Weekly roundup
Roundup: Will generative AI have many long-term benefits?
Read to the end for a fun Clippy meme!
Paris Marx
Paris Marx is a tech critic who writes Disconnect. He’s also the host of Tech Won’t Save Us and the author of “Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong About the Future of Transportation.”
Elon Musk
Pavel Durov and Elon Musk are not free speech champions
The actions against Telegram and Twitter/X are about sovereignty, not speech
Reading
A critical tech reading list for late 2024
Ten book recommendations to get you through the final months of the year
Weekly roundup
Roundup: What the OpenAI funding round reveals about tech
Read to the end for a fun Cybertruck documentary
Mark Zuckerberg
Zuckerberg wants to control the next platform—no matter what it is
The Meta CEO’s embrace of open source is nothing more than an opportunistic move
Weekly roundup
Roundup: Who helped Elon Musk buy Twitter?
Read to the end for one of the worst ideas I’ve ever heard
Sam Altman
Sam Altman doesn’t care about you
The OpenAI CEO wants to extend his life by 10 years, but doesn’t care the poor die 15 years earlier than the rich
Weekly roundup
Roundup: Eric Schmidt says the quiet part out loud
Read to the end for a disastrous Peter Thiel interview
Artificial Intelligence
What comes after the AI crash?
The end of the boom won’t end generative AI’s harms
Weekly roundup
Roundup: Don't buy the "Zuckessance"
Read to the end for a forthcoming tech book you might like
The Google monopoly ruling won’t save the internet
More competition won’t be enough to dismantle Silicon Valley’s power
Weekly roundup
Roundup: How tech is trying to shape the Kamala Harris agenda
Read to the end for some insight on the supply chains behind Amazon