Top 5 Things of the Week Ending 2/19/23

Interesting Reads, Listens and Links That You May Have Missed

I’m not sure society is ready for the all the changes that are coming based on advances in AI. This updated set of disclosures from Microsoft is scary to say the least:

Paul Kedrosky @pkedrosky

Microsoft is reconsidering the risks associated with AI, judging by the many revisions it has made to its recent financial filings (which had only just begun citing AI risks). Some startling text here, both in terms of recent changes and increased severity. /v @herbgreenberg #xp

More evidence that teenage use of cannabis falls wherever cannabis is legalized:

Tom Angell 🌳📰ⓥ @tomangell

NEW FEDERAL STUDY published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that marijuana use by high school students is trending downward as more states legalize it for adults—contrary to fears long expressed by prohibitionists. marijuanamoment.net/teen-marijuana…

Oklahoma legalization of cannabis may come in 3 weeks and it will be a big deal, especially coming on the heels of Missouri legalization. The Midwest is very quickly becoming cannabis country:

Hirsh Jain @hirshjain

If OK legalizes in 3 weeks, this same thing will happen in North TX, on a much larger scale. 7M Texans live w/in 3 hrs of the OK border ... Legalization in the heartland seems culturally + geographically more impactful than happenings on the coasts / in the Acela Corridor.

Mr. Beat @beatmastermatt

Here's a map of the Kansas City metropolitan area. In green is where marijuana is now legal. The area not in green (the Kansas side) is where people will consume marijuana that they bought from Missouri. https://t.co/eSy3lcnCeo

Deep fake video and audio are coming. This is incredible to watch:

Del @ NaughtyDog @TheCartelDel

AI company ElevenLabs showcasing their new audio cloning technology:

I’m obsessed with Founders Podcast, hosted by David Senra. It’s simply incredible how he synthesizes the autobiographies and biographies of great entrepreneurs, business people and super successful people and then cross references them. Try this podcast on the Dark Genius of Wall Street The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons.

Comedy:

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