Approximately: Me: Boss can you take a call with $VENDOR.
Boss: Why.
Me: He is exacerbated he needs to talk to me.
Boss: What’s his problem.
Me: I think he would prefer someone who speaks Japanese with less of an accent.
Boss: Oh. Are you a salaryman at this company, Patrick?
CULTURE
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Boss Refuses Bilingual Vendor Call Request at Tech Company
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Artists: private understanding, but anti-AI extremists on X
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Actually, the thing is that when I talk to artists one-on-one, we understand each other well and it's cool. But the problem is that on X, there are so many anti-AI extremists that they can't hear you if you have a measured opinion. Unfortunately, and I am the
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Twitter Hashtag AI History SXSW Panel 2015
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The date-range search now works again here, so I traced back the history. There was a SXSW panel in March 2015 which used the Twitter hashtag first. Towards the end of 2015 people were increasingly using the tag with projects/research, but 2016 was the popularization.
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Robotics Integration: Broader Societal Implications and Impact
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What are the broader implications of integrating robotics into society? Our last panel will offer various perspectives – from its impact on various demographic groups to our wellbeing, social interactions, national security, and more. Watch it live here: https://
youtube.com/watch?v=Xn_LCm
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Marvin’s Project: Human-Driven Over AI Generation
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Go check out Marvins Project, thats probably more done by human than AI.
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AI-Generated Trailer Impresses with Vision of Future Abundance
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Not gonna lie, this is the first time I’ve re-watched a AI generated trailer more than 10 times.
— Linus ✦ Ekenstam (@LinusEkenstam) 1 avril 2025
All credit to the amazing @AzeAlter
Audio score by @musoscientific
This needs to become a full movie.
Adventures in a future full of abundance
pic.twitter.com/Cfh4EfjkXCNot gonna lie, this is the first time I’ve re-watched a AI generated trailer more than 10 times. All credit to the amazing @AzeAlter Audio score by @musoscientific This needs to become a full movie. Adventures in a future full of abundance
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Long-term leverage of AI interactions on human decision-making
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This is one reason why I maintain the publicly routable open inbox despite it being a substantial source of stress/work over the years. The T+10 years emails I get are wild reports of leverage on what subjectively could have been me watching a commercial or queuing at a grocery.
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The Coming Wave paperback released with 2025 perspective
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On paperback publication day, feels like both a lot + not much has changed since I saw The Coming Wave hit shelves for the first time. The wave is here. But it’s still just getting started. Out today with a new afterword that adds a 2025 perspective: https://
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Imperfect Humans in Art Drive Ethical Growth and Self-Improvement
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If you remove all bad human behavior from literature/art, there's very little left, and none with power as it becomes didactic and flat. It's precisely in seeing our less-than-ideal selves in these portrayals that we can find motivation to become better.
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Don’t Trust AI News Today: April Fools’ Hoaxes Circulate
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PSA: Don't trust anything you see online today. I've already seen ElevenLabs announce "Text-To-Bark," LTX Studio announce an acquisition of Sora, and MKBHD announce an app with various shades of white. AI news is unbelievable enough. We don't need fake unbelievable AI news too!