this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2025
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Roose doesn't have to make actual arguments – he makes statements, finds one example of something that confirms his biases, and then moves on

All too common an approach.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That was a good one. Also, was he the first to break the coreweave situation? Not a bad journalistic get if that's the case.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

he was the most prominent voice saying "hey wait this is shit"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I always tune into Casey Newton and Kevin Roose's podcast to get my latest fix of AI hype, now that they've moved on from crypto hype and multiverse hype. Can't wait to see what the next hype cycle will bring!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Autocorrect-ism for "metaverse", perhaps?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, it was a brain fart.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

This puts exactly into words what I've been thinking about AI. So much "someone said it would be great", so little evidence.