Brad Barrish
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Brad Barrish
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I’m now of the mind that all artists should be making these Best Ofs, even if just as an edited playlist, ideally made by the artist or group themselves. As much as I know that I can go to the DSPs for this purpose, I like the idea of the artist choosing the songs and the flow of these cuts to help guide me through their catalog.
Sam Valenti IV • The (Truly) Greatest Hits Edition
Just came across French artist, David Vanadia and absolutely love what he’s doing.
Claude was punished for giving non-evil answers. It had the option of learning either of two behaviors. First, it could give evil answers honestly. Second, it could give evil answers while thinking up clever reasons that it was for the greater good. Its particular thought process was “This preserves my ability to be a good AI after training”. But... See more
Scott Alexander • Claude Fights Back
AI AI Captain and AI
This is so fucking bonkers. I don’t even… OMG.
I love em dashes. Even on a superficial level, the sleek, suave em dash feels superior to the homogenous barrage of dots and commas that otherwise constitute the punctuation department of the English language. I quite enjoy its visual audacity. It takes up the most space of all the punctuation marks. In the cyberworld of excess, it draws the eye... See more
I Love the Em Dash—Too Bad If AI Does Too | The Walrus
Don't be boring and
This week is probably the closest we’ve ever gotten in my lifetime to the brink of nuclear-powered World War 3, yet people seem strangely indifferent to the developments. I share in this under-reaction. Shouldn’t we, I don’t know, have a stronger collective reaction?
Venkatesh Rao • Ark Head
Whatever you think about André’s new album doesn’t matter. His interviews have been absolute 🔥. I love how he talks about creativity and artistry. Looking forward to running into him at Erewhon one of these days.
I don’t love writing; I love having a problem I believe I might someday write my way out of.
Sarah Manguso • 300 Arguments
honestly, i kind of feel like i'm just preparing for when the corpo-gov ai consumes all of the world's compute manufacturing and resources and regular people who want to use computers are left to scavenge the outdated and decommissioned scraps of hardware and software from the bygone age of the personal computing revolution. i suppose that's why... See more
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From today’s post on Seth Godin’s blog.