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Elon Dishes More on the Possible Deletion of Twitter Files

  • December 7, 2022
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When Matt Taibbi and Elon Musk revealed that Twitter counsel James Baker had been fired for vetting the Twitter files without the knowledge of management, that left open a big question: Were things deleted in the process before Musk and Taibbi saw them and the first files were released? Musk had previously made this comment […]

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How far the mighty have fallen, Surowiecki edition

  • December 7, 2022
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James Surowiecki is an intelligent guy with a distinguished history in journalism and writing. His most famous work was his 2004 book The Wisdom of Crowds, which I enjoyed thoroughly. It was carefully researched and well written, and helped reveal the failures of the “experts” and why those failures are so common. I would still […]

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Time for an Artificial Intelligence Press Secretary?

  • December 7, 2022
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There’s been a lot of news in the last few weeks about how artificial intelligence bots are on the cusp of being able to write prose, poetry, and music as well as or better than humans. Color me skeptical—art is not chess—but there’s one instance I can think of where even a primitive AI system […]

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December 7, 1941: Pearl Harbor…and Midway

  • December 7, 2022
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Today is the day “that will live in infamy.” The sleepy December Sunday that gave us horrific pictures of the USS Arizona with roiling clouds of thick black smoke belching from amidships, and towering flames shooting skywards, sideways, everywhere. Frantic sailors, desperately trying to save her, their shipmates and themselves. Unbelievable acts of devotion, duty […]

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Could Musk’s neural implants leave people as zombies?

  • December 7, 2022
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Last week, we looked at Elon Musk’s Neuralink Corporation and the computer chips he plans to begin implanting in the brains of human test subjects as soon as next year. These types of medical advancements offer the possibility of dramatic improvements in the lives of some patients, particularly those with significant physical disabilities. But they […]