Media/Tech scholar @USCAnnenberg researching perception and persuasion effects in emerging media forms. Will sometimes write comprehensible stuff too, bylines in Slate, NBC, Vice (US) Politiken and Rec (DK).
Recovering startup upstart and tech schmo. Also recovering from acute political operator syndrome with co-pathological stratcommitis.
I have a neurodivergence and I'm not afraid to use it!
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Me, arriving late yesterday evening:
Why would the organizers of #ica2024 choose a touristy beach resort town with no cultural history for this year's conference, other than it's cheap because it's winter in Australia right now?
Me, this morning: Oh.
DID YOU KNOW? CLAUDE CAN'T COUNT!
Given that computers are basically just counting machines that have been sped up a little bit, it is quite mind-boggling that GenAI bots like Claude can't even count the number of rows with entries in a spreadsheet correctly....
I have been following the work on this book by @Producing2Power for literally years now. I am so excited to finally have it in my hand.
Having been fortunate enough to preview a chapter, I know how much this book resonates with those of us who remember 1983 and how incredibly scary that year was (the closest we ever came to global nuclear war, and no, 1962 doesn't even come close.)
Reading for work is now officially on hold for a bit.
I stand with my congressman.
These GOP house members are idiots. Not just in their simpletonesque behavior, but also strategically. Schiff is poised to take Sen. Feinsteins seat next year and will not be a friend to anyone who is a part of this nonsense.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Wednesday to censure California Rep. Adam Schiff for comments he made several years ago about investigations into Donald Trump's ties to Russia, rebuking the Democrat and frequent critic of the former president along party lines.
Because of course the Nazis are using generative AI to create Pepe memes via a bot on New Parler AKA the birdsite.
What is it we are memorializing today again?
