Courtney Hart
@itscourtneyhart.bsky.social
Insatiably curious about the human experience, advancing technology, and our rapidly changing world. Genuinely think we learn more together.
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Happy Friday to everyone except the people who put doorbells in ads.
I didn’t expect to find this odd document outlining a 2017 Origins Project Workshop on the Challenges of AI in the Epstein emails. Apparently, this was from a February conference at ASU. Not sure if he attended, funded, and not sure I care but these predictions are pretty intriguing.
November 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I didn’t expect to find this odd document outlining a 2017 Origins Project Workshop on the Challenges of AI in the Epstein emails. Apparently, this was from a February conference at ASU. Not sure if he attended, funded, and not sure I care but these predictions are pretty intriguing.
While everyone’s talking about generative AI, let’s not forget about surveillance technology. In Maryland, a student was just detained by police, handcuffed at gunpoint because an AI weapons detection system mistook a bag of Doritos as a weapon.
October 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
While everyone’s talking about generative AI, let’s not forget about surveillance technology. In Maryland, a student was just detained by police, handcuffed at gunpoint because an AI weapons detection system mistook a bag of Doritos as a weapon.
The crazy thing about turning 37 is that I’ve been thinking I was turning 38 for months, so I guess I am practically reverse aging over here. 😅
October 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The crazy thing about turning 37 is that I’ve been thinking I was turning 38 for months, so I guess I am practically reverse aging over here. 😅
Finished up Kara Swisher on Trevor Noah’s What Now podcast this AM. It had me belly laughing AND pondering some pretty interesting insights about tech culture. What are your favorite tech podcasts?
October 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Finished up Kara Swisher on Trevor Noah’s What Now podcast this AM. It had me belly laughing AND pondering some pretty interesting insights about tech culture. What are your favorite tech podcasts?
5 Things Parents Should Know About ChatGPT's New Parental Controls afewthousanddays.substack.com/p/5-things-t...
5 Things to Know About Parental Controls for ChatGPT
OpenAI announced new parental controls in September. What do you need to know to keep your kids safe?
afewthousanddays.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
5 Things Parents Should Know About ChatGPT's New Parental Controls afewthousanddays.substack.com/p/5-things-t...
I spent some time on the Sora app this weekend. I opened my Cameo option up to public for part of my experimenting. Within ten minutes, I had two drafts created by a random account: doing yoga with a clone and playing Twister with my clones. I can’t imagine all the ways this could go wrong.
October 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I spent some time on the Sora app this weekend. I opened my Cameo option up to public for part of my experimenting. Within ten minutes, I had two drafts created by a random account: doing yoga with a clone and playing Twister with my clones. I can’t imagine all the ways this could go wrong.
I expected deepfakes to create issues because they were being used against political figures, not BY them. What a wild timeline we live in.
September 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I expected deepfakes to create issues because they were being used against political figures, not BY them. What a wild timeline we live in.
Why I Didn't Write a "Real" Article for My Newsletter This Week
open.substack.com/pub/afewthou...
open.substack.com/pub/afewthou...
Why I Didn't Write a "Real" Article for My Newsletter This Week
Okay, technically, this IS an article. But, hear me out.
open.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Why I Didn't Write a "Real" Article for My Newsletter This Week
open.substack.com/pub/afewthou...
open.substack.com/pub/afewthou...
The specific formulation approved by the FDA for use in autism-related symptoms is Wellcovorin (leucovorin calcium), originally manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), who just pledged to invest $30 billion into the US over the next 5 years last week. 👀
www.gsk.com/en-gb/media/...
www.gsk.com/en-gb/media/...
GSK to invest $30 billion in R&D and Manufacturing in the United States over next 5 years | GSK
New facilities will bridge R&D and manufacturing across both the US and UK, strengthening the two countries’ leadership in life sciences.
www.gsk.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The specific formulation approved by the FDA for use in autism-related symptoms is Wellcovorin (leucovorin calcium), originally manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), who just pledged to invest $30 billion into the US over the next 5 years last week. 👀
www.gsk.com/en-gb/media/...
www.gsk.com/en-gb/media/...
🧵 It takes a lot to raise my heart rate when I'm scrolling on X; I use it to keep up with news, especially tech info, and try to ignore the nastiness. I immediately felt ripples of energy roll through my body when I read about OpenAI's new “plan” to build something to “protect” children, though. 1/5
Building towards age prediction
Learn how OpenAI is building age prediction and parental controls in ChatGPT to create safer, age-appropriate experiences for teens while supporting families with new tools.
openai.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🧵 It takes a lot to raise my heart rate when I'm scrolling on X; I use it to keep up with news, especially tech info, and try to ignore the nastiness. I immediately felt ripples of energy roll through my body when I read about OpenAI's new “plan” to build something to “protect” children, though. 1/5
Does anyone else physically print out their LLM’s deep research to fact check it, or am I just a dinosaur?
September 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Does anyone else physically print out their LLM’s deep research to fact check it, or am I just a dinosaur?
Have you tried Google Gemini's Storybook Gem yet?
This FREE tool is shifting educational content creation in an exciting way, perfect for educators, parents, therapists or anyone wanting to make a cute keepsake gift. 🧵
This FREE tool is shifting educational content creation in an exciting way, perfect for educators, parents, therapists or anyone wanting to make a cute keepsake gift. 🧵
September 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Have you tried Google Gemini's Storybook Gem yet?
This FREE tool is shifting educational content creation in an exciting way, perfect for educators, parents, therapists or anyone wanting to make a cute keepsake gift. 🧵
This FREE tool is shifting educational content creation in an exciting way, perfect for educators, parents, therapists or anyone wanting to make a cute keepsake gift. 🧵
We're entering a new era where psychological attachment, not attention and clicks, will fuel the economy. "Hide ya kids" isn't an option, but here's a few ideas on how you could protect them. afewthousanddays.substack.com/p/how-to-pro...
How to Protect Your Children (and Self) from Attachment to AI Systems
I share my working theory on the attachment economy, how companies are profiting by hijacking our automatic survival responses.
afewthousanddays.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We're entering a new era where psychological attachment, not attention and clicks, will fuel the economy. "Hide ya kids" isn't an option, but here's a few ideas on how you could protect them. afewthousanddays.substack.com/p/how-to-pro...
I’m glad ChatGPT is getting sued, they deserve it. You can be optimistic about the future and demand accountability for big tech. Demand they do better. Our kids need us to protect them. Government has proven that they won’t.
August 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I’m glad ChatGPT is getting sued, they deserve it. You can be optimistic about the future and demand accountability for big tech. Demand they do better. Our kids need us to protect them. Government has proven that they won’t.
I want to be so excited for what GPT-5 can do, but I just can't stop thinking about how badly OpenAI is taking advantage of users who don't know there are NO privacy protections and that OpenAI is currently required by a federal court order to preserve ALL convos INDEFINITELY.
August 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I want to be so excited for what GPT-5 can do, but I just can't stop thinking about how badly OpenAI is taking advantage of users who don't know there are NO privacy protections and that OpenAI is currently required by a federal court order to preserve ALL convos INDEFINITELY.
Google's NotebookLM video overviews are a game changer. They're beautiful, digestible, and could level the playing field for multimodal learners and anyone who struggles to synthesize complex information. Have you tried it yet?
July 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Google's NotebookLM video overviews are a game changer. They're beautiful, digestible, and could level the playing field for multimodal learners and anyone who struggles to synthesize complex information. Have you tried it yet?
Is anyone in the don’t die, upload your consciousness and live forever, or reverse aging realms—or similar—doing research on the potential impacts of these on society or the human experience? I want to follow them. Please tag them!
July 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Is anyone in the don’t die, upload your consciousness and live forever, or reverse aging realms—or similar—doing research on the potential impacts of these on society or the human experience? I want to follow them. Please tag them!
If you were to predict which major AI companies end up playing similar roles to the three dominant operating systems that we have now, which would you choose for each one?
July 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If you were to predict which major AI companies end up playing similar roles to the three dominant operating systems that we have now, which would you choose for each one?
Is this real life? Nope. Videos created with Veo 3 and higgsfield. All UGC shared on X.
July 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Is this real life? Nope. Videos created with Veo 3 and higgsfield. All UGC shared on X.
My fellow ADHDers and others with executive function issues, are you using Goblin Tools yet?
It’s an AI powered suite with no cost or account needed.
Favorite use case?
Trying it for the first time now?
Leave a thought in the comments.
#adhd #executivefunction #productivitytips #tech #ai
It’s an AI powered suite with no cost or account needed.
Favorite use case?
Trying it for the first time now?
Leave a thought in the comments.
#adhd #executivefunction #productivitytips #tech #ai
July 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
My fellow ADHDers and others with executive function issues, are you using Goblin Tools yet?
It’s an AI powered suite with no cost or account needed.
Favorite use case?
Trying it for the first time now?
Leave a thought in the comments.
#adhd #executivefunction #productivitytips #tech #ai
It’s an AI powered suite with no cost or account needed.
Favorite use case?
Trying it for the first time now?
Leave a thought in the comments.
#adhd #executivefunction #productivitytips #tech #ai
Last week, I made a video about how ChatGPT seems misaligned. I assumed everyone knew about the breathing and laughing in advanced voice, but I forget how many people aren't using these tools at all. So this week, I wrote about it. afewthousanddays.substack.com/p/ai-misalig...
July 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Last week, I made a video about how ChatGPT seems misaligned. I assumed everyone knew about the breathing and laughing in advanced voice, but I forget how many people aren't using these tools at all. So this week, I wrote about it. afewthousanddays.substack.com/p/ai-misalig...
Has anyone shifted away from GPT to Claude instead? Wondering what it was like and if it was something you regretted?
July 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Has anyone shifted away from GPT to Claude instead? Wondering what it was like and if it was something you regretted?
Thomas Massie on Theo Von talking about giant bills: "Why not put that shit on the floor one at a time?" Same, Massie. Same.
June 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Thomas Massie on Theo Von talking about giant bills: "Why not put that shit on the floor one at a time?" Same, Massie. Same.
Mid-afternoon unserious break for ya. What’s the most upbeat poppy song that’ll make you cry?
June 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Mid-afternoon unserious break for ya. What’s the most upbeat poppy song that’ll make you cry?