Google abandoned "don't be evil" — and Gemini is the result

Even with 29 days in a leap year, the end of February creeps up on you every time. So on Thursday, it will be time for the monthly edition of Silver Bulletin Subscriber Questions. There’s still time for paid subscribers to submit questions — you can do that here. To sign up for a paid subscription, just click on the button below: I’ve long intended to write more about AI here at Silver Bulletin. It’s a major topic in my forthcoming book, and I’ve devoted a lot of bandwidth over the past few years to speaking with experts and generally educating myself on the terms of the debate over AI alignment and AI risk. I’d dare to say I’ve even developed some opinions of my own about these things. Nevertheless, AI is a deep, complex topic, and it’s easy to have an understanding that’s rich in some ways and patchy in others. Therefore, I’m going to pick my battles — and I was planning to ease into AI topics slowly with a fun post about how ChatGPT was and wasn’t helpful for writing my book.1 But t

Even with 29 days in a leap year, the end of February creeps up on you every time. So on Thursday, it will be time for the monthly edition of Silver Bulletin Subscriber Questions. There’s still time for paid subscribers to submit questions — you can do that here. To sign up for a paid subscription, just click on the button below: I’ve long intended to write more about AI here at Silver Bulletin. It’s a major topic in my forthcoming book, and I’ve devoted a lot of bandwidth over the past few years to speaking with experts and generally educating myself on the terms of the debate over AI alignme