Vic Listen to my podcast Better Offline. We have merch. Last week, Bloomberg profiled Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, revealing that he's either a liar or a specific kind of idiot. The| Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At
Like this newsletter? Why not listen to the podcast version on Better Offline? Part 1 is out now (here're other links), and Part 2 comes out Friday May 2nd! I'm sick and god-damn tired of this! I have written tens of thousands of words about this and still, to this| Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At
Today's links| Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow