Shared Links (weekly) Jan. 19, 2025
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Shared Links (weekly) Dec 1, 2024
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Linked – ChatGPT in trouble with the EU (again)
This story seems inevitable to me. As the tech world pushes us increasingly into asking an AI chatbot for information instead of looking it up ourselves, and the AI model has incorrect information, where do you get it corrected? When OpenAI was asked to correct or remove this misinformation, they said it was ‘technically impossible’…
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AI Produced Images and Reality
Be skeptical. Learn how to identify AI-generated images, and look for inconsistencies. And, always identify who benefits from your attention on these posts.
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Shared Links (weekly) Jan. 22 2023
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Ways to Help Your Employees Be More Successful in the Workplace
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SEC Sues Law Firm for Refusing to Disclose List of Clients Affected by Cyberattack
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UT Austin’s Ban Of TikTok Is A Dumb Performance That Fixes Nothing
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Study reveals the key reason why fake news spreads on social media– Users like the attention, and the algorithm rewards them with it.
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Job searching and interviewing is a nightmare — and only getting worse
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7 Reminders For When Managing Your Team Is Hard While Also Managing Depression And Anxiety
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When you want to succeed as a remote worker: 5 tips to shine from your home office
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Social Media Has Everyone Using Fear and Outrage to Get Attention, even the NY Times
I’m making an example of the Times because they like to consider themselves America’s “Paper of Record”, and even they are now using fear and outrage to gain attention, no better than a Twitter or Facebook troll, but it’s happening everywhere. It’s also no surprise that it’s becoming popular among all media outlets because it works. If we’ve learned anything from fake news sites, biased cable channels, YouTube “experts” and social media influencers it’s that you will never lose an audience by making people afraid. You will get their attention, you will stimulate a fear-based response that causes their brain to kick into survival mode and become hyperalert to dangers, which you are happy to continue to feed them.
