New article alert! 💡 So excited to share our work on #preautomation - meaning "the coincident, strategic effort to scale a workforce and monopolize a distribution network via platform while simultaneously in-vesting in its automated replacement." 1/ https://t.co/2PQMgQMncb

WeTransfer learned last week: It started with them telling their primary customer base - we're going to steal all the content you ship through our software & copy it to make our own content... is how you destroy faith in your product https://t.co/TCYMdyqjHM

The Adobe price increases to justify expensive new AI features that no one asked for (and will likely be stealing/repacking creative work for other clients) feels like peak AI snake oil to me

The things Americans assumed I didnt grow up with (internet, drinkable tap water, electricity, healthcare, etc.) are things Americans are choosing to do away with here - unless you are wealthy and handle it all privately. And to what end? Spite for neighbors? Greed?

It's been fascinating living in the US right now: on one hand, there is a lot of desparaging Latin America as under developed (e.g. cant drink the tap water!) on the other, the US is actively demolishing its basic infrastructure https://t.co/YbXovaMbYC

"low-wage work is often a miserable experience that relies on a massive supply of workers so these companies can churn and burn through the workforce."

I asked American Gig workers, “how does this job compare to others you’ve had?” My Finnish colleague saw similiar trends - workers see the challenges of an automated manager but sometimes preferred gig work to other jobs. We wrote about why: https://t.co/Pr9vq2memP

I wrote out the guidelines I give my teams about integrating #AI into their workflows - this was also the talk I gave at Social Science Foo camp last week: https://t.co/yWdDHr1pc4 Thank you @techpolicypress & @justinhendrix for working with me again :)

I wrote the cover story of the February issue of The Atlantic. It builds on a lot of reporting I did throughout 2024, and I'm really proud of it. It’s called: THE ANTI-SOCIAL CENTURY The thesis: Rising solitude is the most important social fact in American life today. The

In recent years, experts have worried over an online crisis of “misinformation,” Charlie Warzel and Mike Caulfield write. But that term doesn’t begin to describe what’s really happening.

one of my favorite art pieces from @TEDTalks this year is now online - here's a beautiful art piece if you need a pallet cleanse today about the magic of nature:

Finally, disaggregated data on the “Latino” vote. Relieved to see that Mexican voters did better than that infographic lumping all Latinos together (right) implied. https://t.co/XgBjMJ1j1r

This is political violence. Stay safe (and please vote!), everyone:

Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said

Large Language Models don't reason. Thank you, Apple.

You were promised econ studies on the effects of immigration on house prices. So let's deliver: An important new study finds that more robust enforcement of immigration laws reduces the construction workforce, which has led to higher house prices. https://t.co/UQt6imtwJ5

Went to see Fatherland at @NYCityCenter today - such a powerful play. The acting was excellent and the use of archival materials to bring a truly harrowing historical moment to life was so impressive. Brava! Recommending it to everyone I know. https://t.co/U64t4D3hCu

Really interesting article in @ScienceMagazine about ChatGPT4 changing people's minds about conspiracy theories:

🚨Out in Science!🚨 Conspiracy beliefs famously resist correction, ya? WRONG: We show brief convos w GPT4 reduce conspiracy beliefs by ~20%! -Lasts over 2mo -Works on entrenched beliefs -Tailored AI response rebuts specific evidence offered by believers https://t.co/3Rg79Cx5id 1/

📢 The first chapter of the AI snake oil book by me and @sayashk is now available online. https://t.co/LsjLhak6Yb It is 30 pages long and summarizes the book’s main arguments. If you start reading now, you won't have to wait long for the rest of the book — it is available to

All I want for Xmas is for @GovKathyHochul to properly fund subway infrastructure and the @MTA fix the C train signals so I can get to work on time regularly and afford to pay NY and NYC taxes 😅