jasmine sun
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anthropologist of disruption ✰ contributor @theatlantic ✰ newsletter https://t.co/pyrKX4WjGX
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My full talk on the future of AI & media is up! I used Alex Imas's prompt of "What will be scarce?" to propose 4 ways that media is changing, and how writers can still win in the AI age: 1) Secrets > summaries Reporting is the act of taking private knowledge and making it public: when you get a source to tell you about corporate malfeasance, or venture to a remote town that few people have been to, or sneak your way into an underground party, you are working in a space where there is no training data. 2) Live interaction > static content We’re not far from a world where AI can replicate any prose style. But readers want to know there's a real person generating the text—not just the final presentation, but the proof of work behind it. For creators, doing live events, podcasts, and meetups reveal the life behind the voice. And if I care about my ideas, I want people to know about them, no matter the format. 3) Founders > bureaucracies AI is already allowing startups to run leaner by helping founders act as their own marketer, data scientist, engineer, etc. It's the same in media — AI is a boon to jacks-of-all-trades. There’s a lot of stuff AI does that I don't want to: verifying cites, reading contracts, negotiating speaking fees. It's an amazing time for independent creatives who want to direct their own vision. 4) Personal style > polish The house style in most newsrooms is extremely LLMable. What stands out (besides reporting) is a distinct and authentic first-person voice, even if that means the occasional typo / provocation / admitting "I'm not really sure." After all, trust isn't about the perfect sentence: it’s about the track record of who says it. And the stronger your brand, the more trusted you’ll be. I spend a lot of time covering the real disruptions AI brings. But I also believe, for those with the gumption to seize the opportunity, there's never been a better time to be a writer 🧡
jasmine sun57,500 次观看 • 2 个月前
Gen Z has a particular nihilism I call "get my bag" culture — the mentality of "everyone's grifting, so I better get my own." They've never voted without Trump on the ballot; all content is sponcon unless proved otherwise; post-truth politics is all they know. The president's been scamming for the last 10 years, so don't be meek and virtuous or you're going to lose. So no wonder you end up with Cluely etc!
jasmine sun56,970 次观看 • 1 年前
This is my favorite podcast I've done so far— Fred Turner is the best historian of Silicon Valley culture over the last 100 years, and the super-enthusiastic history teacher everyone wishes they had. His book From Counterculture to Cyberculture is the iconic chronicle of the Whole Earth era. I could talk to Fred about anything, but today we cover: 01:00 Stewart Brand vs. the New Left 10:59 Military tech since the Vietnam War 22:59 Dating apps and disembodiment 45:30 Zuck, Chappell Roan, and the free market 1:02:50 Accelerationism from Mussolini to now 1:30:03 Teaching the humanities in 2025
jasmine sun48,987 次观看 • 1 年前
new podcast — INFINITE CORNUCOPIA, ft. my favorite fallibilist Mills Baker we discuss the literacy crisis, LLMs and qualia, and David Deutsch (ofc) 0:00:32 is text dead? 0:26:00 the case for novels + incel lit 0:45:12 debating LLMs vs. human cognition 1:01:44 parenting for a post-AGI world 1:08:44 reasons for & against writing 1:20:05 girardian scapegoating
jasmine sun37,751 次观看 • 1 年前
New podcast: YOU CAN JUST DO THINGS ft. anson ⁂ & HudZah ⁂ This conversation is about agency: how it’s nurtured by family (10:13), community (16:58), and the internet (34:16); how it’s shaped by books (55:40) and film (53:05); and how AI can instill it (1:02:18) or take it away (1:10:08). Despite my distaste for tech’s buzzwords du jour, I can't shake this one. Agency, free will, whatever—I believe it’s the critical resource in our time of ChatGPT essays and TikTok brainrot, and Anson and HudZah are two of the highest-agency people I know. I recorded this to learn from their orientation toward the world & think you will too! Transcript: Spotify: Apple:
jasmine sun31,760 次观看 • 1 年前
Okay fine - the resistlibs were right, Trump sucks, authoritarian backsliding is real, and “liberalism” is a system worth preserving. But there's a reason people don’t connect with what liberals offer. Instead of free speech and $4 lunches, we got failing infra and false consensus. Dems turned on tech and are still weathering the cost. I wanted to talk to Kelsey Piper about this because she's principled, pragmatic, and always down for a game of devil’s advocate. Happy she joined the pod to discuss how Democrats lost the future, and how to win it back. 00:10:00 How the Democrats alienated tech 00:50:33 Zoomer nihilism and authoritarian envy 01:02:11 Improving the UX of government 01:16:46 AI and democratic institutions 01:30:03 The Argument’s theory of change
jasmine sun13,503 次观看 • 9 个月前
new podcast — THE CHINA MODEL, featuring my favorite China guy Tianyu Fang we talk Falun Gong, DeepSeek censorship, and American vs. Chinese dynamism 01:16 the death of China journalism 13:02 Tian as "poster child of the Arab Spring" 20:47 the "China model" (large language) 34:00 Manhattan Projects for everything 42:44 the "China model" (political) 50:50 Falun Gong internet
jasmine sun20,527 次观看 • 1 年前
new podcast up on BUILDERS VS. PRIGS ft. Arjun Ramani, economist and my favorite fellow niche-tech-ideology-watcher I always learn a ton from Arjun. here's what we covered: 00:49 Zuck's new look 02:05 PG's new essay on wokeness 07:08 origins of the "tech right" 16:02 why tech leaders admire Malcolm X 20:35 Arjun’s conversations with Altman, Collison, and Lonsdale 28:20 progress politics in SF, India, and the UK 42:58 buying the dip on effective altruism 51:27 gains from trade with AGI
jasmine sun13,650 次观看 • 1 年前
new podcast: MEDIA TRAINING ft. Kevin Roose I've admired Kevin's empathetic, ethnographic approach to journalism since finding his books as a college freshman. it was fun to hear him pull back the curtain on the NYT, book-writing, and tech/media wars! 1:00 tech vs. finance vs. christian culture 33:40 how to tell great stories 55:30 why does tech hate journalism? 1:11:00 will books will survive AGI? 1:23:10 AI hot take lightning round transcript: youtube: spotify: apple:
jasmine sun10,901 次观看 • 1 年前
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