Wagner James Au

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Wagner James Au

@slhamlet

Author, "Making a Metaverse That Matters" (Wiley). Covering & creating metaverse culture since 2003. Join my Patreon for early/exclusive updates!

Los Angeles, Kailua Katılım Mart 2007
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Wagner James Au
Wagner James Au@slhamlet·
New World Notes is moving to my Patreon! The original Typepad-based blog shuts down Oct 1, but I'll keep covering the Metaverse ecosystem news/culture, related topics & OG metaverse Second Life there. Join free below, subscribe for special benefits:👇 patreon.com/u4843285
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Wagner James Au@slhamlet·
@Andercot The brutal irony is, the few people who didn't think VR would be mass market were... VR experts!👇 Microsoft scientist danah boyd warned it had a gender bias (Meta ignored her) & Stanford's Jeremy Bailenson says it's not to be meant a daily use product. patreon.com/posts/134730822
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Andrew Côté
Andrew Côté@Andercot·
The absolute non-takeoff of VR and AR is probably one of the big upsets in consumer electronics history Pretty much everyone thought this would be huge and it sort of just isn't
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Mr Bruh@MrBruhgobbledy·
Homerist and Classical Studies Professors reviewed The Odyssey trailer (spoiler alert - unlike the illiterate chuds and Greek-history larpers, they are actually excited by Nolan's unique vision)
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Wagner James Au@slhamlet·
@dsonoiki @nikitabier Very super accurate and totally non-hallucinatory placement of the sign and the observatory BTW. It's this kind of precise attention to detail which tells Angelenos just how much the Pratt campaign really cares about the city!
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Wagner James Au@slhamlet·
@svershbow Cancer detecting AI is more in the pattern recognition, machine learning realm. Gen AI of the prompt a shitty short story kind is tied to Large Language Models, which is only one kind of AI but because it's user friendly (i.e. ChatGPT), people confuse it as the ENTIRETY of AI.
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Sophie Vershbow@svershbow·
I'm trying to get more nuanced in how I talk about AI. Using AI to detect cancer early is awesome, using AI to write a short story makes you a f*cking loser.
Variety@Variety

Jack Antonoff slammed people who use AI to make art and music as "godless whores": "So to everyone who is gassed up about the new ways you can fake making art, by all means drive right off that cliff. We're genuinely happy to see you go. Generations coming will be engaging in the ancient ritual of writing, recording and performing as it comes to us from God." variety.com/2026/music/new…

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Wagner James Au@slhamlet·
@TVietor08 When I lived in China for work during the Obama / Biden era, the Obamas and by extension America seemed largely loved and admired by most Chinese
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derek guy@dieworkwear·
The artist behind this painting, Criselda Vasquez, painted this portrait of her parents in 2017. The man in this painting, her father, was recently taken by ICE. He has lived in the United States for forty years. This loss has made it hard for the family to support themselves. If you want to support them, you can go to their GoFundMe here: gofund.me/456d8a193
soli@solisolsoli

The New American Gothic, 2017, by Criselda Vasquez

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Wagner James Au@slhamlet·
We spend more time worrying that we're about to seem foolish by feeling something from the thing itself. Now, instead, we spend less time looking at a given image as simple art appreciators. We have become more like asset appraisers tasked with spotting counterfeits.
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Anonymous@YourAnonNews·
Shark Tank Billionaire Kevin O'leary says 2 people fighting data centers in Utah are Chinese agents. Turns out its just 2 local girls in Utah, they make a hilarious video calling him the fuck out
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Wagner James Au@slhamlet·
SL merchants: Please take my short survey on the state of the Second Life economy, which I'll be reporting on for New World Notes next month -- link below! And if you want free access to the survey data, please include an email address (last question). docs.google.com/forms/d/1LyFav…
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@JoyceCarolOates Up until 2014, LA skyscrapers were designed for rescue by rooftop helicopter, enabling much more cinematic escapes.
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James Surowiecki@JamesSurowiecki·
How is this guy not running away with the governor's race in California?
Ezra Klein@ezraklein

Here's @MattMahanSJ, on the lessons — both politics and policy — of trying to cut unsheltered homelessness in San Jose to zero

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Wagner James Au@slhamlet·
@JoyceCarolOates Sadly the Intercontinental is not really easy walking distance to the best representatives of the glory that is the LA food scene, but it's a very short drive to Grand Central Market where Villa's Tacos and other culinary masterpieces reside.
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Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates@JoyceCarolOates·
Intercontinental Hotel a microcosm of the gated US of the future rising up 71 floors & all In your power if you have the magic key but if not, not.
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Wagner James Au@slhamlet·
An ongoing challenge of metaverse platforms: when the company tries to fix flaws/loopholes, it risks breaking some popular content which takes advantage of them. Latest victim seems to be much played donation games in Roblox like @hazem's Pls Donate👇 wjamesau.substack.com/p/top-roblox-g…
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Everything Price Sufferer (but especially eggs)
Everything Price Sufferer (but especially eggs)@agraybee·
Lupita Nyong'o is good casting for Helen of Troy because she does have a beauty that seems just a little otherworldly. I could definitely buy that she was born from a magic egg.
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Chris Evangelista@cevangelista413·
It’s so painfully clear all these people went to some stupid pro-AI luncheon recently and were fed bullshit talking points. Depressing stuff.
Variety@Variety

Demi Moore at #Cannes says Hollywood must "find ways" to work with AI and "to fight it is a battle we will lose..." "There really isn’t anything to fear because what it can never replace is what true art comes from, which is not the physical. It comes from the soul. It comes from the spirit of each and every one of us sitting here, to each and every one of us who creates every day. And that they can never recreate through something that is technical.” variety.com/2026/film/fest…

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chisa1st@chisa1st·
Linden LabがAradia Dielliと提携し、毎月12個以上の新しい仮想ギフトを有料会員に提供する「The Collab Circle」を開始。 突然Aradia Dielliって個人名出されても？だなと思ったら、先日Lelutkaのチームから抜けたと発表されたleLAPEAUスキンのオーナーだった。 community.secondlife.com/news/featured-…
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