Shachaf Rodberg
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Shachaf Rodberg
“things to bear in mind”
Luis Ouriach • Spotify eats music; Souvenirs; Mindful capitalism
Social media algorithms identify our politics and then shepherd us into a hermetically sealed bubble, framing our worldview through a window of rage and extremism.
Scott Galloway • No Mercy / No Malice
Developers will be able to build third-party AIs for our messaging services with our APIs in the coming weeks, starting on Messenger then expanding to WhatsApp.
Introducing New AI Experiences Across Our Family of Apps and Devices | Meta
We are all products of what has come before us, but it’s by living our lives in interaction with others that we bring meaning into the world
Ted Chiang • Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art | the New Yorker
“Intelligence is the new transistor,” concluded Schiffmann. “It’s a fundamental primitive that you’ll build things on, [and it] will enable all kinds of good things and all kinds of bad things... The goal is just to enable the good over the bad.”
Gauri Sood • Neural Networks and Novelty: A Window Into Harvard’s Innovators | Harvard Independent
Meaning and point of view are essential for anything worthy of our attention. It’s about a sense of purpose and personality that goes beyond mere information transmission. It’s about paying attention, and not outsourcing observation. In a world increasingly populated by auto-generated content, the combination of substance and style will rise above
Carly Ayres • On substance with style
personal obvesrvations are evergreen
Fuller is something of a philosopher of digital design; his podcast “Scratching the Surface” canvasses experts in the field. In the past decade, he argues, a “user-centered” approach to design has been replaced by what he has taken to calling a “corporation-centered” approach. Rather than optimizing for the user’s experience, it optimizes for the... See more
Kyle Chayka • Why I Finally Quit Spotify | the New Yorker
This is like robinhood