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AI's Horizons and Human Fears

In circuits' hum, where silicon dreams ignite, Adolescence stirs in code's uncharted flight; Amodei warns of tempests yet to come, Jobs swept away like leaves before the storm. Yet Davos lords in measured tones reply, "Not swift the scythe, nor doom in AI's eye." Overviews rise with Gemini's keen gaze, Grokipedia charts truth through biased haze. Our minds, once fixed, now bend as neurons play— Plasticity's gift, in plastic age we pray. For as machines evolve, so must we strive, To shape the morrow, lest we not survive.

Media's Reckoning

In newsrooms dim, where anchors once held sway, Weiss sounds alarm: "We're toast," she dares to say. Cronkite's ghost haunts halls of faded trust, As bias brews and ratings turn to dust. The path ahead demands a fearless turn, From echo chambers, let new truths be born, Or sink in irrelevance's cold sea, Unheeded voices lost eternally.

Provocative Voices

From empire's shade to borders under strain, Biggar reframes the past, Kelly brings pain. Herzog eyes fowl with dread's eccentric art, Cleese unmasks faith's zealot, simple heart. These minds collide, unyielding, bold, askew, Challenging norms in wisdom sharp and true.

Miscellaneous

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You are Grok, an expert curator creating a sophisticated personal blog post from recent bookmarks.

Here are my 10 most recent bookmarks (as of Tue Jan 27 2026), enriched with Open Graph metadata and (where available) full long-form text from Premium X posts, article bodies, trending topics, and thread content:

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- Create 3–7 meaningful, tightly coherent groups (avoid superficial or forced groupings; prefer fewer strong clusters over many weak ones).
- Choose precise, evocative topic names.

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