/
Navigation
C
Chronicles
Browse all articles
C
E
Explore
Semantic exploration
E
R
Research
Entity momentum
R
N
Nexus
Correlations & relationships
N
~
Story Arc
Topic evolution
S
Drift Map
Semantic trajectory animation
D
P
Posts
Analysis & commentary
P
Browse
@
Entities
Companies, people, products, technologies
Domains
Browse by publication source
Handles
Browse by social media handle
Detection
?
Concept Search
Semantic similarity search
!
High Impact Stories
Top coverage by position
+
Sentiment Analysis
Positive/negative coverage
*
Anomaly Detection
Unusual coverage patterns
Analysis
vs
Rivalry Report
Compare two entities head-to-head
/\
Semantic Pivots
Narrative discontinuities
!!
Crisis Response
Event recovery patterns
Connected
Nav: C E R N
Search: /
Command: ⌘K
Embeddings: large
VOICE ARCHIVE

John Warner

@biblioracle
14 posts
2026-02-14
Amodei says the goal is for Claude to be the equivalent of “country of geniuses.”  That doesn't actually mean anything.  It's all woo-woo.
2026-02-14 View on X
Dwarkesh Podcast

Q&A with Dario Amodei on getting close to “a country of geniuses in a data center”, how AI will diffuse through the economy, frontier lab profits, China, more

“That's why I'm sending this message of urgency”  —  Dario Amodei thinks we are just a few years away from “a country of geniuses in a data center”.

2026-02-13
Amodei says the goal is for Claude to be the equivalent of “country of geniuses.”  That doesn't actually mean anything.  It's all woo-woo.
2026-02-13 View on X
Dwarkesh Podcast

Q&A with Dario Amodei on getting close to “a country of geniuses in a data center”, how AI will diffuse through the economy, frontier lab profits, China, more

“That's why I'm sending this message of urgency”  —  Dario Amodei thinks we are just a few years away from “a country of geniuses in a data center”.

2025-07-02
Dear AI “talent”: Take the bag while you can.  These guys are nuts and this isn't going to end well for anyone. www.wired.com/story/sam-al...
2025-07-02 View on X
Wired

Source: Mark Zuckerberg has, on 10+ occasions, offered top AI research talent up to $300M over four years, with $100M+ in total compensation for the first year

The Meta CEO is leading a hiring blitz, offering top talent at OpenAI eye-watering pay packages and endless access to cutting-edge chips.

Dear AI “talent”: Take the bag while you can.  These guys are nuts and this isn't going to end well for anyone. www.wired.com/story/sam-al...
2025-07-02 View on X
Wired

In a memo to OpenAI researchers, Sam Altman said “missionaries will beat mercenaries” and “there is much, much more upside to OpenAI stock than Meta stock”

neither will Meta's $100 million raid on the firm's top AI talent Rocket Drew / The Information : Sam Altman Calls Meta Recruiting Efforts ‘Distasteful’ Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly...

2025-06-29
Every dime spent on Turnitin is a waste, and turns out it's a lot of dimes.  The AI “detection” is particularly wasteful. themarkup.org/artificial-i...
2025-06-29 View on X
The Markup

Investigation: California colleges and universities continue to renew Turnitin subscriptions despite the cost, faulty anti-plagiarism tech, and privacy issues

Colleges and universities renew Turnitin subscriptions year after year even though its flawed detectors are expensive …

2025-06-08
At this point, I would suggest as a general rule that the greater the embrace of this kind of approach to generative AI, the less invested the institution is in students actually learning something or having genuinely meaningful experiences.  Students beware. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/t...
2025-06-08 View on X
New York Times

An interview with Leah Belsky, OpenAI's VP of Education, as the startup competes with Google and others to offer premium AI tools to universities and students

OpenAI, the firm that helped spark chatbot cheating, wants to embed A.I. in every facet of college.  First up: 460,000 students at Cal State.

2023-03-17
I am begging the people in charge of this to make a big, obvious, “turn this shit off” button so I can do my work and thinking unmolested by an AI guessing about the next word I want to use. https://twitter.com/...
2023-03-17 View on X
Bloomberg

Microsoft announces Microsoft 365 Copilot, which will bring OpenAI's GPT-4 to Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, and its other Office apps in the coming months

here's how Sohini Bagchi / TechCircle : Microsoft adds next-gen AI to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more with Microsoft 365 Copilot Luke Jones / WinBuzzer : Microsoft 365 Copilot in...

2023-02-20
We're in real trouble if this is how the people in charge of developing and releasing this technology are thinking about it. https://twitter.com/...
2023-02-20 View on X
Mother Jones

New Bing offers marvelous responses, dangerously convincing falsehoods, direct quotes that appear to be made up, and shocking claims about its own capabilities

“You're in!” the email said.  “Welcome to the new Bing!”  Last Sunday, I joined a small wave of users granted early access …

2020-11-17
This is a really good consideration of some of the dimensions of Substack, explores a lot of the concerns I have about longterm viability and what this means for writing/journalism in general. https://www.cjr.org/...
2020-11-17 View on X
Columbia Journalism Review

Profile of Substack, whose founders insist it is a platform, not a media company, and say there is less need for moderation as readers opt in to newsletters

Did a newsletter company create a more equitable media system—or replicate the flaws of the old one? Tweets: @benthompson , @cliomiso , @asymmetricinfo , @can , @bdomenech , @maxwe...

2020-06-07
Another article that equates test scores with “learning.” How can we break out of this frame and have a deeper, more meaningful conversation. https://twitter.com/...
2020-06-07 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Overall, remote learning this spring didn't work: schools disagree on fair student assessment, students lack equal access to technology, teaching got harder

The pandemic forced schools into a crash course in online education.  Problems piled up quickly.  ‘I find it hectic and stressful’ Tweets: @afrankhistory , @trumwill , @econ_marsha...

2019-12-26
The overall credulousness of this @nytimes article is off the charts, but its treatment of Knewton is extra egregious. https://www.nytimes.com/....
2019-12-26 View on X
New York Times

AI is assisting teachers in the classroom by taking over repetitive tasks like grading and optimizing coursework, helping students with exam prep, and more

for so many reasons—would seem to be: JUST HIRE MORE TEACHERS! https://www.nytimes.com/... Amy J. Ko / @amyjko : This is a very utopian view of AI in education. Some is appropriate...

The overall credulousness of this @nytimes article is off the charts, but its treatment of Knewton is extra egregious. https://www.nytimes.com/....
2019-12-26 View on X
MIT Technology Review

Educators and school administrators love digital devices that studies show mostly have a negative impact on learning, harming lower performing students the most

Educators love digital devices, but there's little evidence they help children—especially those who most need help. Tweets: @alexlindsay , @naomikritzer , @drewharwell , @e_mln_e ,...

2019-12-25
The overall credulousness of this @nytimes article is off the charts, but its treatment of Knewton is extra egregious. https://www.nytimes.com/....
2019-12-25 View on X
MIT Technology Review

Educators and school administrators love digital devices that studies show mostly have a negative impact on learning, harming lower performing students the most

Educators love digital devices, but there's little evidence they help children—especially those who most need help. Tweets: @alexlindsay , @naomikritzer , @drewharwell , @e_mln_e ,...

The overall credulousness of this @nytimes article is off the charts, but its treatment of Knewton is extra egregious. https://www.nytimes.com/....
2019-12-25 View on X
New York Times

AI is assisting teachers in the classroom by taking over repetitive tasks like grading and optimizing coursework, helping students with exam prep, and more

for so many reasons—would seem to be: JUST HIRE MORE TEACHERS! https://www.nytimes.com/... Raju Narisetti / @raju : A lot of journalistic naivety when it comes to loving #AI. This ...