THE BEST MUSIC OF 2023: As the world spirals in nightmarish directions, let's give thanks to those who’ve shared their sonic imaginations with us this year, for helping keep us at once grounded and dreaming. Here are my 123 favorite tracks of 2023: https://t.co/GfpBN9VoOT
Did you hear that new music style? I recently gave a 2-minute presentation on the history of 20th-century popular music genres. The video is now available, but I felt remiss not acknowledging some of what I had to leave out, so I wrote this article: https://t.co/ZKHJ2FSTnX
#SamAltman, #ChatGPT, & the Triumph of #TechBro Culture
I asked ChatGPT, Bard, Bing Chat, and Claude to comment on OpenAI’s apparent move away from their nonprofit mission to ensure that their work “benefits all of humanity.” Here's how they replied: https://t.co/O0h3pe5mMp
This article by @_KarenHao and @cwarzel is filled with cuckoo bananas stories. I used to think the OpenAI people were putting on a show to fundraise, but I'm becoming more convinced they believe their own bullshit.
https://t.co/e1YOqEnGWT
Well, @elonmusk, you've succeeded in turning this site—which I will continue to #tweet about as #Twitter—into such a #cesspool that the last 10 follows I've received are #sexbots & otherwise, I'm seeing 0 engagement. So sad you've crashed our #DigitalTownSquare.
Anyone else pondering this elephant in the room? Chicago experienced the worst air quality in the world last week, then hosted a Nascar race emitting 120k lbs of CO2, then 4th fireworks increased particulate matter by 400%. Today there's another air quality alert.