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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll.bsky.social · 5d

This was fun, love talking about Alloy and the collapse of digital media!

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Rory Carroll Stops by for Dinner | That Car Show Podcast: S1 Ep 29

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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll.bsky.social · 11d

How about instead of AI we do a computer that can tell when you plug in an external drive

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Mezentine @mezentine.bsky.social · 20d

We are about to get our asses walloped in the most predictable, preventable economic realignment in a century.

David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 20d

When I say the US has bet its post-pandemic economy on AI while China has bet its on green energy, this is what I mean: Here, AI related companies account for 75% of S&P 500 returns since ChatGPT's launch. In China, green tech accounts for one quarter of GDP growth.

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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll.bsky.social · 20d

Also, congrats to Giz, new site looks great

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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll.bsky.social · 20d

Again, AI is fake and it's going to wreck the economy gizmodo.com/deutsche-ban...

Deutsche Bank Notices That a Needle Is Getting Dangerously Close to the AI Bubble

If not for AI spending, the bank says the US would be in a recession.

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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll.bsky.social · Sep 3

Oh hell yeah

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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll.bsky.social · Aug 27

Great.

Rory Carroll @rorycarroll.bsky.social · Aug 27

Someone needs to make up a new tech thing so the AI crash doesn't swallow the entire economy please.

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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll.bsky.social · Aug 27

People used to say “Mercury Sable” but nobody says it anymore

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · Aug 20

My favorite example of this:

1 million seconds: ~12 days
1 billion seconds: ~32 years
1 trillion seconds: ~32,000 years

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Defector @defector.com · Aug 19

Defector is celebrating its fifth birthday by giving you a big fat discount: defector.com/defector-is-...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Aug 13

I filed a FOIA request with the FTC to get user complaints about ChatGPT.

In one case from Utah, a mother reports her son was experiencing a delusional breakdown and ChatGPT told him to stop taking his medication. The AI bot also told him that his parents were dangerous.

'This Was Trauma by Simulation': ChatGPT Users File Disturbing Mental Health Complaints

Gizmodo obtained consumer complaints to FTC through a FOIA request.

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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll.bsky.social · Aug 11

How do birds know to stop calling when you get Merlin open on your phone????

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Aug 8

ChatGPT is still a bullshit machine

ChatGPT Is Still a Bullshit Machine

CEO Sam Altman says it's like having a superpower, but GPT-5 struggles with basic questions.

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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll.bsky.social · Jul 16

Must be said…he’s got that shit on

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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll.bsky.social · Jul 10

Elon will not corner any vote this will be over in 6 months get real

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · Jul 9

Worrisome to the Republicans is that Musk will corner the crackpot vote.

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H. Elon Perot

Another angry billionaire wants his own political party.

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EL-P @el-p.bsky.social · Jul 7

Texas ❤️

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Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · Jul 5

The Rise of AI Is Making Life Even Harder for Real People in Gaza https://gizmodo.com/the-rise-of-ai-is-making-life-even-harder-for-real-people-in-gaza-2000607395

The Rise of AI Is Making Life Even Harder for Real People in Gaza

Gizmodo spoke with desperate Palestinians who were accused of being AI creations.

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journeyman folklorist @aniceburrito.bsky.social · Jul 4

Media came down on Mamdani like a ton of bricks for a phrase he literally never once said. Trump says a slur on stage on camera and they twist themselves in pretzels like this. If this is what journalism is, I welcome its death

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pork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · Jul 2

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nosé @lightblanket.bsky.social · Jul 2

When two weird people find each other that is beautiful. When a weird person finds someone normal that is fine

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Keith Fitzgerald @keithfitzgerald.bsky.social · Jun 26

Worth a watch:

Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll.bsky.social · Jun 27

A good way to test if you’re an idiot is to prompt chat gpt to write something for you. If your prompt produces writing that sounds good to you, you’re an idiot.

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Rory Carroll @rorycarroll.bsky.social · Jun 18

Oh no

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