A writer whose AI-assisted essay went viral reflects on testing GPT-3 early, Sudowrite's novel generator, and whether AI is good for writers and literature
Despite my success with AI-generated stories, I'm not sure they are good for writers—or writing itself. Mastodon: @AthenaHelivoy@mastodon.world . X: @englishoer , @srhm_ca , @dan_jeffries1 , @aldaily ...
A look at the underwhelming state of augmentative and alternative communication tech, including a handful of iPad apps, for speech and language impaired users
For people who can't speak, there has been depressingly little innovation in technology that helps them communicate. LinkedIn: Christopher Patnoe . Twitter: @onejuliekim , @sesmith , @counternotions ,...
How the founders of the Buy Nothing Project, which grew via Facebook Groups of neighbors exchanging free stuff, built their own app amid member resentment
How an idealistic community for exchanging free stuff tried to break away from Facebook and ended up breaking apart. Tweets: @longreads , @wired , @chameauleon , and @vauhinivara Tweets: @longreads : ...
Some Google staff say Google is willfully ignoring caste bias after it canceled a presentation on the topic, which led to the resignation of a senior manager
The rising Hindu nationalist movement that has spread from India through the diaspora has arrived inside Google, according to employees and an activist on caste bias. Tweets: @audreytruschke , @pransh...
How Slack has made its US workforce more diverse than other Silicon Valley companies by forgoing a diversity chief and focusing on hiring efforts from the start
Last week, Slack, the company whose popular, plaid-themed messaging app has simplified office communications and introduced custom fox emoji … Facebook: Cindy Gallop . Tweets: @cultureshiftlab , @medi...