Venkat Krishnamurthy
@niviksha.bsky.social
Amused observer, with a day job
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
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Ambient authority strikes again.
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Ambient authority strikes again.
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Dorothy Drain's columns often included humorous or witty poetry. I like this November 1957 poem because I think she presages very modern concerns about the impact of satellites on dark skies, and the rights of the Moon. #WomenInSTEM 🧪 #IWD25
March 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Dorothy Drain's columns often included humorous or witty poetry. I like this November 1957 poem because I think she presages very modern concerns about the impact of satellites on dark skies, and the rights of the Moon. #WomenInSTEM 🧪 #IWD25
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Most of what we call "tech" is about getting the right information into a database and trying to prevent the wrong person from reading or updating it.
March 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Most of what we call "tech" is about getting the right information into a database and trying to prevent the wrong person from reading or updating it.
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I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
February 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
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the irony is that DeepSeek has probably showed the big US AI firms a much more viable path to profitability; but in doing so it's undermined the possibility of permanent monopoly profits. If everyone can start a trillion dollar company, nobody can.
it's fundamentally different economics. once you start talking about Jevons, you admit that you're in a commodity market.
January 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
the irony is that DeepSeek has probably showed the big US AI firms a much more viable path to profitability; but in doing so it's undermined the possibility of permanent monopoly profits. If everyone can start a trillion dollar company, nobody can.
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Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."
January 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."
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America Defeats America
theonion.com/america...
theonion.com/america...
January 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
America Defeats America
theonion.com/america...
theonion.com/america...
Yes
January 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Yes
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free speech baby
January 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
free speech baby
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👏 agents 👏 are 👏 just 👏 programs 👏
Here is why I consider AI agents nothing more than software. I'm talking specifically about the pieces of software that do things in a pipeline to complete a task. Let's take booking a flight to Vancouver as an example task.
January 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
👏 agents 👏 are 👏 just 👏 programs 👏
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Give "Control Salt Delete" kid a medal you cowards
December 26, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Give "Control Salt Delete" kid a medal you cowards
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Every old fuck tells you how fast time goes, knowing you won't believe it, just as they didn't. It is the essential human cognitive crime. Having all the facts and only complaining later you didn't listen. You couldn't, because delusion is the magic that builds empires on occasion it works.
December 3, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Every old fuck tells you how fast time goes, knowing you won't believe it, just as they didn't. It is the essential human cognitive crime. Having all the facts and only complaining later you didn't listen. You couldn't, because delusion is the magic that builds empires on occasion it works.
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thinking of calling this "The Illusion Illusion"
(more examples below)
(more examples below)
December 1, 2024 at 2:33 PM
thinking of calling this "The Illusion Illusion"
(more examples below)
(more examples below)
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For the love of God stop showing me bad takes from Twitter. If I wanted to see bad takes from Twitter, I'd be on Twitter.
December 2, 2024 at 3:02 PM
For the love of God stop showing me bad takes from Twitter. If I wanted to see bad takes from Twitter, I'd be on Twitter.
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I'm disheartened by how toxic and violent some responses were here.
There was a mistake, a quick follow up to mitigate and an apology. I worked with Daniel for years and is one of the persons most preoccupied with ethical implications of AI. Some replies are Reddit-toxic level. We need empathy.
There was a mistake, a quick follow up to mitigate and an apology. I worked with Daniel for years and is one of the persons most preoccupied with ethical implications of AI. Some replies are Reddit-toxic level. We need empathy.
I've removed the Bluesky data from the repo. While I wanted to support tool development for the platform, I recognize this approach violated principles of transparency and consent in data collection. I apologize for this mistake.
First dataset for the new @huggingface.bsky.social @bsky.app community organisation: one-million-bluesky-posts 🦋
📊 1M public posts from Bluesky's firehose API
🔍 Includes text, metadata, and language predictions
🔬 Perfect to experiment with using ML for Bluesky 🤗
huggingface.co/datasets/blu...
📊 1M public posts from Bluesky's firehose API
🔍 Includes text, metadata, and language predictions
🔬 Perfect to experiment with using ML for Bluesky 🤗
huggingface.co/datasets/blu...
November 27, 2024 at 11:09 AM
I'm disheartened by how toxic and violent some responses were here.
There was a mistake, a quick follow up to mitigate and an apology. I worked with Daniel for years and is one of the persons most preoccupied with ethical implications of AI. Some replies are Reddit-toxic level. We need empathy.
There was a mistake, a quick follow up to mitigate and an apology. I worked with Daniel for years and is one of the persons most preoccupied with ethical implications of AI. Some replies are Reddit-toxic level. We need empathy.
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It was the Busta Rhymes
It was the Wusta Rhymes
It was the Wusta Rhymes
November 20, 2024 at 4:27 PM
It was the Busta Rhymes
It was the Wusta Rhymes
It was the Wusta Rhymes