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@alexwastaken
curious librarian
alex
don't just write words. write music.
Where Tucker sees a potential radical concentration of unchecked power, Sam sees AI actually distributing power (knowledge, science, companies) quite broadly among many pockets of people with differing views. Where differing views are okay.
And honestly, I find myself going back and forth on who to root for. Like tolerance for different worldviews... See more
And honestly, I find myself going back and forth on who to root for. Like tolerance for different worldviews... See more
If all else fails, consider your own mortality. How many people on their deathbeds do you think are going to say, “I wish I’d spent more time on Facebook”? Keep asking yourself the same question, again and again and again: This is your life. How much of it do you want to spend on your phone?
Catherine Price • How to Break Up With Your Phone (Published 2018)
The stand-up comedian Mitch Hedberg worked his ass off for years and years to become a great comedian. When his comedy finally started breaking through and finding an audience, people started asking him to do other things. People would ask to write movie scripts, to be an actor, to host this show and write for that one. “They ask me to do things... See more
I heard this quote from the writer Harold Brodkey who said, “I don’t understand privacy.” I’ve always understood privacy very well, but it’s like—what’s the point of taking your secrets to the grave, or even your banalities? We have this chance to let ourselves be known to other people, to fill out the web of humanity that we’ve been spreading for
... See moreWe keep telling ourselves that previous voice interfaces like Alexa or Siri didn’t succeed because the underlying AI wasn’t smart enough, but that’s only half of the story. The core problem was never the quality of the output function, but the inconvenience of the input function: A natural language prompt like “Hey Google, what’s the weather in San... See more