
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

The calling for this new internet has never been more dire. As you're reading this, machine learning algorithms are being trained on the billions of gallons of bullshit we spew online each day.
AI-powered document editors, then, among other tools, use all that training data to make it even easier to write outcome-oriented garbage that moves us furt... See more
AI-powered document editors, then, among other tools, use all that training data to make it even easier to write outcome-oriented garbage that moves us furt... See more
Dan Hunt • Internet as Practice
sources, how could we tell truth from error? Or, in a more sinister vein, honest research from manipulation?
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
I suspect we humans do better with constraints; the Internet stripped away the constraint of physical distribution, and now AI is removing the constraint of needing to actually produce content. That this is spoiling the Internet is perhaps the best hope for finding our way back to what is real. Let the virtual world be one of customized content for... See more
Ben Thompson • Regretful Accelerationism
The Beginning of Infinity
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