Weekly roundup
Roundup: Targeting platforms’ addictive design
Read to the end for a fun jab at Mark Zuckerberg’s Halloween costume
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.”
Artificial Intelligence
Geoffrey Hinton’s misguided views on AI
He may have made important contributions to artificial intelligence, but that doesn’t mean he knows where it’s going
Weekly roundup
Roundup: Elon Musk’s Russian connection
Read to the end for another AI CEO making ridiculous energy demands
Media
Gates-washing the future
A new Netflix series continues the effort to launder Bill Gates’ reputation
Weekly roundup
Roundup: What will happen to Elon Musk after the election?
Read to the end for a cool guide for new Bluesky users
Environment
Silicon Valley is sacrificing the climate for AI
Eric Schmidt is the latest tech executive to claim AI must be built regardless of the climate cost
Weekly roundup
Roundup: Elon Musk’s dream of robot slaves isn’t coming soon
Read to the end for a new crypto-libertarian conspiracy theory
Elon Musk
Elon Musk’s Cybercab recycles a decade of broken promises
Bold promises may no longer be enough for an extremist CEO who can’t deliver
Weekly roundup
Roundup: Uber is cutting workers’ wages globally
Read to the end for one of the worst photos of Elon Musk I’ve ever seen
Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg’s rebrand is a master class in distraction
Meta’s platforms are still causing harm, but the CEO has convinced the media to look at the future instead of the present
Weekly roundup
Roundup: Is the tech antitrust era waning?
Read to the end for tech’s new synonym for eugenics
Weekly roundup
Roundup: Elon Musk caves to Brazil’s Supreme Court
Read to the end for the backlash against NEOM influencers