PERSON DIRECTORY
Jasmine Sun
Jasmine Sun appears in 2 indexed conversations across Hard Fork. This directory brings every appearance, source, TL;DR, digest, and transcript into one searchable feed.
The Ezra Klein Show: The A.I. Revolt Is Here
Data-center opposition has gone national and bipartisan, rising from roughly four-in-ten voters last August to seven-in-ten by May, alongside 100+ moratorium proposals and New York’s freeze.Local officials say subsidies are unnecessary, while Microsoft’s Mount Pleasant site is on track to pay $19.6 million in 2026; Foxconn’s failed jobs promise leaves stranded-asset risk, and moratoriums may relocate compute.
‘A.I.-Washing’ Layoffs? + Why L.L.M.s Can’t Write Well + Tokenmaxxing
Kevin RooseCasey NewtonJasmine Sun
AI-linked layoffs are becoming a market signal, though overhiring and weak stocks complicate causality, with Atlassian cutting 10%, Block roughly 40%, and Meta’s reported cuts still speculative.Block shares rose 17% after its layoffs, while Meta paired possible reductions with $135 billion in planned capital expenditure, signaling a shift from payroll toward compute before productivity is proven.Post-training has made chatbots safer but stylistically generic, while token leaderboards risk turning usage into a costly and manipulable productivity metric.