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Sunday Good Reads for April 21st, 2024 [1]

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Date: 2024-04-21  

The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic's con (softwarecrisis.dev) Imitative AI works like a con.

AI companies are running out of high-quality data. Here's what happens next. (substack.com): This is one of the reasons I think imitative AI is not going to live up to its hype.

Fish in a barrel: Berliner’s case against NPR is based on false and out-of-context facts – Media Nation (dankennedy.net): Uri Berliner looks like he just wanted a Trump friendly newsroom and doesn’t have the guts to just say that.

How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I. - The New York Times (nytimes.com): Yeah, they stole from people.

How new tech is making geothermal energy a more versatile power source | Ars Technica: Engineering is cool.

Civil War’s Mystifying Vision of American Meltdown | The New Republic: Interesting perspective.

'Civil War' Highlights a Growing Divide in American Culture...and Not in the Way You Think (substack.com): The opposite perspective.

mermaid in manhattan - by Allison Epstein (substack.com): Allison is hilarious, as usual.

The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat (theverge.com): Fascinating read about the work that keeps the internet afloat. (Sorry. Sorry.)

Report: ByteDance still has access to US users’ TikTok data despite Project Texas - The Verge: A company lied about user privacy? Shocked, shocked, I tell you, shocked!

Amazon ebooks: Are the Mikkelsen twins running a scam? Here’s our investigation - Vox: How ebook sludge is created.

Clap Or AI Gets It - Aftermath: Our tech overlords cannot fathom the concentp of criticism applying to them.

The Arizona Tipping Point - by Jessica Valenti (substack.com): Excellent read on why Dobbs and state restrictions have so inflamed people.

Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 14, 2024 - GoComics: This is why I am a terrible cook. That’s my story and I am sticking to it.

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