John Paris

This is easily the most terrifying thing I've read in a year of reading a great many terrifying things... open.substack.com/pub/jonathanha…

The top 12 states to live in

In the continuing trivialization of news... what on earth would Will McAvoy make of this? open.substack.com/pub/popularinf…

A great experiment will begin tomorrow as Australia’s world-first social media ban for children under the age of 16 goes into effect. Is it much-needed protection for young people, or the beginning of dangerous and unnecessary censorship? theguardian.com/media/2025/nov…

A group of technologists has released The Resonant Computing Manifesto, a set of principles designed to re-center Silicon Valley around values they claim to have been lost in the scramble to hyperscale. Worth a read. resonantcomputing.org

Useful information. One thing that jumped out at me is that no more than 10% of respondents reported scaling AI agents in any individual function. mckinsey.com/capabilities/q…

@seanmfdineen @Kantrowitz @BigTechPod I'll admit I had to look up unctuousness and yes indeed it's a fit.

Really strong Nick Clegg interview with @Kantrowitz on new @BigTechPod. Good stuff on AI 'friendships', with Clegg bemoaning future reliance on AI's "on tap unctuousness", a brutal insult that hits even harder when delivered with his posh English accent.

A Consumer Reports or Wirecutter for AI tools is an excellent idea. How about it CR and NYT? editorandpublisher.com/stories/artifi… #simplesharebuttons

I really wish Andreessen Horowitz had better things to do... futurism.com/artificial-int…

No politics here, just a disturbing trend among many young people that should concern us all. buildersmovement.org/2025/10/17/the…

Kudos to the BBC for investing the effort and resources to pursue the origins of these crimes, without letting the tech platforms off the hook. What reporter Tir Dhondy saw and heard in these "Hustle Kingdoms" is horrifying. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Essential reading to understand the state of Silicon Valley politics today. wired.com/story/silicon-…

A clear and concise primer on how SEO strategy needs to evolve to keep up with AI: linkedin.com/pulse/ai-eatin…

A little irony for this Wednesday morning...

“Woody Guthrie’s ‘This Land Is Your Land’ is a radical anthem. As radical as they get. When you hear it with the often censored verses intact….” – @tmorello youtu.be/MPooBofOMw8?fe… via @YouTube

From the article: "The high bar set by the company is expected to see display partner Samsung produce a more advanced screen than it uses in its own folding phones." 9to5mac.com/2025/07/02/iph…

Many state laws don’t apply to explicit AI-generated deepfakes, and fewer still address the fact that perpetrators of deepfake abuse are increasingly minors. themarkup.org/artificial-int…

A number of changes in the specs and tagline indicate Trump Mobile may have switched suppliers for the T1. theverge.com/gadgets/693080…

"In practice, this means things like critical updates to Meta's algorithms, new safety features and changes to how content is allowed to be shared across the company's platforms will be mostly approved by a system powered by artificial intelligence..." npr.org/2025/05/31/nx-…

The first big acquisition for Salesforce since buying Slack for $27.7 billion in 2020, signaling a push into agentic AI: cnbc.com/2025/05/27/sal…