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Perhaps we should all join their ranks?

Not all news is good news...

My southern mother would agree!

Germany deems DeepSeek as illegal content after it is unable to address data security concerns, and asks Apple and Google to block it from their app stores (Reuters)

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How long will it take for the "mild stagflationary winds" (using this forever) to turn into a storm?

The New Surveillance State: Why Data Privacy Is Now Essential to Democracy | TechPolicy.Press While DOGE was sold as a cost-cutting initiative, it is clearly something far more sinister: a sprawling data-harvesting operation, Laura MacCleery writes.

DOGE was sold to the American people as a cost-cutting initiative. Instead, it is clearly something far more sinister: a sprawling data-harvesting operation that threatens the constitutional foundations for American democracy, Laura MacCleery writes.

Why Open Source is No Longer Optional — And How to Make it Work for Your Business | Towards Data Science To stay ahead, open source is the only way.

🚨 Open source isn’t a nice-to-have anymore, it’s the backbone of the next tech stack. From agentic AI to multimodal copilots, Laura Sellers lays out why open source is now table stakes, and how to make it work securely, at scale.

It really feels like we did automation backwards. Giving all of the thinking tasks to machines and giving ourselves the manual labor is so backwards. In the meantime - if you have 10 years on your hands, robotics investments seem to make sense.

Kelsey Piper from Vox sent me to this cheery forecast on AI’s possible impact for my morning read. Highly recommend. ai-2027.com

Ok, so this Model Context Protocol seems to be a pretty big deal. Looking forward to all of the awesome integrations. This feels like the way computing should have been all along.

Exclusive: InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that’s stronger than steel | TechCrunch The material has 50% more tensile strength than steel with a strength-to-weight ratio that’s ten-times better.

Such cool stuff. Using wood chips to make structural beams would be amazing. techcrunch.com/2025/05/12/i...

I won’t use “Liberation Day” in the conversation again. It’s perverse at a minimum. I believe repeating it, even in a critical context promotes legitimacy.

I wouldn’t offer my creative work in a paradigm where a platform could absorb years if not decades of expertise with no benefit to me. techcrunch.com/2025/05/11/t...

I think we do this because that's how we're wired. We aren't fundamentally designed to ingest, analyze, and synthesize the entire knowable dataset created by humanity and use it rationally. We use intuition and social cues developed over millennia. Maybe we're the ones that need the upgrade?

I think you're my new favorite comedian.

I could imagine mistakes happening...

And then there's the part where evil monster AIs are developed on purpose to train the AI that is evaluating the AI.

This stands out as the main problem: having an AI evaluate and AI.

Introducing Superalignment We need scientific and technical breakthroughs to steer and control AI systems much smarter than us. To solve this problem within four years, we’re starting a new team, co-led by Ilya Sutskever and Ja...

Just reread OpenAI's Superalignment essay. Makes me think Google should've dedicated 20% of compute to "don't be evil" to avoid their current dumpster fire state. Not sure if OpenAI will avoid self-immolation or setting the world on fire, but I applaud the approach. openai.com/index/introd...

Are you a rhythm guitarist? If so, be kind to yourself. We can’t great at everything.

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Yes.

Are you?

The Jobs That Will Fall First As AI Takes Over The Workplace Artificial intelligence is advancing at breakneck speed. The technology will soon dominate the job market. Start planning now to stay relevant and get ahead of the curve.

Odd interpretation of "The Bright Side" by Jack Kelly of Forbes:

"On the bright side, AI is least threatening to labor-intensive careers in construction, skilled trades, installation and repair, and maintenance."

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Ok, Selma’s my home town. Feels like a conversation.

Alabama native here. How’d you end up at Dreamland?

This stat always blows my mind. I guess I need to watch more video?

So gross.

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