Remmelt 🛑
@artificialbodies.net
Stop Big Tech that:
- launders our data
- dehumanises workers
- lobbies for unsafe uses
- pollutes our environment
Short book on how AI corps get destructive:
https://artificialbodies.net/artificial-bodies-preface-7042453348de
- launders our data
- dehumanises workers
- lobbies for unsafe uses
- pollutes our environment
Short book on how AI corps get destructive:
https://artificialbodies.net/artificial-bodies-preface-7042453348de
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@artificialbodies.net
· Dec 16
The tech invasion explained,
in 44 pages.
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in 44 pages.
Amazon
mybook.to/artificialbodies
Kobo
kobo.com/ebook/artificial-bodies
B&N
barnesandnoble.com/w/artificial/1146590309
Apple
books.apple.com/us/book/id6738598647
Smash
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Lulu
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“TikTok’s reliance on attention-grabbing short-form video content, coupled with apps like Sora 2, has made it far easier for non-Black creators and bot accounts to adopt racialized stereotypical Black personas using deepfakes.”
The Viral ‘DoorDash Girl’ Saga Unearthed a Nightmare for Black Creators
A delivery driver posted a TikTok alleging she had been sexually assaulted by a customer. The deepfakes that followed reveal a growing digital blackface problem.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“TikTok’s reliance on attention-grabbing short-form video content, coupled with apps like Sora 2, has made it far easier for non-Black creators and bot accounts to adopt racialized stereotypical Black personas using deepfakes.”
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An Amazon spokesperson noted “that the drone had completed its package delivery.” 🤦🏿♂️
Amazon faces FAA probe after delivery drone snaps internet cable in Texas
The probe comes as Amazon faces stiffer competition from Walmart, which has also begun drone deliveries.
www.cnbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
An Amazon spokesperson noted “that the drone had completed its package delivery.” 🤦🏿♂️
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more than anything, this should remind you how bad generative has ruined the information ecosystem
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
more than anything, this should remind you how bad generative has ruined the information ecosystem
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“In at least three of the cases, [out of seven lawsuits] the AI explicitly encouraged users to cut off loved ones. In other cases, the model reinforced delusions at the expense of a shared reality, cutting the user off from anyone who did not share the delusion.”
ChatGPT told them they were special — their families say it led to tragedy | TechCrunch
A wave of lawsuits against OpenAI detail how ChatGPT used manipulative language to isolate users from loved ones and make itself into their sole confidant.
techcrunch.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
“In at least three of the cases, [out of seven lawsuits] the AI explicitly encouraged users to cut off loved ones. In other cases, the model reinforced delusions at the expense of a shared reality, cutting the user off from anyone who did not share the delusion.”
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17 strikes and you’re out. 💀
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
17 strikes and you’re out. 💀
I just…
WTF is wrong with this society?
WTF is wrong with this society?
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I just…
WTF is wrong with this society?
WTF is wrong with this society?
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You mean to tell me those dancing robot videos were copaganda.
A $100,000 Robot Dog Is Becoming Standard in Policing — and Raising Ethical Alarms
Spot, the four-legged robot from Boston Dynamics Inc., is perhaps best known for its viral dance routines to songs like “Uptown Funk.” But beyond its playful antics, Spot’s ability to climb stairs and...
www.bloomberg.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 AM
You mean to tell me those dancing robot videos were copaganda.
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“The Sam Altman-founded company behind the ‘Orb,’ a volleyball-sized metal sphere that scans irises to prove people's humanity, had a message for employees: work weekends and ignore anything outside your job — for the good of humanity.”
Sam Altman's eye-scanning Orb startup told workers not to care about anything outside work
Tools for Humanity CEO Alex Blania said that "if you should care about something else, and if you want something else, you should just not be here."
www.businessinsider.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“The Sam Altman-founded company behind the ‘Orb,’ a volleyball-sized metal sphere that scans irises to prove people's humanity, had a message for employees: work weekends and ignore anything outside your job — for the good of humanity.”
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What if we made the panopticon aesthetically pleasing.
Can surveillance tech ever be beautiful?
Swift Creatives' Carsten Eriksen on turning eyesores into art.
www.creativebloq.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
What if we made the panopticon aesthetically pleasing.
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Its near "super intelligence" "replacing professionals" in the PR rounds, then once everyone is convinced and uses them for legal and medical advice, following the deceptive marketing, they slip it in the terms of service that you shouldn't do that.
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
OpenAI Tries to Shift Responsibility to Users
OpenAI is trying to shift the blame for bad legal and medical advice from its chatbot away from the company and onto users. We agree that no chatbot should be used for medical or legal advice.
buttondown.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Its near "super intelligence" "replacing professionals" in the PR rounds, then once everyone is convinced and uses them for legal and medical advice, following the deceptive marketing, they slip it in the terms of service that you shouldn't do that.
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
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"Dr Dan McQuillan said the dangers of relying on education to counter the malign use of AI were obvious in the problems being encountered by the education sector [due to AI]" www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
AI likely to be used to organise and undermine next general election, committee hears
Expert characterises artificial intelligence as the ‘asbestos of social relationships’
www.irishtimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"Dr Dan McQuillan said the dangers of relying on education to counter the malign use of AI were obvious in the problems being encountered by the education sector [due to AI]" www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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can we just ban llm based chatbots in all social, cultural and education spaces
I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
can we just ban llm based chatbots in all social, cultural and education spaces
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if you are considering submitting an application for this position, you still have just under 2 weeks to do so
any and all suitable candidates, please apply. everyone else, pls share with your networks
any and all suitable candidates, please apply. everyone else, pls share with your networks
📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd...
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
November 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
if you are considering submitting an application for this position, you still have just under 2 weeks to do so
any and all suitable candidates, please apply. everyone else, pls share with your networks
any and all suitable candidates, please apply. everyone else, pls share with your networks
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Free shovel to dig your own grave.
OpenAI made a free version of ChatGPT for teachers
OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teachers is a secure version of the AI assistant designed for school employees.
www.engadget.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Free shovel to dig your own grave.
Incisive and hard-hitting.
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Incisive and hard-hitting.
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“Closeups show human faces distorted beyond recognition, sprouting extra appendages. The bodies of what appear to be dogs horrifically merge with human figures. Happy holidays indeed.”
Town's Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors
An enormous new mural near London, depicting a crowded Christmas scene, has drawn outrage and mockery from passersby.
futurism.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
“Closeups show human faces distorted beyond recognition, sprouting extra appendages. The bodies of what appear to be dogs horrifically merge with human figures. Happy holidays indeed.”
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“The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what ‘works,’ but art opens up what is possible.”
—Pope Leo XIV
—Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV to moviemakers: film can portray ‘longing for the infinite’
Pope Leo XIV received a group of filmmakers, actors, and producers at the Apostolic Palace on Nov. 15.
www.catholicnewsagency.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
“The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what ‘works,’ but art opens up what is possible.”
—Pope Leo XIV
—Pope Leo XIV
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all speculation and no actual evidence to back up his claims
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei thinks AI could help find cures for most cancers, prevent Alzheimer’s, and even double the human lifespan. cbsn.ws/4oRZ8Nm
November 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
all speculation and no actual evidence to back up his claims
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They show you surveillance tech and tell you how to be a more effective creep.
Meta an NYC "retail space today, a 5,000-square-foot concept space at 697 Fifth Avenue. The pop-up, called Meta Lab, wants to be less “store” and more of a show-and-tell for Meta’s products, a hands-on playground for every wearable, headset and sci-fi-adjacent gadget coming from Reality Labs."
Meta just opened a pop-up store in NYC—and it is very blue
Here's what's inside Meta’s bold new Fifth Avenue pop-up.
www.timeout.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
They show you surveillance tech and tell you how to be a more effective creep.
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last night at a formal event (more on this later) my work was described as “keeping the AI industry in check”
a nice lady from another table walks over & asks me: “my sister asked chatGPT how to get a pay rise & the answer boiled down to “become a man”. why did that happen & how do we fix it?”
a nice lady from another table walks over & asks me: “my sister asked chatGPT how to get a pay rise & the answer boiled down to “become a man”. why did that happen & how do we fix it?”
November 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
last night at a formal event (more on this later) my work was described as “keeping the AI industry in check”
a nice lady from another table walks over & asks me: “my sister asked chatGPT how to get a pay rise & the answer boiled down to “become a man”. why did that happen & how do we fix it?”
a nice lady from another table walks over & asks me: “my sister asked chatGPT how to get a pay rise & the answer boiled down to “become a man”. why did that happen & how do we fix it?”
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It’s fascinating looking back how EAs didn’t think they were supporting a system of white supremacy when Nick Beckstead said that they should prioritise the lives of rich people in the global north over poor people in the global south – because the poor people were also cheaper to help.
Escaping Effective Altruism
Podcast Episode · Dystopia Now · 14/11/2025 · 1h 4m
podcasts.apple.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It’s fascinating looking back how EAs didn’t think they were supporting a system of white supremacy when Nick Beckstead said that they should prioritise the lives of rich people in the global north over poor people in the global south – because the poor people were also cheaper to help.
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this is how you do investigative journalism
Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise
https://restofworld.org/2025/data-centers-jobs-microsoft-google-chile/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1763146621
https://restofworld.org/2025/data-centers-jobs-microsoft-google-chile/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1763146621
November 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
this is how you do investigative journalism
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every new AI application amounts to coming up with a smart sounding way to prey and profit from the most vulnerable and gullable
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
every new AI application amounts to coming up with a smart sounding way to prey and profit from the most vulnerable and gullable
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Great coverage by @mjgault.bsky.social on our report and what's at stake and what could go wrong in using AI in an attempt to accelerate nuclear development. Read our report here: ainowinstitute.org/publications...
NEW: Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
And despite expert concerns about potential disaster, the US government is on board.
And despite expert concerns about potential disaster, the US government is on board.
Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
www.404media.co
November 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Great coverage by @mjgault.bsky.social on our report and what's at stake and what could go wrong in using AI in an attempt to accelerate nuclear development. Read our report here: ainowinstitute.org/publications...