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Re:The auction that set off the race for AI supremacy by centimeter on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @10:43PM (#26485899)
Traditional east coast media is losing their grip on narrative formation and they're lashing out at intellectual figures outside of their social group, especially from the west coast indie-intellectual scene (e.g. Scott Alexander).
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Re:The auction that set off the race for AI supremacy by avs733 on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @10:52PM (#26485955)
What in the heck is an indie-intellectual?
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Re:The auction that set off the race for AI supremacy by 1123581321 on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @11:11PM (#26486072)
In this context it would likely be someone who provides intellectual leadership through writing, but is not employed by a large media company like The New York Times.
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Re:The auction that set off the race for AI supremacy by meroes on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @06:32AM (#26489060)
Little fish who failed in the big pond who now cultivate followings in littler ponds
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Re:The auction that set off the race for AI supremacy by astrange on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @02:44AM (#26487362)
Scott Alexander is from Michigan. I don't know if blogging is really a West Coast thing, I thought of it as more DC but maybe that's just because of politics.
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