"Here's Sydney"

<p><a href="https://thatwastheweek.substack.com/p/heres-sydney" target="_blank">That Was The Week 2023, #5</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Contents</p> <h4><a href="https://thatwastheweek.substack.com/i/103400066/editorial-heres-sydney" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Editorial: “Here’s Sydney</a>”</h4> <h4><a href="https://thatwastheweek.substack.com/i/103400066/essays-of-the-week" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Essays of the Week</a></h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://odsc.medium.com/the-ascent-of-chatgpt-8dec47a26a2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Ascent of ChatGPT</a> - Open Data Science</li> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-transcript.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Bing’s A.I. Chat: ‘I Want to Be Alive. 😈’</a> - Kevin Roose (NYT)</li> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-microsoft-chatgpt.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">A Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled</a> - Kevin Roose (NYT)</li> <li><a href="https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/inside-the-heart-of-chatgpts-darkness" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Inside the Heart of ChatGPT’s Darkness</a> - Gary Marcus</li> <li><a href="https://stratechery.com/2023/from-bing-to-sydney-search-as-distraction-sentient-ai/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">From Bing to Sydney</a> - Ben Thompson, Stratechery</li> <li><a href="https://news.crunchbase.com/ai-robotics/artificial-intelligence-web3-unicorn-venture-ftx-microsoft/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">We’ve Seen This Before: Investors Take To The Next Shiny Toy — AI</a> - Chris Metinko</li> <li><a href="https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-explains-bings-bizarre-ai-chat-behavior-134931486.html?src=rss" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft explains Bing's bizarre AI chat behavior</a> - Steve Dent</li> <li><a href="http://scripting.com/20