Charlie Warzel
@cwarzel.bsky.social
Writer. Never bet against the dumbest outcome. @cwarzel.92 on signal if you have a tip. I have a podcast so please like and subscribe.
“I have not seen a harm manifest so quickly from a technology.”
New pod today with the great @kashhill.bsky.social on the AI chatbot delusion crisis (and how tech billionaires have, in a sense, democratized their yes men entourages with these chatbots)
youtu.be/i-Hu3p7SJVI?...
New pod today with the great @kashhill.bsky.social on the AI chatbot delusion crisis (and how tech billionaires have, in a sense, democratized their yes men entourages with these chatbots)
youtu.be/i-Hu3p7SJVI?...
When Chatbots Break Our Minds, With Kashmir Hill
YouTube video by The Atlantic
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“I have not seen a harm manifest so quickly from a technology.”
New pod today with the great @kashhill.bsky.social on the AI chatbot delusion crisis (and how tech billionaires have, in a sense, democratized their yes men entourages with these chatbots)
youtu.be/i-Hu3p7SJVI?...
New pod today with the great @kashhill.bsky.social on the AI chatbot delusion crisis (and how tech billionaires have, in a sense, democratized their yes men entourages with these chatbots)
youtu.be/i-Hu3p7SJVI?...
hivemind: who are the smart people to read/talk to about the current prediction market mania?
December 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
hivemind: who are the smart people to read/talk to about the current prediction market mania?
feel this too sometimes in my own work! not a good feeling!
This is honestly a pretty Bluesky-specific problem. It is deathly serious in here at all times and I'll be honest, looking at Bluesky regularly is making me a worse, more hysterical writer, causing my non-Bluesky readers to tune out, and it's just making me an unhappier person.
And it may not just be limited to Bluesky, it seems like this is taking over much of online. Feels like @maxread.info or @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social could go long on the problem.
December 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
feel this too sometimes in my own work! not a good feeling!
the other day i went down a rabbit hole on x/youtube looking at AI generated charlie kirk videos (don't ask lol) and the culture around this on x is so irony poisoned/cursed/bizarre x.com/flackospalac...
x.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
the other day i went down a rabbit hole on x/youtube looking at AI generated charlie kirk videos (don't ask lol) and the culture around this on x is so irony poisoned/cursed/bizarre x.com/flackospalac...
workshopping a take that this book may actually be era defining. the rub is that it's the era of people who can't really read books because their minds are so addled and outsourced to algo slop/chatbots slate.com/culture/2025...
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
workshopping a take that this book may actually be era defining. the rub is that it's the era of people who can't really read books because their minds are so addled and outsourced to algo slop/chatbots slate.com/culture/2025...
ok so i'm reading this NYT story on Kalshi raising a billion dollars in its latest round. there's a lot in here but can somebody tell me wtf this means? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
December 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
ok so i'm reading this NYT story on Kalshi raising a billion dollars in its latest round. there's a lot in here but can somebody tell me wtf this means? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
rarely an indicator that things are going good for him
The president of the United States is on a poasting bender right now.
December 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
rarely an indicator that things are going good for him
it may have been the pdf file i read of it that had no paragraph breaks but...part 4 read to me a lot like the emails i get from ppl experiencing chatbot psychosis
December 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
it may have been the pdf file i read of it that had no paragraph breaks but...part 4 read to me a lot like the emails i get from ppl experiencing chatbot psychosis
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McLuhan once said that every augmentation is also an amputation. What do we lose when we outsource thinking to AI? My latest for @theatlantic.com:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
The People Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI
Rise of the LLeMmings
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
McLuhan once said that every augmentation is also an amputation. What do we lose when we outsource thinking to AI? My latest for @theatlantic.com:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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My colleagues @lilashroff.bsky.social, @cwarzel.bsky.social and I have a little trio of stories out for the anniversary of ChatGPT.
Here’s Lila on the people outsourcing their thinking to LLMs, and …
Here’s Lila on the people outsourcing their thinking to LLMs, and …
The People Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI
Rise of the LLeMmings
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
My colleagues @lilashroff.bsky.social, @cwarzel.bsky.social and I have a little trio of stories out for the anniversary of ChatGPT.
Here’s Lila on the people outsourcing their thinking to LLMs, and …
Here’s Lila on the people outsourcing their thinking to LLMs, and …
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"Where you fall on this rapture-to-bullshit continuum likely tracks with how optimistic you are for the future. But you are waiting nonetheless—for a bubble to burst, for a genie to arrive with a plan to print money, for a bailout, for Judgment Day." - @cwarzel.bsky.social
The World Still Hasn’t Made Sense of ChatGPT
OpenAI’s chaos machine turns three.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
"Where you fall on this rapture-to-bullshit continuum likely tracks with how optimistic you are for the future. But you are waiting nonetheless—for a bubble to burst, for a genie to arrive with a plan to print money, for a bailout, for Judgment Day." - @cwarzel.bsky.social
three years ago today ChatGPT launched. so i wrote about its legacy (for now). (turns out a whole hell
of a lot happened in just 3 years) www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
of a lot happened in just 3 years) www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
The World Still Hasn’t Made Sense of ChatGPT
OpenAI’s chaos machine turns three.
www.theatlantic.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
three years ago today ChatGPT launched. so i wrote about its legacy (for now). (turns out a whole hell
of a lot happened in just 3 years) www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
of a lot happened in just 3 years) www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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I joined @cwarzel.bsky.social on the Galaxy Brain Podcast to explain some of the reasons why America, and a lot of other Western democracies, are sliding into authoritarianism and why it's probably inevitable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy with Eliot Higgins
YouTube video by The Atlantic
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I joined @cwarzel.bsky.social on the Galaxy Brain Podcast to explain some of the reasons why America, and a lot of other Western democracies, are sliding into authoritarianism and why it's probably inevitable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
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Here's a transcript of the podcast
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy
How our public sphere has drifted from reality to a “simulated” democracy—and what it might take to pull it back
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Here's a transcript of the podcast
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
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📻 The show is up!
@cwarzel.bsky.social on X’s recent update that revealed a swarm of overseas accounts posing as Americans; @librarianjones.com on fighting book-banning activists; @elysegraham.bsky.social on the scholars and librarians who helped win WWII. https://lnk.to/onthemedia/bluesky
@cwarzel.bsky.social on X’s recent update that revealed a swarm of overseas accounts posing as Americans; @librarianjones.com on fighting book-banning activists; @elysegraham.bsky.social on the scholars and librarians who helped win WWII. https://lnk.to/onthemedia/bluesky
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
📻 The show is up!
@cwarzel.bsky.social on X’s recent update that revealed a swarm of overseas accounts posing as Americans; @librarianjones.com on fighting book-banning activists; @elysegraham.bsky.social on the scholars and librarians who helped win WWII. https://lnk.to/onthemedia/bluesky
@cwarzel.bsky.social on X’s recent update that revealed a swarm of overseas accounts posing as Americans; @librarianjones.com on fighting book-banning activists; @elysegraham.bsky.social on the scholars and librarians who helped win WWII. https://lnk.to/onthemedia/bluesky
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Also available as an audio-only podcast on all good podcast streamers so you don't have to look at my face:
Apple Podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/4KiQ...
Player FM:
player.fm/series/galax...
Apple Podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/4KiQ...
Player FM:
player.fm/series/galax...
America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy with Eliot Higgins
Podcast Episode · Galaxy Brain · 11/28/2025 · 59m
podcasts.apple.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Also available as an audio-only podcast on all good podcast streamers so you don't have to look at my face:
Apple Podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/4KiQ...
Player FM:
player.fm/series/galax...
Apple Podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/4KiQ...
Player FM:
player.fm/series/galax...
really good pod today with Eliot. his framework for our information hellscape works to erode and/or simulate democracy is worth your time!
I joined @cwarzel.bsky.social on the Galaxy Brain Podcast to explain some of the reasons why America, and a lot of other Western democracies, are sliding into authoritarianism and why it's probably inevitable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy with Eliot Higgins
YouTube video by The Atlantic
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
really good pod today with Eliot. his framework for our information hellscape works to erode and/or simulate democracy is worth your time!
i've seen horrors you people can't comprehend
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
i've seen horrors you people can't comprehend
...also one of the best of the year!
People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM
...also one of the best of the year!
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This is what I look like when someone is explaining a new board game's rules to me
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
This is what I look like when someone is explaining a new board game's rules to me
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
the real war on christmas
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
the real war on christmas
when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
when its definitely not a hostage situation
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.