Hacker News with Generative AI: Silicon Valley

You can't just replace science with Silicon Valley (theintrinsicperspective.com)
New directives from on high, shouted from a governmental megaphone at scientists, might not be so bad if they were clear. But since they are very much unclear, there is a new mood among my fellow scientists: paranoia. I don’t remember this ever happening before.
Science, Government, Silicon Valley
18 points by domofutu 6 hours ago | 1 comments
Apple Computers Used to Be Built in the U.S. It Was a Mess (2018) (nytimes.com)
Steve Jobs tried to create a manufacturing culture in Silicon Valley. As one former Apple engineer put it, "It wasn't great for business."
Apple, Manufacturing, History, Silicon Valley
38 points by ViktorRay 1 day ago | 29 comments
More Everything Forever (nytimes.com)
In “More Everything Forever,” the science journalist Adam Becker subjects Silicon Valley’s “ideology of technological salvation” to critical scrutiny.
Technology, Criticism, Silicon Valley
155 points by c0rtex 3 days ago | 278 comments
Silicon Valley got Trump completely wrong (vox.com)
Last year, a coterie of tech billionaires rallied behind Donald Trump’s candidacy.
Silicon Valley, Politics, Donald Trump, 2016 Election
31 points by miles 7 days ago | 8 comments
Tech Billionaires Need to Stop Trying to Make the Sci-Fi They Grew Up on Real (scientificamerican.com)
Science fiction (SF) influences everything in this day and age, from the design of everyday artifacts to how we—including the current crop of 50-something Silicon Valley billionaires—work. And that’s a bad thing: it leaves us facing a future we were all warned about, courtesy of dystopian novels mistaken for instruction manuals.
Science Fiction, Technology, Silicon Valley, Dystopia, Future
7 points by gladwindos 9 days ago | 2 comments
Hacked Silicon Valley crosswalk signals imitate Musk, Zuckerberg's voices (usatoday.com)
"The voices of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg were heard along the streets of Silicon Valley this weekend, but neither of the tech billionaires were in the vicinity."
Hacking, Technology, Silicon Valley, Artificial Intelligence, Humor
10 points by rmason 10 days ago | 2 comments
Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg's voices (techcrunch.com)
Audio-enabled traffic control crosswalk buttons across Silicon Valley were hacked over the weekend to include audio snippets imitating the voices of Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.
Security, Hacking, Silicon Valley, Technology, Audio
5 points by pqtyw 10 days ago | 1 comments
'Silicon Six' accused of avoiding ~$278B in US corporation taxes over 10 years (theguardian.com)
The big American tech firms known as the “Silicon Six” have been accused of paying almost $278bn (£211bn) less corporate income tax in the past decade compared with the statutory rate for US companies making the same profits.
Tax Avoidance, Big Tech, Silicon Valley, United States, Corporate Tax
32 points by miles 11 days ago | 4 comments
Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg's voices (techcrunch.com)
Audio-enabled traffic control crosswalk buttons across Silicon Valley were hacked over the weekend to include audio snippets imitating the voices of Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.
Technology, Hacking, Silicon Valley, Audio, Social Media
20 points by sylvainkalache 12 days ago | 3 comments
Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons apparently hacked to imitate Musk, Zuck voices (paloaltoonline.com)
Crosswalk buttons along the mid-Peninsula appear to have been hacked, so that when pressed, voices professing to be Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk begin speaking.
Silicon Valley, Hacking, Artificial Intelligence, Humor, Technology
486 points by coloneltcb 13 days ago | 147 comments
This is what a digital coup looks like (broligarchy.substack.com)
Six years ago I was sued for libel. This time, I call Silicon Valley collaborators and data rapists. What could possibly go wrong?
Lawsuits, Technology, Digital Media, Silicon Valley
26 points by Create 15 days ago | 3 comments
The New Legislators of Silicon Valley (theideasletter.org)
There is a certain disorienting thrill in witnessing, over the past few years, the profusion of bold, often baffling, occasionally horrifying ideas pouring from the ranks of America’s tech elite.
Silicon Valley, Technology, Innovation, Politics, Ethics
37 points by _delirium 17 days ago | 57 comments
Silicon Valley 'nepo baby' publishes scathing first novel about growing up rich (sfstandard.com)
In his debut book, Daniel Breyer, son of billionaire VC Jim Breyer, skewers the world of wealth and privilege he grew up in.
Silicon Valley, Social Commentary, Wealth, Family, Literature
23 points by CalChris 18 days ago | 15 comments
Captured: How Silicon Valley is building a future we never chose (codastory.com)
AI’s prophets speak of the technology with religious fervor. And they expect us all to become believers.
Silicon Valley, Artificial Intelligence, Future, Society, Technology
6 points by defrost 22 days ago | 2 comments
Silicon Valley, Halt and Catch Fire, and How Microserfdom Ate the World (2015) (grantland.com)
Douglas Coupland’s novel Microserfs is about the spiritual yearnings and time-frittering activities of youngish coders immersed in the drudgery of the software-development process, and how those activities become an expression of those yearnings.
Silicon Valley, Books, Culture, Technology, Software Development
111 points by Apocryphon 24 days ago | 113 comments
Silicon Valley vs. San Francisco Socialists (jacobin.com)
On the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, socialist Dean Preston championed policies that tackled the gross inequality Silicon Valley brought to the city. That’s why he was targeted by tech capitalists like Garry Tan and Elon Musk last year.
Politics, San Francisco, Socialism, Silicon Valley
20 points by reesericci 27 days ago | 3 comments
Founders and VCs Working with Elon Musk's Doge (techcrunch.com)
Silicon Valley used to take a backseat to Washington, D.C. But now, the people disrupting technology have taken the wheel at the highest echelons of government. And that’s thanks, in large part, to the Department of Government Efficiency, better known as DOGE.
Tech, Politics, Silicon Valley, Government, Elon Musk
14 points by tech-it-out 28 days ago | 1 comments
We Mapped DOGE's Silicon Valley and Corporate Connections (wired.com)
Since the first days of the Trump administration, Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been everywhere in the federal government, moving fast and breaking things.
Cryptocurrency, Politics, Elon Musk, Silicon Valley
43 points by mdhb 29 days ago | 5 comments
Why SF tech workers are scared to speak up (sfstandard.com)
Tech workers who spend hundreds of dollars for 50-minute therapy sessions increasingly have one man they want to discuss: Mark Zuckerberg.
Tech Workers, Mental Health, Social Media, Silicon Valley
12 points by littlexsparkee 32 days ago | 4 comments
An AI bubble threatens Silicon Valley, and all of us (prospect.org)
An AI bubble threatens Silicon Valley, and all of us.
Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Economics, Silicon Valley
143 points by semiquaver 32 days ago | 131 comments
Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy Is Done. Powerful Conservatives Are Listening (nytimes.com)
The once-fringe writer has long argued for an American monarchy. His ideas have found an audience in the incoming administration and Silicon Valley.
Politics, Conservatism, Monarchy, Silicon Valley
49 points by bryan0 33 days ago | 66 comments
Silicon Valley Has Gone from 'Think Different' to 'Yes, Sir' (nytimes.com)
It is painfully obvious that we should be concerned about Silicon Valley’s growing influence over the United States government.
Silicon Valley, Politics, Influence, Technology, USA
17 points by rawgabbit 35 days ago | 0 comments
Christianity "Borderline Illegal" in Silicon Valley. Now the New Religion (vanityfair.com)
There was a time, Tan says, when such a gathering would be “maybe even reviled in San Francisco.”
Religion, Culture, Silicon Valley, Technology
15 points by Apocryphon 36 days ago | 9 comments
Why Tech Bros Overestimate AI's Creative Abilities (aaronrosspowell.com)
Silicon Valley's overconfidence in the imminent arrival of Artificial General Intelligence stems from a combination of limited understanding of the humanities, an insular culture, and a business model that incentivizes exaggerated claims about AI's capabilities.
Artificial Intelligence, Silicon Valley, Technology, Culture, Business
30 points by NotInOurNames 37 days ago | 51 comments
What Happened to Silicon Valley's Most Infamous Thought Criminal? (thefp.com)
LUXEMBOURG CITY, Luxembourg — It’s a bitterly cold day in the Low Country of Luxembourg. So when James Damore opens the door to a seventeenth-century cathedral, offering it up as a kind of refuge, I fall in line behind his gangly footsteps and follow him inside.
Silicon Valley, Controversy, Technology, People
8 points by fortran77 39 days ago | 0 comments
Stoicism's appeal to the rich and powerful (2019) (exurbe.com)
I was recently interviewed for a piece in the Times on why the philosophy of stoicism has become very popular in the Silicon Valley tech crowd.
Philosophy, Stoicism, Wealth, Silicon Valley, Technology
201 points by Tomte 43 days ago | 319 comments
DeepSeek focuses on research over revenue (ft.com)
DeepSeek focuses on research over revenue in contrast to Silicon Valley
Startups, Research, Silicon Valley, Business
196 points by gitgudflea 43 days ago | 91 comments
Waymo is now offering 24/7 robotaxi rides in Silicon Valley (theverge.com)
Waymo is kicking off the process of making its robotaxi service in Silicon Valley commercially available to everyone.
Self-Driving Cars, Technology, Transportation, Silicon Valley
13 points by mfiguiere 45 days ago | 3 comments
The Elon Musk Way: Move Fast and Destroy Democracy (theatlantic.com)
Silicon Valley’s titans have decided that ruling the digital world is not enough.
Elon Musk, Democracy, Technology, Politics, Silicon Valley
23 points by zfg 47 days ago | 2 comments
Peter Thiel's Deep Ties to Trump's Top Ranks (bloomberg.com)
A billionaire tech entrepreneur who used his wealth and influence in Silicon Valley to help Donald Trump win the presidency has deep connections to the new administration’s efforts to remake the government.
Politics, Silicon Valley, Donald Trump, Business, Government
16 points by 4ndrewl 50 days ago | 1 comments