The AI Election + Bitcoin’s Wall Street Debut + TikTok’s Doodad Era
Update: 2024-01-19
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OpenAI has released its plan to fight disinformation in elections in 2024, but will its policies be consequential compared to those of other generative A.I. companies? Then, a watershed moment had crypto fans celebrating for the first time in maybe more than a year. And finally, what one writer’s attempt to sell a used mechanical pencil on TikTok says about how the platform is changing.
Today’s guests:
- David Yaffe-Bellany covers the crypto industry for The New York Times
- John Herrman covers technology for New York Magazine
Additional Reading:
- How OpenAI is approaching 2024 worldwide elections
- $4 Billion of New Bitcoin Funds Change Hands in First Trading Day
- What I Learned Selling a Used Pencil on TikTok Shop
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It's an indictment of our collective idiocy that people can talk about cryptocurrency so much while avoiding mention of the fact that it's all hype and froth. There's no substance, no value in use, no link between the value and a currency function, etc. It's also drastically under-regulated. It's a marketplace of wolves and sheep. It's gambling on the predicted efficacy of hype amongst morons.