1/🧵 There's been so much hype, naysaying and doomerism about AI that I wanted to do two episodes about it on "Theory of Change.". The first, w/ Venkatesh Rao, centers on his idea of "mediocrity" and how it applies to natural, AI, and economic processes

RT @onestpress: Procter & Gamble plans to increase prices on 25% of its U.S. products starting in August to help cover the costs associated….

Trumpers cannot debate. They lose every time because their ideas are bad and their leader loves Jeffrey Epstein. Democrats letting them off the hook was a big mistake.

RT @atrupar: don't sleep on the "EXTREME HEAT" warning in the bottom right.

The importance of American Jews speaking out against Netanyahu's genocide cannot be overstated. This is an incredible open letter that @AaronRegunberg wrote to his mother who refuses to see what is happening to the people of Gaza:

Trump claims Europe won’t make Big Tech pay ISPs; EU says it still might

Right wing comedians are regretting moving to Texas. Totally understandable!. Republican cultural elites have always preferred living in blue cities. Buckley lived in NYC his whole adulthood. Fox will never leave NYC. Breitbart was SoCal boy.

RT @page88: Conspiracy theories may serve the same purpose for men that romance novels did for women in the 1980s. MAGA Folklore as Escape….

Republicans panicking that Apple iOS update might end their relentless spam text messaging grift

Pro-Ukrainian hackers take credit for attack that snarls Russian flight travel

Reactionary American Christians think that forcing their faith into public spaces will make people more religious. In fact, evidence shows the exact opposite appears to be the case. Keeping religion out of government protects citizens and protects faith.

In fact, the screenshot is an inaccurate news headline that the former Obama administration had nothing whatsoever to do with. The story says nothing about "vote hacking" and quotes no one from the administration making the accusation you are inferring. Stop being dishonest.

Nearly half of all senior-level venture capitalists have never had even one successful investment. Is this what "meritocracy" looks like?

Trump's extended dominance of the Republican party is seemingly having a psychological effect on his supporters, making them more authoritarian and sadistic

RT @MollyJongFast: Trump should just keep talking about this.

RT @amandalitman: The leaders that got us to this point can’t and won’t be the ones to get us out of it.

5/ You don't have to like AI to understand that it will not be going anywhere. It's not a giant scam but it's not a panacea either. Policymakers and activists must get involved in the public interest. /end. Please share to spread the word! Thanks!.

4/ Rao also reframes AI as a mirror for humanity: it reveals our own mediocrity, creativity, and biases. Like any technology, AI is what you make of it. But chatbots are even more so.

3/ If the left ignores tech, it’s giving up the table--and ending up on the menu. Thoughtful engagement, regulation, and public investment are critical in the AI era. This is especially true if AI becomes much more capable. The people must have a say. Trump won't care.

2/ As useful as AI can be for individuals and organizations, however, there are very real harms that it or its users can cause. Dave Karpf and I discuss how tools aren't the problem, it is how they are used. The politics matter.