Bruceb News will be on hiatus until late October, while I travel with some of the best people in the world to Spain. I’m assured the country is filled with people who still like Americans, which speaks volumes for their generosity after the last twenty months. Oh, for goodness sakes, don’t start weeping, you’re embarrassing…
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…