Jeff MacArthur

Co-host of The AmberMac Show on SiriusXM; fretless bassist & composer; geeky tech & UX enthusiast; non-partisan political junkie; Maritimer who's been around.

[Jeff MacArthur @jeffmacarthur]

It's not that difficult, really - a lot more of us in this group than outside of it

[JerrySizzler @STEVEnworse]

Yup

[Ed Elson @edels0n]

Update: Another exec just quit literally hours ago

[Amber Mac @ambermac]

In this week's ep, we cover Zuck's 6000-word AI manifesto, the return of MySpace, & the memory crisis, plus Jeff shares his idea for the agentic AI we ALL need, & guest Benjamin Alarie talks about his new book, Superjustice, about how AI is transforming law. Audio/video/links: https://t.co/SXiOzHwGSO

[Amber Mac @ambermac]

The 12 richest people in the world now have more wealth than 50% of the global population. TheOtherMac has a solution for that and it leverages the agentic AI that the tech billionaires are pitching as our salvation - but something makes us think this isn't what they had in mind. Watch the video to find out more on The AmberMac Show! https://t.co/BmAnFXuaTl

[Jeff MacArthur @jeffmacarthur]

@SturdyHugh @ambermac Here's one part of the solution, Hugh (freshly dropped!)… https://t.co/hAaqirDVtg

[Amber Mac @ambermac]

The 12 richest people in the world now have more wealth than 50% of the global population. TheOtherMac has a solution for that and it leverages the agentic AI that the tech billionaires are pitching as our salvation - but something makes us think this isn't what they had in mind. Watch the video to find out more on The AmberMac Show! https://t.co/BmAnFXuaTl

[Jeff MacArthur @jeffmacarthur]

@TheEconomist Isn't your (terrible) AI narration supposed to get replaced human narration within a week or so? Listening to "America's startup boom offers hope for the future of work" & it's awful. I subscribe for the talented human readers & won't be renewing if this continues.

[Jeff MacArthur @jeffmacarthur]

@ambermac I gotta truth the truth, man 😂

[Amber Mac @ambermac]

👀Hey @jeffmacarthur --- tell us how you REALLY feel about Mark Zuckerberg & his AI manifesto?!

Full chat on this week's The AmberMac Show: NEW today on SXM and tomorrow everywhere you get your podcasts👇.
https://t.co/9yUkLQcgwP

[Jeff MacArthur @jeffmacarthur]

@LeeJ29 Definitely with you on that, Lee. Sigh.

[Jeff MacArthur @jeffmacarthur]

Oh, great.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Scientists have used A.I. to create new viruses for the first time, raising hopes for medical advances while also raising the possibility that the technology could someday be used to invent dangerous pathogens. https://t.co/MJG4mp0TTb

[Jeff MacArthur @jeffmacarthur]

@batcountry1980 Very much love Echo & The Bunnymen - my fav band in high school. They also have had a tremendous second act since reforming in the 90s - here's a great playlist I made of the best of their stuff since the original run (w/ some McCulloch solo stuff, too): https://t.co/PQnXvXGhs2

[Jeff MacArthur @jeffmacarthur]

Waiting for someone on here to assert that children should be able to have as much lead in their blood as they want and that government should stay out of their business

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Government regulation for the win! Lead concentration in children under 5 declines massively in the US. Well done. Source: https://t.co/9WUS9JaU7U

[Jeff MacArthur @jeffmacarthur]

@BruceFraser New Mastadon album coming out, too - "single" dropped recently

[Jeff MacArthur @jeffmacarthur]

@BruceFraser @nytimes Six years after COVID shuts the world down, someone thinks getting AI to create new viruses is a good idea. WTF is the matter with people?

[Jeff MacArthur @jeffmacarthur]

@Blackmoor_Film I mean, for one, it's not a film, it's a series. For two, I'm sure you've heard the expression about judging a book by its cover - I'd say this applies to trailers. I'm cautiously optimistic - I may be proven wrong, but there's certainly not enough to judge it on at this point.

[Jeff MacArthur @jeffmacarthur]

@HumeKathryn @ambermac It was very interesting, Kathryn, thanks so much for being on the show!

[Jeff MacArthur @jeffmacarthur]

Super interesting discussion on AI bias

[Amber Mac @ambermac]

.@HumeKathryn @VectorInst joined us on a recent episode of The AmberMac Show podcast to discuss how bias in the AI systems we use every day poses a significant challenge.

Get the full episode wherever you get your podcasts. cc @jeffmacarthur

[David T.S. Fraser @privacylawyer]

Canadians: Bill C-22 is going before the Senate in the fall. This is what secret ministerial orders look like. #lawfulaccess

[Jeff MacArthur @jeffmacarthur]

I might know every single sound on this album. Spent many long hours sitting between two speakers listening intently. Very fun album (and I used to sing several of these songs to my kids when they were little: The Gnome, The Scarecrow, and Bike)!

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

“The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” by Pink Floyd was released 59 years ago today.

[Jeff MacArthur @jeffmacarthur]

@simongerman600 Actually, this are missing the province of Prince Edward Island, Simon

[Ed Elson @edels0n]

So Blackstone is loaning billions to Anthropic so that Anthropic can rent chips from Google, which already invested billions in Anthropic so that Anthropic could rent chips from Google, meaning Google's billions weren't enough billions, so Anthropic is now borrowing billions from Blackstone.

Got it.