Prasid Banerjee

Ex-@livemint @techcircleindia. Past: @TechradarIndia| @BIIndia| @digitindia. DM for tips, Telegram/Signal, views personal.

[Brandon Tseng @brandontseng2]

Dishonest and misleading click bait writing driven by disgruntled ex employee. Injury happened while aircraft was on the ground during preflight inspections. Safety procedures are to be followed when operating any aircraft. US Navy and Romania agreed to resume training and flights immediately. VBAT continues to crush it everyday. Am very proud of the operational effects it continues to deliver. Customers that know Shield AI know this, customers that know VBAT know this.

[Mark Gurman @markgurman]

BREAKING: Apple interface design chief Alan Dye is leaving the iPhone maker to become the Chief Design Officer at Meta in a blockbuster coup for the social networking giant. https://t.co/OuzpoBc82K

[Yann LeCun @ylecun]

Elon: "I've kept lying to you again and again about Tesla's 'Full Self Driving' capabilities for the last 8 years, but you should believe everything I say about politics and everything else."
https://t.co/35Ow2alApE

[Yann LeCun @ylecun]

People studying misinformation lean left for two reasons:
1. scientists lean left, regardless of specialty, because they care about facts.
2. misinformation today primarily comes from the Right ("they're eating the dawwwgs!") which makes it worth studying and fighting against for people leaning left.

[AnandTech @anandtech]

After 27 years of providing in-depth coverage of the amazing world of PC and mobile hardware, AnandTech is saying farewell. We want to thank everyone from the AnandTech community for their support and passion for what we’ve done over the years
https://t.co/3EGh4FJguE

[Mint @livemint]

#TechTalk | Misplaced enthusiasm over AI Appreciation Day. When will #AI, #GenAI provide RoI? — writes @ldmonte ✍️

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[Prasid Banerjee @undertecher]

Who knew this stuff can be done well without screaming, right?https://t.co/ZP9hUaDvDz

[Yann LeCun @ylecun]

My opinion of @elonmusk
I like his cars (I own a 2015 S, and 2023 S), his rockets, his solar energy systems, and his satellite communication system.
I also like his positions on open source and patents.

But I very much disagree with him on a number of issues.

I disagree with how he treats his scientists.
Technology/product development may not need openness and publications to advance, but forward-looking *research* sure does, whether it's in AI, neural interfaces, material science, or whatever.
Secrecy hampers progress and discourages talents from joining the effort.

I also disagree with the hype. I mean, expressing an ambitious vision for the future is great.
But telling the public blatantly false prediction ("AGI next year", "1 million robotaxis by 2020", "AGI will kill us all, let'spause",...) is very counterproductive (also illegal in some cases).

More importantly, I think his public positions on many political issues, journalism, the media and the press, and academia, are not just wrong but dangerous for democracy, civilization, and human wellfare.
Say what you want about "traditional media" but you can't really have reliable information without professional journalists working for a free and diverse press. Democracy can't exist without it, which is why only authoritarian ennemies of democracy rail against the media.

Finally he doesn't seem to hesitate to disseminate batshit-crazy conspiracy theories as long as they serve his interests (e.g. boosting "PizzaGate", "illegal immigrants corrupt elections in the US", "person X is a pedo",...).
One would expect a technological visionary to be a rationalist. Rationalism doesn't work without Truth.

This has become particularly concerning since he bought himself a platform to disseminate his dangerous political opinions, conspiracy theories, and hype.
He has been quite naïve about the difficulties of running a social network and the (legal) necessity of doing content moderation. One can claim to be a 1st Amendment absolutist, but a lot of content *must* be taken down by law, e.g. terrorist propaganda, child exploitation, blatant hate speech (in the EU and other regions).
Then, there is dangerous disinformation that puts public health in danger or corrupts the democratic process. You have to moderate that too.
Content moderation is a complicated problem whose best answer is not an attitude of total laissez-faire but a complex trade-off.

[Prasid Banerjee @undertecher]

Temperatures of up to 47°C keep Indian voters away from world’s largest ... https://t.co/zrFqzwrMUH via @PriyataB

[Shrey Pacheco @shreypacheco]

On hold with @oyorooms customer care for 13 minutes and counting…

Apparently cancelling a booking is quite complicated.

[Alisha Sachdev @Alisha2494]

#Breaking: India-made Teslas will have India-made electronics by #TataElectronics. Tata will set up a new facility for the #Tesla India project. Read more in my break here for @livemint

@satishjohn
@WritesRavi
@tesla @TeslaClubIN
https://t.co/3bJGV75Ufx

[Prasid Banerjee @undertecher]

@zeptocares Also, a quick tip to you guys. When customer care replies with a “ mark, it’s clear they’re copy-pasting. 😆
Why do VCs keep funding these firms! 🤣

[Prasid Banerjee @undertecher]

Excellent example of why automated chat supports by companies like @zeptocares are useless, and why startups in India have no respect for customers.
When I clicked order not packed option it said it’s packed, when I picked rider not assigned option, it said order being packed.

[Prasid Banerjee @undertecher]

Worth mentioning, originaly delivery time was 20 minutes (which is anyway against what this service is about), and it’s been 20 minutes already.

[Prasid Banerjee @undertecher]

@ManUtd really need to accept that Marcus Rashford isn’t half the player he’s billed to be. He shows zero hunger and has a very Jaden Sancho-like thing about him. Should really sell him now.

[Prasid Banerjee @undertecher]

Also, "Do you want to use a computer that's constantly looking at your hands?" 🤣

[Prasid Banerjee @undertecher]

"This is the best anyone has ever made in there look, and it’s still not nearly as good as out here." https://t.co/j7V7pRkfBK via @Verge

[Prasid Banerjee @undertecher]

Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too https://t.co/sAidRdJlWj via @Verge

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

Under the App Store's new fee structure for Europe, if you make $10 million in sales, Apple's cut is $6.2 million annually.

Assuming you have no operating costs or salaries, your take home amount:
$2 million after tax—or 20% of your sales

I will never launch an app in Europe.

[Prasid Banerjee @undertecher]

Why people are worried about Gen AI killing jobs.