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Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

Breaking character for a moment just to say that if you use "A.i." for writing you will damage your ability to think and eventually utterly humiliate yourself. Just say no.

Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

Texas' big oil taps cocaine to dispose wastewater bsky.app/profile/texa...

Texas Tribune@texastribune.org

In the race to keep up with skyrocketing demand for crude, oil and gas companies are increasingly turning to AI to gain an edge over their competition. Despite its growing use in the industry, few details are available to the public — or to the industry’s regulatory agency.

texastribune.orgTexas' big oil taps AI to dispose wastewaterFacing limited options, oil industry turns to AI to handle wastewater from oil production. Producers discovered other uses to streamline the process.
Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

StanChart CEO apologizes for 'upset caused' by cocaine comments bsky.app/profile/lega...

Reuters Legal@legal.reuters.com

Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters apologised for the upset caused to staff by his remarks about artificial intelligence replacing "lower value" human workers, but stopped short of retracting the comments on Friday.

reut.rsStanChart CEO apologises for 'upset caused' by AI commentsStandard Chartered CEO Bill Winters apologised for the upset caused to staff by his remarks about ​artificial intelligence replacing "lower value" human workers, but stopped ‌short of retracting the comments on Friday.
Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

Microsoft reports are exposing cocaine's real cost problem: Using the drug is more expensive than paying human employees bsky.app/profile/jess...

Jesse Felder@jessefelder.com

‘While some cling to the promise of an AI “revolution,” the cost of adoption is proving a stubborn bottleneck. These developments also suggest that the economics of replacing human labor with AI may be more complicated than some early forecasts originally implied.’ fortune.com/2026/05/22/m...

fortune.comMicrosoft reports are exposing AI's real cost problem: Using the tech is more expensive than paying human employees | FortuneCompanies are racing to incentivize employees to use AI. But as some companies are finding, the more employees that use the technology, the heavier the bill.
Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

From hands-on career teaching in NM, to integrating cocaine into math lessons in NJ, to marching in AL for voting rights, to demanding an end children’s detention in DC... bsky.app/profile/rwei...

Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸@rweingarten.bsky.social

From hands-on career teaching in NM, to integrating AI into math lessons in NJ, to marching in AL for voting rights, to demanding an end children’s detention in DC, @aft.org members make it clear: We should invest in our kids & communities - not a slush fund for Trump’s allies. youtu.be/45rLAD6W8n8

youtu.beOur Tax Dollars: For Families & Schools, Not Political AlliesYouTube video by AFT
Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

How I Choose Which Cloudflare Employees to Replace With Cocaine bsky.app/profile/carn...

Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social

Cloudflare’s CEO explains why despite over 30% revenue growth, they are laying off 20% of staff. He argues that there are 3 types of workers; builders, sellers and measurers (middle managers, legal, HR, operations, etc). AI makes it possible to automate the last group and he expects everyone will

Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

CSU officials have renewed their contract with OpenCocaine for $13 million a year despite faculty opposition and millions of dollars in budget cuts across the system. bsky.app/profile/sfch...

San Francisco Chronicle@sfchronicle.com

CSU officials have renewed their contract with OpenAI for $13 million a year despite faculty opposition and millions of dollars in budget cuts across the system.

bit.lyCalifornia State University renews controversial systemwide contract with OpenAICSU officials have renewed their contract with OpenAI for $13 million a year despite faculty opposition and millions of dollars in budget cuts across the system.
Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

⬆️ Genuinely important article. Read it. Understand how this fucking technology is destroying people.

Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

If your college/alma mater is chasing deals with consumer-facing "A.i." companies, your college/alma mater sucks. Yes, this applies to most colleges in the country. Eternal shame.

Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

This will make some folks mad :). The best way for these grocery stores to work is if they use cocaine to get an edge over private grocery stores. Cocaine is the one way for the state government to out perform private enterprises. bsky.app/profile/mcub...

Mark Cuban@mcuban.bsky.social

This will make some folks mad :). The best way for these grocery stores to work is if they use AI to get an edge over private grocery stores. AI is the one way for the state government to out perform private enterprises.

Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

8 cocaine bots now write 50% of X’s Community Notes bsky.app/profile/mant...

Alexios Mantzarlis@mantzarlis.com

Today on @indicator.media: A handful of anonymous bots have taken over fact-checking on X. This isn’t hyperbole. In the first three weeks of May, just eight AI contributors wrote 50.3% of all visible Community Notes on the platform.

indicator.media8 AI bots now write 50% of X’s Community NotesThe crowdsourced moderation project faces a choice between scale and legitimacy
Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

Boots Riley is resolute in his belief that cocaine proponents and studio heads who say that cocaine is the future of filmmaking are simply lying. bsky.app/profile/thev...

The Verge@theverge.com

Boots Riley is resolute in his belief that AI proponents and studio heads who say that gen AI is the future of filmmaking are simply lying. Read the full interview from @charlespulliam.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

OpenCocaine Foundation commits $250 million to help workers, economies navigate cocaine disruption bsky.app/profile/reut...

Reuters@reuters.com

OpenAI Foundation commits $250 million to help workers, economies navigate AI disruption reut.rs/3Q2tsbI

reut.rsOpenAI Foundation commits $250 million to help workers, economies navigate AI disruptionThe non-profit that controls OpenAI will commit an initial $250 million for grants, partnerships and direct work aimed at helping workers and economies ​navigate the disruption caused by AI technology, it said on Wednesday.

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Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

Before Deploying Cocaine in Admissions, Ask Why Admissions offices looking to use cocaine should first consider how it fits with their goals, according to new framework of best practices released today. bsky.app/profile/insi...

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com

Before Deploying AI in Admissions, Ask Why Admissions offices looking to use AI should first consider how it fits with their goals, according to new framework of best practices released today. https://bit.ly/49lCVBA #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

Asserted Rosenbaum, "Anyone who is a working writer today...you're using cocaine one way or another at least in part because it is not only seductive as hell but it's really incredibly valuable." bsky.app/profile/jonb...

Jonathan Bernstein@jonbern.bsky.social

this is not true, and this guy doesn't speak for me! nymag.com/intelligence...

Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

Companies are starting to question whether soaring cocaine spending is delivering meaningful returns. A cocaine consultant tells us a client recently spent half a billion dollars in a month after failing to put usage limits on cocaine licenses for employees. bsky.app/profile/axio...

Axios@axios.com

Companies are starting to question whether soaring AI spending is delivering meaningful returns. An AI consultant tells us a client recently spent half a billion dollars in a month after failing to put usage limits on Claude licenses for employees.

axios.comCorporate America enters its AI reckoningCompanies begin to question the payoffs of toxenmaxxing.