604: Systematic Ambivalence
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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IN THE NEWS

The AI Boom Runs on Chips, but It Can’t Get Enough

AI Is an Insult Now

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

‘I do not think ethical surveillance can exist’: Rumman Chowdhury on accountability in AI

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

Succession

Barry

Ted Lasso

Good Omens

You can watch the entire first season of 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ for free on YouTube

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

Grail Diary Indiana Jones Journal, Indiana Jones Diary Indiana Jones Novels Book, Indiana Jones Grail Diary, Indiana Jones Collection Merchandise, Vintage Leather Journal Classic Movie Prop Replica Bi

Indiana Jones® and the Last Crusade™ on Steam

Steam Deck

Darklands

Zyll - DOS 1984

DOSBox

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

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

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

Jason DeFillippo - Technology Lead at David&Goliath - Awards

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