California's Stealth Campaign to Kneecap AIOct 29
gavin newsom just signed eight bills that effectively turn ai into the most heavily regulated nascent consumer technology in modern history
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The Tech Insurgent's Battle for the Future
an interview with paul buchheit, the man who built gmail: the story behind his revolutionary product, the gatekeepers’ war against insurgents, and conquering our national decay
Mike Solana
Jun 18, 2024
How Google was able to nurture Gmail within the company in 2004, and why it would be impossible today
The PR crisis that Gmail caused
How Paul Buchheit knew Bill Gates was wrong about the internet — as an intern in 1995
Why it’s culturally impossible for Boeing to compete with SpaceX
How Gmail succeeded despite not being the first mover in browser-based email
Why Paul is optimistic about San Francisco’s future
Paul’s view on the future of AI
When Paul Buchheit launched Gmail in 2004, it didn’t just change Google, or the technology industry — though it certainly changed both. It changed the world.
California's Stealth Campaign to Kneecap AI
AI: White Lives Don't MatterOct 24
when prompted with thousands of hypotheticals, most models massively prefer white men (and ice agents) to suffer more than other groups, and only one model was truly egalitarian
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Wikipedia Declares Trump an AuthoritarianOct 10
a single editor repeatedly inserted the same "authoritarian" framing into multiple wikipedia articles, creating an illusion of consensus and shaping the record that now informs chatgpt and google
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