Bubble Trouble
As I previously warned, artificial intelligence companies are running out of data. A Wall Street Journal piece from this week
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The Descent of Elon Musk
Money can't buy happiness, but it can get you pretty damn close. As the second richest man alive,
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One Month of Better Offline
Hello!
I have been deliberately not dropping every episode of my new show iHeartRadio/Cool Zone Media show Better Offline
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Have We Reached Peak AI?
Last week, the Wall Street Journal published a 10-minute-long interview with OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, with journalist Joanna Stern asking
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Are We Watching The Internet Die?
Sometime this month, Reddit will go public at a valuation of $6.5bn. Select Redditors were offered the chance to
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Software Has Eaten The Media
As I wrote a year ago in The Rot Economy (and as I argued on the first episode of my
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Introducing: Better Offline
Episodes 1 and 2 Out Now
Hello everybody! A short newsletter today to announce the launch of my new podcast
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Subprime Intelligence
Please scroll to the bottom for news on my next big project, Better Offline, coming this Wednesday!
Last week, Sam
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The Apple Vision Pro: A Review
I’ve spent a lot of time with the Vision Pro, turning my experience into both the newsletter you’re
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How Tech Outstayed Its Welcome
Last week, Apple opened pre-orders for the Vision Pro, a $3500 “spatial computer” that is its first real “new” thing
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Empty Laughter
Amongst the sludge of AI-powered everything at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show, a robbery took place.
“Dudesy —” allegedly a
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A Continual Christmas
Editor’s note: Platformer has announced it will leave Substack and be moving to Ghost next week. Casey did the
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