Will Oremus

Tech writer at @TheAtlantic. DM for Signal.

[Will Oremus @WillOremus]

replies that go hard

[Will Oremus @WillOremus]

good morning

[Brooks Otterlake @i_zzzzzz]

I worry that Wembanyama will get caught up in the distractions of New York City, like the Rose Reading Room at the public library or the upcoming conference on participatory futures at The New School

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@jackshafer @DPD_ accurate

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I asked Opus 4.8 the best DQ blizzard flavors and it absolutely nailed them

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@edzitron you're laughing. he got to the bottom of the theranos mess and you're laughing https://t.co/r3FbrINwtI

[Will Oremus @WillOremus]

Congrats to Bari Weiss for hiring the journalist who famously broke the Theranos story

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

scoop: the next executive producer at "60 Minutes" is Nick Bilton, the former New York Times/Vanity Fair correspondent and documentarian

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@EricLevitz I read Kriss as presenting his own definition of bad writing in the piece. It's not quite tautological because he makes a case for it. He's saying AI writing is hollow and creepy in a way that's bad on a deeper level than, e.g., poor syntax.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

A spate of high-profile scandals is forcing a fresh reckoning over what to do about AI writing, @WillOremus reports. https://t.co/oCAj7gyDIb

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“However bad a writer you think you are, you are not worse than AI.”
— Sam Kriss
https://t.co/2F9m5sjWeq

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first time i’ve ever said “thanks siri” unironically

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ok this is an actually useful feature

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

An update to this: NYU's Gallatin School, where "Future of Truth" author Steve Rosenbaum got his Masters Degree in Truth, appears to have unpublished this profile of him:
https://t.co/OGw2fBmBsz

original story here: https://t.co/v9aTUAEx7A

[Will Oremus @WillOremus]

I wrote about how the rise of AI-assisted writing is blurring the lines between human authorship and slop — and leading some writers to feel pressure to overrely on tools that still have serious, albeit increasingly subtle, flaws. Gift link: https://t.co/OfKbGMYx6N

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I talked to the author of the "Future of Truth" book that turned out to have AI hallucinations. He told me he feels "seduced and betrayed" by ChatGPT, at one point suggesting it might have undermined him on purpose.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

A spate of high-profile scandals is forcing a fresh reckoning over what to do about AI writing, @WillOremus reports. https://t.co/LRYdiWpAKB

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Life effectively accelerates at you

[Jarvis @jarvis_best]

Don’t think of it as losing a Congressman.

Think of it as gaining a podcaster.

[Will Oremus @WillOremus]

@nandtpolitics @griswold @TheAtlantic I’m not the expert on this but to me Oregon Trail seems like it did a lot of things right, despite its obvious limitations. It immerses you in the time and place you’re meant to learn about. The game mechanics and the learning mechanics are unified rather than disconnected.

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My first story for @TheAtlantic is about how ed tech slop is taking over American classrooms.

[Will Oremus @WillOremus]

Lefties who oppose Israel's policies loudly calling out antisemitism feels like a wholesome move on multiple levels

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

This is absolutely disgusting.

This bigoted garbage and antisemitism should be nowhere near our politics.

If you’re in TX-35, vote for @johnnygarciatx.

And the donors behind the Republican super PAC funding her should be exposed.