Mason L. Wong 王樂知

PhD in progress on modern China, Sinophone studies, global Asias @nyucomplit. Hoya Saxa, go Ephs. Words @lareviewofbooks, @publicbooks, and elsewhere.

[Mr. Chau @Srirachachau]

Yes! Also like, really smart kid

[Jasmine Vojdani @jasmineshaadi]

this week, i asked lit mag editors how worried they are about finding AI in their slush piles and what they're doing about it @NYMag
https://t.co/AwhFrJP3cG

[Edward Ongweso Jr @bigblackjacobin]

really a phenomenal piece. gulf capital is a key part of whatever global order emerges from compute & sits at the fulcrum of so many vulnerabilities we’ll have to exploit if we want any leverage in shaping what AI development looks like

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

This is a must-read by Steven Zeitchik about YouTube, the movie business, and "a teetering, if not the first hints of a collapse, of a legacy-driven studio system" https://t.co/zZsHjjirmy

[Tim Wu @superwuster]

Spent a lot of time discussing AI fiction & non-fiction at lunch at the Hay festival today -- my predictions are (1) openly AI-authored fiction will gain only a niche audience, not unlike "enhanced Olympics," due to stigma/low costs of copying (2) AI fiction will become strongly stigmatized over next year (if not already) with stronger "human authored" certifications becoming more common (3) the line between AI-authored and AI-"edited" or "assisted" really needs to be figured out.

[dylan saba @shaabiranks]

Banger from the inimitable Tim Barker

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

There is a lot being written about the stylistic tells of AI writing (em-dashes, etc.) but this paper looks at AI narrative tells

Fascinating differences between AI & human narrative, and asking AI to write in different styles doesn't do much to change it https://t.co/azkRHz34NQ

[Phenomenal World @phenomenalworld]

Phenomenal World Issue 1 is here: AMERICAN POWER

With writing on ‘declinism,’ the dollar, the Donroe Doctrine, Iran, Cuba, Brazil, Venezuela, China, the Gulf, and more.

Now all online—

[Matt Duss @mattduss]

Everyone involved in this should be embarrassed.

[Max Spero @max_spero_]

Good article. Thank you for saying it

[evgrieve @evgrieve]

Say goodbye to another old-school NYC diner. Ownership of the Cozy Soup 'n' Burger on Broadway at Astor Place announced that the 54-year-old diner is closing on June 21. The reasons: Rising costs and declining business.

[U of Hawai‘i Press @UHPRESSNEWS]

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#NewBook #ChineseStudies

[Naomi Rohatyn @omibaloney]

I genuinely don’t believe anyone wants hyperpersonalized media. People YEARN for communal viewing. Barbenheimer. Game of Thrones. Heated Rivalry. Part of the thrill is other people experiencing it with us. We should be bringing back appointment tv and 90 day theatrical releases

[Lawrence Zhang 張樂翔 @HistorianZhang]

Every tenure track faculty on an H1-B is now at risk of having to leave when the time is up

[David Wingrave @davewingrave]

Great by @writingenjoyer This also gets at Granta thing and hopes it will lead to "wilder" fiction. If all writing must now pass a scrutiny test, I suspect people will simply be more confident performing it on styles with which they're already comfortable

https://t.co/d60fdA1CIG

[sebastian castillo @bartlebytaco]

very cool book, loved this bit in particular as it resonated with something i’ve always believed to be true: how the excess, the random, the ruptures possible in narrative continuity are what gives art its reason for being, its permission

[Lawrence Zhang 張樂翔 @HistorianZhang]

Great book. Highly recommend

[A-100 gecs @PinstripeBungle]

the great @shaabiranks just put out the best summary I've seen of the "effort to transform the very nature of international diplomacy into something that resembles a protection racket."

https://t.co/zxMaO5yg1r

[Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins @daniel_dsj2110]

This book is a true pleasure to read. It’s over 700 pages—which I wasn’t expecting—but it’s so well written that the pages fly by: https://t.co/EL5cPJymVv

[Anthony Bradley @drantbradley]

Clemson is $1.5B in debt. Syracuse is closing or pausing 93 programs, UNC-Chapel Hill plans to cut spending by $89M over 3 years. Duke recently let 600 employees go in a $350M budget cut. Indiana public colleges announced a plan to eliminate or merge 580 programs statewide.