My grandmother ion 100 years old. Still walking herself, still sharp and aware. I am going to be so pissed if I did not get her genes.
Botshit Gone Wild - by Gary Marcus - Marcus on AI: Gary Marcus is a great read on imitative AI, because he believes AI is possible, is actively working on it, and so his disdain for it comes from a place of professional disgust at their over-hype.
Andor season 2: a powerful look at the fragility of oppression: “Authority is brittle.” Let us hope.
Frommers | Hertz Is Using AI Scanners to Charge for Rental Car Damage…: Hertz is the firm that allowed its users to be arrested for theft because of a computer glitch. Don’t rent from Hertz.
With the Big, Beautiful Bill, You Can Now Sponsor a Billionaire of Your Choosing - The Atlantic: Nothing to add.
ICE targets Iranian man living legally in Buffalo : Investigative Post: ICE is going after people who are following the law. Don’t you feel safer now?
Man Who Helped Florida Shark Attack Victim Now Facing Deportation: Yep. Heroes too.
AI as a Manipulative Informational Filter: Fantastic look at how imitative AI poisons information.
What’s wrong with AAA games? The development of the next Battlefield has answers. - Ars Technica: I may talk about this further, but the state of the AAA game market is a pretty solid refutation of capitalism. If the precepts of capitalism were true, then there is no way this market would have continued in this fashion.
Has Xbox Considered Laying One Person Off Instead Of Thousands - Aftermath: Any calendar year your company lays off people, your stock options should be taxed as income. Or something — we need to change the incentives.
Fathers, sons and an unbreakable bond built on the absurdity of sports - The Athletic: A moving tribute to his father by one of my favorite sports writers.
Is Your Worldbuilding Up To Code? - by Lincoln Michel: Excellent piece on the many kinds of worldbuilding and why adhering to one is too limiting.
Have the best possible week, everyone.
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