it's jolting how little AI skepticism has reached the general public. i've had many acquaintances ask whether i use AI for research and seem shocked when i tell them it's completely useless for that purpose. my wife recently told her colleagues about hallucinations and it was news to all of them.

The Dark Money Plan To Spend Your Tax Dollars On Bitcoin Fossil fuel operatives are pushing Trump and state governments to buy billions of a volatile cryptocurrency, jeopardizing taxpayer dollars and the environment alike.

Fossil fuel operatives are pushing Trump and state governments to buy billions of a volatile cryptocurrency, jeopardizing taxpayer dollars and the environment alike. Not cool.
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YouTube video by SXSW Daniels: Why We Tell The Stories We Tell | SXSW 2024

On the eve of Trump's inauguration, I'm thinking about the message behind this SXSW talk from the Daniels (the film directors). They talk about tending your own metaphorical garden and accepting you can't change much. "Grieve globally, thrive locally." Start from here: youtu.be/nBANXz79fDg?...

Deleted meta platforms from my phone for the week - is this the week I finally download tiktock? I hear it’s coming back …