It is something we understand better about celebrity culture than intellectual culture I think, but if Washington had a Kidney Guy (to use a recent example that came up on Twitter), part of his job is being the Kidney Guy, and part is choosing *exactly where* that gravity exists.
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People as Pointers Into Ideaspace: Knowledge Work Philosophy
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People can be pointers into ideaspace and for some people that is basically their full time job, which is mystifying to people who are not pointers into ideaspace.
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Social dynamics beyond algorithmic mediation in AI systems
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(There are similar social dynamics not as explicitly mediated by algorithms, incidentally.)
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Sort by Engagement Transforms Hate-Watching into Self-Destructive Choice
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Sort by engagement makes “hate watching” anything a self-destructive behavior, unless you agree with the computer that clearly you *want* to do it, since you repeatedly choose to hate-watch when you have the literal Internet of competing options and didn’t click them instead.
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Social Networks and LLMs Shape Information Consumption as Search
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This is increasingly literally the case given social network sorting and then LLMs. Relatedly: everything you read/watch/pay attention to is also a search query.
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AI-Powered Content Moderation: Addressing Hate Speech on Platforms
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Good points. Actually, platforms that may have AI built into their core could weed out hateful content. A dislike button doesn’t quite solve the problem.
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Tech Experience Gap: Learning from China and USA
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Smart reply. Those who have been to China and USA, the difference in tech experience is huge too: We all need to learn from each other
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Sarcasm about naive ideas on AI and water
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I am sure that at face value, people imagine that when told that AI consumes water. We really live in an idiocracy, I'm fed up.
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AI-Generated Girl Group Music Video Created Entirely by Artificial Intelligence
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3️⃣ Girl group 100% IA ! Un clip musical ENTIER créé par intelligence artificielle 💃🎤
— VISION IA (@vision_ia) 13 avril 2025
Mon test complet ici : https://t.co/d3oy6AYDF5 pic.twitter.com/ufeagbhFTtGirl group 100% IA ! Un clip musical ENTIER créé par intelligence artificielle Mon test complet ici : https://
youtube.com/watch?v=m_b9oP
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India’s AI Capabilities: Perception vs. Reality in Tech
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A lot of people have assumed India can’t do stuff because skill issue but actually it’s mostly taste issue