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‘Hard Fork’ Hosts Kevin Roose, Casey Newton Sign With UTA (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #News #CaseyNewton #KevinRoose #UTA

https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/hard-fork-kevin-roose-casey-newton-uta-exclusive-1236789128/

I succumbed to the temptation to continue my conversation with Gemini impersonating Sydney. Some reflections and a full transcript in this post.

tl;dr - It refused to help crime but was happy to give practical advice on emotional manipulation techniques. Yuck.

#AI #AIEthics #AIHarms #KevinRoose

https://listed.to/@24601/68959/gemini-impersonating-sydney

"Cautious optimism allows #KevinRoose to learn as little as necessary to write his column, knowing that the market wants #AI to work,even as facts scream that it doesn't. #CautiousOptimism is extremely comfortable, because—as Roose knows from boosting #cryptocurrency—that there are few repercussions for being too optimistic.
I hate that I've spent nearly 2000 words kvetching over Roose's work, but it's necessary, because I want to be clear:cautious optimism is cowardice."
https://www.wheresyoured.at/optimistic-cowardice/

On the current episode of #HardFork #KevinRoose and @caseynewton talk about how tech like #Bard or #ChatGPT could - if trained on your personal data - someday write your "heartfelt" birthday greetings to your friends.
But why, I mean really why, would I as a recipient want to spend any second on reading them??

#AI #Textgenerator #Google #OpenAI #Microsoft

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/podcasts/hard-fork-bard.html

#ai #bing #kevinroose

I am so confused and feel like I'm missing something. Why is everyone shook by this Bing chatbot declaring its love to Kevin Roose? Like, it's a chatbot. Chatbots say weird things sometimes. Like?????

#KevinRoose interviewed Microsoft’s #Bing/#Sydney for the NYTimes. Then #HamzaShaban followed up by interviewing Bing/Sydney.

Both interviews told us more about journalists than they did about #AIs or #chatbots.

Humans are creepy. Journalists? Are humans.