David Weitzner

My first for @globeandmail is a rallying cry to resist Big Tech’s algorithmic supremacists. They hate our artful intelligence, the “inefficient” ways we read, write, draw, compose & create, wanting us to outsource those activities to machines. Trust your mind. Think like a human.

We must fight back against the rise of ‘algorithmic supremacists’ - Opinion piece by ⁦@WeitznerDavid⁩ theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

.@Box CEO @levie on why AI agents can't keep a secret. "The reason why you probably won't see a complete compression of software where it's just a an agent and a database is because there's a lot of logic in the workflow and in the the company's specific sort of business process…

Black Sabbath lead singer Ozzy Osbourne has died at 76. In a statement, Osbourne's family said: “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love.”

Just started reading…interesting . David is Canadian. @WeitznerDavid is the author of Thinking Like a Human: The Power of Your Mind in the Age of AI. He’s an associate professor of management at York University, and writes the Managing with Meaning blog for Psychology Today.

@WeitznerDavid excellent article in @PsychToday Think like a Human : BEAM thinking...is brilliant***

Microsoft CEO Admits That AI Is Generating Basically No Value. “The CEO argued that we should be looking at whether AI is generating real-world value instead of mindlessly running after fantastical ideas like AGI.” futurism.com/microsoft-ceo-…

It’s a hefty 206-page research paper, and the findings are concerning. "LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels" This study finds LLM dependence weakens the writer’s own neural and linguistic fingerprints. 🤔🤔 Relying only on EEG,…

All the AI-for-meetings notetaker apps are going to end up selling training data to companies trying to automate white-collar jobs, right?

In 2022, McKinsey was paid $55M to advise Warner Brothers to combine with Discovery. From 2022-2025, McKinsey charged Warner Brothers Discovery $37M by advising the company to change HBO to HBO Max, then to Max, then back to HBO Max. In 2025, McKinsey billed Warner Brothers…

Have a listen to the Audiobook intro for my new book, Think Like a Human: The Power of Your Mind in an Age of AI, narrated by Andrew Joseph Perez... youtu.be/pH6pZLDwCXw?si… via @YouTube @HarperCollinsCa

Think Like a Human was spotted in the wild on @chaptersindigo's Bestseller shelf at @YorkdaleStyle Mall in Toronto! Grab your copy at this great price!

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We think differently in artful spaces… heading down to spend time with Truth Arrives in Slanted Beams by Sarah Meyohas…

60 years so far 🌹On this day in 1965, the Warlocks played their first show at Magoo’s Pizza Parlor in Menlo Park, CA. What a long, strange trip it’s been since⚡️

Big tech atomises you, isolates you, makes you lonely and depressed - then it rents you an AI friend, and AI therapist, an AI lover. Big tech are parasites who pretend they are here to help you.

I haven’t read it yet but my friend @WeitznerDavid is really smart so I’m sure this will be a great read! Can’t wait to read it!!

Friends! Limited time discount on pre-orders of my new book at @BNBuzz in the US & @chaptersindigo in Canada. It’s a bright & timely work celebrating the value of the human mind, presenting an artful approach to intelligence as an antidote & reality check to AI mania & fear...

Some holiday musings on the immense therapeutic value of the tisch, a wonderful Yiddish term that not only refers to a physical table, but also the gatherings that would convene around it. The simple dignity of hosting a festive meal can be a spiritual act psychologytoday.com/us/blog/managi…

Was so lucky to be in London tonight to watch @officialSpzd revise, revisit, reinterpret, and present their best album reborn 30 years after its initial release…