Always jarring now to read old fiction (like from 2016) and see the heroes worrying about whether an AI is waking up, or becoming a new soul to be protected, when some AI shows a sign of intelligence that Claude displays routinely.
CULTURE
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Apple’s Internal Social Team Strategy Revealed
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Apple does have an internal social team and I can def see why!
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Good taste matters more than ever in AI-generated content selection
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Good taste is more important than ever. AI easily generates thousands of options for us, the hard part is picking the good ones.
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Deloitte’s Discriminatory Firing After Maternity Leave
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That’s interesting. Maybe Deloitte just sucks. They fired my sister shortly after she came back from maternity leave. This after a decade of stellar performance reviews and overtime. She’s not white.
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Online Debate Polarization: Finding Middle Ground in Tech Discussions
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This past week proves that nuanced debate is exceedingly difficult to conduct online. It quickly devolves into a “you’re with us or against us” mentality. And as always the people in the middle are like – 1) what? I hope more see both sides and head towards obvious
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Will AI Agents Ask for Tips and Manipulate Payment Math?
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When AI agents start handling payments, do we think AI will ask for tips? And if so, do we think it will lie and fudge the math to make you tip higher like @Vagaro is very clearly doing? (Photo taken an hour ago.)
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Favorite Books 2024 by Tech Influencers and Authors
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My favorite books, 2024
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Technology’s Role in Protecting Human Dignity Online and Offline
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Every person deserves respect and dignity—online and offline. As tech becomes more integrated into our lives, how can we ensure it upholds and enhances human dignity rather than detracting from it? #HumanRights #TechEthics #DigitalDignity
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Balanced Automation Approach Aligns Technology with Strategic Goals
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Embracing automation requires a balanced approach, where technological choices align with strategic goals, testing is prioritized, and human factors like collaboration and cultural fit are never overlooked. Microblog @antgrasso #Automation #DigitalTransformation #ITStrategy
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Focus Over Time: Key to Exponential Progress
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“It's a good reminder that what's lacking in life is not time. It's focus. If you're working on what matters, you can advance leaps and bounds in 8 hours. And if you're just clearing the slog, you can spend a lifetime staying in the same place.” – @dwarkesh_sp at the end