Morten Bay, Philosophiae Doctor.
@mortenbay.bsky.social
Media and tech scholar. Teaches at USC Annenberg. Writes stuff for normal people too. Stings in a tribute band. Author of six books, with the latest being 'Mediating Plureality: Technology, Perception, and Ethics in a Divided Democracy'.
...or, if you have to use AI to help you write because of a disability, a language barrier, or because your talent lies in numbers and not words, AT LEAST care enough about your work to do your own editing, proofreading and CHECK THAT THE DAMN SOURCES ACTUALLY EXIST.
I am not sorry. This is simply true. Academics should be able to write fluently and express themselves clearly and academics should do their own work. It’s literally our job. It’s what we trained until 22nd grade to do. This is a simple observation that should require no explanation or defense.
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
...or, if you have to use AI to help you write because of a disability, a language barrier, or because your talent lies in numbers and not words, AT LEAST care enough about your work to do your own editing, proofreading and CHECK THAT THE DAMN SOURCES ACTUALLY EXIST.
This feels similar to how the Pruitt-Igoe collapse video symbolized modernism's crumbling from the pressure of postmodernity.
Perhaps it's metamodernity crushing postmodernity?
Or neo-materiality crushing the age of the immateriality trope?
Or just a massive reality check?
Perhaps it's metamodernity crushing postmodernity?
Or neo-materiality crushing the age of the immateriality trope?
Or just a massive reality check?
There's a powerful illustration here regarding "influencers" vs. "experts".
December 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This feels similar to how the Pruitt-Igoe collapse video symbolized modernism's crumbling from the pressure of postmodernity.
Perhaps it's metamodernity crushing postmodernity?
Or neo-materiality crushing the age of the immateriality trope?
Or just a massive reality check?
Perhaps it's metamodernity crushing postmodernity?
Or neo-materiality crushing the age of the immateriality trope?
Or just a massive reality check?
Reposted by Morten Bay, Philosophiae Doctor.
Just want to point out how funny/sad it is that the same people who will refuse to refer to a trans woman as "she" have no problem calling ChatGPT "she."
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Just want to point out how funny/sad it is that the same people who will refuse to refer to a trans woman as "she" have no problem calling ChatGPT "she."
Really? I thought the Diablo Canyon plant had already gone tits-up?
(I am SO sorry! I will see myself out now.)
(I am SO sorry! I will see myself out now.)
Gavin Newsom saved California’s last nuclear plant. But do we really need it?
Diablo Canyon was set to close. Then an unlikely coalition of tech officials, academics and a Brazilian fashion model got to work.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Really? I thought the Diablo Canyon plant had already gone tits-up?
(I am SO sorry! I will see myself out now.)
(I am SO sorry! I will see myself out now.)
This.
So even if people say “you shouldn’t use it to try to care for a baby” it’s silently shifting the window… because many will think “well I’d never use it for anything THAT important but it’s fine that I use it to compose text msgs.” So these outlandish claims help normalize other personal uses.
December 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This.
This is crucial and can be extended to many other domains than healthcare.
This is why I'm becoming increasingly interested in AI epistemology rather than just AI ethics.
This is why I'm becoming increasingly interested in AI epistemology rather than just AI ethics.
So similarly, when we see people who prefer ChatGPT or a similar synthetic text extruding machine as a source of medical information, that means those are people who are under-served in the current system.
December 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is crucial and can be extended to many other domains than healthcare.
This is why I'm becoming increasingly interested in AI epistemology rather than just AI ethics.
This is why I'm becoming increasingly interested in AI epistemology rather than just AI ethics.
And there it is.
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
And there it is.
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
December 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
I'm a big fan of Mike and his work and his views.
But I can't support this in its current form. It's technodeterministic and ignores 40 yrs of STS work on the sociotechnical approach.
Tech can't change until we abandon neoliberalism and improve capitalism. This is political, not technological.
But I can't support this in its current form. It's technodeterministic and ignores 40 yrs of STS work on the sociotechnical approach.
Tech can't change until we abandon neoliberalism and improve capitalism. This is political, not technological.
Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.
resonantcomputing.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I'm a big fan of Mike and his work and his views.
But I can't support this in its current form. It's technodeterministic and ignores 40 yrs of STS work on the sociotechnical approach.
Tech can't change until we abandon neoliberalism and improve capitalism. This is political, not technological.
But I can't support this in its current form. It's technodeterministic and ignores 40 yrs of STS work on the sociotechnical approach.
Tech can't change until we abandon neoliberalism and improve capitalism. This is political, not technological.
I can't shake 'The Age of Disclosure'. 30+ testimonies from people with a lot of credibility to lose, including two former CIA dirs and the SecState, stating that alien aircrafts are endangering global air traffic seems like it should supersede all this other stupid nonsense we are dealing with.
December 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I can't shake 'The Age of Disclosure'. 30+ testimonies from people with a lot of credibility to lose, including two former CIA dirs and the SecState, stating that alien aircrafts are endangering global air traffic seems like it should supersede all this other stupid nonsense we are dealing with.
@sivav.bsky.social nails it:
“There is some cultural authority imbued upon these things, although I think it’s unfortunate and misguided. We all turn to these for the quick answer.”
The machine heuristic is real and HAII is one of the most important fields right now.
“There is some cultural authority imbued upon these things, although I think it’s unfortunate and misguided. We all turn to these for the quick answer.”
The machine heuristic is real and HAII is one of the most important fields right now.
Voters’ minds are hard to change. AI chatbots are surprisingly good at it.
New research suggests AI chatbots can shift people’s political views more effectively than campaign ads on TV.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
@sivav.bsky.social nails it:
“There is some cultural authority imbued upon these things, although I think it’s unfortunate and misguided. We all turn to these for the quick answer.”
The machine heuristic is real and HAII is one of the most important fields right now.
“There is some cultural authority imbued upon these things, although I think it’s unfortunate and misguided. We all turn to these for the quick answer.”
The machine heuristic is real and HAII is one of the most important fields right now.
I call upon the spirit of David Lewis to reemerge and modal realism the sh*t out of Kalshi. Instant crash.
I am taking an aggressive short position on consequentialism.
Together with my pump and dump scheme on ontological naturalism, my philosophy portfolio will earn big gains this year.
Together with my pump and dump scheme on ontological naturalism, my philosophy portfolio will earn big gains this year.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I call upon the spirit of David Lewis to reemerge and modal realism the sh*t out of Kalshi. Instant crash.
People spend money on the stupidest things, so why not this.
But it's not "prediction". Prediction can only happen, as Popper wrote, in systems that are "well-isolated, stationary, and recurrent...and modern society is not one of them".
It's not "Prediction markets". It's "Prophecy gambling."
But it's not "prediction". Prediction can only happen, as Popper wrote, in systems that are "well-isolated, stationary, and recurrent...and modern society is not one of them".
It's not "Prediction markets". It's "Prophecy gambling."
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 5:44 AM
People spend money on the stupidest things, so why not this.
But it's not "prediction". Prediction can only happen, as Popper wrote, in systems that are "well-isolated, stationary, and recurrent...and modern society is not one of them".
It's not "Prediction markets". It's "Prophecy gambling."
But it's not "prediction". Prediction can only happen, as Popper wrote, in systems that are "well-isolated, stationary, and recurrent...and modern society is not one of them".
It's not "Prediction markets". It's "Prophecy gambling."
Rookie. Never drink alcohol from the bottom shelf.
The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: bottles were smashed and alcohol pooled on the floor.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
Raccoon goes on drunken rampage in Virginia liquor store and passes out on bathroom floor
A raccoon broke into a closed Virginia liquor store and drank alcohol from the bottom shelves over the weekend.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Rookie. Never drink alcohol from the bottom shelf.
This is some vile, ableist sh*t. The Atlantic, the writer, and these professors should be ashamed of themselves.
Just because the physical disability is in the brain, where certain centers are smaller than in neurotypical brains, doesn't make it any less physical, you morons.
#adhd
Just because the physical disability is in the brain, where certain centers are smaller than in neurotypical brains, doesn't make it any less physical, you morons.
#adhd
Accommodation Nation
America’s colleges have an extra-time-on-tests problem.
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This is some vile, ableist sh*t. The Atlantic, the writer, and these professors should be ashamed of themselves.
Just because the physical disability is in the brain, where certain centers are smaller than in neurotypical brains, doesn't make it any less physical, you morons.
#adhd
Just because the physical disability is in the brain, where certain centers are smaller than in neurotypical brains, doesn't make it any less physical, you morons.
#adhd
I just watched The Age of Disclosure and I am now convinced that we will wake up one day in my lifetime and find movies like Arrival and Close Encounters quaint and cringe b/c it's no longer a mystery that aliens have been here for decades.
Also forseeing a Watchmen-like scenario sans squid.
Also forseeing a Watchmen-like scenario sans squid.
November 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I just watched The Age of Disclosure and I am now convinced that we will wake up one day in my lifetime and find movies like Arrival and Close Encounters quaint and cringe b/c it's no longer a mystery that aliens have been here for decades.
Also forseeing a Watchmen-like scenario sans squid.
Also forseeing a Watchmen-like scenario sans squid.
I will never forget watching it. Just incredible.
'Surely the most experimental and avant garde episode of American television ever, it's an unprecedented piece of art which only David Lynch could have made, and arguably his crowning achievement.'
#TwinPeaks: The Return episode 8 (2017) The Strange World Of… #DavidLynch
buff.ly/NcszCnM
#TwinPeaks: The Return episode 8 (2017) The Strange World Of… #DavidLynch
buff.ly/NcszCnM
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I will never forget watching it. Just incredible.
Extraordinarily disappointing.
In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Extraordinarily disappointing.
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What if we thought of journalism as community service?
@terryparrisjr.bsky.social is doing exactly that with his project to set up journalism practices in local libraries. This is exactly the experimentation we need to increase civic information and public accountability.
@terryparrisjr.bsky.social is doing exactly that with his project to set up journalism practices in local libraries. This is exactly the experimentation we need to increase civic information and public accountability.
My @jskstanford.bsky.social year at Stanford centers on one question: What grows when you build a community newsroom inside a public library? I've been testing it in Brooklyn neighborhood. It's works.
We can do this in the 16,000+ library buildings in the U.S. Seriously.
medium.com/jsk-class-of...
We can do this in the 16,000+ library buildings in the U.S. Seriously.
medium.com/jsk-class-of...
I Have An Idea To Open 16,000 Newsrooms In The U.S.
What happens when journalism lives inside the public library?
medium.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
What if we thought of journalism as community service?
@terryparrisjr.bsky.social is doing exactly that with his project to set up journalism practices in local libraries. This is exactly the experimentation we need to increase civic information and public accountability.
@terryparrisjr.bsky.social is doing exactly that with his project to set up journalism practices in local libraries. This is exactly the experimentation we need to increase civic information and public accountability.
Reposted by Morten Bay, Philosophiae Doctor.
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
"FINALLY the Trump admin does something right!"
(Holds finger to earpiece)
"No? Oh."
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
(Holds finger to earpiece)
"No? Oh."
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"FINALLY the Trump admin does something right!"
(Holds finger to earpiece)
"No? Oh."
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
(Holds finger to earpiece)
"No? Oh."
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Well, I now know what one of my top 3 favorite bands were doing as I was in the process of being born. This.
Pink Floyd - Journal de Paris (Roland Petit Pink Floyd Ballet News Report)
YouTube video by Pink Floyd
youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Well, I now know what one of my top 3 favorite bands were doing as I was in the process of being born. This.
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Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
Oh look! It's the 1971 debate between a known ephebofile and a man who took money from and befriended a known pedophile.
I'm having so much trouble sticking with the ad hominem separation of thought and character right now.
I'm having so much trouble sticking with the ad hominem separation of thought and character right now.
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Oh look! It's the 1971 debate between a known ephebofile and a man who took money from and befriended a known pedophile.
I'm having so much trouble sticking with the ad hominem separation of thought and character right now.
I'm having so much trouble sticking with the ad hominem separation of thought and character right now.
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Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal
Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal
The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal
The prominent linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky called it a “most valuable experience” to have maintained “regular contact” with Jeffrey Epstein, who by then had long been convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, according to emails released earlier in November this month by US lawmakers.
Such comments from Chomsky, or attributed to him, suggest his association with Epstein – who officials concluded killed himself in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges – went deeper than the occasional political and academic discussions the former had previously claimed to have with the latter. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal