Harry McCracken

I wrote about Factory, a San Francisco startup whose AI code generation platform features “Droids”——agents that can handle tasks such as adding comments to undocumented code. https://www.fastcompany.com/91279593/factory-ai-code-generation-matan-grinberg-eno-reyes

Badge of honor. https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2025/02/11/associated-press-white-house-reporter/

I continue to think this is not sustainable or free of repercussions these companies will come to regret. I’m also intrigued by Jensen Huang having apparently opted out of it.

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So much for Meta’s embrace of the fediverse, which doesn’t appear to apply in instances where one of its platforms is already dominant. https://www.404media.co/meta-is-blocking-links-to-decentralized-instagram-competitor-pixelfed/

My biggest problem with Meta’s algorithms and moderation policies is that they’ve been so arbitrary and subject to change over the years. If you don’t like them, wait a while until they pivot again. https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/8/24339385/instagram-threads-politics-moderation-adam-mosseri

I think the first time Elon Musk was really on my radar screen as an individual was many years ago when I met one of Tesla’s founders, who told me about the jerk who’d stolen the company.

My father’s photos from the 1965 Macy’s parade.

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Tom Kurtz, who co-invented BASIC—probably the piece of software that has meant the most to me—has died at age 96. When it turned 50 ten years ago, I wrote a VERY long article about why it was so important, and I’m very grateful that he helped with it. RIP. https://time.com/69316/basic/

I’d like to see Humane remain independent and succeed, and probably don’t have to tell you what the possibility of them being acquired by HP brought to mind. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/technology/humane-ai-pin.html

I wrote about why Google search telling us all to eat rocks isn’t as serious an issue as it claiming there’s a non-existent Dr. Seuss book. https://www.fastcompany.com/91132217/google-ai-overview-errors