Dave Weigel
National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
- My longest yeah boy ever
- Bliss was it that dawn to be alive; but to be online was very heaven!
- The body and blood of Christ
- Reposted by Dave WeigelAs a longtime Poster, another reason I hate AI is the way it makes people assume you used when you make something. That's a good Photoshop creation that does what it needs to cleanly, and the (understandable!) reaction is "oh that's AI." No, that was work.
- Reposted by Dave Weigel"Thoughtful growth" = "I've thought about it and the new houses should be built somewhere else, a place that just happens to be where I don't live."
- Reposted by Dave WeigelAccording to ChatGPT, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez has introduced exactly two bills that have become law. And both of them were passed by the Republican-led Congress and signed into law by Donald Trump this year! Big if true. (It's not).
- Reposted by Dave WeigelAfter the brutal reality of dealing with student papers in the ChatGPT era finally hit me, here are a few tactics that I've found at least somewhat effective in getting students to do their own writing: 🧵
- Yeah, it's shortened to "the media covered up for Biden," as if the entire Democratic message for a year wasn't overwhelmed by his age and stories about it. They were begging for more access, press conferences, etc etc. Now it's the media's fault that it didn't expose him more.
- Reposted by Dave WeigelHopping onto this. I have never and will not ever use ChatGPT for my research, reporting or writing. I don’t care if it can help me organize when I get stuck, because I believe finding my way through stuck moments, by myself or with other humans, is valuable for my writing and my readers.
- Reposted by Dave WeigelThis reminds me of the movie “Conclave”
