MikeElgan

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

HEADLINE: "China races ahead of U.S. on AI regulation"

ALT HEADLINE: "Totalitarian government obsessed with keeping the public powerless quick to control tech that empowers people"

https://www.axios.com/2023/05/08/china-ai-regulation-race

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

BREAKING: Linda Yaccarino confirmed as new Twitter CEO.

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

Rumor: Musk to hire NBCUniversal ad chief Linda Yaccarino as CEO of Twitter.

Prediction: Musk's fans will lose their shit over this because she's too "woke."

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

Our home in Venice for the next week.

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

Just arrived on the last boat to Venice.

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

Where I’m at: waiting for a water taxi at the Venice airport.

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

This is how dumb AI is. The prompt: "...standing next to a motorcycle smoking a cigarette" https://www.reddit.com/r/AIfreakout/comments/13e6s8c/standing_next_to_a_motorcycle_smoking_a_cigarette/

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

Where I’m at: Red eye in first class from LA to London!

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

Should you be afraid of the cameras in your robot vacuum?
https://elgan.com/should-you-be-afraid-of-the-cameras-in-your-robot-vacuum

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

Say what you will about Marrakech. It's been a great place to buy spices for a thousand years.
https://elgan.com/say-what-you-will-about-marrakech-its-been-a-great-place-to-buy-spices-for-a-thousand-years

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

Mental health condition of the moment: "AI anxiety"

https://www.everydayhealth.com/columns/my-health-story/are-the-headlines-about-ai-changing-the-world-stressing-you-out/

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

A new podcast about Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter is called "Flipping the Bird." Haha!
https://wondery.com/shows/flipping-the-bird-elon-vs-twitter/

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

I love the Oaxacan wine country
https://elgan.com/i-love-the-oaxacan-wine-country

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

A Trump ad on Facebook shows images of the country going to hell under the Biden Administration. Except the pictures were taken during the Trump administration. Sad!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/05/03/trump-using-photos-from-his-own-presidency-to-argue-life-is-worse-under-biden/

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

Musk has gotten rid of 90% of Twitter employees, and only about 1,000 people work there now. https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/elon-musk-has-fired-almost-everyone-at-twitter-report-states/news-story/150ff8b7235f114f2c382fcc3b717cfd

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

Anyone got a Bluesky invite burning a hole in their pocket?

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

If your coffee tastes like dirt, it could be the cup https://mikeelgan.substack.com/i/114941023/if-your-coffee-tastes-like-dirt-it-could-be-the-cup

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

Turns out Noam Chomsky hitched a ride on pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's plane to go see pedophile Woody Allen.
https://boingboing.net/2023/04/30/jeffrey-epsteins-calendar-reveals-a-strange-date-with-noam-chomsky-and-woody-allen.html

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

Cuba cancels celebration of its Communist revolution because it doesn't have enough gas. It doesn't have enough gas because of its Communist revolution. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65442845

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

To summarize Ron Amadeo's Ars Technica review, the OnePlus Pad tablet is a piece of shit. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/04/oneplus-pad-hands-on-i-did-not-know-they-still-made-displays-this-bad/

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

I'm not sure that kids trying to play video games on school Chromebooks qualifies as a "world," but... https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3mxkj/inside-the-chaotic-world-of-kids-trying-to-play-video-games-on-school-laptops

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

Phrase of the moment: “the nonstop forum drama that is Elon Musk’s Twitter” https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/24/23695772/twitter-blue-check-paid-verification-false-endorsement-dril

MikeElgan, 1 year ago to random

Phrase of the moment: "pure joy"
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tucker-carlson-no-longer-fox-154155412.html

annaleen, 1 year ago to random

Way back in 2021, I called out #Substack as a scam because it was masquerading as a service provider when it fact it was paying certain writers (often secretly) to create content for them. (https://buttondown.email/thehypothesis/archive/heres-why-substacks-scam-worked-so-well/) They had an editorial mission and a paid writing staff, but claimed to be a neutral service provider like Etsy for authors. Here's how that story is going ...