New Lawfare pod out! This one is on agentic AI - AI agents acting on behalf of humans - and discusses an interesting paper on Law-Following AI. What is an “AI henchman”? Listen and find out… RE:
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On Lawfare Daily, @kevintfrazier.bsky.social and @noupside.bsky.social spoke to Cullen O’Keefe about the concept of "Law-Following AI" and how to...
I remember this because from 2011-2014 or so I was a VC and we got “Airbnb for XYZ” pitches allll the time, and nearly all of them flopped. Airbnb’s own attempt to tack on tour guides and stuff flopped. But we are trying again, I guess, bc the market really wants it now. Gig Economy 2.0. RE:
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Peter (@notalawyer.bsky.social)
this is funny because a decade ago Airbnb tried to move into vacation “experiences” (basically facilitating vacation activities and taking a cu...
What if we rebranded “pasteurization” as a cleanse for your raw milk and “fluoridation” as supplements for your water?
This is a collective action problem. Being silent is not going to help you in the end: the liars are doing keyword searches to find offending grants whether you talk or not. THEY are framing the public convo while you 🤐. I can’t stress that enough. A quick thread: [www.science.org/content/arti...](https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-s-fear-factor-scientists-go-silent-funding-cuts-escalate ) [Trump’s ‘fear factor’: Scienti...](https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-s-fear-factor-scientists-go-silent-funding-cuts-escalate )
Counterpoint: it’s cynical to force someone into hard identification with one side of a binary in a two party system, particularly when local and national politics vary wildly depending on where they live. Let them identify how they want and be happy they’re politically engaged. RE:
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Gillian Branstetter (@gbbranstetter.bsky.social)
Self-identifying as a centrist is perhaps the most cynical and amoral political identity you can have because you're just openly admitting your bel...
The SF algebra disease comes for Palo Alto biology? The Harrison Bergeron Unified School District approach helps no one, turns your district into a laughingstock, & mostly just galvanizes parents into voting out the school board as soon as humanly possible. This is such a losing issue for the left. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreifarvl2ur7lawcf2jibvb4ko7hx6ukqtyxzsci42qwhsyfa6ym5ca
Ah, we are doing this thing again. We want to increase the birthrate - fine - but that seems to come with some strings… JD Vance and Josh Hawley would like women to stay at home because that is what is *best for the babies*. What did Usha Vance and Erin Hawley do? 🤔 The Answer Will (Not) Shock You… https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreiaz6z5wu4hllcm5rfnprg3t6d7rlpbigr4vcgsbxij53lu4ax3bde
They’re talking about *pulling out of NATO* because of a Michael Shellenberger and Mike Benz fantasy about a “censorship complex” that never existed. Just to be clear: Benz made up a Foundation that has never filed a 990 AFAICT. Shellenberger lied under oath to Congress. And now we’re here. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreif7neha3gsc2kyfuqzlcitxzrwxzsw5azjs6mbaf2do2gr5jhrwv4 https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreibi7hpcw4xhojimrdk7islvulybx7qowll73d2lah3ckkeci4mvuu
The average person who engages with foreign governments in virtually every industry I’ve been in - finance, academia, tech, govt - files disclosures about any gift over the most nominal value, or turns things down lest they appear to cause a conflict. But this guy… RE:
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Breaking News: President Trump plans to accept a luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar that he will use as Air Force One and will keep using after he leaves...
Happy Mother’s Day! My 4yo woke me up at 7:30am to ask me, “what does ‘rob a bank’ mean?” The older kids took her out of the room and at a respectable hour they came back with sfogliatelles and coffee, and a new umbrella with a duck handle. ♥️ https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreicrzvnymbwfkkbqox4djieiv56z6ooq7myw5jyaftfn4zubr5wqey