The national conversation about AI went completely off the rails last week after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quit his job with a splashy public statement that AI might destroy civilization, 10% chance in the next ten years, and the AI companies aren’t doing enough to keep us safe. Journalists contacted other current or former AI employees expecting…
It’s a cliche that the US is hopelessly polarized, permanently furious, consumed by a bitter custody battle over the country. Take heart! We can come together. Our kumbaya moment is here. There is a new issue that unites all Americans. Everybody hates data centers. Data center opposition cuts across party lines. A few months ago a Gallup…
AI companies are chomping books, millions of books sacrificed to the ravening maws of the AI machines. And weirdly, I’m okay with it, but I’m going to start by making it sound hideous because that’s more fun. VGT3 is a discreet Amazon operation that has been buying huge quantities of books and destroying them. The books…
I’ve been telling you for years that data about you is being accumulated and sold by tech companies, data brokers, retailers, law enforcement agencies, telecom carriers, financial institutions, insurance brokers, employers, and, well, basically everything about who you are and every single thing you do in private or in public is studied and logged by forces you can’t see…