Tech executives’ openness towards regulation should be viewed in light of stuff like this. They know they can no longer operate with impunity (they burned through the public’s trust), so now they’re cooperating with regulation attempts in order to shape (defang) any regulations.

https://www.axios.com/2023/08/09/ai-voters-trust-government-regulation?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“I think when we automate things, we should be doing good engineering practices and designing technology for particular use cases with an understanding of their social context.”

Really great interview of nostr:npub1e0a6n84krygh2qc3ajptu4fa4ma0qy53acz8smsyhztgxljxkghsureww0

https://journal.getabstract.com/en/2023/08/03/if-it-sounds-like-sci-fi-it-probably-is/

Feels like this interactive makes a pretty compelling case for nationalizing starlink…

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/28/business/starlink.html

An important part of the plot in the latest season of The Righteous Gemstones is Y2K. It’s amusing, but also points to the way Y2K gets misremembered today.

I’ve been researching Y2K for years (and wrote a dissertation on it), so…here are some comments! (1)

Tech bro: Sometimes I worry that the thing my friends and I are building will have negative consequences for the world!

Critics: Oh, it sounds like maybe you shouldn’t build it.

Tech bro: lol.