“The political problem with #ai hype is that its most compelling use case is starving the host — fewer teachers, fewer degrees, fewer workers, fewer healthy information environments.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/opinion/ai-tech-innovation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7k4.QPUj.m9yqFhndawwD&smid=url-share
“Over the course of six episodes, Evan’s voice agents talked to spammers and scammers, to Evan’s friends and family, to colleagues and sources, to other AIs, and even to a therapist—all to better understand what AI voice is able to do, what it can’t yet do, and what to expect from a future in which more and more of the people we encounter in the world aren’t real.” #generative #technology #ai #podcast https://www.shellgame.co/
“It turns out that if there is anything more implausible than the idea that they might need to write as part of their jobs, it is the idea that they might have to write, or want to write, in some part of their lives other than their jobs. Or, more generally, the idea that education might be valuable not because it gets you a bigger paycheque but because, in a fundamental way, it gives you access to a more rewarding life.” teaching #learning #generative #ai https://thewalrus.ca/i-used-to-teach-students-now-i-catch-chatgpt-cheats/
the Shangri-Las as played by the Stooges .. https://archive.ph/BF2JN