Cam Jones

After all, music has existed for tens of thousands of years. Across countless cultures and generations, it’s been at the root of some of the deepest, most profound connections that humans can experience. Recorded music has existed for less than 200 years. And because recorded music is also beautiful, fascinating, and, in our culture, ubiquitous, I... See more

But that was small potatoes. What Google – and the rest of the tech sector – needed was a massive growth story, a story about how their companies, worth trillions of dollars , could double or triple in size in the coming years. There's a kind of reflexive anti-capitalist critique that locates the drive to tell growth stories in ideology: "endless... See more

We’ve never had more freedom, more choices. But in reality, most people are subtly funneled into the same streams, the same pools of ‘socially approved’ culture, cuisine and ideas. Remixes and memes abound, but almost no one shares anything weird, original or different. People wake up, perhaps with ambitions to make unique choices they believe are... See more

When Cowen turns to geopolitics, his tone tightens. Small countries, he warns, will not build their own AI systems. They will choose, American or Chinese. The implications are not just technological but cultural, epistemic, and moral. The new colonialism will be quiet. It will arrive through licensing agreements and user interfaces. It will... See more

The future of AI isn’t just about better models. It’s about people figuring out what to do with them.

I'm not sure which of you need to hear this, but:

If you push yourself to your limits and burn out for a company, you are trading years of your future productivity for minor gains in the present.

Burning out will fuck you up , it's like brain fog or depression, and it takes years to recover

Friendly reminder: most people do burn out if they work... See more