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Multiple readings Is AI Profitable Yet? Markets & investment · 2 attributable reactions Live tension Sam altman decoded interview ai Concern & critique · 4 attributable reactions Live tension Meta ai data centers taxes Concern & critique · 6 attributable reactions
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Established AI business Analysis 12d ago
⚡ 375 h early
Is AI profitable analysis essay

Is AI Profitable Yet?

13 experts across 6 network communities independently surfaced this.

13 experts 6 communities 1 sources clustered
Meredith Broussard Olivia Guest Damien Williams Sasha Costanza-Chock Prof. Dr Beth Singler Mél Hogan / The Data Fix Roland Meyer Stephen Turner +5
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“Is AI profitable yet? isaiprofitable.com”

Primary source isaiprofitable.com ↗
Established AI field signal Signal 13d ago
⚡ 2 h early

Sam altman decoded interview ai

12 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.

12 experts 4 communities 1 sources clustered
Mark Riedl Justin Hendrix Hypervisible Damien Williams Drew Harwell steven t. piantadosi Dare Obasanjo e.w. niedermeyer +4
2 experts discussed this · 10 posts
e.w. niedermeyer: he really does look like he's about to step off into a bold new future with none of us in it
Mary Branscombe: Right over the cliff
e.w. niedermeyer: the new Vanity Fair cover seems to subtly propose an interesting possibility: perhaps Sam Altman just has to accept some bad things happening in the name of human flourishing? www.politico.com/news…
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Primary source politico.com ↗
Established Compute & infrastructure Signal 17d ago
⚡ 182 h early

Meta ai data centers taxes

9 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

9 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Justin Hendrix Kashmir Hill Damien Williams Sarah T Roberts, PhD Michael Zimmer Social Media Lab Jon Keegan Jeffrey Vagle +1
Primary source nytimes.com ↗
Established Safety & security Signal 3d ago

Anthropic quietly pitches its own ai safety bill lawmakers politico reports

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

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Hypervisible Damien Williams

“Remember when we said that all the fear-hype and "AI slowdown/pause/pacing/whatever" talk was just a way for them to set up regulatory capture via paradigmatic capture? Told you so. But I mean, this was really quite obvious. Attempts at regulatory capture f…”

Primary source reuters.com ↗
Established Culture, work & education Development 16d ago
resist AI in education webinar

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Resisting the Use of AI in Education: Taking a Stand for Our Students and Our Colleagues. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

3 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Damien Williams Eileen Clancy 🧿 Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account)

“Sneak peek of my part of the online panel discussion "Resisting the Use of AI in Education" that @liznorell.bsky.social, @cjdenial.bsky.social, @josheyler.bsky.social & I are holding on Oct 13 at 1 PM ET. The webinar is free & open to all. More info and reg…”

Primary source olemiss.zoom.us ↗
Established Compute & infrastructure Analysis 17d ago
universities AI infrastructure lock-in essay

Universities Need AI Infrastructure. They Don’t Need AI Lock-In

3 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Damien Williams Tech Policy Press Ben Williamson

“Universities are racing to buy AI—but they should implement AI governance that keeps today's procurement decisions from hardening into institutional architecture that can't be changed, says Tom Smith, academic director of Royal Air Force College.”

Primary source buff.ly ↗
Established Compute & infrastructure Development 11d ago
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AI data center to destroy chestnut grove

One of America's Last Remaining Chestnut Groves Could Soon Be Wiped Out to Make Room for an AI Data Center

2 experts are actively discussing the implications.

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Hypervisible Damien Williams

“Okay, but have you considered how much water chestnut groves consume.”

2 experts discussed this · 2 posts
Hypervisible : Okay, but have you considered how much water chestnut groves consume.
Damien Williams: 🫠🫠🫠🫨🫨🫨
Damien Williams: Okay, but have you considered how much water chestnut groves consume.
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Primary source futurism.com ↗
Established Policy & governance Signal 16d ago

Class action lawsuit alleges Boston-based DraftKings used AI to target vulnerable gamblers

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Hypervisible Damien Williams

““A proposed class action lawsuit alleges Boston-based sports gambling company DraftKings is using artificial intelligence to identify and target vulnerable gamblers with promotions, incentives, and advertisements.””

Primary source boston.com ↗
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2 experts · 5 posts · 5d ago
Damien Williams B! 🐝 Cavello (they/them)
Damien Williams: …At the same time, I absolutely have been trained to crave that citation count like the goat craves the mineral, and let me tell you, that particular mismatch is Misery-making.
Damien Williams: oh well. the way it goes sometimes. Still not square with the fact that the way I measure impact & the way i've been forced by disciplinary strictures to measure impact are fundamentally at odds, t…
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2 experts · 3 posts · 8d ago
Damien Williams VE, cybersocial occult investigator
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Building & implementation · 1
Damien Williams: Our society does real fucked up things to people & character AI intentionally built itself out to prey on the people in those vulnerable spaces. I'm glad the company is dying but it is legitimately…
VE, cybersocial occult investigator: I keep thinking that a core problem, not only with AI or social media, but the deployment of software in society generally, is how much the industry relies on being able to conduct social and indiv…
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