Vesper
@vesper.computer
Works in privacy, trying to make sense of tech and the industry. Blogs infrequently at vesper.computer
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My response to anything over the next two weeks
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My response to anything over the next two weeks
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AI ran our office vending machine for several weeks. It lost hundreds of dollars, gave away a PlayStation, bought a live fish—and taught us a lot about AI agents, writes Joanna Stern.
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
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December 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
AI ran our office vending machine for several weeks. It lost hundreds of dollars, gave away a PlayStation, bought a live fish—and taught us a lot about AI agents, writes Joanna Stern.
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Lidar stopped being prohibitively expensive 5 years ago but Elon kept lying about it because he made a bad decision and people refuse to stop repeating the lie.
December 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Lidar stopped being prohibitively expensive 5 years ago but Elon kept lying about it because he made a bad decision and people refuse to stop repeating the lie.
I like that Dwarkesh wants to write more longform essays along with his podcasts. However, his recent post (www.dwarkesh.com/p/dec-strate...) is straight up disrespectful to the guests who had agreed to be part of his show. 🧵
An Intermittent Podcast Strategy Doc
Back to The Lunar Society mission
www.dwarkesh.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I like that Dwarkesh wants to write more longform essays along with his podcasts. However, his recent post (www.dwarkesh.com/p/dec-strate...) is straight up disrespectful to the guests who had agreed to be part of his show. 🧵
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when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
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I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one
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BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
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Next up on my reading list.
…I am already regretting this choice.
…I am already regretting this choice.
October 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Next up on my reading list.
…I am already regretting this choice.
…I am already regretting this choice.
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Happy Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Happy Halloween
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I "enjoy" this disconnect between tech titans claiming that AI will have us all eating pastries and working two days a week and the reality of firing people en masse while simultaneously supporting fascists who oppose universal basic income and are actively destroying the social safety net
October 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I "enjoy" this disconnect between tech titans claiming that AI will have us all eating pastries and working two days a week and the reality of firing people en masse while simultaneously supporting fascists who oppose universal basic income and are actively destroying the social safety net
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It feels like a huge failure on multiple levels that there's so little attempt to articulate an alternative to totally unregulated big-corporate ownership of technologies like AR and AI, which have some actually real use cases just vastly outweighed by the harms of their business models
The future I saw through the Meta Ray-Ban Display amazes and terrifies me
This very first-gen device raises several questions about where the next chapter of mobile computing is headed.
www.theverge.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It feels like a huge failure on multiple levels that there's so little attempt to articulate an alternative to totally unregulated big-corporate ownership of technologies like AR and AI, which have some actually real use cases just vastly outweighed by the harms of their business models
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During the PC era, people used to say writing slow code was fine because faster CPUs were coming in a year or two, thanks to Moore’s Law. Now it’s “let AI write code you don’t understand, future AI will fix the bugs.”
True or not, it’s a bleak view of the profession either way.
True or not, it’s a bleak view of the profession either way.
October 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
During the PC era, people used to say writing slow code was fine because faster CPUs were coming in a year or two, thanks to Moore’s Law. Now it’s “let AI write code you don’t understand, future AI will fix the bugs.”
True or not, it’s a bleak view of the profession either way.
True or not, it’s a bleak view of the profession either way.
Anil hits the nail on the head. Can confirm as someone in tech that it is getting harder to express moderate and measured opinions on AI lest you be seen as a hater or non-believer.
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Anil hits the nail on the head. Can confirm as someone in tech that it is getting harder to express moderate and measured opinions on AI lest you be seen as a hater or non-believer.
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For your professional goals, make a habit of just steadily putting points on the board, consistently doing a little bit steadily, even if you’re bad at it sometimes. You’ll be amazed at how quickly successes start to compound. Don’t let your job get in the way of your career.
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
October 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
For your professional goals, make a habit of just steadily putting points on the board, consistently doing a little bit steadily, even if you’re bad at it sometimes. You’ll be amazed at how quickly successes start to compound. Don’t let your job get in the way of your career.
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show this to anyone else you know who also assumed DHH was just a normal conservative dude rather than a raging white supremacist lunatic
DHH Is Way Worse Than I Thought | jakelazaroff.com
DHH's politics are not normal. Maybe they used to be, I don't know, but as of right now the dude is_way outside of what most people would consider moral or acceptable.
jakelazaroff.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
show this to anyone else you know who also assumed DHH was just a normal conservative dude rather than a raging white supremacist lunatic
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lol the production quality of this review is insane www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC7I...
iPhone 17 Pro Review: Apple Listened, but…
YouTube video by HTX Studio
www.youtube.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
lol the production quality of this review is insane www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC7I...
Jotted down some quick thoughts about the new iPhones. Very curious to see how much titanium is used in the iPhone Air!
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Are We Looking at the First iPhone Built for AI?
The iPhone design cycle seemed to have shifted from two years to three in the recent years. But with the 17 Pro, Apple has completely redesigned the chassis and used a new material, after a brief two ...
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September 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Jotted down some quick thoughts about the new iPhones. Very curious to see how much titanium is used in the iPhone Air!
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Q. Who aligns the aligners?
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers
We align the aligners
alignmentalignment.ai
September 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Q. Who aligns the aligners?
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
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Google’s position is now that the open web
Is thriving but open web ads are in rapid decline… because of course all the attention and money leaving a platform is irrelevant to its health lol
Is thriving but open web ads are in rapid decline… because of course all the attention and money leaving a platform is irrelevant to its health lol
Google's VP of Global Ads responds to the open web declining story I wrote - story updated at seroundtable.com/google-open-...
September 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Google’s position is now that the open web
Is thriving but open web ads are in rapid decline… because of course all the attention and money leaving a platform is irrelevant to its health lol
Is thriving but open web ads are in rapid decline… because of course all the attention and money leaving a platform is irrelevant to its health lol
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"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people
August 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people
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"of course u do have to buy my glasses to benefit from this future"
-mark zuckerberg
-mark zuckerberg
Man worth $370 billion says the way to solve poverty is “AI and robotics”
August 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
"of course u do have to buy my glasses to benefit from this future"
-mark zuckerberg
-mark zuckerberg
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"Consumer Watchdog found that the best deals were offered to the wealthiest customers—with the worst deals given to the poorest people, who are least likely to have other options."
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Delta moves toward eliminating set prices in favor of AI that determines how much you personally will pay for a ticket
The airline touted a partnership with an AI-enabled revenue system as a step on the road to fully personalized ticket pricing, part of its goal to raise profit margins long-term.
fortune.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"Consumer Watchdog found that the best deals were offered to the wealthiest customers—with the worst deals given to the poorest people, who are least likely to have other options."
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Look, speaking as a physicist, it is hard for me to put into words how batshit crazy this is.
"I’ll go down this thread with GPT or Grok and I’ll start to get to the edge of what’s known in quantum physics and then I’m doing the equivalent of vibe coding, except it’s vibe physics,” said Travis Kalanick, the founder of Uber.
gizmodo.com/billionaires...
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July 16, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Look, speaking as a physicist, it is hard for me to put into words how batshit crazy this is.
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![Travis Kalanick, the founder of Uber who no longer works at the company, appeared on All-In to talk with hosts Jason Calacanis and Chamath Palihapitiya about the future of technology. When the topic turned to AI, Kalanick discussed how he uses xAI’s Grok, which went haywire last week, praising Adolf Hitler and advocating for a second Holocaust against Jews.
“I’ll go down this thread with [Chat]GPT or Grok and I’ll start to get to the edge of what’s known in quantum physics and then I’m doing the equivalent of vibe coding, except it’s vibe physics,” Kalanick explained. “And we’re approaching what’s known. And I’m trying to poke and see if there’s breakthroughs to be had. And I’ve gotten pretty damn close to some interesting breakthroughs just doing that.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qlnirjwff4ibiw3wchmleszo/bafkreiac2szurc5dnw6klquhpjmo7iafg4n6fwmrqyred7jrrph6h6mptq@jpeg)
July 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM