Reporter AJ English / bylines: Daily Beast, Slate, CNBC etc / on-air: NPR, Marketplace etc / ex: CNN, CBS / [email protected] / views expressed are my own
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Andy Hirschfeld retweeted
One of the world’s largest private equity firms just issued a report concluding: “Despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech.”
Andy Hirschfeld retweeted
Still don’t know what this is used for besides scamming people
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Andy Hirschfeld retweeted
I now see the danger in “humanizing” AI with human names and human qualities. Millions of people do not have the cognitive sophistication to handle this and millions will have deep AI psychosis in five years. I believe AI should be presented in a sterile UI as much as possible
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Lawmakers will need to start holding tech executives legally liable everytime someone uses a tool like this to scam people, push misinformation, and impersonate someone.
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Andy Hirschfeld retweeted
If you're a business or artist with intellectual property, watch the clock.
7 days until Meta is 3wks from claiming right to scrape your site to develop its AI. Your consent? Apparently unnecessary. All it takes is use of Meta's services.
Yes, they delayed but you shouldn’t.
Andy Hirschfeld retweeted
Yes. note that there's also a third option, which is "if it's too dangerous for everyone to have it, it's too dangerous to train in the first place."
Everyone should be looking for data points to advance the longstanding debate in AI policy between “diffuse dual-use capabilities rapidly so the good guys can defend themselves” and “restrict capabilities proliferation to only carefully vetted good guys.” We are putting the former position to the test as we speak.
No motivated reasoning to reach your preferred conclusion; just pay attention and update as appropriate in whatever direction seems true. This is much too important for low-fidelity tribal polarization.
Andy Hirschfeld retweeted
OpenAI are shitting themselves.
Their grift is up. They know it. And they know we know it too.
They're just trying to get out with as much cash as they can, while stiffing ordinary people with all the inevitable losses coming down the line.
OpenAI trims valuation target to $1.25tn after pitching higher price ft.trib.al/jPYrZWg
Andy Hirschfeld retweeted
You cannot collect a paycheck from the AI companies and pretend you are an independent good guy warning the public. You cannot be employed and submissive to the company you are trying to reign in. @deanwball should not have accepted the job at OpenAI.
The public is right to be skeptical of industry insiders who claim to be on the side of safety and moderation. Of course your incentives are completely fucked up!
Consumers do not want this.
ipsos.com/en-us/people-still…?
Here's another reason I believe 50%+ of social media content will by AI-generated by the end of 2027.
You've definitely seen these explainer accounts appear out of nowhere and generate enormous engagement. Turns out they are made using Higgsfield.
Some of the biggest new gen entertainment companies will likely begin as an AI-content instagram/tiktok account.
Andy Hirschfeld retweeted
Our decision to rush ahead making a dangerous, dual-use product without adequate basic security measures in place was unavoidable and preordained by destiny. We tried to warn you about our own recklessness and disregard for safety or the law.
Andy Hirschfeld retweeted
Hey so this should be fucking illegal
JUST IN: Palmer Luckey's genetically modified military dog startup, Warhound, comes out of stealth, aiming to create enhanced canines for the U.S. military.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This is NOT Palmer's company at all, his company Anduril is only supplying the tech for the dogs, and this is a wholly owed Collosal entiity
x.com/palmerluckey/s…
Andy Hirschfeld retweeted
I hate AI so much. Like why does everyone NEED to be subjected to it all the time? I'm so sick and tired of it
Andy Hirschfeld retweeted
if you follow this world closely this explanation makes enough sense. but it's gonna be a tough sell and piss off a lot of normal people to hear some version of 'we tried to warn you but also we just kept building it too...what did you expect us to do...stop?'
Andy Hirschfeld retweeted
This woman was once considered the most important journalist of a generation.
I had editors tell me to emulate her.
Internet-culture reporter and influencer @TaylorLorenz does a collab with a male-fertility gummy company, Sperm Worms.
“It’s delicious!” Lornenz gushes of the pineapple flavored product. “I’m gonna be so fertile!”
Andy Hirschfeld retweeted
AI is truly a groundbreaking innovation. Here's what it's giving us
- Ruining the internet and digital security
- Making ppl dumber and less happy
- Taking away jobs
- Making arts worse
- Needing data centers covering the Earth to provide us the above
Can't imagine going back
Andy Hirschfeld retweeted
As a former audio engineer/mixer, I can confirm that the sound quality is horrendous. Ethically, this track is stealing from this guy's "favorite" artists, there is nothing interesting or creative about it. There's no humanity, no integrity, no human "truths" expressed.
AI generated music is 1000x better than real music.
Today I canceled Spotify and SiriusXM because I finally tested Suno.
What sold me was the first prompt I gave it:
“My favorite artists are A Day to Remember, Bring Me The Horizon, Spiritbox, Bad Omens, and Sleep Token.
Analyze all their hits and generate a song I’m likely to love based on those artists.”
It one shots an absolute banger in 10 seconds.
I'll link the song in the next tweet for anyone curious.
Why would I ever go back to Spotify/SiriusXM when I can generate music perfectly tailored to my taste on command, for free?
Not affiliated with Suno in any way btw, it was just one of those moments where I was so impressed with AI’s capability I had to say something about it.