Mike Elgan
@mikeelgan.bsky.social
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Home-made macaroni for lunch in Sicily. gastronomad.net/sicily
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Home-made macaroni for lunch in Sicily. gastronomad.net/sicily
Reposted by Mike Elgan
Excellent read for this moment…
The power of low-tech in a high-tech world. (You should always keep up with the newest technology. But never forget how to use older technologies when they help you more.)
www.computerworld.com/article/4086...
www.computerworld.com/article/4086...
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Excellent read for this moment…
The power of low-tech in a high-tech world. (You should always keep up with the newest technology. But never forget how to use older technologies when they help you more.)
www.computerworld.com/article/4086...
www.computerworld.com/article/4086...
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The power of low-tech in a high-tech world. (You should always keep up with the newest technology. But never forget how to use older technologies when they help you more.)
www.computerworld.com/article/4086...
www.computerworld.com/article/4086...
The olive oil obsessed dog belongs to a man whose family owns a great olive oil company in Sicily. Lucky dog. (I took this picture last week during the Gastronomad Experience.)
gastronomad.net/sicily
gastronomad.net/sicily
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The olive oil obsessed dog belongs to a man whose family owns a great olive oil company in Sicily. Lucky dog. (I took this picture last week during the Gastronomad Experience.)
gastronomad.net/sicily
gastronomad.net/sicily
Service of the moment: "pay to troll"
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
My chilling week on Roblox: sexually assaulted and shat on as a child avatar roaming the online world
In seven days my young alter ego is cyberbullied and attacked while exploring clubs, casinos and horror games, all with parental controls in place. Is the platform safe for children – or an ‘X-rated p...
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Service of the moment: "pay to troll"
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
HEADLINE: "Apple is planning to use a custom version of Google Gemini for Apple Intelligence"
ALT HEADLINE: "Apple is wishing they bought DeepMind before Google did"
www.theverge.com/news/814654/...
ALT HEADLINE: "Apple is wishing they bought DeepMind before Google did"
www.theverge.com/news/814654/...
Apple is planning to use a custom version of Google Gemini for Apple Intelligence
Siri AI, powered by Google on Apple servers?
www.theverge.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
HEADLINE: "Apple is planning to use a custom version of Google Gemini for Apple Intelligence"
ALT HEADLINE: "Apple is wishing they bought DeepMind before Google did"
www.theverge.com/news/814654/...
ALT HEADLINE: "Apple is wishing they bought DeepMind before Google did"
www.theverge.com/news/814654/...
Reposted by Mike Elgan
Are we in an AI bubble? Why do robots need creepy human faces to fold laundry?
How do we stay happy and fulfilled amid fast-moving tech?
Join the discussion on this week’s episode of the Superintelligent Podcast with me and @mikeelgan.bsky.social!
www.superintelligentpodcast.com/p/robots-don...
How do we stay happy and fulfilled amid fast-moving tech?
Join the discussion on this week’s episode of the Superintelligent Podcast with me and @mikeelgan.bsky.social!
www.superintelligentpodcast.com/p/robots-don...
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Are we in an AI bubble? Why do robots need creepy human faces to fold laundry?
How do we stay happy and fulfilled amid fast-moving tech?
Join the discussion on this week’s episode of the Superintelligent Podcast with me and @mikeelgan.bsky.social!
www.superintelligentpodcast.com/p/robots-don...
How do we stay happy and fulfilled amid fast-moving tech?
Join the discussion on this week’s episode of the Superintelligent Podcast with me and @mikeelgan.bsky.social!
www.superintelligentpodcast.com/p/robots-don...
Some brides just don't see the obvious red flags.
www.odditycentral.com/news/tech-en...
www.odditycentral.com/news/tech-en...
Tech Entrepreneur Finances Wedding by Selling Advertisements on His Suit Jacket
A broke Frenchman was able to cover the cost of his wedding by selling advertisements on his tuxedo jacket to 26 startups and becoming a human billboard.
www.odditycentral.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Some brides just don't see the obvious red flags.
www.odditycentral.com/news/tech-en...
www.odditycentral.com/news/tech-en...
Word of the moment: "regret"
www.computerworld.com/article/4084...
www.computerworld.com/article/4084...
Forrester: Companies regret many AI-related layoffs
The research firm says 55% of employers surveyed regret laying off staffers because of the promise of AI.
www.computerworld.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Word of the moment: "regret"
www.computerworld.com/article/4084...
www.computerworld.com/article/4084...
Phrase of the moment: "a stifling grip on the fundamentals of commerce"
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/a...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/a...
Monopoly Men
Tim Wu’s "The Age of Extraction" argues that Big Tech’s dominance is squeezing businesses, distorting markets, and destabilizing democracy.
washingtonmonthly.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Phrase of the moment: "a stifling grip on the fundamentals of commerce"
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/a...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/a...
The latest episode of the Superintelligent podcast just landed! "Robots Don’t Need A Face To Fold Laundry"
www.superintelligentpodcast.com/p/robots-don...
www.superintelligentpodcast.com/p/robots-don...
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The latest episode of the Superintelligent podcast just landed! "Robots Don’t Need A Face To Fold Laundry"
www.superintelligentpodcast.com/p/robots-don...
www.superintelligentpodcast.com/p/robots-don...
Sentence of the moment:
www.techdirt.com/2025/11/03/6...
www.techdirt.com/2025/11/03/6...
November 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Sentence of the moment:
www.techdirt.com/2025/11/03/6...
www.techdirt.com/2025/11/03/6...
Wine tasting on Sicily's Etna volcano.
gastronomad.net/sicily
gastronomad.net/sicily
November 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Wine tasting on Sicily's Etna volcano.
gastronomad.net/sicily
gastronomad.net/sicily
The future we were promised: jetpacks for everybody
The future we're getting: twerking robots
futurism.com/robots-and-m...
The future we're getting: twerking robots
futurism.com/robots-and-m...
Secret Elon Musk Lab Is Collecting Data on Every Human Activity to Train Robots
Every day, dozens of human "data collectors" repeat each activity hundreds of times to train Tesla's Optimus robots.
futurism.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The future we were promised: jetpacks for everybody
The future we're getting: twerking robots
futurism.com/robots-and-m...
The future we're getting: twerking robots
futurism.com/robots-and-m...
Number of the moment: 572
(That's the number of neighborhoods in L.A., according to Google.)
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
(That's the number of neighborhoods in L.A., according to Google.)
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Number of the moment: 572
(That's the number of neighborhoods in L.A., according to Google.)
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
(That's the number of neighborhoods in L.A., according to Google.)
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
HEADLINE: "Elon Musk Announces Plan to Control Climate by Surrounding Earth in Adjustable Satellites"
ALT HEADLINE: "Elon Musk Is Such a Megalomaniacal Narcissist That He Feels Entitled to Experiment On the Entire Human Race"
futurism.com/future-socie...
ALT HEADLINE: "Elon Musk Is Such a Megalomaniacal Narcissist That He Feels Entitled to Experiment On the Entire Human Race"
futurism.com/future-socie...
Elon Musk Announces Plan to Control Climate by Surrounding Earth in Adjustable Satellites
Elon Musk's brilliant plan for saving us from climate change involves a little help from a swarm of friendly AI satellites.
futurism.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
HEADLINE: "Elon Musk Announces Plan to Control Climate by Surrounding Earth in Adjustable Satellites"
ALT HEADLINE: "Elon Musk Is Such a Megalomaniacal Narcissist That He Feels Entitled to Experiment On the Entire Human Race"
futurism.com/future-socie...
ALT HEADLINE: "Elon Musk Is Such a Megalomaniacal Narcissist That He Feels Entitled to Experiment On the Entire Human Race"
futurism.com/future-socie...
The fall colors of Sicily (in the Etna volcano wine country)
gastronomad.net/sicily
gastronomad.net/sicily
November 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The fall colors of Sicily (in the Etna volcano wine country)
gastronomad.net/sicily
gastronomad.net/sicily
OMG the olives in Sicily!
gastronomad.net/sicily
gastronomad.net/sicily
November 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
OMG the olives in Sicily!
gastronomad.net/sicily
gastronomad.net/sicily
These fall colors in the Etna wine country are brought to you by the Sicily Gastronomad Experience (now in progress).
gastronomad.net/sicily
gastronomad.net/sicily
November 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
These fall colors in the Etna wine country are brought to you by the Sicily Gastronomad Experience (now in progress).
gastronomad.net/sicily
gastronomad.net/sicily
The temptation to use videos of remotely controlled robots that appear autonomous (where you can’t see the person controlling them) to raise investment money, inspire stock purchases and outright sell robot products, appears to be too strong to resist.
www.computerworld.com/article/4082...
www.computerworld.com/article/4082...
October 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The temptation to use videos of remotely controlled robots that appear autonomous (where you can’t see the person controlling them) to raise investment money, inspire stock purchases and outright sell robot products, appears to be too strong to resist.
www.computerworld.com/article/4082...
www.computerworld.com/article/4082...
Claim of the moment: "If you’re any good at engineering, you’re probably not funny."
techcrunch.com/2025/10/29/c...
techcrunch.com/2025/10/29/c...
Cluely's Roy Lee on the ragebait strategy for startup marketing | TechCrunch
Cluely's Roy Lee has a message for startup founders: you should be thinking harder about how to go viral.
techcrunch.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Claim of the moment: "If you’re any good at engineering, you’re probably not funny."
techcrunch.com/2025/10/29/c...
techcrunch.com/2025/10/29/c...
Reposted by Mike Elgan
AI workers are speaking up 🤖 @leolaporte.me, @paris.nyc & @mikeelgan.bsky.social talk about Anil Dash's post and the tension inside the industry.
🎧 Download here: buff.ly/nilYDtO
🎧 Download here: buff.ly/nilYDtO
What AI Tech Workers Really Think
On Intelligent Machines, Leo Laporte, Mike Elgan, and Paris Martineau talk about Anil Dash's post about what AI tech workers really think about AI.
For the full episode, go to:…
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
AI workers are speaking up 🤖 @leolaporte.me, @paris.nyc & @mikeelgan.bsky.social talk about Anil Dash's post and the tension inside the industry.
🎧 Download here: buff.ly/nilYDtO
🎧 Download here: buff.ly/nilYDtO
Reposted by Mike Elgan
This is spot-on: "While the world rushes to AI explain complicated subjects simply, and partly do our thinking for us, AI is failing to give us what we think we’re getting." - thanks, @mikeelgan.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This is spot-on: "While the world rushes to AI explain complicated subjects simply, and partly do our thinking for us, AI is failing to give us what we think we’re getting." - thanks, @mikeelgan.bsky.social
Haha! Plagiarism Today reviews Grokpedia.
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/29/g...
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/29/g...
Grokipedia: How Not to Make an Encyclopedia
xAI announced the release of Grokipedia version 0.1. However, this Wikipedia competitor brings with it a whole host of problems, including many from Wikipedia.
www.plagiarismtoday.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Haha! Plagiarism Today reviews Grokpedia.
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/29/g...
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/10/29/g...
Clueless AI can’t summarize
machinesociety.ai/p/clueless-a...
machinesociety.ai/p/clueless-a...
Clueless AI can’t summarize
Everyone is using AI chatbots to condense complicated material into simple, short, digestible nuggets. Here's why this is a bad idea.
machinesociety.ai
October 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Clueless AI can’t summarize
machinesociety.ai/p/clueless-a...
machinesociety.ai/p/clueless-a...