Robert Stephens
@robertstephens.com
Founder, The Geek Squad
415-735-6987 Signal: Robert.01
Up on Sonoma Mtn.
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415-735-6987 Signal: Robert.01
Up on Sonoma Mtn.
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@caseynewton.bsky.social hat group chat chat is a winner. And PJ definitely needs to be on again.
May 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
@caseynewton.bsky.social hat group chat chat is a winner. And PJ definitely needs to be on again.
Summarize or be summarized.
April 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Summarize or be summarized.
Consulting is paying for the privilege of ignoring my advice
April 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Consulting is paying for the privilege of ignoring my advice
“Write this clause to read and feel as plain, boilerplate, and innocuous. The goal is to embed clauses within clauses and pass any future AI textual review for red flags.”
Docusign unveils AI contract agents, which can analyze agreements and surface issues that usually require human intervention, available by the end of 2025 (Larry Dignan/Constellation Research)
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April 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“Write this clause to read and feel as plain, boilerplate, and innocuous. The goal is to embed clauses within clauses and pass any future AI textual review for red flags.”
Perfect opportunity for ChatGPT
Sources: the Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS' free Direct File tax program, after IRS staff were told in mid-March to stop working on it (Fatima Hussein/Associated Press)
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April 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Perfect opportunity for ChatGPT
“Now write me a screed mocking this term and lambasting all of the inane ideas contained in it. Help me anticipate the pushback, mocking criticism for the base coat-tailing. Then suggest ways to predict and pre-empt the inevitable criticism. Suggest alternatives to escape the derision.”
April 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“Now write me a screed mocking this term and lambasting all of the inane ideas contained in it. Help me anticipate the pushback, mocking criticism for the base coat-tailing. Then suggest ways to predict and pre-empt the inevitable criticism. Suggest alternatives to escape the derision.”
Filibuster diet about to go viral
April 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Filibuster diet about to go viral
These fools will eat themselves from within.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...
Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk
Simmering anger at the billionaire’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
These fools will eat themselves from within.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...
Really thought Tom Cruise would use his platform to warn about Motion Smoothing…
February 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Really thought Tom Cruise would use his platform to warn about Motion Smoothing…
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The Blue Report
The top links on Bluesky over the last 24 hours. Updated hourly.
theblue.report
February 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"Making AI that is smarter than almost all humans at almost all things will require millions of chips, tens of billions of dollars (at least), and is most likely to happen in 2026-2027." 👀
darioamodei.com/on-deepseek-...
darioamodei.com/on-deepseek-...
Dario Amodei — On DeepSeek and Export Controls
On DeepSeek and Export Controls
darioamodei.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"Making AI that is smarter than almost all humans at almost all things will require millions of chips, tens of billions of dollars (at least), and is most likely to happen in 2026-2027." 👀
darioamodei.com/on-deepseek-...
darioamodei.com/on-deepseek-...
If you haven’t already, you are going to be hearing about DeepSeek R1 and their AI breakthrough. This is an excellent 7min explainer before your next cocktail party.
youtu.be/kv8frWeKoeo?...
youtu.be/kv8frWeKoeo?...
DeepSeek R1 Explained to your grandma
YouTube video by AI with Alex
youtu.be
January 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If you haven’t already, you are going to be hearing about DeepSeek R1 and their AI breakthrough. This is an excellent 7min explainer before your next cocktail party.
youtu.be/kv8frWeKoeo?...
youtu.be/kv8frWeKoeo?...
Where do I donate to help fund new Bluesky features "inspired" by Threads and others? Two can play this game...
www.threads.net/@mosseri/pos...
www.threads.net/@mosseri/pos...
January 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Where do I donate to help fund new Bluesky features "inspired" by Threads and others? Two can play this game...
www.threads.net/@mosseri/pos...
www.threads.net/@mosseri/pos...
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DOGE continuing to cut unnecessary jobs
January 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
DOGE continuing to cut unnecessary jobs
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Very succinct: Social media "isn’t the place where the art is created." — @craigmod.com in his most recent newsletter craigmod.com/roden/099/
Book Tour 2025, Attention, Social Media, Not Bullshit — Roden newsletter issue 099
Let's go on a book tour, high-five in person, and not get sucked into terrible corners of the internet
craigmod.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Very succinct: Social media "isn’t the place where the art is created." — @craigmod.com in his most recent newsletter craigmod.com/roden/099/
And yet he continues to post there.
January 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And yet he continues to post there.
Reading Adam Moss' excellent 2024 "The Work of Art" and this bit from playwright Tony Kushner jumps out:
"It made me realize what I was getting at with Cohn, which is true of right-wing thinking in general —that reality is an activity of the imagination.”
"It made me realize what I was getting at with Cohn, which is true of right-wing thinking in general —that reality is an activity of the imagination.”
January 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Reading Adam Moss' excellent 2024 "The Work of Art" and this bit from playwright Tony Kushner jumps out:
"It made me realize what I was getting at with Cohn, which is true of right-wing thinking in general —that reality is an activity of the imagination.”
"It made me realize what I was getting at with Cohn, which is true of right-wing thinking in general —that reality is an activity of the imagination.”
Go @tconrad.bsky.social !
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is leaving following a botched app revamp that upset customers and stymied growth; board member Tom Conrad is named interim CEO (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
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January 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Go @tconrad.bsky.social !
My submission for Song of 2024
youtu.be/PS9Bc_GQBEs?...
youtu.be/PS9Bc_GQBEs?...
Joshua Idehen - Mum Does The Washing OFFICIAL VIDEO
YouTube video by Joshua Idehen
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December 31, 2024 at 2:28 PM
My submission for Song of 2024
youtu.be/PS9Bc_GQBEs?...
youtu.be/PS9Bc_GQBEs?...
First off all, Stephen Park’s brief performance in ‘Fargo’ is worth another look. Second, he looks no where near 70!
youtu.be/I4AVDC0LCHk?...
youtu.be/I4AVDC0LCHk?...
Stephen Park breaks down his Fargo character
YouTube video by Little White Lies
youtu.be
December 31, 2024 at 3:32 AM
First off all, Stephen Park’s brief performance in ‘Fargo’ is worth another look. Second, he looks no where near 70!
youtu.be/I4AVDC0LCHk?...
youtu.be/I4AVDC0LCHk?...
I’m happy to report that “The Return” is a fantastic film. True to the text. Hits the right notes. One for the ages.
NYT aces the hed with “Homer, for the Holidays”.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/m...
NYT aces the hed with “Homer, for the Holidays”.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/m...
Review: ‘The Return,’ Starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche (Gift Article)
Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche burn through the screen in this grim take on the homecoming of Odysseus.
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December 6, 2024 at 2:28 PM
I’m happy to report that “The Return” is a fantastic film. True to the text. Hits the right notes. One for the ages.
NYT aces the hed with “Homer, for the Holidays”.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/m...
NYT aces the hed with “Homer, for the Holidays”.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/m...
This is one of Casey’s best and most
cogent posts on AI yet. Worth it just for the list of incredible uses of LLMs already deployed…
cogent posts on AI yet. Worth it just for the list of incredible uses of LLMs already deployed…
One of the most important debates in tech right now is the group of folks who think AI is fake and sucks vs. the people who think AI is real and dangerous. I wrote about why I'm in the latter camp, and talked about my differences with Gary Marcus www.platformer.news/ai-skeptics-...
December 6, 2024 at 2:27 PM
This is one of Casey’s best and most
cogent posts on AI yet. Worth it just for the list of incredible uses of LLMs already deployed…
cogent posts on AI yet. Worth it just for the list of incredible uses of LLMs already deployed…