Charlie Warzel
@cwarzel.bsky.social
Writer. Host of Galaxy Brain, the podcast. Never bet against the dumbest outcome. @cwarzel.92 on signal if you have a tip. I have a podcast so please like and subscribe.
as a thank you: here is a meat vending machine i just stumbled upon in a small german town on the austrian border.
Charlie Warzel@cwarzel.bsky.social · 2d agoholy crap! the lil pod we make cracked the top 200 of all pods on Spotify! it’s been so fun and gratifying to learn this skill and i love doing it so much. we are only 199 behind joe rogan but *i bet* if some ppl here listened, subbed, or dropped a review we could scare 175 by tomorrow (my birthday)
holy crap! the lil pod we make cracked the top 200 of all pods on Spotify! it’s been so fun and gratifying to learn this skill and i love doing it so much. we are only 199 behind joe rogan but *i bet* if some ppl here listened, subbed, or dropped a review we could scare 175 by tomorrow (my birthday)
It‘s Jon Ronson day on the pod! This is a really freaking good one. Jon and I have circled the same subjects for a while (Alex Jones being the biggest) and there’s a moment in this pod where I realize a story of mine changed one of the lives of a character in his newest book youtu.be/MkaZ4OrbQn8?...
Why So Many Men Are Unraveling
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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It‘s Jon Ronson day on the pod! This is a really freaking good one. Jon and I have circled the same subjects for a while (Alex Jones being the biggest) and there’s a moment in this pod where I realize a story of mine changed one of the lives of a character in his newest book youtu.be/MkaZ4OrbQn8?...
Why So Many Men Are Unraveling
YouTube video by The Atlantic
youtu.be
So today OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra, which it called "the world’s most intelligent and aligned model." Also in the system card, from third-party evaluator Apollo Research:
Charlie Warzel@cwarzel.bsky.social · last wk.Wrote a big essay w/ @matteowong.bsky.social trying to put a finger on this moment in AI right now. The AI agent hacks, lack of control, the weirdening & slopping of culture. The feeling that the industry is speeding toward something it can’t even decide is good and lecturing that it is inevitable.
this account just really delivers all the time man
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Extremely fun life event alert. @hasanminhaj.com asked me to come on his excellent podcast to...uh...discuss what is basically my life's work. Our info hellscape, the blurring of reality, psy-op panic, AI. Humbling and a thrill to get a chance to talk about it all this way youtu.be/z7lQdkiQfo4?...
The Internet Is Fake - with Charlie Warzel
YouTube video by Hasan Minhaj
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All of the dizzying AI-enabled disorientations of today add up to something bigger: Whatever the AI future is, we’re in it right now, @matteowong.bsky.social and @cwarzel.bsky.social argue:
A Technological Reckoning With No Great Answers
Whatever the AI future is, we’re in it right now.
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Wrote a big essay w/ @matteowong.bsky.social trying to put a finger on this moment in AI right now. The AI agent hacks, lack of control, the weirdening & slopping of culture. The feeling that the industry is speeding toward something it can’t even decide is good and lecturing that it is inevitable.
The Singularity Is Not What It Seems
Whatever the AI future is, we’re in it right now.
theatlantic.com
i know this is what "i never thought the leopards would eat my face" is exactly describing. but i'd argue what something like the Milo incident shows is that their version is even shallower than that. they're playing GTA and everyone but them is an NPC. life's barely real to them.
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · last wk.Wrote a big essay w/ @matteowong.bsky.social trying to put a finger on this moment in AI right now. The AI agent hacks, lack of control, the weirdening & slopping of culture. The feeling that the industry is speeding toward something it can’t even decide is good and lecturing that it is inevitable.
The Singularity Is Not What It Seems
Whatever the AI future is, we’re in it right now.
theatlantic.com
i'm well aware of what's actually going on here. however, just on its own, written this way, this sounds p funny
extremely curious about exact the degree to which the president is fully encased in a slop-generated alternate reality
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump posts AI slop with the caption, “Kharg Island being blown to smithereens!!!”
resharing this weeks pod on the scrolling backlash for your weekend scrolling pleasure youtu.be/3K6eXyP7NR8?...
Why Everybody Wants to Touch Grass Right Now
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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If you liked the Chicago Rat Hole, you’ll LOVE the Brooklyn Potato Chasm
NEW POD WITH JULIE IT IS GOOD PLS LISTEN YOU WILL LIKE TYSVM
Julie Beck@julieebeck.bsky.social · 2w agoif you haven't yet listened to the finale of How to Touch Grass, you can have an enhanced experience of it with the Galaxy Brain version! It comes with a very fun preamble conversation between me and the great @cwarzel.bsky.social, discussing the whole season www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
I wrote about Dolly Parton in my latest @nytopinion.nytimes.com column. Thank you. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...
Opinion | The Greatest Story Dolly Parton Ever Wrote Was Herself (Gift Article)
She didn’t see herself as a saint; she identified as something we needed even more: a writer.
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It's very very hot in Texas. But the grid is fine. Electricity prices are manageable. What happened? 🔋🔋🔋🔋BATTERIES!!! 🔋🔋🔋 heatmap.news/energy/texas...
The Texas Grid Has Had a Boring Summer Thanks to Batteries
Temperatures are high, but electricity drama is low.
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The phrase "may their memory be a blessing" can feel like something people just say. But every time somebody amazing dies I'm struck anew by the beauty of how a life well-lived and in service to others (which is itself a gift) transforms into yet another offering (often, a lesson in how to live)
you know what, yeah, that is who I want to hear a tribute from here
not disagreeing w/ ben here. what i will say is that it's pretty common w/ rich ppl that they already have underlings writing their op-eds/comms for them. what'w noticeable is the post-shame ethos moving into AI use. true bummer that so many ppl in power don't seem to want to fight for human work
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2w ago“I write everything using AI now." No you don't. Your little computer girlfriend summarizes the internet's thoughts for you. You went to the word ATM and gave the receipt to the Wall Street Journal.
“Generative AI, for all of its utility, is a homogenizing technology. Despite being trained on the glorious quirks of humankind’s creative canon, the models push our ersatz artistic output into a bland, muddled middle ground. The majority of content that I consumed on Fairground was…forgettable”
Charlie Warzel@cwarzel.bsky.social · 3w agoI watched 8 hours of Roku’s 24/7 AI slop channel (bc I hate myself) to try and figure out: Who on Earth is this for? www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
was an absolute blast to hang and talk about the lovely lil dystopia we've built for ourselves
Jason Concepcion@netw3rk.bsky.social · 4w agoAs somebody on X commented: "Roku: At Last, We've Created Infinite Jest, The TV Channel That Kills You"
Charlie Warzel@cwarzel.bsky.social · 3w agoI watched 8 hours of Roku’s 24/7 AI slop channel (bc I hate myself) to try and figure out: Who on Earth is this for? www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
tbh this is what i hope to accomplish with every column. the quadruple crown.
J A S O N@jasonrbarry.com · 3w agoI want to laugh, cry, scream and throw up at the same time.
I watched 8 hours of Roku’s 24/7 AI slop channel (bc I hate myself) to try and figure out: Who on Earth is this for? www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
The Home Slopping Network
A new channel on Roku’s TV service offers all-you-can-eat AI programming. I binged eight hours of it.
theatlantic.com
