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Observations on AI from a Techno-Humanist

Jan 9, 2025
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The Black Box

The evolution from pure mathematical programming to AI-driven development marks a profound shift in how we interact with machines—but at what cost to transparency and reproducibility?

Jan 3, 2025
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If You Care About Record Egg Prices, You Should Care About Corporate Consolidation — Food & Power

www.foodandpower.net
2h ago

The Daily Beast

www.thedailybeast.com
now officially confused. I guess this fits with the larger theme of no accountability and adherence to laws.
2d ago

Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them

www.nbcnews.com
2d ago

www.reddit.com

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2d ago

3 men claiming to be from DOGE show up at San Francisco City Hall, demand records

www.cbsnews.com
Feb 4

Day Five of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025: Not “Read Only” access anymore

www.crisesnotes.com

Mar Hicks (@histoftech@mastodon.social)

mastodon.social
your article is mentioned here. All of it is critical reading right now.

Saturation.social
Feb 4

This is the most insanely dumb things I’ve seen I think ever. It’s so stupid it makes me feel smart.

Darby Saxbe (@darbysaxbe.bsky.social)

bsky.app

Saturation.social
Feb 4

What should have been the headline for today's Times

Saturation.social
Feb 4

"Mr. Musk’s allies now aim to inject artificial intelligence tools into government systems, using them to assess contracts and recommend cuts. On Monday, Thomas Shedd, a former Tesla engineer who has been tapped to lead a technology team at G.S.A., told some staff members that he hoped to put all federal contracts into a centralized system so they could be analyzed by artificial intelligence, three people familiar with the meeting said."

Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government

www.nytimes.com

Saturation.social
Feb 3

Elon Musk Wants to Get Operational Control of the Treasury’s Payment System. This Could Not Possibly Be More Dangerous

www.crisesnotes.com

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