Parmy Olson

RT @venturetwins: Anthropic employees

RT @joehas: Europe’s real AI problem is money — and the solution, at its most basic level, is more of it, @parmy says

RT @opinion: Did Apple just score a win on encryption in the UK? Not so fast, @parmy writes

RT @NiohBerg: Imagine taking a time machine back to 2001 and telling these guys that the Apprentice host will be the one to bomb Iran

RT @kevinroose: The Meta vision of AI — hologram Reelslop and AI friends keeping you company while you eat breakfast alone — is so bleak I almost can’t believe they’re saying it out loud.

"Maybe in the future, my AI girlfriend is on the other side of the screen or something." Mark Zuckerberg responds to Dwarkesh's fears of getting reward-hacked by AR.

RT @business: The AI model that shocked Silicon Valley by doing more with less might be doing too little on safety, @parmy writes via @opinion

RT @GaryMarcus: Google, 2001: Don’t Be Evil Google, 2025: Fuck It

Google removed the pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance from its AI principles

More great reader feedback. You can order a copy here if you’re in the UK: Or if you’re US-based:

Really enjoying @Parmy Olson's superb book on the story (and it's quite the story, with twists and turns aplenty) of how we got to where we are with #AI. Brilliantly written with a real knack for making complex science & history readable. @OpenAI @GoogleDeepMind

RT @jonspenn: Just finished reading Supremacy: ChatGPT and the Race to Change the World. 🌍🤖 @parmy It’s a fascinating dive into how AI is reshaping our future - highly recommended for anyone curious about tech and its impact on society. 📚

Good question

Years ago, when @parmy was at WSJ and I was at Meta, she asked a product manager from the content integrity team if he thought the company was doing enough on harmful content. He replied that he was so sure of it, that he'd allow his teenage daughter to use the platform. I wonder if he'd say the same after yesterday's announcement.

RT @economics: Here are six books recommended by @DaveLeeBBG, @parmy and @cathythorbecke to help you make sense of technology in 2025 (via @opinion)

RT @zemotion: Imo AGI is not what’s concerning. It’s the nonstop increase in capabilities that’s alarming. How is alignment possible when you look at what’s happening in the world today? The world can’t even align itself on issues. You think companies can? Whose values will it prioritize?

RT @gregisenberg: Just had a fascinating lunch with a 22-year-old Stanford grad. Smart kid. Perfect resume. Something felt off though. He kept pausing mid-sentence, searching for words. Not complex words - basic ones. Like his brain was buffering. Finally asked if he was okay. His response floored me. "Sometimes I forget words now. I'm so used to having ChatGPT complete my thoughts that when it's not there, my brain feels... slower." He'd been using AI for everything. Writing, thinking, communication. It had become his external brain. And now his internal one was getting weaker. Made me think about calculators. Remember how teachers said we needed to learn math because "you won't always have a calculator"? They were wrong about that. But maybe they were right about something deeper. We're running the first large-scale experiment on human cognition. What happens when an entire generation outsources their thinking? Don’t get me wrong, I’m beyond excited about what AI and AI agents will do for people in the same way that I was excited in 2009 when the App Store was launched. But thinking out loud you got to think this guy I met with isn't the onnnnnly one that's going to be completely dependent on AI.

Crazy times. My book SUPREMACY, on the consolidation of power in A.I., just won the FT and Schroders Business Book of 2024. 😳 Huge thanks to the organizers!

Parmy Olson wins FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year

RT @opinion: ChatGPT was supposed to benefit all of humanity. Instead, it's added $8 trillion to Big Tech’s value in two years. @parmy explains how the AI boom could reach the rest of us 🎥

RT @opinion: How is Big Tech handling Trump’s return to power with Elon Musk by his side? They’ve got an AI revolution to think about, after all. 🎥Tune in as @parmy and @DaveLeeBBG join @TimOBrien to discuss LIVE @ 8:30 am ET

Two years in, ChatGPT's real benefit to humanity is still unclear, but it's been an absolute bonanza for Big Tech. GenAI hype has added $8 TRILLION to their market capitalizations since its launch. (Link in next tweet)

Questions for anyone in the UK with kids under 13 who use TikTok: Have they been booted off the platform? How are they reacting? TikTok is apparently removing under-13's from the app to comply with the UK's Online Safety Act and I'd love to hear how that's working out for kids and parents.

RT @business: Two years in, generative AI’s value to the world is still unclear. But it’s been a bonanza for the world’s largest tech firms. @parmy explains in 8 charts via @opinion