Taylor Lorenz

The singularity. Wait, Kat, do you know what that is?

The singularity. Wait, Kat, do you know what that is?

Guys, it is the sort of hypothetical moment in the future when AI surpasses human intelligence. Oh, that is like when the new world order begins. And like, OK, when I had this blog in like 2014 that we were like, oh, that's going to be the greatest moment. That's going to be.

Guys, it is the sort of hypothetical moment in the future when AI surpasses human intelligence. Oh, that is like when the new world order begins. And like, OK, when I had this blog in like 2014 that we were like, oh, that's going to be the greatest moment. That's going to be.

Yeah. I mean, by a lot of people. Again, like this just goes back to like pre 2015, like tech brain. You had like so much boosterism from the tech press because it was the tech press was dominated by gadget bloggers that were like inherently fan boys. You had so much amazing creativity.

Yeah. I mean, by a lot of people. Again, like this just goes back to like pre 2015, like tech brain. You had like so much boosterism from the tech press because it was the tech press was dominated by gadget bloggers that were like inherently fan boys. You had so much amazing creativity.

I mean, this is what I think Lena's book, Never Be Alone Again, gets into so much of like the blogging culture and like how that was affecting media and creativity. And so people were like, yes, yes. I can't wait for like AI and it's going to do all these amazing things. And like, we didn't have any concept of what that would be. Right.

I mean, this is what I think Lena's book, Never Be Alone Again, gets into so much of like the blogging culture and like how that was affecting media and creativity. And so people were like, yes, yes. I can't wait for like AI and it's going to do all these amazing things. And like, we didn't have any concept of what that would be. Right.

It was just like, there was just this like excitement about technology and excitement about the future. And Grimes was one of the first people that I remember, like a celebrity that I would be like, Oh, she's talking about that stuff.

It was just like, there was just this like excitement about technology and excitement about the future. And Grimes was one of the first people that I remember, like a celebrity that I would be like, Oh, she's talking about that stuff.

She thinks it'll bring communism. Didn't she think it would bring communism?

She thinks it'll bring communism. Didn't she think it would bring communism?

Yep. No.

Yep. No.

Oh my God. What the boat looks like is insane.

Oh my God. What the boat looks like is insane.

I just looked at the photo. Sorry. Yeah.

I just looked at the photo. Sorry. Yeah.

This is the most like manic pixie dream shit I've ever heard.

This is the most like manic pixie dream shit I've ever heard.