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I'm not sure everyone is ready for how unbelievably stupid the next two years are going to be.
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films have to apply and be selected for these festivals in order to qualify for review and awards. their juries don't have to accept everything that's sent? this is the script for another one of @oneunderscore__'s explainer videos again
The intolerant left should have accepted the “what is a woman” doc to Sundance or SXSW, reviewed it objectively, & let it get the organic reception it deserves… which is an important topic with mid- execution as a film
Would like to see another doc on the topic go deeper
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Media CEOs, shut down your offices and hire more reporters :)
Vox plans to sublet its Vesey street office and consolidate into one office downtown, per an internal note to staff.
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As a colleague just noted to me, a lot of Tom Wambsgans energy from this piece theatlantic.com/politics/arc…
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“You are no longer the Lord’s chicken. You’re actually the woke chicken.”
A TPUSA Contributor learned Chick-Fil-A has a diversity, equity and inclusion officer:
“Chick-Fil-A you are no longer the Lord’s chicken. You’re actually the woke chicken and I’m really upset about it as a Christian woman.…We’re taking this boycott Chick-Fil-A thing seriously.”
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Twitter has provided a gold checkmark business verification badge to an unlicensed Simpsons scam cryptocurrency token
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Today's newsletter is about the panic around social media's effect on mental health - and how every one of the problems it causes are a result of a society that dumps young people onto the internet (and the rest of the world) without any guidance.
wheresyoured.at/p/abandonmen…
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The things that Large Language Models can do best—quickly producing reams of fluent but inaccurate or mendacious text, superficially convincing but easily destroyed by scrutiny—are ironically best fitted for replacing higher-level managers and politicians.
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AI apocalypse panic is a cover for the very human people in power who will “replace” things that people did better with robots that are worse at it, leaving a trail of compounding, relatively smaller horrors that accumulate over time, pass it on.
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The singularity is and always has been an excuse for bad rich guy behavior. Couldn’t possibly do something beneficial with money, it’s all a simulation, let’s go to space, I have no control over myself or my decisions, I’m accountable to nothing. No responsibility, no punishment.
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can’t think about the climate apocalypse I caused, too busy thinking about the imminent doomsday my Electric Balls Stomper will cause if no one stops me making the Electric Balls Stomper
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It doesn't matter if AI is actually better at things than people are. It matters if it's not-terrible enough for executives to think they can get away with replacing humans. Big reductions in quality are fine for them if outweighed by reductions in cost.
AI apocalypse panic is a cover for the very human people in power who will “replace” things that people did better with robots that are worse at it, leaving a trail of compounding, relatively smaller horrors that accumulate over time, pass it on.
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NEW: DeSantis’ team doesn’t want NBC or CNN to co-host a debate
Trump is wary of Fox and Murdoch’s perceived turn to DeSantis
CNN, NBC salivating to host a GOP debate this fall but deadlock is creating uncertainty over them even happening w/ @sarafischer
axios.com/2023/06/02/2024-re…
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