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New AI field signal Resource 19h ago
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Ed Zitron By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

“Here’s this week’s Better Offline. I’m joined by Ed Elson of Prof G Markets to talk about the broken state of the stock market, the collapse of regulation, SpaceX’s post-IPO horror show, and how our culture conflates wealth with intelligence. youtu.be/XkDEU…”

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Ed Zitron: Had @author-calnewport.bsky.social on Better Offline to talk about AI companies “doom-trolling” consumers using scary stories about conscious computers, and how we need to make fun of those leading…
Ed Zitron: Had @author-calnewport.bsky.social on Better Offline to talk about AI companies “doom-trolling” consumers using scary stories about conscious computers, and how we need to make fun of those leading…
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Developing Compute & infrastructure Analysis 1d ago
subprime data center crisis essay

The Subprime Data Center Crisis

1 directory member surfaced this signal.

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Ed Zitron

“It’s not hard to see how fragile the AI industry is, and how primed it is to explode, and how damaging that explosion will be — and the media will be partially to blame for championing AI companies and ignoring the risks until it was too late. www.wheresyou…”

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Established AI business Analysis 6d ago
Oracle credit rating drops near junk

Oracle’s credit rating drops to one level above junk | Ed Zitron

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Ed Zitron

“I joined the Times Tech Report to talk Oracle’s credit downgrade, how OpenAI poses a material threat to the future of Oracle, Larry Ellison’s wealth, and even the Paramount/WBD deal, and how OpenAI could be the Lehman Brothers of AI. youtu.be/T757udwH45Q?...”

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Established Models & releases Analysis 5d ago
OpenAI could kill SoftBank Oracle analysis

Monologue: OpenAI Could Kill SoftBank and Oracle | Better Offline

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“Here’s this week’s Better Offline monologue. I run through how OpenAl's collapse could mortally wound SoftBank, throw the Paramount/Warner Brothers deal into chaos, kill Oracle, and destroy Larry Ellison's empire. youtu.be/tUb-B10h_qc?... Linktr.ee/betterof…”

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2 experts · 3 posts · 4d ago
Ed Zitron Amy Hoy
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Amy Hoy: no, and even asking the question shows you don’t understand the merest basics of how llms work every single chat “turn” is brand new from scratch. there is no “there” there. no personality, no cont…
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