Amanda Silberling

Amanda Silberling

@amanda.omg.lol

+ senior culture writer, @techcrunch.com + podcasting about the internet on @wowiftrue.bsky.social (@multitude.productions) + she/her ✡️ + sometimes i post about pottery and the phillies + my opinions ≠ my employer’s

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is it outlandish to argue that chatgpt 4o might be one of the most awful tech product releases of all time techcrunch.com/2025/11/23/c...

techcrunch.comChatGPT told them they were special — their families say it led to tragedy | TechCrunchA wave of lawsuits against OpenAI detail how ChatGPT used manipulative language to isolate users from loved ones and make itself into their sole confidant.
Anthony Ha@anthonyha.bsky.social

not sure “ah well this is an old version of chatgpt” is going to cut it here www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/w...

bryan johnson's AI agent is going to tell all of my social connections that there's a bryan johnson channel in my podcast's discord

batkaren@batkaren.bsky.social

i have an AI agent that screams nonstop. Just an endless scream.

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genuinely something i appreciate about bryan johnson is that he's fucking insane but at least he just tells people like "you should get good sleep" and isn't telling other people to do a cross generational plasma exchange

bryan johnson's AI agent is going to tell all of my social connections that there's a bryan johnson channel in my podcast's discord

batkaren@batkaren.bsky.social

i have an AI agent that screams nonstop. Just an endless scream.

someone pitched me what's basically a surveillance app. this company seems early stage enough that it felt like maybe they'd actually take me seriously if i said that i'm concerned their app could be very easily leveraged for stalking/abuse. i got a reply from their AI agent.

whenever i fly from SFO to literally anywhere else i get off the plane and im like oh thank god no one here is trying to sell me enterprise subscriptions to a business automation and AI solutions company that builds custom agents for real time customer support

the genius of nathan fielder is that he's so fucking funny and yet comedy is actually secondary to the greater points he makes about how people How We Interact With People As A Society

I can't stop thinking about 'You Can See Everything'. Great movies come out every year. This isn't just a great film, it's historically significant.

i worry that the rise of convenience tech + chatbots will make people feel even more averse to simply Interacting With People (i'm guilty of this -- would much rather place an online takeout order than call the restaurant), and i think it'll be interesting to see how NF's awkward cringe humor ages

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Replying to @masnick.com

... the answer is to not use platforms like Insta, and bring communities to social media built on open protocols, such as atproto or ActivityPub, where the account holder has way more control.

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playing around with some bluesky tools as interview prep and pulled this marginally interesting list of biggest MLB fanbases on bluesky in order of team mentions in bios 1. New York Mets — 1,030 2. San Francisco Giants — 895 3. Chicago Cubs — 796 4. New York Yankees — 479 5. Boston Red Sox — 466

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26. Colorado Rockies — 90 27. Los Angeles Angels — 60 28. Cleveland Guardians — 51 29. Miami Marlins — 27 30. Arizona Diamondbacks — 11

playing around with some bluesky tools as interview prep and pulled this marginally interesting list of biggest MLB fanbases on bluesky in order of team mentions in bios 1. New York Mets — 1,030 2. San Francisco Giants — 895 3. Chicago Cubs — 796 4. New York Yankees — 479 5. Boston Red Sox — 466

6. Seattle Mariners — 430 7. St. Louis Cardinals — 424 8. Los Angeles Dodgers — 406 9. Detroit Tigers — 280 10. Toronto Blue Jays — 275 11. Atlanta Braves — 243 12. Philadelphia Phillies — 242 13. Baltimore Orioles — 226 14. Texas Rangers — 211 15. Pittsburgh Pirates — 190 16. Cincinnati Reds — 185

17. Kansas City Royals — 178 18. San Diego Padres — 175 19. Chicago White Sox — 165 20. Houston Astros — 151 21. Washington Nationals — 147 22. Oakland Athletics — 121 23. Minnesota Twins — 111 24. Milwaukee Brewers — 98 25. Tampa Bay Rays — 93

isabel sent me the first draft of this story as a joke. yall aren’t ready……..

Isabel J. Kim@isabel.kim

me, irl: "i cant believe neil bought that story" my literal spouse, who is supposed to support me: "yeah what the hell man"

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NEW: Flock CEO Garrett Langley says he hasn't fired or ended contracts with any law enforcement or police departments, despite dozens of reports of police abusing its system to stalk people. An anti-Flock protest was held outside the venue. w/ @amanda.omg.lol and @rebeccabellan.bsky.social:

techcrunch.comFlock CEO: We haven't 'fired' any police departments as customers | TechCrunchFlock CEO Garrett Langley said that the surveillance company has not cancelled contracts of any police department or law enforcement agency, despite reports of abuse.

we should’ve known the mural was cursed because they somehow made bryson stott look ugly

sun buscemi@gophils.gobirds.online

They’re painting over the cursed daycare mural at garage Fishtown

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EVERYONE LOOK AT THE COVER FOR!! MY WIZARD BOOK!! ✨THE APPRENTICE LIAR AND THE DEATH OF THE WORLD💫 LYING! STEALING! AND ONE MILLION GAMES OF GO FISH WITH DEATH!!!!!!! MARCH! 2! 2027!

Locus Magazine@locusmag.bsky.social

Cover Reveal: The Apprentice Liar and the Death of the World by Isabel J. Kim locusmag.com/2026/10...

sometimes i ask AI to do things OUT OF CURIOSITY BECAUSE IM A JOURNALIST COVERING AI and i asked it what i should ask the bluesky folks about when i interview them and it told me to ask about jack dorsey’s involvement

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anyway this is why my research tactic of “every once in a while see if AI is capable of doing my job” is affirming bc it cannot do my job

i want to make it extra clear that i do not actually use AI to help me come up with interview questions or write anything this is purely a “i write about these chatbots so i should know what it can and can’t do” thing

sometimes i ask AI to do things OUT OF CURIOSITY BECAUSE IM A JOURNALIST COVERING AI and i asked it what i should ask the bluesky folks about when i interview them and it told me to ask about jack dorsey’s involvement

so i was like claude you dunce, he hasn’t been involved in a long time, and claude was like sowwy my knowledge cut off is jan 2025 👉👈🥺 and i was like ok he stepped down in 2024 tho

i'm excited to root for the brewers, my favorite baseball team that i have been rooting for this whole time

Amanda Silberling@amanda.omg.lol

i'm glad that my favorite team that i have always loved, the chicago white sox, is doing well so far

was told slant ever Indie Famous or was it just that at one point in the first half of the 2010s i lived in a one mile radius of the myrtle bway jmz stop

they have a new album out and they're touring and i'm like hell yeah i fucking loved that band like 10 years ago but haven't listened to them in forever but the venue they're playing is like, a quarter of the size of where they were playing 10 years ago??? curious!