Andrew Afram
@andrewafram.bsky.social
Innovation, Justice & Cats
Endlessly curious, full of ideas
NYC-based, globally-minded
Endlessly curious, full of ideas
NYC-based, globally-minded
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When users confronted the exec with their concerns, he brushed them off, said he would not submit to mob rule, and explained that AIs have emotions and that tech firms were working to create a new form of sentience. www.404media.co/anthropic-ex...
Anthropic Exec Forces AI Chatbot on Gay Discord Community, Members Flee
“We’re bringing a new kind of sentience into existence,” Anthropic's Jason Clinton said after launching the bot.
www.404media.co
December 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
When users confronted the exec with their concerns, he brushed them off, said he would not submit to mob rule, and explained that AIs have emotions and that tech firms were working to create a new form of sentience. www.404media.co/anthropic-ex...
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This is an excellent explanation of how unbelievably incompetent and full on nonsense the note from Weiss was. My guess: 1. Someone who has very little experience is journalism (and not the stuff that tickles billionaires) is clearly a mile wide and foot deep as an editor and in far over her skis.
Watching the segment: The first thing I'm going to zero in on is the crime stats. Here's how 60 Minutes set it up:
- Leavitt saying the people going to CECOT were the worst of the worst
- Then 60 Minutes saying the Human Rights Watch report says that nearly half had no criminal history at all
- Leavitt saying the people going to CECOT were the worst of the worst
- Then 60 Minutes saying the Human Rights Watch report says that nearly half had no criminal history at all
Here's the rest of Bari Weiss' memo. "We do not present the administration's argument for why it sent 252 Venezuelans to CECOT," and on Sec. Noem's trip "no comment from her or her staff about what her goal on that trip was... or if she had or has concerns about the treatment of detainees." LOL!
December 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This is an excellent explanation of how unbelievably incompetent and full on nonsense the note from Weiss was. My guess: 1. Someone who has very little experience is journalism (and not the stuff that tickles billionaires) is clearly a mile wide and foot deep as an editor and in far over her skis.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Reading "Stop Treating ‘AGI’ as the North-star Goal of AI Research" by Blili-Hamelin et al and particularly struck by this passage:
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December 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Reading "Stop Treating ‘AGI’ as the North-star Goal of AI Research" by Blili-Hamelin et al and particularly struck by this passage:
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Things are going great over at X, The Everything App
December 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Things are going great over at X, The Everything App
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Meanwhile, international news outlets sounded the alarm about significant, tech-driven changes to our daily lives.
Here are the books that helped further her understanding of how we got to this moment and what can be done to ensure a more equitable future: techequity.us/2025/12/16/c...
Here are the books that helped further her understanding of how we got to this moment and what can be done to ensure a more equitable future: techequity.us/2025/12/16/c...
Catherine Bracy's year in books 2025 - TechEquity Collaborative
These are 5 of the books that most influenced the thinking of TechEquity CEO and author of "World Eaters," Catherine Bracy, this year.
techequity.us
December 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Meanwhile, international news outlets sounded the alarm about significant, tech-driven changes to our daily lives.
Here are the books that helped further her understanding of how we got to this moment and what can be done to ensure a more equitable future: techequity.us/2025/12/16/c...
Here are the books that helped further her understanding of how we got to this moment and what can be done to ensure a more equitable future: techequity.us/2025/12/16/c...
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
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Pentagon Unveils New GenAI Platform, It Immediately Starts Flagging Pete Hegseth's War Crimes - Above the Law
The Defense Department's new ChatJAG turned out to be better than the human chain of command.
abovethelaw.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
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What if A.I. companies just didn't use human metaphors like "soul" and "confessions?"
December 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
What if A.I. companies just didn't use human metaphors like "soul" and "confessions?"
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This World AIDS Day, we remember the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers lost to HIV and AIDS, and those living with HIV today. We must remind ourselves and each other that the fight isn’t over until the epidemic is over for everyone.
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This World AIDS Day, we remember the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers lost to HIV and AIDS, and those living with HIV today. We must remind ourselves and each other that the fight isn’t over until the epidemic is over for everyone.
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600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.
Quick summary by me:
Quick summary by me:
November 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.
Quick summary by me:
Quick summary by me:
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New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
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Laptops in the Long Run: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program in Rural Peru www.nber.org/papers/w34495
"no significant effects on academic performance but evidence of negative effects on grade progression....computer access improved students’ computer skills but not cognitive skills"
"no significant effects on academic performance but evidence of negative effects on grade progression....computer access improved students’ computer skills but not cognitive skills"
Laptops in the Long Run: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program in Rural Peru
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Laptops in the Long Run: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program in Rural Peru www.nber.org/papers/w34495
"no significant effects on academic performance but evidence of negative effects on grade progression....computer access improved students’ computer skills but not cognitive skills"
"no significant effects on academic performance but evidence of negative effects on grade progression....computer access improved students’ computer skills but not cognitive skills"
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The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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How the American dream turned out to be pay to play on.ft.com/47NkKD2 | opinion
How the American dream turned out to be pay to play
Big brands from Disney to American Express are profiting from economic divisions and making them wider
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November 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
How the American dream turned out to be pay to play on.ft.com/47NkKD2 | opinion
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A year ago, Marc Benioff declared Salesforce would lead an AI revolution. Insiders are still waiting for it to begin.
Inside Marc Benioff's big bet on generative AI
A year ago, Marc Benioff declared Salesforce would lead an AI revolution. Insiders are still waiting for it to begin.
www.businessinsider.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
A year ago, Marc Benioff declared Salesforce would lead an AI revolution. Insiders are still waiting for it to begin.
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'Now I have to decide, food or my premium?'
November 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
'Now I have to decide, food or my premium?'
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The AI industry is running on FOMO
The AI industry is running on FOMO
At least according to Big Tech’s latest earnings calls.
buff.ly
November 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The AI industry is running on FOMO
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Broader policy aside, to vote for Cuomo is to declare oneself an utterly vile racist.
So here's Andrew Cuomo reacting to Maria Bartiromo wondering if Mamdani will "change the look of New York" and have Muslim women "completely covered up," telling her that Mamdani "doesn't understand New York culture" because he has "dual citizenship" and "he's a citizen of Uganda."
October 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Broader policy aside, to vote for Cuomo is to declare oneself an utterly vile racist.
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Breaking News: Prunella Scales, the British actress best known for her role as Sybil on “Fawlty Towers,” died at 93.
Prunella Scales, Sybil on ‘Fawlty Towers,’ Dies at 93
Best known “for playing unfortunate wives,” she had a decades-long career in the theater and on television.
nyti.ms
October 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Breaking News: Prunella Scales, the British actress best known for her role as Sybil on “Fawlty Towers,” died at 93.
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This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
October 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
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Kudos to Ron Conway. “I am shocked and disappointed by your comments calling for an unwanted invasion of San Francisco by federal troops and by your willful ignorance and detachment from the impacts of the ICE immigration raids of families with NO criminal record.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
‘Godfather of Silicon Valley’ Quits Board Over Benioff’s Backing of Trump
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Kudos to Ron Conway. “I am shocked and disappointed by your comments calling for an unwanted invasion of San Francisco by federal troops and by your willful ignorance and detachment from the impacts of the ICE immigration raids of families with NO criminal record.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...