592:  Ok, Doomer!
Grumpy Old Geeks11 Mar 2023

592: Ok, Doomer!

AI, Climate Doomerism & SolarPunks, oh my; GPT-4 is coming; don't plan your abortion on social media; Sam Bankman-Fried gets a flip-phone; Elon Musk, worst human of 2023; Tesla wheels coming off; researchers use AI to generate images based on brain activity; no robot dogs for LA; Star Trek: Discovery ending, Picard riveting; the Punisher returning; Chris Rock; Silo; Perry Mason; Godfather of Harlem; Wakanda Forever; History of the World, Part II; doorbell privacy loopholes; VR headsets not flying off the shelves; everyone's adding ChatGPT - DuckAssist, the Summarizer, Clyde & Einstein; Mastodon apps; Proust & the Squid; Dead Famous.

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Show notes at https://gog.show/592


FOLLOW UP

E5: The Embedding Revolution w/ Anton Troynikov

Doomer

Solarpunk


IN THE NEWS

GPT-4 is coming next week – and it will be multimodal, says Microsoft Germany

Police are prosecuting abortion seekers using their digital data — and Facebook and Google help them do it

Justice Department wants Sam Bankman-Fried to use a flip phone for the rest of his bail

Elon Musk’s Compelling Case for Worst Human of 2023 by Ethan Zuckerman

A Twitter engineer says at least 2 bodyguards accompany Elon Musk around Twitter HQ — even to the restroom

How a single engineer brought down Twitter

US probes Tesla Autopilot, steering wheels that can come off

Researchers Use AI to Generate Images Based on People's Brain Activity

City Council weighing whether to accept donation of robot dog for LAPD


MEDIA CANDY

'Star Trek: Discovery' is ending with season 5 next year

Jon Bernthal Returning as The Punisher for Daredevil: Born Again Series

Chris Rock: Selective Outrage

'Silo' teaser reveals Apple's latest post-apocalyptic drama

Perry Mason Season 2

Godfather of Harlem Season 3

Last Days

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

History of the World, Part II


APPS & DOODADS

The privacy loophole in your doorbell

Meta announces big price cuts for its VR headsets

Insta360 Link

Opal C1

DuckDuckGo launches AI-powered search query answering tool

Brave Search introduces the Summarizer, an AI tool for synthesized, relevant results

With the help of OpenAI, Discord is finally adding conversation summaries

Even Slack has a ChatGPT app now

The making of Ice Cubes, an open source, SwiftUI Mastodon client.

Ivory now lets users create a Mastodon account directly from the app


AT THE LIBRARY

Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf

Deep Questions with Cal Newport - EP. 238: THE JOYS OF THE READING LIFE

Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen by Greg Jenner


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

R.I.P. Tom Sizemore

A Privacy Hero’s Final Wish: An Institute to Redirect AI’s Future

AI Looks Like a Bubble

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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