Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
I truly donāt know how to process Ben Thompsonās essay today. Heās been my steady source of clear-eyed tech takes for like 6 years now and this one feels like straight sci-fi. Iām not an AI doomer, but Iām def in my feelings rn š© https://stratechery.com/2023/from-bing-to-sydney-search-as-distraction-s
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@savvyavi
Also, thisā¦. https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/chatgpt-ai-messages-microsoft-bing-b2282491.html
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Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Lol fascinating tidbits but god itās a nightmare trying to find the original sources in that piece š
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@savvyavi
Thatās intentional, I think.
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Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Modern journalism š
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@savvyavi
Part of it might be to protect the sources for reasons that might not be clear to us now.
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Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Iād be much more inclined to take their ājournalistic integrityā seriously if this wasnāt the miasma through which I must consume their content š https://i.imgur.com/TpBvUam.jpg
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@savvyavi
What is theyāre hackers? Iām nit saying they are. But what if their entire intention is to find the vulnerable parts. Would you think itās better to identify them?
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Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Iām not concerned about any individual ID, but w as close of a read as I think you can do of this article it just looks like summaries of Reddit and Twitter threads. The problem is deliberately inflammatory language to describe secondhand experiences and if youāre gonna do that the least you can do is cite your wor
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