Steven Levy

Editor at Large @WIRED. Signal: stevenlevy.72

[Steven Levy @StevenLevy]

People sometimes tell me they've fallen off the Plaintext newsletter list, through no fault of their own. If you're a WIRED subscriber and want my newsletter, you can follow this link and give it every week. https://t.co/p9vVbvxxMX

[Steven Levy @StevenLevy]

The people buying data and workflow from companies, pros and even grad students--to train AI- tell me that this business will soon become as big as AI compute infrastructure. Will we all be funneling our work to AI in our jobs? https://t.co/dkEXGVgd8h

[Steven Levy @StevenLevy]

Once again looking for a great reader question that I will answer in the WIRED/Backhannel newsletter. There are no limits to the topics. Ask away!

[Steven Levy @StevenLevy]

This is great. Delighted that my book helped fuel the fire.

[harper 🤯 @harper]

why i call myself a hacker.

[Steven Levy @StevenLevy]

@DigitallyBones1 You should have introduced yourself!

[Steven Levy @StevenLevy]

I got to spend some time with John Ternus and other Apple execs this week for the MB Pro launch. Here are some early thoughts on Apple's new CEO--and his responses to my questions. https://t.co/Cbeq7jo8Yq

[Steven Levy @StevenLevy]

OK folks time for another question that I will answer in my Backchannel/WIRED newsletter. Ask me anything, anything at all.

[Steven Levy @StevenLevy]

@JoannaStern Actually, they explain why they changed their mind! (And Joanna, you are cited in this story!) https://t.co/x4sWcofHKI

[Steven Levy @StevenLevy]

Thanks Elijah. I don’t know if Apple is ready to let people use a pencil on a Mac screen. But who knows?

[Elijah Nicolas @elijahnicolas]

Now this is the content that I remember Wired writing about. Maybe because it’s from Steven Levy. Great piece!

I’m curious on how Touch will integrate with various workflows especially as a photographer. Did they mention Apple Pencil compatibility?

[Steven Levy @StevenLevy]

@Moonalice Big loss. BTW there was a time where her face was on countless posters at Facebook HQ.

[Steven Levy @StevenLevy]

Thanks! It was fun to jump back into the world of Apple, especially to spend time with the new CEO.

[Don Fotsch 🌵🇺🇸 @fotsch1]

The best WIRED article I have read in a VERY long time…

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— engr; decade @ 🍏; long time WIRED subscriber, years ago

[Steven Levy @StevenLevy]

Putting touch on the Mac is a classic 180. I go deep on this w John Ternus and other Apple execs. And get a first look at the MacBook Pro. https://t.co/x4sWcofHKI

[Steven Levy @StevenLevy]

I got an early look at new MacBook Pro—and found out why Apple changed its mind about touch on the Mac. https://t.co/mGTejp9Bfq

[Alex Brogan @alexbrogan]

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In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives by Stephen Levy.

"I hate to admit this because I’ve ignored high-tech all my life, but I read that book In the Plex about Google, and I found it a very interesting book.”
–Charlie Munger

https://t.co/LTdRkjV248

[Steven Levy @StevenLevy]

@lauraingle I was back at the Apple Store last week for the Duo launch in the exact spot where that happened. I showed some people the YT clip and they were astonished. Hope you’re well, Laura!

[Steven Levy @StevenLevy]

I asked Sherry Turkle, whose new book, Artificial Intimacy, warns that conversing with AI reduces our humanity, if chatbots should be banned from referring to themselves in the first-person. Her answer? "Yes!" https://t.co/tldunjz55a

[Steven Levy @StevenLevy]

The iPod would have been 25 this month. Yes, the iPhone is galaxies more impactful, but iPod's demise leaves a hole that hasn't been filled. Put this take on your playlist, please, https://t.co/7B85dejCdH

[Steven Levy @StevenLevy]

Missed posting this yesterday, 15 years after Steve's death. This was very hard to write, and I churned it out in hours to get it online that night. Try to hang on for the kicker, which might be the best paragraph I ever wrote. https://t.co/UGQoYpcvzC

[Steven Levy @StevenLevy]

@ObservatoireUS Ok gotcha. Super intelligence is a thing but a subset of AI, a term Trump has banned. It’s like saying that all cars should hereafter be known as F1 racers.

[Steven Levy @StevenLevy]

Our tech overloads have pinned their businesses and their identities around "artificial intelligence." Yet when POTUS said he's ordering the US to BAN the term not one spoke out against this insane idea. https://t.co/K0jpSiYteH

[Steven Levy @StevenLevy]

@ObservatoireUS You told me to read this book but if you read my piece you would have seen that I talked to the author and quoted him!

[Steven Levy @StevenLevy]

Thanks, Jacob, and congrats on your book, Profiles in Cowardice!

[Jacob Weisberg @jacobwe]

Steve Levy has this exactly right: https://t.co/w6yy8SfCAv @StevenLevy