Warp
Hello again everyone. It's a bright new week, which means it's time for some more Arachne. This week, I want to provide some context and some working definitions around artificial general intelligence, or "AGI." What it is, what it isn't, and why
Warp
Warning: This post makes brief reference to a physical altercation between a married couple. Time to ramp back up to my typical newsletter cadence. Today's certainly won't be too long, but I still hope to make it worth your while. Let's talk about Meta
Warp
As Charlie XCX told us during the Brat Summer of our lord, everything is romantic. As I am telling you now, everything is tech. Stories that don't appear on the surface to be technology stories always have some small line out to the many ways technology disrupts and
Warp
Following the surprise shooting of a healthcare CEO in Manhattan last week, one of the questions I kept asking myself revolved around technology. How could a person shoot someone in midtown Manhattan and evade both identification and apprehension? For days, a few details were reported that only further made this
Warp
Hi there everyone. For a special Giving Tuesday edition of Arachne, I wanted to point you in the direction of some organizations in the tech and democracy space for you to consider donating. If you're not ready to make a donation today, all of these organizations have excellent
Warp
Over the past week, millions of new users, including some of Twitter's most prolific producers, have moved operations to Bluesky. If you've heard about Bluesky, if you haven't heard about Bluesky, if you are someone who was the 72,868th user on Bluesky (me)
Warp
Two things are true this week. First, there isn't a ton of tech news about which I'm really excited to write. Second, I want to take a break from foretelling doom as a result of the election. So I thought this would be a great time
Democracy
This week has been hectic, but I wanted to make sure I got out a second newsletter. This one will probably not be as elegantly written as past posts. ✍️A quick editorial note: דעם מאַשין קילז פאַשיסץ Some Things to Prepare For A Trump presidency is bad in
Democracy
Irregular days call for irregular newsletters. "How long? Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., March 25, 1965On the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama Today is Election Day. I am
AI
Content warning: This post includes a story about a teen suicide. "It's probably broken and I don't believe you" is a common catchphrase of Nilay Patel, the editor in chief of The Verge. The phrase is deployed most frequently on The Vergecast when talking
Warp
Hey friends. Here's one last reminder for Arachne subscribers that I am hosting a live talk called WHAT TO WORRY ABOUT: AI and the Creative Industries tonight. Here are the deets: WHAT TO WORRY ABOUT: AI and the Creative Industries Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 8pm Eastern Run
Warp
Welcome back. Let's Warp. Last week, Tesla and its actively-democracy-undermining CEO Elon Musk hosted an event to unveil multiple daydreams of actual products. Originally planned for August, the event featured the marquee reveal of the Tesla Cybercab. The vision of the Cybercab, or at least of the prototype