From f8553eb4513a4bf8fcaef39b2a55833ce7e87702 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brendan Chen Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:16:59 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add References header before footnotes --- _posts/2026-01-30-taming-silicon-valley.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/_posts/2026-01-30-taming-silicon-valley.md b/_posts/2026-01-30-taming-silicon-valley.md index 57b348d..1cdc140 100644 --- a/_posts/2026-01-30-taming-silicon-valley.md +++ b/_posts/2026-01-30-taming-silicon-valley.md @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ On manipulating public opinion, AI labs tend to emphasize the powerfulness of mo The book isn't anti-AI, and neither am I. Going a step further, I'm not anti-LLMs, either, and I think they bring immense value to the software engineering space. What this book does is call out what's happening *around* this technology. Going back a decade, the original intent of social media may truly have been to create a global "town square" or to connect friends and family. Money has corrupted that promise and turned the social media premise into a web of targeted advertising and engagement-driven algorithms, laying the foundation for misinformation and other consequences. A repeat is inevitable for AI if the current status quo is maintained. +## References + [^1]: [Example by Colin Fraser on X](https://x.com/colin_fraser/status/1953668411029909892) [^2]: [Sparks of Artificial General Intelligence: Early experiments with GPT-4](https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.12712) [^3]: Turns out he [backtracked his statement](https://www.the-independent.com/tech/chatgpt-ai-agi-sam-altman-openai-b2419449.html) to say he was "just memeing".