Weekly reads for Thursday Dec 26, 2024
I’m shocked, I tell you, SHOCKED, to learn that nation states are slicing undersea data cables intentionally. They seemed like such nice evil villians too.
Buyer beware: OpenAI’s o1 reasoning model is an entirely different beast – GeekWire
AI is approaching anti-vaxxer levels of denialism. I’m not wrong, you’re wrong. No puppet, no puppet, you’re the puppet.
She Was a Russian Socialite and Influencer. Cops Say She’s a Crypto Laundering Kingpin | WIRED
I love a good true crime story, and the crypto world is nothing if not a true crime story generator. I’m always intrigued by the sheer inventiveness of people like Zhdanova. I wish I had half their creativity, and slightly more morals and ethics (which wouldn’t be very difficult).
WTF Is Going on With the New Jersey Mystery Drones? Maybe Mass Panic Over Nothing
People are good at failing to learn from history, but I feel like the non-learning cycles are getting shorter and shorter.