This is interesting but has been happening for an entire decade now. I wish they’d stop acting like it’s new.

The 2016 U.S. election was affected by foreign facebook activity. Specifically, a lot from from Macedonia.

RIP Kevin Mitnick! Ghost in the Wires was a fun audiobook, and I really enjoyed the 2600 documentary Freedom Downtime when it was released.

“The fact that people are unimpressed that we can have a fluent conversation with a super smart AI that can generate any image/video is mindblowing to me."

That’s your killer feature? “But you can converse and it can make any image!”

As I fume, I wonder why I’m so angry. I suppose I feel offended that anyone would think this is what humans want from companionship: a voice with no interiority giving the verbal equivalent of a thumbs up emoji.

Strangely, a lot of fully-grown people think this is what humans want from companionship!