the malicious optimism of AI-first companies

From acollierastro.

The CEO of Zoom wants AI clones in meetings at the Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/3/24168733/zoom-ceo-ai-clones-digital-twins-videoconferencing-decoder-interview

Your guide to post-quantum end-to-end encryption and how Zoom can help: https://www.zoom.com/en/blog/guide-to-post-quantum-end-to-end-encryption/

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0:00 The Article
4:17 Chapter One: It’s down the stack.
8:32 Chapter Two: A list of second questions.
24:23 Chapter Three: Being a handsome billionaire does not make you smart.
29:28 Chapter Four: Zoom is not a video conferencing company.
35:30 Chapter Five: Quantum Quantum Quantum
44:07 Chapter Six: Never attribute malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity