Wagner James Au

Author, "Making a Metaverse That Matters" (Wiley). Covering & creating metaverse culture since 2003. Join my Patreon for early/exclusive updates!

[Wagner James Au @slhamlet]

New World Notes is moving to my Patreon! The original Typepad-based blog shuts down Oct 1, but I'll keep covering the Metaverse ecosystem news/culture, related topics & OG metaverse Second Life there.

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[Wagner James Au @slhamlet]

@cwarzel I mean Gen AI’s arrogantly unserious obliviousness emanates right from the top and is never really questioned, let alone punished — only rewarded with more glassy eyed write-ups in esteemed press outlets.

[Wagner James Au @slhamlet]

First US Senate campaign won in part with a "Sinners" ad 👇

[Franklin Leonard @franklinleonard]

I did not realize until recently that @scott_colom had a filmmaker twin brother @andrewcolom, and that's how they pulled this off. I'm in awe.

[Wagner James Au @slhamlet]

@shannonrwatts All the AI hype bros kept promising that their technology was going to create the next evolution of humanity.

Instead the whole AI bubble is about to blow apart due to the most obvious human failing imaginable.

[Wagner James Au @slhamlet]

Now free to read: I profile Wuhein, who turned creating @SecondLife fashion inspired by underground street styles of Brazil (where he lives) into a full-time real life career.

Read how here on my New World Notes Patreon!
https://t.co/PjoWVVJMIv

[Sanny Yoshikawa 🪷 @sannysquirrel]

まぁ😺Dinkiesの高級アパレルブランド、Dinkie Boutiqueは、NWNのパトレオンサポーターなの？！知りませんでした。それはミミ子のファンシーアウトフィットを見に行かなければなりませんね✨。このバスローブとタオルもDinkie Boutique製です。

[Wagner James Au @slhamlet]

@gogolita @philiprosedale @Keyframe_Ent @SecondLife 🤪

[Wagner James Au @slhamlet]

Looking forward to chatting with @philiprosedale & @Keyframe_Ent this Thursday in @SecondLife! Sign-up to attend in-world through Immersive X (among many other events) 👇 or watch the YouTube stream.

https://t.co/YhTvyHBrin

[Philip Rosedale @philiprosedale]

I'll be giving a talk in Second Life this Thursday for the Immersive X festival: https://t.co/EfibqA07AV

[Paul Renshaw @mediadotgames]

ICYMI, LAST DAY left to comment on this new policy: If you are on a visa and lose your job, you will no longer have the 60-day grace period to get a new job.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is taking comments, points for and against here:
https://t.co/bxXLORq7TQ

[Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف) @HeidyKhlaaf]

Only an AI company can announce what is ultimately a basic set of controls that should have been implemented years ago, and be praised by people who have never worked on complex systems as if this was groundbreaking technology.

[Chyado先生 - Japan Guy - That dude in VRChat gifs @chyadosensei]

For anyone worried about VRChat's stance on using AI for NYE posters for this year:

[Wagner James Au @slhamlet]

As it turns out, the bubble to worry about was in his pants.

[Wagner James Au @slhamlet]

Talarico Texas victory insured by surprise campaign appearance of Denmark's Mads Mikkelsen

[Laura Rozen @lrozen]

Incredible photo. By Jabin Botsford for the WSJ.

“Supporters of Democratic Senate winner James Talarico celebrating the Nov. 3 election returns in Austin, Texas.”

https://t.co/BQOOaT4Oug

[Wagner James Au @slhamlet]

@honeyNonABG @l_i_n_d_z__ They exist, I met some when I worked in Beijing / Shanghai! One spoke fluent Mandarin and worked at a top VC firm at a very young age.

(OK she was from California.)

[Wagner James Au @slhamlet]

This weekend's biggest hits at the box office in the United States include a subtitled Japanese monster movie, a 3 hour documentary about the unknowability of truth, a subtitled Bollywood epic, and a movie about a woman having hot sex with a sentient basket.

[Wagner James Au @slhamlet]

@GaryMarcus It would be a glorious irony if the AI bubble burst due to the most human failings possible.

These arrogant AI bros really thought they were transcending humanity. Only to get wrecked by adultery and vanity.

[Wagner James Au @slhamlet]

@edzitron Artificial intelligence hype about transforming humanity utterly undone by the most human failing possible.

[Wagner James Au @slhamlet]

As it turns out, the bubble to worry about was in his pants.

[Wagner James Au @slhamlet]

As it turns out, the bubble to worry about was in his pants.

[Sonicviz 🎶 @sonicviz]

Cure for Imposter Syndrome case study #3423757.4
The AI industry is a living case study of how broken technology diffusion is when it's purely driven by technical/greed & divorced from the social & humanities.
We've known this for a long time though.
https://t.co/RFdyw8TRqD

[Wagner James Au @slhamlet]

@goldman Wow, VC billionaire AI booster who airily dismissed the value of humanities degrees totally caught up short by insights that are totally obvious to humanities majors. Who saw that coming?!

https://t.co/3JKOECCP4E

[Wagner James Au @slhamlet]

AI utopian hyper scale boom inevitably undermined by the most ancient and human failing possible.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇨🇳 Nvidia $NVDA CEO Jensen Huang sends letter to employees after being targeted by female Chinese spy:

"I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did."

"I am fully committed to NVIDIA and will work to earn back your confidence."