Articles
-
2 weeks ago |
newyorker.com | Joshua Rothman
I am a forty-five-year-old journalist who, for many years, didn’t read the news. In high school, I knew about events like the O. J. Simpson trial and the Oklahoma City bombing, but not much else. In college, I was friends with geeky economics majors who read The Economist, but I’m pretty sure I never actually turned on CNN or bought a paper at the newsstand. I read novels, and magazines like Wired and Spin.
-
3 weeks ago |
matr.net | Joshua Rothman
There’s no longer any scenario in which A.I. fades into irrelevance. We urgently need voices from outside the industry to help shape its future.
-
3 weeks ago |
newyorker.com | Joshua Rothman
My in-laws own a little two-bedroom beach bungalow. It’s part of a condo development that hasn’t changed much in fifty years. The units are connected by brick paths that wind through palm trees and tiki shelters to a beach. Nearby, developers have built big hotels and condo towers, and it’s always seemed inevitable that the bungalows would be razed and replaced.
-
3 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Joshua Rothman
16 hours agoLast week, OpenAI released Images for ChatGPT which led to an explosion of interest thanks to its ability, in part, to generate Studio Ghibli inspired AI art. It looks like the virality has paid off — CEO Sam Altman posted that the company has added one million users in the last hour alone (he’s …
-
1 month ago |
wired.jp | Joshua Rothman
数カ月に１度くらいの割合で、好奇心の赴くままに「レッドピリング」することがある［編註：レッドピルは、映画『マトリックス』で、キアヌ・リーブス演じるネオが真実を知るために飲むことを選択した「赤い薬」のこと］。わたしの場合、だいたいいつもYouTubeで始まる。YouTubeのアルゴリズムはとても反応がよく、いくつかの動画に高評価をつければ、イデオロギー的にそれに沿った内容の動画ばかりが表示されるようになる。 わたしは政治的には中道左派なので、レッドピリングするとフィードは右へと傾く。保守系論客ベン・シャピロが大学生相手に議論している動画があるかと思えば、別の動画では同じく保守系インフルエンサーのチャーリー・カークが同様のことをしている。そうかと思えば、イーロン・マスクが元CNNキャスターのドン・レモン相手に手のひら返しをしている。屈強な男が、米海軍特殊部隊での経験を元に多くの作品を輩出する脚本家ショーン・ライアンに自宅の守り方について話しているし、口の達者な母親が学校の責任者に何かのことでまくしたてている。何の話なのかはわからないが、見ていると妙にスカッとする。...
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 9K
- Tweets
- 785
- DMs Open
- No
I enjoyed my visit to this site you can visit only once: https://t.co/Bc8yL6URBU
Profiling Dan Dennett was one of the peak experiences of my life. It wasn't just that his thinking changed mine, but that he was an inspiring human being, full of curiosity, vitality, and creativity. We should all try to be a little more like Dan. https://t.co/KRsDjtxR4m
I owe my career at The New Yorker to @magger, who accepted a pitch from me more than a decade ago when I was just starting to make my way in journalism. He’s been a wonderful mentor and friend ever since, and is one of the best editors in the business.
Yesterday was a surprise (a thread)