Interview mit Joseph Matheny - Ongs Hat, Nekronomikon, Randonautica, UAPs, KI, Dimensionen, Künstler
Heute die Vollversion vom Interview mit Joseph Matheny. Wir reden über Ongs Hat, Lovecraft und das Nekronomikon, Wandern und andere spirituelle oder psychedelische Reisen, das Künstlerdasein, die App
As promised last week, here is the complete, unedited interview. I hope you enjoy it. I have a few more like this coming shortly. I hope you enjoy the new direction. I will only have conversations with independent creators like today’s host. Enjoy.
Stanford Research Finds That "Therapist" Chatbots Are Encouraging Users' Schizophrenic Delusions and Suicidal Thoughts
This is extremely bad.
ChatGPT Tells Users to Alert the Media That It Is Trying to ‘Break’ People: Report
Machine-made delusions are mysteriously getting deeper and out of control.
Also see: AI Scams Are the Point
I recently watched Mountainhead with a friend. While it wasn’t spectacular, it was mildly funny. Having spent 30 years in the belly of the Silicon Valley beast, I was struck by something: the film is meant to be a parody—an over-the-top comedic critique of how perverse the lives of ultra-wealthy “tech bros” have become. Here’s the thing: having been in the room with some of these characters in real life, the portrayals didn’t seem all that exaggerated. Maybe a little, but not by much. That’s where we are now.
In the early ’90s, the nerds still largely steered the tech world. It wasn’t until after the dot-com bubble and the rise of Web 2.0 that the MBAs and “tech bros” showed up—and, well, there went the neighborhood. That’s why I now call myself a “recovering technologist.” It was a bit shocking to see behavior I’ve witnessed firsthand depicted as over-the-top parody when, in reality, it’s not that uncommon, just not widely known. I could share conversations I’ve overheard that would make your hair stand on end—sobering stuff.
Anyway, if you’ve ever worked in Silicon Valley, I’d recommend the movie just for the buzzword-laden tirades, which, unfortunately, aren’t far from how some people speak.
Bluesky backlash misses the point
Remembering Jackson C. Frank
The folksinger’s lifeboat capsized far too soon