Evan Samek

I'd wager that paywalls will cause younger generations—who get their news from free social media sites and podcasts—to receive more misinformation. Critical thinking pieces grounded in fact should not be behind a paywall during uncertain times. @nytimes.com @wsj.com @washingtonpost.com

Fans Are Livid Over a Beloved Daily Puzzle's New Paywall 'Seriously, the worst morning ever,' one person said.

Looks like the @nytimes.com has paywall’ed the crossword mini game. I’ve lost about 1 minute of pleasure in the mornings now. parade.com/living/new-y...

I had a recruiter reach out with a long message about the company they are representing and what their product does. It was written just like GenAI would write it.

The whole message could be replaced with "Hey, you seem talented. Any interest in a role at X? Let's chat if so!"

In the era of GenAI, short conversational digital messages are trusted more than verbose professional messages. Its too easy to assume something verbose was created lazily via AI rather than a short message that is worded just like normal human communication. #ai #llms #genai #productdesign

Honestly, Anthropic should consider allowing Claude Code pro users the ability to bypass usage limits incrementally as opposed to simply referring them to buy the Max plan. I'd be willing to bet some people would pay for an extra hour or two at a higher rate when they have some momentum coding. #ai