David_j_roth

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The flannel dunce. Defector.com is the website

@jwherrman.bsky.socialReposted by @davidjroth.bsky.social

Even more than usual, tech companies are treating the internet/economy like a sandbox, a benchmark to be saturated. Sometimes an agent shows up and solves everyone's problem. Sometimes it makes a new one, or just makes it someone else's. (Of AI "bottlenecks," I think this one is underrated.)

In cases where administrative burdens prevent people from accessing government services or where individuals "there's the might not be aware of them in the first place, "there's the potential for AI to be massively good," Schmitz said. But in situations where automated submissions could overwhelm, say, a public-comment channel, AI use can quickly produce a "tragedy of the commons" Before the release of Muse, when this research took place, AI submissions and more primitive agentic tools were already creating strain. Governments have been drawn to two diverging responses. One, the researchers wrote, was increasing capacity to meet new demand, either by hiring more people or using AI themselves. The other was less encouraging: creating more friction to re-suppress demand. "My biggest worry," said Schmitz, 'is that if governments really want to, building in friction is cheap, has precedent, and will be very attractive on short notice."
@maitreyiaa.bsky.socialReposted by @davidjroth.bsky.social

digging up my Angel Reese feature from 2024 “She understands that basketball, at its core, is a 40-minute series of tiny opportunities, each of which can be seized by the person who wants it more.”

@rkalland.bsky.socialReposted by @davidjroth.bsky.social

one of my favorite snl jokes ever was on da superfans when they ask who would win in a fight between one giant ditka or 100 miniature ditkas and the answer is "trick question, they get along swimmingly"

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