David Oppenheim

The datafication and repackaging of our human creativity into chatbots that are sold back to us as a digital replacement for our own labor, critical thinking, and social relationships is another kind of detention center.

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Welcoming Remarks Made at a Literary Reading, 9/25/01 Every year, we wonder what might be appropriate on this day, and we can never think of anything more appropriate than this piece, which John Hodgma...

Every year, we wonder what might be appropriate on this day, and we can never think of anything more appropriate than this piece, which John Hodgman originally delivered at a literary reading shortly after September 11, 2001.
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“There’s nobody home.”

What I like about this piece (written by Azaria) is that he’s not categorical, he’s open to the multiple outcomes of AI being applied to human performance, while still defending the human in the loop.

Opinion | A.I. Is Coming for Hank Azaria’s ‘Simpsons’ Voices Soon enough, artificial intelligence may be able to recreate the sounds — but there will be something missing.

“It’s the neck-up version
that I can see A.I. being capable
of, at least right now. The body
and soul part will be harder.”

From: “A.I. Is Coming for Hank Azaria’s ‘Simpsons’ Voices” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Any traders with inside information that Trump was going to walk back his tariffs — some of them, presumably, Trump family members and cronies — just made a fortune.

It all feels like chaos until you look more closely at who is winning.

Even if the technocrats were right about AI replacing all jobs (they’re not), notice they never pitch any vision for what happens to humans. “No one has to work anymore” sounds great, but the only version of it where we’re not sleeping under bridges is one where these guys pay their fucking taxes

Evolving Immersive: The 2025 Immersive Industry Report Explore the most comprehensive evaluation of the state of Immersive Experience available today, published in partnership by Gensler and the Immersive Experience Institute.

We're pleased to announce the arrival of The 2025 Immersive Industry Report, which we are co-publishing with the renowned global design firm Gensler.

#experiential #experienceeconomy #industryreport #LBE #XR #themedentertainment #performingarts

www.gensler.com/gri/immersiv...

Virtue or Vice? A First Look at Paragon’s Proliferating Spyware Operations - The Citizen Lab In our first investigation into Israel-based spyware company, Paragon Solutions, we begin to untangle multiple threads connected to the proliferation of Paragon's mercenary spyware operations across t...

NEW REPORT: Our first investigation into Israel-based spyware company Paragon Solutions reveals multiple threads linked to the proliferation of its mercenary #spyware operations across the globe.

Read it here: citizenlab.ca/2025/03/a-fi...

Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars' Jay Graber dunks on Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning his name.

the feminine urge to

“At a time when empires are making a comeback, Virgil's Aeneid is more relevant than ever” (from CBC Radio’s “Ideas”)

Fun, and good for you.

Nice starter pack for cinephiles and more, from @thatshelf.com

Revised equation.

Lived experience + age - Elon - Trump - Poilievre + better UX = a formula for a better world.

Lived experience + age = a formula for a better world.

I am CRYING with laughter

The community note 🤌😘

graphic of a person throwing away a Tesla logo in a garbage can.

Help clean up the streets.

It feels like early Twitter in some ways. Glad to see you on this platform :)

Glad to see you here, Ana!

Normalize saying this instead of responding with “living the dream” The horrors persist, but so do I

This year

a group of men standing around a man in a wheelchair with the words " the room where it happened " above him ALT: a group of men standing around a man in a wheelchair with the words " the room where it happened " above him

Dr. Strangelove tried to warn us about this sort of thing.

Apply to work with my brother!

Sadly true, I think.

Have you watched the doc by Asif Kapadia? It’s incredible.

My dudes, turn this shit off. On iOS it's under Settings > Apps > Photos > scroll all the way down.

the best take in general

The Universe doesn't care.