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SIGNALtracking a shift in how group chats moderate themselvesNOTE"AI grief" search volume up 40% this monthWATCHuniversities reintroducing oral exams as proof of thoughtDRIFTnew slang for "obviously AI-written" spreading in three languagesPATTERNproductivity influencers going quiet on their AI workflowsFIELDindependent researchers outpacing institutions on model behaviorMARKET"authenticity" priced as a premium feature, not a defaultSIGNALtracking a shift in how group chats moderate themselvesNOTE"AI grief" search volume up 40% this monthWATCHuniversities reintroducing oral exams as proof of thoughtDRIFTnew slang for "obviously AI-written" spreading in three languagesPATTERNproductivity influencers going quiet on their AI workflowsFIELDindependent researchers outpacing institutions on model behaviorMARKET"authenticity" priced as a premium feature, not a default
doomscroll.txt
dispatches from the ai transition. work, cognition, culture, self.
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Signals
wireAgriculture relies on fossil fuels. It’s costing us.MIT Technology Review
wireGPT-6 Astra Is Here—and OpenAI Thinks It May Kick Off the AGI EraWired
wireNobody Is Saying Why OpenAI and Anthropic Had Outages TodayWired
wireNvidia launches free tool that links idle computers into a personal AI data centerThe Verge
trendingA generation is learning to date by first asking the model what to say backobserved across 4 subcultures
escalatingGroup chats are being quietly moderated by one member's AI, and nobody has said so out loudculture watch
"Authenticity" is now a premium feature, not a default statemarket note
wireThe Download: rethinking child safety and fossil-fueled farmingMIT Technology Review
wireScaling agentic AI pilots across the enterpriseMIT Technology Review
wireGoogle now lets you chat with Gmail, Docs, and KeepThe Verge
wirePrediction Market Betting Is Getting People Banned and ArrestedWired
The productivity influencers have quietly stopped posting their AI workflowspattern note
The uncanny valley moved from faces to opinionsfragment
developingThe first wave of "AI grief," people mourning a model version that got deprecatedemerging pattern
wireAccel reportedly in talks to lead $1B round for Thinking Machines at $40B valuationTechCrunch
wireAbliteration.ai is making a business out of removing AI guardrailsTechCrunch
wireCrusoe reportedly raises $3B at a $30B valuationTechCrunch
wireOpenAI’s next big AI model has ‘entered the AGI era’The Verge
Job listings now specify "must think without assistance," a phrase that didn't exist in 2023labor signal
A new slang term for "obviously AI-written" is spreading faster than the last one diedlanguage drift
A quiet shift: people asking models to disagree with them morebehavior note
“We are not becoming less human. We are becoming human in a room that keeps changing shape, and calling the disorientation a personality trait.”
Field note, march