Grumpy Old Geeks3 Juni 2023

604: Systematic Ambivalence

Facebook generation wants boundaries; doom scrolling & devices are messing with us; AI boom running out of chips; AI is both an object of ridicule & presents risk of extinction - just like eggs; moral outsourcing in big tech; Kurzweil still truckin' along; Tesla leak reveals thousands of Autopilot safety complaints; that ChatGPT lawyer; Succession, Barry, Ted Lasso & Mrs. Maisel end; Good Omens is coming; Will Trent; future of baseball on TV; Dear Mama; a few good podcasts; Bluesky algorithm chooser; Twitter worth even less; Amazon seems to be ditching Alexa; DOSBox; Apple goes ARRRRR; Roadkill; AI, art & Edward Hopper; new camera with no lens; Moral Crumple Zones; Dave hits the boards!

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FOLLOW UP

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The Facebook Generation Wants Some Boundaries

IN THE NEWS

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AI presents 'risk of extinction' on par with nuclear war, industry leaders say

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Ray Kurzweil On AI Pause: No

Tesla leak reportedly reveals thousands of Autopilot safety complaints

A lawyer faces sanctions after he used ChatGPT to write a brief riddled with fake citations

No ChatGPT in my court: Judge orders all AI-generated content must be declared and checked

Monthly crypto exchange volume tumbled in May, hitting 32-month low

MEDIA CANDY

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Will Trent

Guys Grocery Games

Supermarket Stakeout

The San Diego Padres are the first to get out of their Bally Sports TV deal

Dear Mama

Paramount+ Snaps Up Milli Vanilli Feature Doc

Tim Ferriss Show: Derek Sivers — The Joys of an Un-Optimized Life, Finding Paths Less Traveled, Creating Tech Independence (and Risks of the Cloud), Taking Giant Leaps, and Picking the Right “Game of Life” (#668)

Cal Newport’s Deep Thinking - EP. 250: IN DEFENSE OF THINKING

UNDERUNDERSTOOD - Big Ideas Lost to Mini Rooms

A Stunning Scale Model Illustrating The History of Time

APPS & DOODADS

Bluesky now lets you choose your own algorithm

Fidelity marks down value of Twitter stake again

Amazon ditches Alexa’s celebrity voices and will issue refunds upon request

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Indiana Jones® and the Last Crusade™ on Steam

The Meta Quest 3 is a $499 mixed reality headset with full-color passthrough

AT THE LIBRARY

Roadkill by Dennis E. Taylor

THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Top Google Result for "Edward Hopper" an AI-Generated Fake

NEW "CAMERA" HAS NO LENS, SIMPLY DETECTS YOUR LOCATION AND GENERATES AN AI PICTURE OF IT

Deskilling on the Job

Dave in Hello Dolly!

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

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