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“The scene was impressive, except in one way: This man absolutely sucked at gambling. I’d been with Vegas Matt—the YouTube tycoon whose millions of followers salivate over his every bet—for only a few hours. He’d already lost close to $30,000. His four-figure slot machine deposits had gone bust, an unyielding blackjack jet had hoovered up his teetering stacks of chips, and his rare victories had been reinvested into more audacious, ill-fated propositions. There was no way he’d end the night with dignity, yet here he was, perched at the baccarat table, trying to get even.” Slate: The Biggest Loser. “He built an empire of men addicted to watching him lose enormous sums of money.” (Oh man, these viewers would have friggin loved watching my stock portfolio this month!)

+ A babysitter in Kansas who was asked by a child to check for monsters under their bed was stunned to discover a man hiding there.

+ Of using AI in artful creation, Miyazaki once said, “If you really want to make creepy stuff, you can go ahead and do it, but I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.” So he’s probably not to psyched that ChatGPT is turning everything into Studio Ghibli art.