Posts by Swedan Margen
How Project Maven Put A.I. Into the Kill Chain
But Cukor insists that Maven was never supposed to be a weapon. He frequently defends the project as nothing more than an integrated data platform, which will afford its human users a dramatically increased capacity to make wise and careful decisions. With this positive vision in mind, Manson makes it at least intermittently possible to…
Read MoreThe Futility of Arguing About Trump | National Review
After ten years, there’s little worth saying about Trump’s character — but much still to be said about policies and results. Source link
Read MoreHow Waymo and Waze are pitching in to help solve L.A.’s pothole problem
Waze and Waymo are teaming up to help combat Los Angeles’ growing pothole problem. The companies announced a program that will use Waymo’s self-driving cars to better detect potholes in the city. The data will be available to city officials through Waze’s traffic data-sharing platform, according to a news release last week. The number of…
Read MoreThe New York Times Can’t Take Left-Wing Violence Seriously | National Review
Rebutting such reporting in the detail it deserves would require a book-length argument — which I plan to provide. Source link
Read MoreEric Swalwell Reaps What He Sows | National Review
The California Dem is now claiming to be a victim of the very game he himself chose to play. Source link
Read MoreWhy I Wanted to Keep My Marriage a Secret, by David Sedaris
All these years later, I could still see their room so clearly: its dark, almost black wood panelling, their checkerboard-tiled floor. It was three times the size of mine and a lot quieter. I’d just bullied their mattresses into the hall when my mother showed up and put an end to it. “But I have…
Read MoreOpenAI CEO Sam Altman addresses Molotov cocktail attack on his home and AI backlash
Hours after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at his San Francisco home, OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman addressed the criticism surrounding artificial intelligence that appears to have been the impetus for the attack. In a lengthy blog post, Altman shared a family photo of his husband and child, stating he hopes it might convince people…
Read MoreNoah Kahan Makes an Unlikely Home-Town Hero
In 2023, Noah Kahan, a singer and songwriter from Strafford, Vermont, leapfrogged to superstardom following the release of “Stick Season,” a COVID-era LP full of claustrophobic, lovesick folk songs. Kahan has a soft, nasal voice—more Simon than Garfunkel—and he uses it to eulogize relationships that falter for reasons both intentional and incidental. If its instrumentation…
Read MoreThe Dignity Act Is the Same Bad Deal as Ever | National Review
Make no mistake, the proposal grants legal residence to millions of illegal immigrants. Source link
Read MoreWith the War in Iran, the Press Is Not the Story | National Review
Beware the ‘media pounce’ narrative. Source link
Read More“Blue Heron” Is an Exalted Drama of Troubled Childhood
The movie’s fluid observational construction conjures drama by compounding micro-incidents; its narrative emerges from the shaping of young Sasha’s inchoate sensibility as she observes the troubles that surround her. The story is something of a palimpsest, with Romvari’s own perspective intertwining with the character’s and conveying a sense of being both inside and outside the…
Read MoreRain — and maybe thunderstorms — are expected in Los Angeles this weekend
Heavier rain is expected to fall across Los Angeles this weekend, bringing wetter weather and a chance for thunderstorms after spring kicked into full bloom. “This is when the weather gets a little more wild, technically, because we’re starting to see some more differential heating on the Earth,” said Todd Hall, a meteorologist at the…
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