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Clive Thompson

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Writer, musician, hobbyist coder. Wired / NYT Magazine / Mother Jones, author of "Coders". Blog at clivethompson.medium.com. Free "Linkfest" newsletter ("the opposite of doomscrolling"): https://shorturl.at/XcutG. Built https://www.weirdoldbookfinder.net/

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Excellent @jasonkoebler.bsky.social piece at @404media.co about the cultural shift in real-world and online flyers ... ... as people start posting AI-generated ones that all have the same bland creepy look www.404media.co/we-are-livin... (unpaywalled, just in case: archive.is/…

We Are Living in a ‘ChatGPT Flyer Pandemic’ 404media.co

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404 Media's Jason Koebler documents ChatGPT-designed flyers for surf lessons, skate shop closeouts, drug deliveries, World Cup parties, junk hauling and fundraisers.
The shared look — bright text on dark backgrounds, generic icon boxes, decorative lines, arrows and checkmarks — has become so recognizable it reads as a template.
A viral Threads post asking 'ain't nobody gonna address this ChatGPT flyer pandemic' has spread to Instagram and Facebook among designers, musicians and bar owners.

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Here's Ted Chiang on the idea that LLMs can be conscious Link: www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2... Unpaywalled just in case: archive.is/bcpZl

No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious theatlantic.com

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I found this AI Compass quiz genuinely useful for pinpointing how I actually feel about various aspects of AI. At the same time, I don’t think my result (“The Kontextmaschine”) quite fits… [bambamramfan.github.io]

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so, I wrote a piece for the @nytimes.com Magazine ... ... about small businesspeople using OpenClaw -- a "harness" for AI -- to try and automate chunks of their jobs sometimes it works quite well sometimes it drives *straight* into a wall often, both! gift link: www.nytimes.co…

The Small-Business Owners Managing Whole Armies of A.I. Employees nytimes.com

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UI/UX designer folks! I'm writing a Fast Company feature on how AI is changing design -- lots of AI tooling in Figma now, but also designers using coding LLMs, Claude code, etc You have experiences? Thoughts? Pro, con, both? Hit me up, I'd love to hear! (and boost) [email protected]

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