To understand why Andreessen's "Techno-Optimist" piece is so wretched, go to the "Enemies" list and gape at the things he and his bros want to get rid of.

They include: “Sustainable Development Goals”, “social responsibility”, “trust and safety”, and (among others) “tech ethics”.

Remember, those are what the tech bros despise...

@dries Don't forget these people probably haven't been to a party either for years, and might not want to stop dancing 😅 Good luck and have fun!

New paper from 42 experts in misinfo (not me!) identifying the 10 most important interventions against online misinformation and manipulation and the evidence for them - paper https://psyarxiv.com/x8ejt/ and website with interactive tables summarizing the evidence https://interventionstoolbox.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/table_evidence.html.

The Turing Test poisoned the minds of generations of AI enthusiasts, because its criteria is producing text that persuades observers it was written by a human.

The result? Generative AI text products designed to "appear real" rather than produce accurate or ethical outputs.

It *should* be obvious why it's problematic to create a piece of software that excels at persuasion without concern for accuracy, honesty or ethics. But apparently it's not.