Grumpy Old Geeks6 Maj 2023

600: Technically Sweet

AI doesn't exist but may be dangerous anyway; self-destruct buttons are important for rockets; Kamala Harris & Snoop Dogg weigh in on AI; IBM pauses hiring, looking to onboard AI; Marissa Mayer takes another whack; open-sourced AI is where the real dangers are; Lyft is lost, no exit in sight; Google layoffs, cuts in perks but one hell of a CEO payout; Facebook furious they can't exploit youth data; Dune Part 2; Paramount+ doing well; RIP, Says You; NPR podcasts; Succession; Ted Lasso; Silo; Zero gravity concerts, watch out for that Portaloo; TweetDelete; Brydge collapses; RSA Conference recap; May the 4th; sorting out baseball workarounds.

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There Is No A.I. by Jaron Lanier

‘The Godfather of A.I.’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead

Ex-Apple employee sentenced to three years in prison after $17 million fraud scheme

Apple drops lawsuit against former exec who accused company of spying

Apple’s Unionized Store Wants to Start Accepting Tips from Customers

IN THE NEWS

SpaceX's Starship didn't immediately respond to a self-destruct command

Vice President Harris tells tech CEOs they have a moral responsibility to safeguard AI

Snoop Dogg on AI risk: “Sh–, what the f—?”

IBM Pauses Hiring to Onboard AI Instead

Marissa Mayer on the AI search race, technology fears, and her biggest Yahoo regrets

ChatGPT is once again available in Italy after a temporary ban

We Have No Moat

Lyft shares tumble as investors react to dim outlook

Googlers angry about CEO’s $226M pay after cuts in perks and 12,000 layoffs

Google will retire Chrome’s HTTPS padlock icon because no one knows what it means

Blue verified checkmarks are coming to Gmail

Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on monetizing youth data

US Job Growth Remains Strong

MEDIA CANDY

Dune: Part 2

Paramount+ tops 60 million subscribers thanks to 'Picard' and the NFL

RIP, Says You

Ask Me Another

Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me

Planet Money

All Things Considered

Morning Edition

Succession

Someone posted the entire ‘Super Mario Bros. Movie’ on Twitter

Amazon rolls out free Roku-like TV channels for Fire devices

Casa Grande

Pornhub Goes Dark in Utah to Protest Age Verification Law

SEARCHES FOR VPN SOAR IN UTAH AMIDST PORNHUB BLOCKAGE

AI Made this VLOG by Casey Neistat and GPT4

How To Make Katsu Curry by HowToBasic

Zero Gravity Concerts

TOURISM COMPANY OFFERING ZERO-G CONCERTS

APPS & DOODADS

TweetDelete

The downfall of Brydge: iPad keyboard company folds, leaving staff unpaid and customer orders unfulfilled

Get a Tesla if you want to learn about AI trying to kill you, says Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak

AT THE LIBRARY

The Seventeenth Year (The World Walker Series Book 3) by Ian W. Sainsbury

Season of Skulls: A Novel in the World of the Laundry Files

THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

How Logan Arcade got its Misfits-playing robot dogs

Outtakes from Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, and James Earl Jones's recordings for the Star Wars 1-800 phone line (1979)

For May the 4th, Carrie Fisher of 'Star Wars' gets a Hollywood Walk of Fame star

Apple releases its first rapid-fire security updates for iPhone, iPad and Mac

Microsoft Planning Privacy-Focused Version of ChatGPT as Apple AI Efforts Flounder

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Eggs are perl T-Shirt

Eileen Saki dead: Final 'MASH' Rosie actor was 79

Gordon Lightfoot, Hitmaking Singer-Songwriter, Is Dead at 84

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