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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Feb 7

But even censorship, my voice will not be silenced.

When BigTech goes Dark

Google no longer upholds pledge to not work on Weapons and Surveillance Tech

www.ai-supremacy.com/p/when-bigte...

When BigTech goes Dark

Google no longer upholds pledge to not work on Weapons and Surveillance Tech

www.ai-supremacy.com

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Feb 6

Thank you to @bsky.app I have been marked as spam, @support.bsky.team which will lead me to spending even more time on Substack Notes.

A raging Ed Ziton I am not, apparently.

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Feb 5

I'd appreciate if any of my readers mark me as "Not Spam", otherwise I will have to leave Bluesky, thank you.

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 31

Thanks and Bluesky doesn't do anything for me not a single link click anymore. So my time here really has been a failure.

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 31

Has anyone spent more time on research or lists than I have @moderation.bsky.app marked as spam, maybe I should go back to networks that actually appreciate what I do. Who pray tell have I annoyed? gtfo

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 31

Interesting @jay.bsky.team how your company treats Creators. Spending 100s of hours to be marked as spam.

Maybe indeed all this time here has been a wasted effort. Perhaps I should go back to LinkedIn and Substack only then.

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 31

Apparently all of my efforts on Bluesky, "bother users".

I think I'll go back to writing my Newsletters.

If this is how Bluesky treats Creators.

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 31

Bluesky seems to think I'm a spam bot. If that's true, maybe I should just stick with Substack Notes.

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 30

You might not be wrong on that lol

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 30

India lauds Chinese AI lab DeepSeek, plans to host its models on local servers.

The approval to allow DeepSeek to be hosted in India appears contingent on the platform storing and processing all Indian users’ data domestically, in line with India’s strict data localization requirements.

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 30

Zuckerberg dismissed the notion that Meta’s overall AI spending will drop now that DeepSeek has allegedly proven cutting-edge AI requires less money and computing than previously thought.

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 30

So last month it was the Washington Post and this month it's CNN. Beyond belief but I guess it was inevitable.

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 30

Hilarious how American startups look entirely unwilling to compete with China on a level playing Field.

That's not a good endorsement of their relative confidence in their own innovation or AI talent.

When did Americans become so weak?

darioamodei.com/on-deepseek-...

Dario Amodei — On DeepSeek and Export Controls

On DeepSeek and Export Controls

darioamodei.com

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 30

News publications asking their members to have Substacks as side gigs to supplement their income?

Every week journalists are now quitting their jobs to join substack full time.

American Media is going independent.

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 30

SoftBank is in talks to invest up to $25 billion in OpenAI as part of a broader partnership that could see the Japanese conglomerate spend more than $40 billion on AI initiatives with the Microsoft-backed startup, according to the Financial Times.

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 30

Reelo stands out among the apps building a ‘TikTok for Bluesky’.

Remember the name if you are into that.

Essentially the AT Protocol is going to get more specialized apps.

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 30

The bulk of the value I provide the emerging writers is an embed to their Newsletter and 4-5 of their best pieces. So a typical guest post without these CTAs would do nothing for referrals or new signups.

Anyways for wtv reasons, there's just a shocking discrepancy.

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 30

It's not a reflection on their work, but it's across the board. In a reality where 68% of my baseline readers are men, it's quite the unfortunate revelation for me.

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 30

I feature a lot of writers on my Newsletter lately. One thing that has shocked me a bit is that when a female writer is hosted, they get 40% less clicks to their Newsletter and articles. They aren't inferior in quality as journalists, investigators, or less knowledgably.

Huge gender bias exists.

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 30

The Tesla brand is in serious danger. Operating income declined 23% year over year to $1.6 billion.

Net income dropped 71% from a year earlier to $2.32 billion.

Given the demand for hybrids I don't think anything can turn this around.

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 30

Meta's investment appears to be paying off in AI. When you have a monopoly on all of social media, that tends to happen.

Sales in the fourth quarter jumped 21% year over year while net income grew 49% to $20.8 billion, up from $14 billion a year earlier.

Advertising in an AI slop universe.

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 30

The Tesla brand is in serious danger. Operating income declined 23% year over year to $1.6 billion.

Net income dropped 71% from a year earlier to $2.32 billion.

Given the demand for hybrids I don't think anything can turn this around.

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 29

Let's not kid ourselves, generative AI is a male sport.

ChatGPT’s mobile users are 85% male, report says.

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 29

It's likely to be another down day for NVIDIA and company in the public markets. $NVDA

This isn't the bubble popping but it's a very funny moment.

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Michael Kevin Spencer @aisupremacy.bsky.social · Jan 29

And to repeat Reddit is super infiltrated. It's not even remotely normal narratives with significant lobbying being pushed there.

Yet on the American internet it has the reputation of being the most human? It's pathetic.

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