That's sadly true – the way monetization here works provides a huge financial incentive to post controversial takes that get a ton of reactions
CULTURE
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From iOS Development to LLM Personality Design: Tech Evolution
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Working in tech then: how to build good ios apps on 3G
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AI-Generated Influencers: Ethics Behind Engineered Personalities
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We’ve had AI-generated influencers for years. I’ve always hated them. Not because they’re AI, but because I always think of the human(s) behind the screen and get creeped out that they took the time to engineer a personality that isn’t theirs to better “manipulate” (even in a
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Building Trust in AI Apps Through Transparency and Communication
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That’s it. We all got burned by this via Icon and so many other apps on this site in the past so if TW would tweet even to say no nobody was paid or do what Shack did, it would build a lot of trust in the community. Just a little effort. Tool looks really cool too
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AI Could Restore Human Cognitive Abilities Diminished by Social Media
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At society level, social media decreased our cognitive abilities. I think that AI is going to increase them again
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Major AI for Good Initiative Launching Next Week
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Something big is coming for the #AIforGood community. Build with us. The work begins next week. #OpenSource #TechForGood #SocialImpact
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Groundbreaking AI and Robotics Tech Steal Show at Goodwood
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The Incredible Tech That Stole The Show At Goodwood’s Future Lab #FutureLab at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2025 showcased the most jaw-dropping #innovations in #AI, #robotics, #space, and #oceanexploration. From #humanoid #robots and deep-sea AI to satellite factories and
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Trump embraces AI disruption of legacy media
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Web Decay and LLMs: The New Memory Keepers
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We let the web rot away well before LLMs This chart shows the percentage of links from all New York Times articles that still work. Over 60% of older links are now broken. And consider that social media posts are even more ephemeral Likely only LLMs will “remember” that content
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DeepSeek’s $5.6M cost report and potential media manipulation tactics
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yes fair and there are many possible motivations, stated and unstated. i think one of the "tells" i picked up on was how deepseek reported the $5.6m number knowing exactly how trad media and linkedin dumbs would run with the story. the chance of psyop is not zero.