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The overlooked front in the browser wars

Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · 24d

🆕✍️ The overlooked front in the browser wars gabrielweinberg.com/p/the-overlo...

Seamless workflows bridging search, browsing, and AI

What banning AI surveillance should look like, at a minimum

Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · Sep 27

🆕✍️ What banning AI surveillance should look like, at a minimum gabrielweinberg.com/p/what-banni...

Prohibited practices, others that face higher scrutiny, and the rest at least transparent and optional

Prohibited practices, others that face higher scrutiny, and the rest at least transparent and optional

On reddit, roughly 500 views = 1 click

Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · Sep 21

🆕✍️ On reddit, roughly 500 views = 1 click gabrielweinberg.com/p/on-reddit-...

175,000 reddit views generated just 310 clicks, a 0.18% CTR

A U.S.-China tech tie is a big win for China because of its population advantage

Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · Sep 13

🆕✍️ A U.S.-China tech tie is a big win for China because of its population advantage gabrielweinberg.com/p/a-us-china...

China’s population is declining, but UN projections show it will remain at least twice the size of the U.S.

AI surveillance should be banned while there is still time.

Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · Sep 6

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AI surveillance should be banned while there is still time. All the same privacy harms with online tracking are also present with AI, but worse.

gabrielweinberg.com/p/ai-surveil...

All the same privacy harms with online tracking are also present with AI, but worse.

It takes considerable effort, education, organization, and money

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Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · Sep 2

My statement on the US v Google remedies: x.com/DuckDuckGo/s....

Tl;dr 👎 for consumers. Monopoly business continues as usual for Google.

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Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · Aug 30

🆕✍️ Progress isn't automatic: It takes considerable effort, education, organization, and money

Blog post link: gabrielweinberg.com/p/progress-i...

Progress isn't automatic

Musings on evergreen content

Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · Aug 26

🆕 ✍️ Musings on evergreen content

Blog post link: gabrielweinberg.com/p/musings-on...

(I actually put this out on Sat but forgot to post to social.)

Building an audience for ideas that last

Rule #3: Every decision involves trade-offs

Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · Aug 10

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Rule #3: Every decision involves trade-offs

One of the universal rules of decision-making is that every decision involves trade-offs.

9 ways DuckDuckGo's Search Assist Differs from Google’s AI Overviews

Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · Jul 31

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9 ways DuckDuckGo's Search Assist Differs from Google’s AI Overviews: Seeking better UX for AI-assisted search answers at DuckDuckGo

Seeking better UX for AI-assisted search answers at DuckDuckGo

The key to increasing standard of living is increasing labor productivity

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Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · Jul 26

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The key to increasing standard of living is increasing labor productivity: Unpacking this counterintuitive conclusion

Unpacking this counterintuitive conclusion

Most chatbot users miss this key setting, so we moved it up front

Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · Jul 20

🆕 post: Most chatbot users miss this key setting, so we moved it up front.

gabrielweinberg.com/p/most-chatb...

Making it easier and more intuitive to change the system prompt in duck.ai

The debate over a potential economic bump from AI points to a much larger economic opportunity.

Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · Jul 8

🆕 post: The debate over a potential economic bump from AI points to a much larger economic opportunity.

We can turn temporary economic productivity bumps into permanent higher economic growth through sustained higher investment in basic research.

gabrielweinberg.com/p/ai-product...

We can turn temporary economic productivity bumps into permanent higher economic growth through sustained higher investment in basic research.

States should be allowed to regulate AI because realistically Congress won't

Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · Jun 26

🆕 post: States should be allowed to regulate AI because realistically Congress won't—Let’s not give AI a decade-long free pass from regulation.

gabrielweinberg.com/p/states-sho...

Let’s not give AI a decade-long free pass from regulation.

Rule #2: There are always underlying assumptions.

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Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · Jun 21

New post.

Rule #2: There are always underlying assumptions.

gabrielweinberg.com/p/rule-2-the...

When properly assessing any conclusion, it is essential to enumerate the underlying assumptions.

Issues with widespread bipartisan agreement that never go anywhere

Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · Jun 15

New post: gabrielweinberg.com/p/issues-wit...

Issues with widespread bipartisan agreement that never go anywhere: A marker for why we need more structural governance reform.

A marker for why we need more structural governance reform.

U.S. AI-labor protests could eventually resemble the French Yellow-Vest protests

Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · Jun 8

New post: U.S. AI-labor protests could eventually resemble the French Yellow-Vest protests

gabrielweinberg.com/p/ai-labor-p...

When millions recently took to the streets over economic insecurity.

How science funding literally pays for itself

Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · May 31

New post: How science funding literally pays for itself (By growing the economy enough that future tax revenues exceed initial expenditure.) gabrielweinberg.com/p/how-scienc...

By growing the economy enough that future tax revenues exceed initial expenditure.

Will the AI backlash spill into the streets?

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Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · May 27

Found this baby deer hanging out in our yard this morning.

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Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · May 24

New post: Will the AI backlash spill into the streets?

gabrielweinberg.com/p/will-the-a...

The answer hinges on how severe and prolonged the economic disruption becomes—particularly for jobs.

Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · May 24

Yes, watched both and thought both were great. We're on the same page.

Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · May 23

Streaming update: now enjoying Murderbot and The Rehearsal (Season 2), but they only put out one episode a week, so other similar suggestions are very welcomed.

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Gabriel Weinberg @yegg13.bsky.social · May 17

Tech tip from a colleague: you can AirDrop iOS app builds (.ipa) directly from your Mac to your phone and it will install it automatically, which is much faster than plugging in your phone via a cable and going through Configurator.