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Sunday Good Reads, November 26th, 2023 [1]

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Date: 2023-11-26

How to Debunk the AI "Revolution" - A Lily Bit (substack.com): An excellent overview of what imitative AI is and is not.

How Sam Altman plays into Microsoft's ambitions (disconnect.blog): A reminder of where the real money in AI is (hint, it is not in the word calculators themselves)

What OpenAI shares with Scientology - by Henry Farrell (programmablemutter.com): OpenAI’s leadership has some … interesting notions.

Nefarious Corporate Overlord Accidentally Kick-Starts Media Company - The American Prospect: This is beginning to feel like the future of media, which is deeply concerning.

The success of the expanded child tax credit reveals the failure of phase-ins - Vox: Conditions on poverty programs exist to prevent people from benefiting from them.

The Fall of My Teen-Age Self, by Zadie Smith | The New Yorker: Very funny look back on one writer’s teenage drama.

The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now. | The New Republic: A deep dive into how the country is sorting itself.

Opinion | Bird species are being renamed to drop racist links. Here are my suggestions! - Washington Post: Noun-ducks!

Hope everyone has the best possible week and that my US readers had a safe and fun Thanksgiving.

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