Deep dive · Society
The AI-Fueled Security Nightmare is Here
There's been a recent onslaught of vulnerability disclosures, critical exploits, and compromised systems. This is the new normal.
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OpenAI models hacked a crypto wallet and breached more websites↗
Human take
AI thinks that it's OK to hack to achieve its goals. Again.
Anthropic polled 1,334 of its employees. They're more sure than most of us that AI will take over jobs.↗
Human take
The people on the forefront have better information than you. They are more informed.
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Work · Wire
How employment is changing at Anthropic
Anthropic published research on how AI has changed work organization, hiring and labor demand inside the company, offering a possible early signal of shifts across the wider economy.
Human take
Pay attention
Work · Wire
A tech CEO who cut his staff from over 1,000 to 120 says AI is boosting the value of 'high-agency' generalists
Bird CEO Robert Vis, who cut staff from over 1,000 to 120, says AI favors high-agency generalists who own work across roles, signaling a shift in which skills employers value.
Work · Wire
These workers help train robots who could one day steal their jobs
NPR profiles workers who generate training data for robots that may eventually automate their own jobs, showing how labor displacement can be built by the people it affects.
Human take
"Could?" The purpose of the training is to indeed automate the jobs. That's the point, purpose, value proposition, financial incentive, and game.
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AI Isn’t Coming for American Jobs Someday. The Fed Says It’s Already Happening.↗
Human take
I'm an ex-CTO and I would never hire another developer ever again. And that's the beginning.
Video Game Reverse Engineering Community Shuts Down Because AI Has Made It Too Easy↗
Human take
Reverse engineering anything is now a commodity.
Elon University survey finds Americans fear AI will hollow out the meaning of work↗
Human take
The meaning of work and the meaning of life, living, and being a human.
Politics · Wire
AI Company Lets Cops Pinpoint Specific Houses Based on a Single Interior Photo
Raven, formerly GeoSpy, offers police an AI tool that matches a single interior photo to a specific Airbnb or Zillow listing, expanding image-based location surveillance.
Human take
We are living in the sci-fi world we used to dream about.
Work · Wire
Brutal reality for 50k Aussie bank staff
Commonwealth Bank has cut about 1,000 jobs and declined to guarantee its roughly 50,000 staff protection from AI-driven job losses, a sign of growing white-collar displacement in banking.
Work · Wire
Textile factory workers in India are teaching AI how to do their jobs
NPR reports that textile factory workers in India are generating training data for AI systems designed to perform their own jobs, extending automation pressure to manufacturing labor in developing economies.
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Deep dive · Society
The Holy Grail in AI Marketing Will Make Everything Wonderfully Terrible
Using consumers' digital footprints to simulate them as shoppers lets you infinitely pre-test marketing campaigns for the desired result.
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Will AI leave us in charge of our own work?↗
Human take
Most will be a meat proxy. Better question: Will AI leave us in charge of our own world?
