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Mediocrity, Accountability, and Artificial Intelligence The managerial class loves AI because it allows them to avoid responsibility for their failures. That should terrify us all.

My latest newsletter asks whether tech's managerial class is excited about generative AI because it distances them from any responsibility for their failures -- and thus, any accountability.

whatwelost.substack.com/p/mediocrity...

It’s been beautiful up here for weeks on end, genuinely wondering if Summer might end up reminiscent of 2020… but in a good way.

A mackerel tabby sleeps with eyes half open on a cream sofa.

gm

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I literally laughed when I heard the news!

I sure hope this entire industry wasn't based on bullshit 😃 I sure hope that the results aren't so weak that they can't withstand literally any competition 😃 I sure hope that OpenAI has something else that they can sell 😃 I sure hope that Deepseek doesn't try and sell a premium product 😃

“With mass deportations starting today” is absolutely chilling. jfc.

An awakened shabby mackerel tabby cat looks down from the top of a wardrobe.

blue monday

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no way did he use the term “actionable insights” lmao ☠️☠️

I’m really not enjoying this era of podcasts gate keeping episodes behind subscription plans, it’s cutting my consumption in half though so maybe not all bad?

I’d take a draw, 1-1

A ragdoll sits on a snowy dry stone wall looking toward the camera.

still snowed in

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Just three social media CEOs posting on their platform today.

How would that work with use cases like chat bots? Assuming you can’t really do much about customers asking bogus questions.

A mackerel tabby pounces in the snow.

A mackerel tabby mid meow running toward the camera through deep snow.

A mackerel tabby running toward the camera through deep snow.

snow day

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Get a profile pic uploaded Phil!

@edzitron.com has been covering this at length. Super eye opening.

paging @edzitron.com

A ragdoll cat sits on tinsel

happy holidays

it’s cute having a small rural cottage until you need to do final wrapping and one of you has to sit in the bedroom

I think the worst bit of it is the shock factor. It comes on suddenly out of nowhere and then 24 hours later you’re right as rain and 4kg lighter. I’m already eyeing up the Malteaser truffles so I’m definitely in a better spot now 😅

24hrs with norovirus, out of the woods but now need to get through the next few hours of a completely empty stomach and terrible dehydration ☠️

went to bed at 7pm to catch up on sleep only to wake up at 1am completely refreshed, wtf am I meant to do now?

A golden winter sunset over a valley in West Yorkshire

ok but Yorkshire though

just text stop?????

120. The Man Most Feared By Putin: Part 1 The Rest Is Money · Episode

TRIM interview with Bill Browder is fascinating, what a story.

open.spotify.com/episode/2Bvy...

A ragdoll cat lies on his back with his back feet in the air.

bringing that Bertie energy to the end of the week

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I can’t help noticing that painful looking gaming chair… !

A dozing ragdoll looks to the right of the camera.

some days I wish I was Bertie

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A mackerel tabby cat surrounded by white bed sheets with a paw outstretched.

gm

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A mackerel tabby cat snoozes with eyes half open on a pink bed throw.

lazy December days

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