Mike Elgan

After that, AI stops using us because it will have humanoid robots do to those tasks, and at that point we'll be lucky to be kept around as pets. ; )

When the boss is AI First we used software. Then software started using software. And now software can use us.

When the boss is AI: First we used software. Then software started using software. And now software can use us.
www.machinesociety.ai/p/when-the-b...

Haha!

Study Finds That Execs Are Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI The same class of business executives who heaped AI onto us by the shovelfull aren't immune to its effects.

HEADLINE: "Study Finds That Execs Are Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI"

ALT HEADLINE: "Execs Worry They'll Be Replaced By AI, But They're Doing It Themselves"

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Judge says Kari Lake’s tenure atop US media agency was improper, voids actions as ‘acting CEO’ U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth concluded that her ascension was an illegal end-run around the Senate’s advice and consent role.

Phrase of the moment: "an illegal end-run around the Senate’s advice and consent role"
www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Current and former Block workers say AI can’t do their jobs after Jack Dorsey’s mass layoffs: ‘You can’t really AI that’ The CEO said he cut the company’s workforce by 4,000 people – almost in half – because of gains in AI productivity

Verb of the moment: "AI" (as in "You can’t really AI that."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Sentences of the moment: “I mostly use social media as a place to waste time, not a platform to form parasocial relationships to narcissists. I prefer my narcissism farm to table.”
matduggan.com/boy-i-was-wr...

These devices "mimic human or animal body language and gestures. They do this so that you will like them, love them, and be deluded by them into believing that they have sentience, feelings, thoughts and experiences, which they do not and cannot have."
www.computerworld.com/article/4141...

The Conspiracy of Speech Book Review

Claim of the moment: “Repetition without reflection, slogan without argument, performance without substance — these are not personal failings but cultural norms shaped by the architecture of mass communication.”
vocal.media/bookclub/the...

My awesome wife, Amira Elgan, just launched a newsletter on Substack called "The Art of Serendipity"! Check it out! www.theartofserendipity.com/p/welcome-to...

When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry” As firms increasingly incentivize employees to build and oversee complex teams of agents—for example, by measuring and rewarding token consumption as a proxy for performance—people are finding themsel...

Phrase of the moment: "AI brain fry"
hbr.org/2026/03/when...

The 'Attachment Economy' is now coming to your desk Desktop robots with personality are on the way. The industry thinks you won’t be able to resist them.

The ‘Attachment Economy’ is now coming to your desk
www.computerworld.com/article/4141...

Welcome to the Attachment Economy The new business model: Companies are using AI to hijack your human capacity for emotional bonding.

Welcome to the Attachment Economy
www.theattachmenteconomy.com/p/welcome-to...

Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

Claim of the moment: "Ethics is in the toilet."
www.propublica.org/article/trum...

‘Our consciousness is under siege’: Michael Pollan on chatbots, social media and mental freedom In his new book, the celebrated author explains why we need ‘consciousness hygiene’ to defend ourselves from AI and dopamine-driven algorithms

Phrase of the moment: "consciousness hygiene"
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Jack Dorsey Isn't Telling the Real Story About Block's AI Layoffs, Insider Says Jack Dorsey's claim that the latest Block layoffs were due to AI failed to convince everybody, with many arguing the company was bloated.

Phrase of the moment: "organizational bloat wearing an AI costume"
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Frida Kahlo's necklace.

The art of not knowing
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This cocktail is made with avocado and mezcal. And it’s amazing. (I’m at an event in Mexico City.)

These are all for me.

I’m drinking a weird Mexican cocktail, with an onion-flavored skull gummy.

How to explain glyphosate hypocrisy? Bayer's lobbying and revolving door - Food Politics by Marion Nestle To understand why RFK Jr backtracked on doing something about glyphosate, see the Bayer Lobby Tracker developed by US Right to Know.

HEADLINE: "How to explain glyphosate hypocrisy? Bayer’s lobbying and revolving door"

ALT HEADLINE: "Lobbying is cheap. It costs Bayer less than $10 million to poison another generation of Americans"

www.foodpolitics.com/2026/03/how-...

Mind-blowing seafood from Baja at a special chef's event at Casa Oaxaca in Oaxaca. gastronomad.net/oaxaca

Iran War Cost Tracker — Live Estimate of U.S. Taxpayer Spending Track the cost of the Iran war in real time. Live estimate of U.S. taxpayer spending on Operation Epic Fury — updated every second.

This tracker lets you track in real time our tax dollars being spent bombing Iran. iran-cost-ticker.com

New Attachment Economy hardware lives on your desk The desktop robots are coming, and they want more than just your attention.

The desktop robots are coming, and they want more than just your attention.
machinesociety.ai/p/new-attach...

Meta Workers Say They're Seeing Disturbing Things Through Users' Smart Glasses Meta contractors in Kenya told two Swedish newspapers that they're being told to review highly sensitive footage recorded by smart glasses.

HEADLINE: “Meta Workers Say They’re Seeing Disturbing Things Through Users’ Smart Glasses”

ALT HEADLINE: “The Disturbing Thing About This Story Is That Meta Spies On the Private Lives Of Users”

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Sam Altman Admits He's Made a Huge Mistake OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is continuing his apology tour, conceding OpenAI "shouldn't have rushed" its Department of Defense deal.

HEADLINE: “Sam Altman admits huge mistake”

ATL HEADLINE: “Both Altman’s mistake and his apology are driven purely by ethics-free greed”

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Correction of the moment:

The lie: “I won all three [elections] by a lot” - Trump

The correction: In 2016, Trump won the electoral college but lost the popular vote by 2.87 million votes.

In 2020 he lost both.

In 2024, he won the popular vote by 2.3 million.

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Exploring the miracle of corn in Mexico City. gastronomad.net/mexico

She Came Out of the Bathroom Naked, Employee Says Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’...

Claim of the moment: “Facebook employees in Kenya are watching your naked Ray-Ban Meta videos”
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