July 14, 2023

spencergreenhalgh.com posts digest for Jul 14 2023

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Here are long-form blog posts I published this week:

• a favorite Community of Christ hymn

• text for today's Toronto Congregation sermon

• how I'm talking about generative AI in my content management class

• radical early Christianity

Here are microblog posts that I published this week:

• Slowly realizing that I have no choice but to make generative AI one of the themes of my content management class in the fall.

• In a current side project, I’m using Markdown footnotes for the first time, and I’m really impressed. Writing fully in Markdown is seeming more and more feasible the more I tinker with it.

Here are news articles and podcasts I commented on this week:

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'ChatGPT users drop for the first time as people turn to uncensored chatbots | Ars Technica'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Gizmodo’s staff isn’t happy about G/O Media’s AI-generated content - The Verge'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Why We Don’t Recommend Ring Cameras | WIRED'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Something odd is happening when you try and search Twitter for Threads links - The Verge'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'AI Junk Is Starting to Pollute the Internet - WSJ'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Congratulations! The US Is 32nd Worldwide On Broadband Affordability | Techdirt'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Hollywood's Nightmarish AI Proposal for SAG Actors'

• 🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Why AI detectors think the US Constitution was written by AI | Ars Technica'

Here are my reviews of books and other media I consumed this week:

• 📚 bookblog: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ for Born Both: An Intersex Life, by Hida Viloria

• 📺 tvblog: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 for Silo (Season 1)

• 📚 bookblog: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ for It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir, by Malaka Gharib

• 📚 bookblog: ❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤 for Swarmwise: The Tactical Manual for Changing the World, by Rick Falkvinge

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Spencer