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Roundup: Will generative AI have many long-term benefits?
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Elon Musk
The actions against Telegram and Twitter/X are about sovereignty, not speech
Reading
Ten book recommendations to get you through the final months of the year
Weekly roundup
Read to the end for a fun Cybertruck documentary
Google and OpenAI’s latest showcases suggest the AI bubble’s days are numbered
The benefits of the internet are eroding. The AI boom is only accelerating their demise.
Silicon Valley believes more computation is essential for progress. But they ignore the resource burden and don’t care if the benefits materialize.
Tech billionaires are using faith to solidify their power
Ursula Le Guin said we must be able to imagine freedom. AI traps us in the past.
Tech companies want us isolated and constantly staring at screens because it drives profit
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The Meta CEO’s embrace of open source is nothing more than an opportunistic move
Read to the end for one of the worst ideas I’ve ever heard
The OpenAI CEO wants to extend his life by 10 years, but doesn’t care the poor die 15 years earlier than the rich
Read to the end for a disastrous Peter Thiel interview
The end of the boom won’t end generative AI’s harms
Read to the end for a forthcoming tech book you might like
More competition won’t be enough to dismantle Silicon Valley’s power
Read to the end for some insight on the supply chains behind Amazon
The tech billionaire can’t stop naming companies after Tolkien’s fantasy world
Read to the end for Donald Trump’s appearance at the Bitcoin conference
The billionaire CEO told Jordan Peterson his trans daughter is “dead” to him because she can no longer reproduce
Read to the end for a furry ally in the Luddite resistance