580: AI Wonderland, congestion pricing, and Siberian neo folk

It’s not quite spring yet in NYC, which gives me insight into what winter here is like. Whew boy that’s not fun. I’ve been spending the days huddled around blankets and space heaters before dashing out at night straight to social events through cold, wind, and rain. But the social events do deliver, with an impressive array of thriving entertainers, professionals across industries, and drop dead gorgeous humans. Will drop the tips once I leave at the end of the month. Amie takes meeting notes, and then acts on them! Agentic AI workflows? This team of genAI artists made a feature film with Alice in Wonderland as the base narrative. Check out all the different styles used, and it can even replace Alice’s face with yours! The future of entertainment for sure. The Slate Star Codex guy joined a team of forecasters who successfully predicted most of the 2025 AI developments in 2021, and they have more forecasts for you. (Keep in mind these are some of the most optimistic excited AI techies o

It’s not quite spring yet in NYC, which gives me insight into what winter here is like. Whew boy that’s not fun. I’ve been spending the days huddled around blankets and space heaters before dashing out at night straight to social events through cold, wind, and rain. But the social events do deliver, with an impressive array of thriving entertainers, professionals across industries, and drop dead gorgeous humans. Will drop the tips once I leave at the end of the month. Amie takes meeting notes, and then acts on them! Agentic AI workflows? This team of genAI artists made a feature film with Alic