Chad Aaron Hall

I wake up early, brew fresh coffee in the kitchen, pour some in a big mug, sit down at my desk, and boot up my computer (there are times, I must

admit, when I miss the days of manuscript sheets and my fat Montblanc fountain pen). Then I sit there and muse about what to write that day. Such moments are pure bliss. To tell the truth, I have never

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properly understood, memes are strategies.

Behind the scenes, they’ve put enormous resources into refining their distribution system to limit the reach of 100% AI-generated content.

Fascinatingly, that has meant re-introducing humans into the loop. Their boost program uses two layers of human review to help decide what gets increased visibility on the platform.

Then, a couple of weeks ago,... See more

Like many outlets, Bustle is fazing out professional book reviews, and Electric Literature did away with its reviews a couple of years ago now, Zimmerman said. Instead, these websites are prioritizing personal essays from a diverse group of writers,

Post-it notes are so powerful because they have a spatial relationship to their context.

When things become easier – anyone can make a website on Squarespace, anyone can produce images in Midjourney, practically anyone can start a startup, whatever – the vast majority of the things produced the easy way are total dogshit. When algorithms embrace the dogshit, or the dogshit contorts itself to please the algorithm, the whole visible... See more

There is lots of talk about the $10 billion the company is spending on the Metaverse, but that is R&D; the more important number for this moat is the $30 billion this year in capital expditures, most of which is going to servers for AI. That AI is doing recommendations now, but Meta’s moat will only deepen if Lessin is right about a future where... See more