Fascinating read on potential threats posed by AI—and potential solutions.

It’s a long interview, so I didn’t read the whole thing, but what I did read made me want to read this book even more. I have a copy, I just need to open it up.

Personally, I’m not very optimistic about ChatGPT, and I think OpenAI should have better considered disruptions to fields like education before releasing the tool. That said, I don’t think a ban is the solution here.

Yes, yes, and yes. I don’t know what the future of the social web will look like, but blogs are what it should look like.

Just when you thought this couldn’t get any worse. Will be really interested to see if Dorsey gets banned.

I’ve been trying to avoid dire predictions for Twitter since Musk took over, but this seems more and more like a turning point in the identity and reputation of the platform.

I mean, I’m willing to wait a bit and see what Twitter and Musk have to say about this, but this sure doesn’t seem like the approach that a free speech absolutist would take.

This is petty and concerning.

Is he serious? Does he really think this is a good idea? Also, I love the increasing sass that The Verge and other outlets are putting into their comments about Twitter no longer having a communications team to respond to requests for comment.

This seems petty, immature, and misguided.

Oh good, so on top of the unexpected chaos, the expected chaos is also still happening.

This doesn’t surprise me at all. So much of the current Twitter chaos is predictable.

What an absolute mess this whole thing has been.

They’re so obvious as to almost not be worth pointing out, but two points: First, this is why making verification a paid feature is dumb; and second, penalizing parody because your business model is dumb is not what free speech absolutism looks like.

Choosing not to do business with someone isn’t an assault on free speech—it’s the very definition of the marketplace of ideas.

Oh no. This can’t be good.

We need to do more work to divorce free speech from content moderation. The world without content moderation would be a much worse world, and we don’t want to live in it. Sure, social media platforms are too powerful, but this is not the answer.

This is a gross idea for a TV show, and I’m glad people are pushing back against it.

What a story. I knew how awful the TSA could be to passengers, but I never knew how bad it also was for its own employees.

Sad news. I had the livestream up and was hoping to watch the launch before going into the office today.

Lots of directions to go with this one, but “based” is the red pill red flag for me. Lee is (unsurprisingly) borrowing the language of the far right.

Musk continues his trolling. This is a dumb proposal, and Twitter shouldn’t accept it.

Ugh, Pearson. Why do we keep thinking about ways to make digital textbooks worse than physical ones?

Best line: “Musk seemed to relish the ability to make wishful product plans about free speech and corporate independence more than he wanted to develop a coherent business plan for Twitter.”

I remember the first Floppotron, and 3.0 continues to be delightful. I may have to show this in class next year.