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AI is Morally Bankrupt — ANDREA PHILLIPS // secret.works So far I’ve been making the case against AI with cold, hard numbers: error rates, bottles of water evaporated, dollars invested. Now it’s time to move into a more subjective — and yet to my mind, far ...

New installment of my opus on how much AI sucks: AI is Morally Bankrupt! secret.works/blog/jehzkkl...

Gecko Gods is lots of fun but I had a problem (on PS5) where my saved game started me clipped into an exitless void under the map.

You cannot save manually and they only store one save.

YISSSS I GOT IT THANK YOU SO MUCH

Eduardo Porter is Still Wrong About UBI and AI: A Response to The Guardian Universal Basic Income Isn’t a Job Replacement Plan—It’s an AI Dividend and Stable Income Floor That Protects Work, Wages, and Democracy Eduardo Porter’s new Guardian piece is built around a fam...

I wrote this to help people understand that universal basic income is not meant to permanently replace all jobs. It's meant to be a floor below which no one can fall, and a dividend that universally distributes a share of our economy. It's meant to provide the power to say no and freedom to choose.

Right? I could just see them bringing in the CFO of Frito-Lay or something

One billion points to Apple for promoting Tim Cook's replacement from engineering and not from marketing or finance

JFC, *no*.

Sometimes I wish it was still the olden days when the internet wasn't more real than the real world

Especially with advice like: "First, find some really great keywords. Then, write a book they would apply to!! :D :D :D "

It all feels so inherently predatory. Like the only way to sell is to be lowkey scammy. 😭

I'm watching videos about self-pub marketing and I just want to walk into the sea

Is he just getting rid of all the women?

It's neat how they're not worried about who the hell will be buying anything with 30% unemployment

My flat claw clips you can safely wear in the car are out for delivery, I am so disproportionately excited!

I Found It: The Best Free Restaurant Bread in America — The Atlantic Thirteen thousand miles. Infinite contenders. One beautiful loaf.

This is an exquisite piece of writing, well worth the long read apple.news/ARSo-P5DOSGm...

AI is Destroying the Economy, Part II — ANDREA PHILLIPS // secret.works This post is part of a series currently in progress. We’re adding links and adjusting titles as we go. Why AI Sucks and You Shouldn’t Use It AI is Fundamentally Bad for Most Tasks AI is ...

AI is Destroying the Economy Part II, in which I explain how tech investment works, why it makes me feel insane, and how ludicrously large the global bet on AI actually is secret.works/blog/1xruksv...

Man just writing this put my fight-or-flight reflex into overdrive and nobody is even arguing with me about it (yet)

AI is Destroying the Economy, Part II — ANDREA PHILLIPS // secret.works This post is part of a series currently in progress. We’re adding links and adjusting titles as we go. Why AI Sucks and You Shouldn’t Use It AI is Fundamentally Bad for Most Tasks AI is ...

AI is Destroying the Economy Part II, in which I explain how tech investment works, why it makes me feel insane, and how ludicrously large the global bet on AI actually is secret.works/blog/1xruksv...

the strait of hormuz is in a quantum superposition of open and closed that only collapses when you try to take a tanker through yourself and see if you get shot at

Trying to explain how tech investment works for a non-tech audience and god, it's so stupid when you just write it out like that

Me: [idly looking up info on popes]

Wikipedia: This list is incomplete; you can help expand it.

Me: wut?

Wikipedia: [lifts eyebrows suggestively]

Has anyone ever done research on what the curve between brand outreach frequency and brand goodwill looks like?

Tween brand Justice used to send emails literally hourly, their whole team must have been doing amphetamines to keep up

New level of Chinese unlocked: can tell when one of the nail techs says another one was cheating, lol

Can’t wait for fiber to be the new food trend and Starbucks starts selling micronized psyllium foam

guys, this is how you lose the time war

Psalm 109 is an all around banger tbh!

May I direct you to Psalms 109:8, "Let his days be few, and let another take his office."

Enthusiasm is endearing :)

One of my secret joys is seeing chats where friends fangirl out over media I have no interest in ever watching for myself