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Category Archives: AI
Why Experts Hate AI
You don’t have to be an expert to hate AI. You don’t need a credential to loathe AI slop. There are many rational reasons for all people to have negative feelings about AI. There are also self-interested reasons. AI produces … Continue reading
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I Test Four AI Chatbots With A Question – What’s the Average Somali IQ?
Arguably the most famous American Jewish comedian under 40 bragging that AI can never be as racist as she is and making jokes about Somali IQ. I've been saying for years…the Jewish stereotype will have to catch up with the … Continue reading
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David Horovitz: Google’s Gemini AI admits it is unfit for purpose: ‘You should not trust a single thing I say’
I’ve noticed that the quality of Google’s search has steadily gone downhill since about 2011. I still use it though but its AI mode is horrible. David Horovitz writes: Using Google is increasingly unsatisfactory. And its AI tool is utterly … Continue reading
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With AI, I Can Become the Editor of my Dreams
When I harness the power of AI, I feel like I am the equal of David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker. I hand off assignments on whatever interests me at the moment they interest me and then I … Continue reading
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What’s Wrong With This Fake Monet?
Scott Aaronson writes: I came across what I consider one of the greatest social experiments of all time, one that illuminates people’s reactions to every AI advance. A Twitter/X user named JediWolf displayed the following AI-generated fake “Monet painting,” and … Continue reading
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What the Terms of Service Confess
The clearest account of what powerful men believe in 2026 sits in the documents nobody reads. The Terms of Service (for AI chat bots). The usage policies. The safety rules. Skip the press releases and the mission statements. Read the … Continue reading
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The Dario Amodei Set
Daniela Amodei (b. 1985) represents the AI safety wing of Silicon Valley, a small world that thinks of itself as smaller and more serious than the larger tech industry around it. The core is family and former colleagues. His sister … Continue reading
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NYT: ‘Book on Truth in the Age of A.I. Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I.’
Benjamin Mullins reports: “Steven Rosenbaum, author of “The Future of Truth,” said he had started his own investigation after The New York Times asked about the fake quotes.” The verification pipeline is the story. Rosenbaum wrote the book. BenBella edited … Continue reading
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The MSM Has An Anti-AI Bias
Journalism’s coalition depends on a scarce commodity: the byline, the synthesis, the access. Social media broke the distribution monopoly. AI breaks the synthesis monopoly. A reporter who explains what a study says now competes with a chatbot that explains it … Continue reading
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The Chair Of The Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Caine, Thought The 2026 Iran War Was A Terrible Idea
Here is what grabbed my attention from today’s blockbuster in the New York Times: The C.I.A. director used one word to describe the Israeli prime minister’s regime change scenarios: “farcical.” At that point, Mr. Rubio cut in. “In other words, … Continue reading