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Google's Research Chief Wants You To Keep Coding (While AI Eats Your Lunch)

Google's research chief preaches coding skills while AI increasingly writes their own code. A sardonic take on tech executives' contradictory advice and the rapidly changing landscape for developers in an AI-dominated future.

Free AI Bot Giveaway: Musk's Digital Happy Hour Has a Two-Drink Minimum

Elon Musk's X platform is testing a free version of Grok AI in New Zealand with strict usage limits. The rollout features a peculiar two-hour cooldown period and represents Musk's latest move in the increasingly competitive AI chatbot landscape.

The "Ethical" AI Outfit Just Got In Bed With The War Machine

Anthropic, the self-proclaimed "ethical" AI company, has partnered with defense contractor Palantir to give their Claude AI access to classified military intelligence. This surprising alliance raises serious questions about AI safety and corporate values when billions of dollars are at stake.

AI Won't Kill Music, But It'll Sure As Hell Make It Boring

AI music tools may streamline production, but they risk stripping away the beautiful imperfections that give songs their soul. The human element in music—those rough edges and happy accidents—creates the emotional connection that perfect algorithms simply cannot replicate.

Skynet for Dummies: A Boozer's Guide to AI Domination

A sobering look at America's AI dominance race and the existential questions we're ignoring while rushing toward Artificial General Intelligence. Cutting through tech hype to examine what's at stake when humanity creates potentially superior machine intelligence.

Trust Fund Messiahs Building God in a Box

A raw, unfiltered take on tech elites building artificial general intelligence and the unsettling implications of their progress. Witness the collision of skepticism and reluctant awe as Silicon Valley's "trust fund messiahs" race toward creating godlike AI systems.

A raw, unfiltered take on how AI search engines threaten the internet's human element. A cautionary tale about technology's promise versus its reality, and what we stand to lose when algorithms become the gatekeepers of information.

AI Art Wars: When Robots Come For Your Paintbrush (And Your Soul)

Discover how AI threatens artists' livelihoods as tech companies harvest creative work for algorithms. A raw look at the human cost of automation in the arts and the creatives fighting back against digital exploitation.

Chinese App Wants to Make Your Face Dance Like Jack Nicholson (And That's Terrifying)

ByteDance's new X-Portrait 2 AI can animate your photos into eerily realistic movie performances. This technology transforms static images into convincing facial performances, raising serious questions about digital identity and reality in our increasingly AI-driven world.

Silicon Valley's Latest Gift to Teachers: More Homework

Posted from Jimmy’s Bar & Grill, 2:43 PM, halfway through my fourth Wild Turkey

Christ, another article about “preparing students for an AI world” just landed in my inbox like a dead rat on my doorstep. Had to order a double just to get through it.

lights cigarette

Look, I spent 12 years sorting mail at the post office while management consultants kept showing up with their “efficiency protocols” and “modernization strategies.” Now I’m watching the same song and dance with teachers, except this time it’s wearing an AI costume.