this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2025
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week 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] 6 points 1 week 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] 6 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week 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 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Autocorrect-ism for "metaverse", perhaps?

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

Yeah, it was a brain fart.

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

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