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2026-02-22
“Until we build an all-powerful but distant God, the agency problem remains. AIs are not capable of directing themselves; most people aren't either.” Sam Kriss reports from San Francisco on the next generation of AI technologists. https://harpers.org/...
2026-02-22 View on X
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Interviews with Cluely's Roy Lee, Donald Boat, and other highly “agentic” young men, as agency becomes more valuable than technical skills in Silicon Valley

Tech's new generation and the end of thinking … Cluely and its co-founder Chungin “Roy” Lee were intensely, and intentionally, controversial.

2026-02-21
“Until we build an all-powerful but distant God, the agency problem remains. AIs are not capable of directing themselves; most people aren't either.” Sam Kriss reports from San Francisco on the next generation of AI technologists. https://harpers.org/...
2026-02-21 View on X
Harper's

Interviews with Cluely's Roy Lee, Donald Boat, and other highly “agentic” young men, as agency becomes more valuable than technical skills in Silicon Valley

Tech's new generation and the end of thinking … Cluely and its co-founder Chungin “Roy” Lee were intensely, and intentionally, controversial.

2025-11-23
James Vincent (@jjvincent) reports on inflated promises of humanoid robots and the tech-industry hype machine. https://harpers.org/...
2025-11-23 View on X
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An in-depth look at the humanoid robotics industry, which currently relies heavily on hype to rally interest and investors, as AI fuels the humanoid boom

Humanoids and the tech-industry hype machine Humanoids and the tech-industry hype machine … Kicking robots is something of a pastime among roboticists.

“I think to myself: This is the real draw of the humanoid. It is mystical. It stokes the imagination, just like in earlier ages, for if we can replicate ourselves without defects, what can't we achieve?” —@jjvincent https://harpers.org/...
2025-11-23 View on X
Harper's

An in-depth look at the humanoid robotics industry, which currently relies heavily on hype to rally interest and investors, as AI fuels the humanoid boom

Humanoids and the tech-industry hype machine Humanoids and the tech-industry hype machine … Kicking robots is something of a pastime among roboticists.

2024-12-21
“PFC was irrefutable proof that Spotify rigged its system against musicians who knew their worth.” @lizpelly reveals Spotify's fake-artist scheme. https://harpers.org/...
2024-12-21 View on X
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How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

here's what's going on Nick Heer / Pixel Envy : ‘Ghosts’ of Spotify  —  Liz Pelly, Harpers: … Reading this article made me feel quite sad. Bluesky: @nanobii.com : the spotify “fake...

Liz Pelly (@lizpelly) uncovers Spotify's Perfect Fit Content program, which aims to remove “real classical, jazz, and ambient artists from popular playlists and [replace] them with low-budget stock muzak.” https://harpers.org/... [image]
2024-12-21 View on X
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How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

here's what's going on Nick Heer / Pixel Envy : ‘Ghosts’ of Spotify  —  Liz Pelly, Harpers: … Reading this article made me feel quite sad. Bluesky: @nanobii.com : the spotify “fake...

2019-12-15
“Q: Do you kill women? A: Of course.” Brian Merchant (@bcmerchant) reports on the rise of online murder marketplaces, which may force us to redefine what constitutes criminal intent. https://harpers.org/...
2019-12-15 View on X
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A look at the rise of murder-for-hire marketplaces on the dark web, the vast majority of which are schemes to pilfer money from gullible users

The dark world of online murder markets  —  On a sunny July day in 2018, Alexis Stern was sitting behind the wheel of the red Ford Fusion … Tweets: @harpers , @adamshermanesq , @da...