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"name": "Jared White",
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"url": "https://jaredwhite.com/20250331/the-studio-is-all-that",
"published": "2025-03-31T20:28:29-07:00",
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"html": "<p>Seth Rogen is one of my absolute favorite stars ever. He\u2019s the good Rogen (not the bad Rogan). He\u2019s my spirit guide. He can do no wrong.</p>\n\n<p>I give you that preamble because it\u2019s hard for me to imagine him doing anything I truly hate. (Granted, there\u2019s a ton of Rogen backcatalog I haven\u2019t seen yet\u2026I\u2019m sure there\u2019s a stinker or two.) I went into <em>The Studio</em> already expecting to love it. Certainly the buzz and the hype surrounding this project has been superlative indeed\u2014another one of the great Apple TV+ <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/tvshows\">#tvshows</a> apparently.</p>\n\n<p>I just finished the first episode. And I didn\u2019t love it.</p>\n\n<p><strong>I LOVED IT.</strong> \ud83d\ude4c \ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f</p>\n\n<p>As always when you\u2019re this early on in a season of television, you must prepare yourself to be disappointed at <em>some</em> point. Not every episode can be <em>great</em>. But if this show keeps up much in the same vein as how it started? I\u2019m prepared to call this a <strong>smash hit</strong>. And I simply cannot wait to continue watching <em>The Studio</em> and laughing so hard I have to pause playback for a solid 20 seconds.</p>\n\n<p>(Oh Yeah! \ud83d\ude09)</p>",
"text": "Seth Rogen is one of my absolute favorite stars ever. He\u2019s the good Rogen (not the bad Rogan). He\u2019s my spirit guide. He can do no wrong.\n\nI give you that preamble because it\u2019s hard for me to imagine him doing anything I truly hate. (Granted, there\u2019s a ton of Rogen backcatalog I haven\u2019t seen yet\u2026I\u2019m sure there\u2019s a stinker or two.) I went into The Studio already expecting to love it. Certainly the buzz and the hype surrounding this project has been superlative indeed\u2014another one of the great Apple TV+ #tvshows apparently.\n\nI just finished the first episode. And I didn\u2019t love it.\n\nI LOVED IT. \ud83d\ude4c \ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f\n\nAs always when you\u2019re this early on in a season of television, you must prepare yourself to be disappointed at some point. Not every episode can be great. But if this show keeps up much in the same vein as how it started? I\u2019m prepared to call this a smash hit. And I simply cannot wait to continue watching The Studio and laughing so hard I have to pause playback for a solid 20 seconds.\n\n(Oh Yeah! \ud83d\ude09)"
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"url": "https://jaredwhite.com/links/20250329/2025-03-3029-ai-has-failed-ai",
"published": "2025-03-29T23:11:42-07:00",
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"html": "<blockquote>\n <h2><a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/tech/apple-ai-artificial-intelligence/index.html\"></a></h2>\n\n <p>Apple, like every other big player in tech, is scrambling to find ways to inject AI into its products. Why? <em>Well, it\u2019s the</em> <em>future!</em> What problems is it solving? <em>Well, so far that\u2019s not clear!</em> Are customers demanding it? <em>LOL, no.</em> In fact, last year the backlash against one of Apple\u2019s early ads for its AI was so hostile the company had to pull the commercial.</p>\n\n<p>The real reason companies are doing this is because Wall Street wants them to.</p>\n\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>I\u2019m not in the habit of linking to CNN regularly, but this is just <em>so</em> good. Author Allison Morrow, a Senior Writer for CNN Business, has summed up the situation with Apple\u2019s disastrous, botched rollout of \u201cApple Intelligence\u201d as not merely a goof unique to Apple but systemic to the entire <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/generativeai\">#GenerativeAI</a> technology space.</p>\n\n<p>My favorite quote, as she responds to Kevin Roose\u2019 blethering about how Apple should \u201ckeep pushing AI into its products and just get used to the idea that those features may be unpolished and a little too advanced for the average user\u201d, her comeback:</p>\n\n<p>\u201cTo what end?\u201d</p>\n\n<p><strong>Exactly.</strong></p>",
"text": "Apple, like every other big player in tech, is scrambling to find ways to inject AI into its products. Why? Well, it\u2019s the future! What problems is it solving? Well, so far that\u2019s not clear! Are customers demanding it? LOL, no. In fact, last year the backlash against one of Apple\u2019s early ads for its AI was so hostile the company had to pull the commercial.\n\nThe real reason companies are doing this is because Wall Street wants them to.\n\n\n\nI\u2019m not in the habit of linking to CNN regularly, but this is just so good. Author Allison Morrow, a Senior Writer for CNN Business, has summed up the situation with Apple\u2019s disastrous, botched rollout of \u201cApple Intelligence\u201d as not merely a goof unique to Apple but systemic to the entire #GenerativeAI technology space.\n\nMy favorite quote, as she responds to Kevin Roose\u2019 blethering about how Apple should \u201ckeep pushing AI into its products and just get used to the idea that those features may be unpolished and a little too advanced for the average user\u201d, her comeback:\n\n\u201cTo what end?\u201d\n\nExactly."
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"name": "Link: AI Has Failed AI (Don\u2019t Just Blame Apple)",
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"published": "2025-03-29 16:31-0700",
"url": "https://gregorlove.com/2025/03/watched-whats-up-doc/",
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"text": "Watched What\u2019s Up, Doc? for IndieWeb Movie Club. Very funny and a stellar cast. I was surprised to see a young Randy Quaid in there!",
"html": "<p>Watched <i><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_Up,_Doc%3F_(1972_film)\">What\u2019s Up, Doc?</a></i> for IndieWeb Movie Club. Very funny and a stellar cast. I was surprised to see a young Randy Quaid in there!</p>"
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"url": "https://jaredwhite.com/links/20250328/getting-inspired-by-the-grand-canyon",
"published": "2025-03-28T21:43:43-07:00",
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"html": "<blockquote>\n <h2><a href=\"https://youtu.be/YNMZH4nB74Y\"></a></h2>\n\n <p>Sarah Berkowitz: Good morning everyone! I\u2019m in the Grand Canyon and I\u2019m super excited about that because when I was 14 I went on a teen tour and that summer I visited two national parks, Yellowstone and Grand Canyon. Over a decade later I am finally back and I honestly don\u2019t remember this park at all so I\u2019m super excited to check it out today!</p>\n\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>I feel pretty silly that I\u2019m a grown man, in my 40s, living on the west coast of the U.S. of A., and I\u2019ve <em>never</em> been to the Grand Canyon nor have I ever been to Yellowstone! I\u2019ve also lived in Oregon for close to a decade now and I still haven\u2019t been to Crater Lake!</p>\n\n<p>One of the reasons I\u2019m so thrilled to be on my <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/nomadlifestyle\">#NomadLifestyle</a> journey is I can <em>finally</em> start crossing off bucket items like this. \ud83d\ude0d</p>",
"text": "Sarah Berkowitz: Good morning everyone! I\u2019m in the Grand Canyon and I\u2019m super excited about that because when I was 14 I went on a teen tour and that summer I visited two national parks, Yellowstone and Grand Canyon. Over a decade later I am finally back and I honestly don\u2019t remember this park at all so I\u2019m super excited to check it out today!\n\n\n\nI feel pretty silly that I\u2019m a grown man, in my 40s, living on the west coast of the U.S. of A., and I\u2019ve never been to the Grand Canyon nor have I ever been to Yellowstone! I\u2019ve also lived in Oregon for close to a decade now and I still haven\u2019t been to Crater Lake!\n\nOne of the reasons I\u2019m so thrilled to be on my #NomadLifestyle journey is I can finally start crossing off bucket items like this. \ud83d\ude0d"
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