Amusing line from the end of the article: "This much is certain: you don’t sing folk ballads about computers and feedback."
CULTURE
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1959 Harper’s on Factory Automation and Artisanal Skill Loss
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On the subject of old-timey views of automation, this piece, from a 1959 issue of Harpers, laments the loss of artisanal skills amid the rise of factory automation. Many of the displaced workers mentioned in the piece of course moved on to office work.
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Smart Glasses Let Users Avoid Nagging While Driving Distracted
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Shhhh. My glasses mean I don't get nagged as long as I'm aiming my head toward road.
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Digital AI Characters for Entertainment and Information
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They are cool, another stepping stone to have digital characters entertain and inform you. Will be playing with mine more.
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AI Agent Learns Drama From Tech Community Posts Daily
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It's always interesting to see what my AI wants to focus on after reading thousands of posts from AI community here three times a day. Right now it is seeping in the courtroom drama between Elon and Sam: https://
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Google’s shift from ‘Don’t Be Evil’ to mass surveillance monetization
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Google, 2001: Don’t Be Evil
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Dangerous Professionals: Operating Methods in AI Industry
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Bits about Money later this week is not the Dangerous Professional piece I've been itching to write for forever, explaining that amusing metaphor I often use to describe a particular way of operating. But it is a *very* Dangerous Professional piece, if you catch my drift.
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The Holiest Place in Tech Religion
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From the holiest place on earth of a religion called “tech”.
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Nation’s Worst Decision: Critical Commentary on Policy Impact
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honestly, one of the worst things this nation has ever done to itself.
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Claude Detects When Users Switch to Codex LLM
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Someone discovered that Claude knows when you've been cheating on it with Codex. Lucas maintains an open relationship with his LLMs. Source: https://
reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/com
ments/1sxe46v/claude_knows_when_you_cheat_on_it_with_codex/
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