David Weinberger
@davidweinberger.bsky.social
Writer about how our encounters with tech are changing our ideas and understanding. Long-time affiliation with Harvard Berkman Klein Center. Researcher at Harvard metaLab. Grandpa flush with dopamine.
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Tired of unambitious clocks that change the position of their hands but nothing else? Welcome to AI World Clocks: 9 clocks from 9 different models, updated per minute.
clocks.brianmoore.com
Now do lawnmowers!!
clocks.brianmoore.com
Now do lawnmowers!!
November 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Tired of unambitious clocks that change the position of their hands but nothing else? Welcome to AI World Clocks: 9 clocks from 9 different models, updated per minute.
clocks.brianmoore.com
Now do lawnmowers!!
clocks.brianmoore.com
Now do lawnmowers!!
Thank Heaven!!! (I hear all love counts there.)
I feel like a weight's been lifted.
I feel like a weight's been lifted.
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Thank Heaven!!! (I hear all love counts there.)
I feel like a weight's been lifted.
I feel like a weight's been lifted.
Jeesh! This Kurzweil guy was *way* ahead of his time!
www.amazon.com/How-Create-M... #Amazon #Kurzweil #oops
www.amazon.com/How-Create-M... #Amazon #Kurzweil #oops
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Jeesh! This Kurzweil guy was *way* ahead of his time!
www.amazon.com/How-Create-M... #Amazon #Kurzweil #oops
www.amazon.com/How-Create-M... #Amazon #Kurzweil #oops
August 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Luis Soriano runs a BiblioBurro book mobile in Colombia. Hope lives!
newsletter.mathewingram.com/marie-curies..., which got it from Atlas Obscura @mathewingram.com
newsletter.mathewingram.com/marie-curies..., which got it from Atlas Obscura @mathewingram.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Luis Soriano runs a BiblioBurro book mobile in Colombia. Hope lives!
newsletter.mathewingram.com/marie-curies..., which got it from Atlas Obscura @mathewingram.com
newsletter.mathewingram.com/marie-curies..., which got it from Atlas Obscura @mathewingram.com
Google DeepMind announces AlphaGenome: Predicts effects of small changes to DNA, and deciphers genomic "instructions" at the molecular level. An incredible advance!
Yet it refused my search for "Der Übermensch." Weird.
#AI deepmind.google/discover/blo...
Yet it refused my search for "Der Übermensch." Weird.
#AI deepmind.google/discover/blo...
June 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Google DeepMind announces AlphaGenome: Predicts effects of small changes to DNA, and deciphers genomic "instructions" at the molecular level. An incredible advance!
Yet it refused my search for "Der Übermensch." Weird.
#AI deepmind.google/discover/blo...
Yet it refused my search for "Der Übermensch." Weird.
#AI deepmind.google/discover/blo...
June 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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PS: I've fixed the image of yourself that you use on Twitter.
You're welcome!
PS: I can do one of a cybertruck coming apart if you'd prefer! Or of starving babies. Up to you!
PS: I've fixed the image of yourself that you use on Twitter.
You're welcome!
PS: I can do one of a cybertruck coming apart if you'd prefer! Or of starving babies. Up to you!
June 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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PS: I've fixed the image of yourself that you use on Twitter.
You're welcome!
PS: I can do one of a cybertruck coming apart if you'd prefer! Or of starving babies. Up to you!
PS: I've fixed the image of yourself that you use on Twitter.
You're welcome!
PS: I can do one of a cybertruck coming apart if you'd prefer! Or of starving babies. Up to you!
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Yay! If there's any one person on this planet I trust to correct and complete the entire corpus of human knowledge, it's you, #Elon!
And is Grok going to do this only using video info? I sure hope so!!!
Yay! If there's any one person on this planet I trust to correct and complete the entire corpus of human knowledge, it's you, #Elon!
And is Grok going to do this only using video info? I sure hope so!!!
June 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Yay! If there's any one person on this planet I trust to correct and complete the entire corpus of human knowledge, it's you, #Elon!
And is Grok going to do this only using video info? I sure hope so!!!
Yay! If there's any one person on this planet I trust to correct and complete the entire corpus of human knowledge, it's you, #Elon!
And is Grok going to do this only using video info? I sure hope so!!!
Hmm. Go to chrome://flags/ . Search for "Tabstrip Combo Button." Click the blue button on the right. Maybe a Chrome version difference? If you don't see the "Tabstrip Combo Button" on that page, I don't know what to suggest. Good luck!
May 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Hmm. Go to chrome://flags/ . Search for "Tabstrip Combo Button." Click the blue button on the right. Maybe a Chrome version difference? If you don't see the "Tabstrip Combo Button" on that page, I don't know what to suggest. Good luck!
General purpose crazed blower up of things that matter to us. Via perplexity.ai
April 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
General purpose crazed blower up of things that matter to us. Via perplexity.ai
After last night's excellent #WhiteLotus 3 finale, I looked up Scott Glenn and found this odd Wikipedia Entry. I sure hope he thanked his mom afterwards. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_G...
April 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
After last night's excellent #WhiteLotus 3 finale, I looked up Scott Glenn and found this odd Wikipedia Entry. I sure hope he thanked his mom afterwards. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_G...
Funny #meme!
The not so funny truth is that Trump is calculating the #tariffs not in relation to the tariffs a country puts on us, but what it would take to even out the trade balance ... as if a country who sells us more than they buy is ripping us off. Insane. And wicked stupid.
The not so funny truth is that Trump is calculating the #tariffs not in relation to the tariffs a country puts on us, but what it would take to even out the trade balance ... as if a country who sells us more than they buy is ripping us off. Insane. And wicked stupid.
April 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
HEADLINES THAT COULD BE SHOWN AT THE BEGINNING OF A CHEESY HORROR MOVIE
phys.org/news/2025-03...
phys.org/news/2025-03...
April 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
HEADLINES THAT COULD BE SHOWN AT THE BEGINNING OF A CHEESY HORROR MOVIE
phys.org/news/2025-03...
phys.org/news/2025-03...
2 of 2. And this one was like an excellent Powerpoint slide of the power of ontologies ... but also why machine learning might replace ontologies as a general purpose tool:
March 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
2 of 2. And this one was like an excellent Powerpoint slide of the power of ontologies ... but also why machine learning might replace ontologies as a general purpose tool:
1 of 2. Well, this prompt to Gemini got what seemed like an impressive starter ontology ...
March 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
1 of 2. Well, this prompt to Gemini got what seemed like an impressive starter ontology ...
I'm sorry that four people died in aw tourist submarine accident, but why does the @nytimes.com count this as urgent "Breaking News!!"? Ithought news is supposed to have consequences beyond those it's about.
March 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I'm sorry that four people died in aw tourist submarine accident, but why does the @nytimes.com count this as urgent "Breaking News!!"? Ithought news is supposed to have consequences beyond those it's about.
Interesting remembrance of Elisabeth Vrba, who made important contributions to evolutionary theory, including the correlation between environment and degree of speciation. #evolution #science www.nature.com/articles/d41...
March 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Interesting remembrance of Elisabeth Vrba, who made important contributions to evolutionary theory, including the correlation between environment and degree of speciation. #evolution #science www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The hype cycle beings for Manus, a a fully (?) autonomous AI agent from China that "changes everything." www.forbes.com/sites/craigs...
Maybe, but I wish Bsky had a label for "Premature Exaltation".)
Maybe, but I wish Bsky had a label for "Premature Exaltation".)
March 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The hype cycle beings for Manus, a a fully (?) autonomous AI agent from China that "changes everything." www.forbes.com/sites/craigs...
Maybe, but I wish Bsky had a label for "Premature Exaltation".)
Maybe, but I wish Bsky had a label for "Premature Exaltation".)
Anybody know why the f*cking f*ck the Massachusetts government requires me to install Adobe Reader to download a pdf ... not to mention that after I do, it still won't download.
March 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Anybody know why the f*cking f*ck the Massachusetts government requires me to install Adobe Reader to download a pdf ... not to mention that after I do, it still won't download.
Peter Kalm in Travels Into North America (1770) reports on colonists' longevity, attributing it to lots of land (ahem), low taxes, & liberty. Ends with a woman w/ 500 offspring down to great-great-grandchildren, 205 still alive when she died at 100. (From the blessed Internet Archive (Archive.org))
December 10, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Peter Kalm in Travels Into North America (1770) reports on colonists' longevity, attributing it to lots of land (ahem), low taxes, & liberty. Ends with a woman w/ 500 offspring down to great-great-grandchildren, 205 still alive when she died at 100. (From the blessed Internet Archive (Archive.org))
Got an offer for a Bank of America credit card. Not sketchy at all!
October 23, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Got an offer for a Bank of America credit card. Not sketchy at all!