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In the Rockets’ Red Glare, by Rachel KushnerThe past and future of hot-rodding in America #California #Donald Trump #Religion 2024-10-23T10:05:45-0700 Harper's Magazine 200 words Rated 2024-11-30T15:00:30-0800 - sethherr |
The AI Reporter That Took My Old Job Just Got FiredA local newspaper in Hawaii experimented with AI-generated presenters to engage and boost its readership. After two months, the bots have been shelved. #Artificial Intelligence #Business #Media 2024-11-21T02:00:00-0800 WIRED Guthrie Scrimgeour 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-26T16:29:42-0800 - sethherr |
Mark Zuckerberg is driving frenzy for ultra-expensive watchesWake up, babe, a new watch influencer just dropped. The swagged-out Zuck 2.0 has better hair, a hype beast wardrobe, and a multimillion-dollar watch collection that has fans and experts drooling with envy. #Fashion #Mark Zuckerberg #Silicon Valley 2024-10-16T06:00:00-0700 The San Francisco Standard Rya Jetha 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-02T13:42:04-0700 - sethherr |
This Chatbot Pulls People Away From Conspiracy TheoriesIn a new study, many people doubted or abandoned false beliefs after a short conversation with the DebunkBot. #Artificial Intelligence #Conspiracy Theory #Psychology 2024-09-12T11:30:55-0700 The New York Times Teddy Rosenbluth ($) 1,000 words Rated 2024-10-11T15:22:14-0700 - sethherr Rated 2024-09-23T17:10:31-0700 - &e |
Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the MediaGideon Lewis-Kraus writes about the tension between Scott Alexander, of the rationalist blog Slate Star Codex, and the New York Times. #Journalism #New York Times #Silicon Valley #Social Media 2020-07-09T08:10:18-0700 The New Yorker Gideon Lewis-Kraus 5,000 words Rated 2024-07-16T14:10:04-0700 - sethherr |
Opinion | What Have We Liberals Done to the West Coast?Infected with ideological purity, the West Coast is focused more on intentions than on oversight and outcomes. #California #Homelessness #Mental Health #Oregon #Politics 2024-06-15T04:00:48-0700 The New York Times Nicholas Kristof ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-06-21T09:07:10-0700 - sethherr |
DeviantArt’s Downfall Is Devastating, Depressing, and DumbOnce a vibrant platform for artists, DeviantArt is now buckling under the weight of bots and greed—and spurning the creative community that made it great. #Art #Artificial Intelligence #Internet #Law 2024-05-16T08:30:00-0700 Slate Nitish Pahwa 3,000 words Rated 2024-05-20T10:57:24-0700 - sethherr |
Opinion | Is the Internet the Enemy of Progress?Revisiting Michael Crichton’s prophecy of cultural stagnation. #1990s #Artificial Intelligence #China 2024-04-19T10:25:07-0700 The New York Times Ross Douthat ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-04-23T00:00:11-0700 - sethherr |
This Bay Area school district spent $250,000 on Woke Kindergarten program. Test scores fell even furtherThis Bay Area school district spent $250,000 on Woke Kindergarten. Test scores fell even further #LGBTQ+ #Maryland #San Francisco 2024-02-03T04:00:00-0800 San Francisco Chronicle Jill Tucker 1,000 words Rated 2024-04-17T23:08:49-0700 - sethherr |
How Montreal Built a Blueprint for Bargain Rapid TransitAt $139 million per mile, the REM is far less costly than similar recent projects. Cities with ballooning transit budgets can learn from its approach. #Business #City #Government #Infrastructure #Los Angeles #New York 2023-10-30T06:00:16-0700 Bloomberg 3,000 words Rated 2023-11-05T22:46:59-0800 - sethherr |
Your Project Management Software Can't Save YouDo-everything workplace managers like Asana and Trello promise organizational utopias. But they reveal limitations that date all the way back to the factory floors of the 1900s. #Labor #programming #Silicon Valley #Startups #Work 2023-10-01T03:00:00-0700 WIRED Matt Alston 2,000 words Rated 2023-10-04T08:54:16-0700 - sethherr |
After FBI busts Chinese ‘police station’ in NYC, six more exposed in USAfter the FBI arrested “Harry” Lu Jianwang and Chen Jinping, charging them with illegally opening a Chinese government "police station" to spy on Chinese nationals in New York, a human rights groups says there are other stations in Los Angeles, San Francisco and US other cities. #China #Los Angeles #Minnesota #Nebraska #New York City #San Francisco #Spying 2023-04-18T15:23:59-0700 New York Post Isabel Vincent 1,000 words Rated 2023-09-24T20:44:49-0700 - sethherr |
One day after suing Open AI, Michael Chabon and other authors sue MetaOne day after suing Open AI, Michael Chabon and other authors sue Meta overf its LLaMa chatbot #Facebook #San Francisco #Twitter 2023-09-12T11:36:55-0700 San Francisco Chronicle Chase DiFeliciantonio 500 words Rated 2023-09-18T07:53:18-0700 - sethherr |
In the Gritty Tenderloin, Signs of Rebirth Emerge in Small StretchesThe San Francisco neighborhood has become a punching bag for critics of the city, but there are reasons to hope for a better future. #California 2023-09-07T06:00:17-0700 The New York Times Thomas Fuller ($) 1,000 words Rated 2023-09-09T15:48:13-0700 - sethherr |
Why This Award-Winning Piece of AI Art Can’t Be CopyrightedMatthew Allen’s AI art won first prize at the Colorado State Fair. But the US government has ruled it can’t be copyrighted because it’s too much “machine” and not enough “human.” #Art #Artificial Intelligence #Culture 2023-09-06T14:13:22-0700 WIRED Kate Knibbs 1,000 words Rated 2023-09-06T18:11:08-0700 - Jaog |
Can Plastic Recycling Ever Really Work?Many plastics that carry the “chasing arrows” symbol, like soda cups and yogurt tubs, are rarely recycled. A new California law is raising the bar. #California #Environment 2023-09-01T02:00:24-0700 The New York Times Susan Shain ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-09-02T19:14:44-0700 - sethherr |
The Anti-CaliforniaHow Montana performed a housing miracle #Individual People #Montana #San Francisco 2023-08-09T08:02:00-0700 The Atlantic Annie Lowrey ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-17T05:17:17-0700 - sethherr |
The Chip Titan Whose Life’s Work Is at the Center of a Tech Cold WarAt 92, Morris Chang, the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, can no longer stay in the shadows. #Apple #Artificial Intelligence #China #Politics 2023-08-04T02:01:01-0700 The New York Times Paul Mozur, John Liu ($) 4,000 words Rated 2023-08-13T10:29:54-0700 - sethherr |
A New Frontier for Travel Scammers: A.I.-Generated GuidebooksShoddy guidebooks are flooding Amazon. Their authors claim to be renowned travel writers, but are they A.I. inventions? And how big is the problem? #Amazon #Artificial Intelligence #Books #Fraud 2023-08-05T02:00:09-0700 The New York Times Seth Kugel, Stephen Hiltner ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-08-07T19:19:07-0700 - sethherr |
How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and PragmatismThe privacy-focused messaging app arose from a fringe culture that emphasized individual autonomy and skepticism of authority. As it tries to go mainstream, can it escape its roots? #Politics #Silicon Valley 2023-07-23T04:00:00-0700 WIRED Kai Ye 2,000 words Rated 2023-07-25T16:13:25-0700 - sethherr |
The $1 billion gamble to ensure AI doesn’t destroy humanityThe founders of Anthropic left OpenAI to make a safe AI company. It’s easier said than done. #Artificial Intelligence #Technology 2023-07-17T03:00:00-0700 Vox Dylan Matthews 7,000 words Rated 2023-07-23T11:42:19-0700 - elll |
The End of the Magic World’s 50-Year GrudgeIn 1973, Uri Geller claimed to bend metal with his mind on live television. Skeptics couldn’t beat him. Now they’ve joined him. #Artificial Intelligence #Britain #Celebrity #Israel #Magic 2023-07-08T02:00:42-0700 The New York Times David Segal ($) 4,000 words Rated 2023-07-21T10:37:17-0700 - sethherr |
Wikipedia’s Moment of TruthCan the online encyclopedia help teach A.I. chatbots to get their facts right — without destroying itself in the process? #Artificial Intelligence #Google #Reddit 2023-07-18T02:00:21-0700 The New York Times Jon Gertner ($) 7,000 words Rated 2023-07-20T18:40:22-0700 - sethherr |
S.F. says incidents by Cruise, Waymo driverless taxis are ‘skyrocketing.’ What is the city’s plan?San Francisco officials say driverless taxi incidents by Cruise, Waymo are 'skyrocketing.' What is the city's plan to address the growing problem? #California #New York Times #Twitter #Uber 2023-07-14T04:00:00-0700 San Francisco Chronicle Ricardo Cano 1,000 words Rated 2023-07-14T19:06:01-0700 - sethherr |
Shot at, electrocuted, exhausted, exhilarated: What it’s like to kayak from Tulare Lake to San Francisco BayWith torrents of snowmelt flowing through California, two men kayaked an improbable 200-mile route from Tulare Lake to San Francisco Bay. #Los Angeles 2023-06-10T04:00:00-0700 San Francisco Chronicle Gregory Thomas 1,000 words Rated 2023-06-10T08:46:36-0700 - sethherr |
A Week With the Wild Children of the A.I. BoomIn Silicon Valley’s hacker houses, the latest crop of young entrepreneurs is partying, innovating — and hoping not to get crushed by the big guys. #Artificial Intelligence #Silicon Valley 2023-05-31T01:57:13-0700 The New York Times Yiren Lu ($) 5,000 words Rated 2023-06-07T17:46:59-0700 - cindy |
They Fled San Francisco. The A.I. Boom Pulled Them Back.Tech entrepreneurs who left the Bay Area during the pandemic say they can’t afford to miss out on the funding, hackathons and networking of the artificial intelligence frenzy. #Artificial Intelligence #San Francisco 2023-06-07T02:01:22-0700 The New York Times Erin Griffith ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-06-07T16:37:36-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-06-07T14:53:46-0700 - cindy Rated 2023-06-07T14:53:46-0700 - cindy |
Can the ‘California Effect’ Survive in a Hyperpartisan America?For decades the state has been setting policy for the whole nation. Now red states are pushing back. #California #Cars #Florida 2023-05-30T01:50:08-0700 The New York Times Conor Dougherty ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-05-30T14:37:29-0700 - cindy |
California Builds the Future, for Good and Bad. What’s Next?From reparations to tax revolts, the Golden State tries out new ideas all the time. What roads will its latest experiments send us down? #Artificial Intelligence #California #Immigration #Politics 2023-05-30T01:55:07-0700 The New York Times Laila Lalami ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-05-30T09:15:50-0700 - sethherr |
The Computers Are Getting Better at WritingSteve Marche on Sudowrite, an application that harnesses the artificial-intelligence program GPT-3 to generate text and even mimic the literary style of writers such as Franz Kafka. #Artificial Intelligence #Literature #Technology #Writing 2021-04-30T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Stephen Marche 3,000 words Rated 2023-05-26T09:32:10-0700 - elll |
A Plan to Save Downtown San Francisco, Break the Doom LoopRated 2023-04-10T13:25:35-0700 - alexandradancing |
Why Can’t California Solve Its Housing Crisis?Rated 2023-04-09T21:14:03-0700 - sethherr |