🔗 Tom Scott on AI in February 2023 https://birchtree.me/blog/tom-scott-on-ai-in-february-2023/
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🔗 Tom Scott on AI in February 2023 https://birchtree.me/blog/tom-scott-on-ai-in-february-2023/
Back on my Resident Evil Requiem kick. This game rocks.
Nintendo, welcome to the resistance.
www.theverge.com/games/89086...
You know what, it's stupid that we're letting AI own em dashes. They're legit punctuation, and we should be able to use them without thinking everyone is going to yell "AI!" when they see it.
Here's how you tell if a human used one. Is it used incorrectly? Human. Is it used correctly? AI. 😛
🔗 + iPadOS is getting squeezed https://birchtree.me/blog/ipados-is-getting-squeezed/
1/4 of my social feeds are people who think the MacBook Neo is going to run like ass.
3/4 is people convinced that a single-core Geekbench score means this bad boy is as good as an M4.
This is why my reviews tend to come out after I use the product 😛
If you’re reviewing new Apple devices, I’m just saying I’ve got an app that runs a benchmark that tests performance and thermal throttling.
You can use it for generating awesome subtitles for your videos/podcasts as well 👌
apps.apple.com/us/app/quic...
Hegseth: "Death & destruction from the sky all day. We're playing for keeps. Our warfighters have maximum authorities granted personally by POTUS & yours truly. Our rules of engagement are bold, precise designed to unleash American power, not shackle it ... we are punching them while they are down"
🔗 Apple releases the MacBook Mini https://birchtree.me/blog/apple-releases-the-macbook-mini/
A webpage displaying an error message with the logo of MacRumors and a prompt to visit the home page.
MacRumors went down in preparation for the new Apple announcements today. Honestly, a very Apple move 😛
🔗 How to make Midnight City https://birchtree.me/blog/how-to-make-midnight-city/
It seems good for the type of monitor it is, but OLED surely is still the dream, right?
A user expresses anticipation for the S27 Ultra, accompanied by laughter emojis and engagement metrics from their post.
Man with a Galaxy from 2010 still holding out for the phone people think is worth upgrading to…
🔗 My super quick process for adding chapters to podcasts https://birchtree.me/blog/my-super-quick-process-for-adding-chapters-to-podcasts/
🔗 When the words on the page don’t match what you’re trying to say (follow up on the Ben Thompson post) https://birchtree.me/blog/when-the-words-on-the-page-dont-match-what-youre-trying-to-say-follow-up-on-the-ben-thompson-post/
🔗 Apple's new MacBooks: The pinnacle of the generation https://birchtree.me/blog/apples-new-macbooks-the-pinnacle-of-the-generation/
🔗 Apple's new Studio Displays https://birchtree.me/blog/apples-new-studio-displays/
This is really good, thank you!
🔗 "What are you going to do, stop me? I've got the guns," is a wild government argument for tech pundits to support https://birchtree.me/blog/what-are-you-going-to-do-stop-me-ive-got-the-guns-is-a-wild-govargument-for-tech-pundits-to-support/
🔗 Continuity Camera is so freaking cool, I wish it fit better into my work https://birchtree.me/blog/continuity-camera-is-so-freaking-cool-i-wish-it-fit-better-into-my-work/
In fact, Amodei already answered the question: if nuclear weapons were developed by a private company, and that private company sought to dictate terms to the U.S. military, the U.S. would absolutely be incentivized to destroy that company. The reason goes back to the question of international law, North Korea, and the rest: International law is ultimately a function of power; might makes right. There are some categories of capabilities — like nuclear weapons — that are sufficiently powerful to fundamentally affect the U.S.’s freedom of action; we can bomb Iran, but we can’t North Korea. To the extent that AI is on the level of nuclear weapons — or beyond — is the extent that Amodei and Anthropic are building a power base that potentially rivals the U.S. military. Anthropic talks a lot about alignment; this insistence on controlling the U.S. military, however, is fundamentally misaligned with reality. Current AI models are obviously not yet so powerful that they rival the U.S. military; if that is the trajectory, however — and no one has been more vocal in arguing for that trajectory than Amodei — then it seems to me the choice facing the U.S. is actually quite binary: Option 1 is that Anthropic accepts a subservient position relative to the U.S. government, and does not seek to retain ultimate decision-making power about how its models are used, instead leaving that to Congress and the President. Option 2 is that the U.S. government either destroys Anthropic or removes Amodei.
Ben Thompson making a full-throated case for fascism here stratechery.com/2026/anthrop...
🔗 The M4 iPad Air: an update so small, the Bluetooth version gets a shout out https://birchtree.me/blog/the-m4-ipad-air-an-update-so-small-the-bluetooth-version-gets-a-shout-out/
🔗 Announcing Weave, a native iOS app for Typefully https://birchtree.me/blog/announcing-weave-a-native-ios-app-for-typefully/
🔗 Why killing iPadOS isn't what you think it is https://birchtree.me/blog/why-killing-ipados-isnt-what-you-think-it-is/
🔗 Micro app 11: JXR to JPG converter https://birchtree.me/blog/micro-app-11-jxr-to-jpg-converter/
Screenshot from Overcast with an episode description: Anthropic faces a standoff with the Department of War, citing legitimate concerns but being deemed misaligned with reality.
Ben Thompson is wild one. He refuses to comment on the illegal Iran invasion (while clearly hinting that he supports it) and then goes on to explain why during the Biden administration he opposes the gov't telling companies what to do, he adores it in the Trump admin. Every…time…
Leon's stuff is also effing awesome, of course.
God damn, Resident Evil Requiem maxed out at 4K on PC is a stunner. One of the best looking games I've ever seen ❤️
