OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry
Before we go any further: I hate to ask you to do this, but I need your help — I'
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Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At
The Words of Ed Zitron, a PR person and writer.
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The Phony Comforts of AI Optimism
A few months ago, Casey Newton of Platformer ran a piece called "The phony comforts of AI skepticism,"
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CoreWeave Is A Time Bomb
Soundtrack: EL-P (ft. Aesop Rock) - Run The Numbers
In my years writing this newsletter I have come across few
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Power Cut
A week ago, analyst TD Cowen revealed that Microsoft had canceled leases "totalling a couple hundred MWs," with
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There Is No AI Revolution
Soundtrack: Mack Glocky - Chasing Cars
Last week, I spent a great deal of time and words framing the generative
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The Generative AI Con
It's been just over two years and two months since ChatGPT launched, and in that time we'
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What We're Fighting For
Soundtrack: Bad Religion — The Resist Stance
A great deal of what I write feels like narrating the end of the
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Deep Impact
Soundtrack: The Hives — Hate To Say I Told You So
In the last week or so, but especially over the
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The Slop Society
In the last week we've seen the emergence of the true Meta — and the true Mark Zuckerberg — as
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Thank You
Soundtrack: Spinnerette - The Walking Dead - (Alt: Postmodern Jukebox - Radioactive)
Thanks so much to everybody that has supported
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Never Forgive Them
In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve
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Godot Isn't Making it
Before we get going — please enjoy my speech from Web Summit, Why Are All Tech Products Now Shit? I didn’
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