AI Dystopia
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CZM Rewind: The Academics That Think ChatGPT Is BS
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 13/08/2025 · 57m
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Sure AI is useful for a lot of stuff, but it’s massively overcapitalised and outrageously overhyped. I love technology, but AI has catastrophic environmental and social impacts. And I agree with these guys, AI is a bullshit machine podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/b...
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I'm really glad to see mainstream news attention to the problem of chatbots using "I/me" pronouns (there is no "I" there), but also frustrated to see Askell's flat out lie just platformed here.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/t...
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December 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I'm really glad to see mainstream news attention to the problem of chatbots using "I/me" pronouns (there is no "I" there), but also frustrated to see Askell's flat out lie just platformed here.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/t...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/t...
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Really, who gives a damn about robots dancing?
Dancing is a human thing. It’s only impressive as a display of human agility, expression and joie de vivre. Machines doing it is meaningless
Dancing is a human thing. It’s only impressive as a display of human agility, expression and joie de vivre. Machines doing it is meaningless
December 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Really, who gives a damn about robots dancing?
Dancing is a human thing. It’s only impressive as a display of human agility, expression and joie de vivre. Machines doing it is meaningless
Dancing is a human thing. It’s only impressive as a display of human agility, expression and joie de vivre. Machines doing it is meaningless
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while i am not an academic i did see this coming and post about it on bluesky, which is why i am quoted in this article
December 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
while i am not an academic i did see this coming and post about it on bluesky, which is why i am quoted in this article
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We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
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"The gaffe occurred because an artificial-intelligence-powered surveillance system used by Lawton Chiles Middle School mistakenly flagged the clarinet as a weapon, according to ZeroEyes, the security company that runs the system and contracts with Lawton Chiles’s school district."
A school locked down after AI flagged a gun. It was a clarinet.
A growing number of schools across the country use AI-powered surveillance to detect guns and contraband, all in the name of making schools safer.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"The gaffe occurred because an artificial-intelligence-powered surveillance system used by Lawton Chiles Middle School mistakenly flagged the clarinet as a weapon, according to ZeroEyes, the security company that runs the system and contracts with Lawton Chiles’s school district."
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Cannot stress the point enough that usage of Twitter and its products (like Grok) is effectively allowing your brain, your network and your community to be manipulated in real-time, bending to the will and world views of the platform's master.
There is only one solution: stop using it.
There is only one solution: stop using it.
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Cannot stress the point enough that usage of Twitter and its products (like Grok) is effectively allowing your brain, your network and your community to be manipulated in real-time, bending to the will and world views of the platform's master.
There is only one solution: stop using it.
There is only one solution: stop using it.
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Gen AI tools are not good sources for information during rapidly unfolding, novel events. Words associations aren't helpful for discovering ground truth. These tools are more likely to echo and contribute to the inherent uncertainty and ambiguity of crisis events.
Elon Musk's AI robot is spewing misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting
Grok Is Glitching And Spewing Misinformation About The Bondi Beach Shooting
Among other problems, the chatbot is spewing misinformation about the horrific Bondi Beach shooting in Australia.
gizmodo.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Gen AI tools are not good sources for information during rapidly unfolding, novel events. Words associations aren't helpful for discovering ground truth. These tools are more likely to echo and contribute to the inherent uncertainty and ambiguity of crisis events.
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I get where this is coming from, but I've also been testing out a pair of display glasses (basically create a giant monitor in the glasses) that *don't record* but do have little cameras on the side in order to pin the monitor to a specific spot. I worry if I used them in public I'd get yelled at
December 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I get where this is coming from, but I've also been testing out a pair of display glasses (basically create a giant monitor in the glasses) that *don't record* but do have little cameras on the side in order to pin the monitor to a specific spot. I worry if I used them in public I'd get yelled at
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According to an Amazon spokesperson, “To ensure a consistent reading experience, the feature is always on, and there is no option for authors or publishers to opt titles out.”
Kindle’s New AI Feature Can Answer Questions About Your Books (Whether Authors Want It or Not)
The Kindle app's new feature will provide AI-generated tips to explain your book's plot or how the characters relate to one another, though it's currently only available on the iOS version.
www.pcmag.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
According to an Amazon spokesperson, “To ensure a consistent reading experience, the feature is always on, and there is no option for authors or publishers to opt titles out.”
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Tech fascists believe they are going to merge with AI, live forever and colonize the universe as a species of self-replicating machines that eat the energy of the stars.
We can think big, too. Anything is possible. Don't let billionaires monopolize the power of radical imagination.
We can think big, too. Anything is possible. Don't let billionaires monopolize the power of radical imagination.
Here's an idea: Any Democrat who wants to be taken seriously as a presidential candidate in 2028 must pledge to rip this cabal of anti-democracy tech fascists out of our government.
Anyone who won't make that pledge is for the billionaires, not the people. This must be a deal-breaking litmus test.
Anyone who won't make that pledge is for the billionaires, not the people. This must be a deal-breaking litmus test.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
December 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Tech fascists believe they are going to merge with AI, live forever and colonize the universe as a species of self-replicating machines that eat the energy of the stars.
We can think big, too. Anything is possible. Don't let billionaires monopolize the power of radical imagination.
We can think big, too. Anything is possible. Don't let billionaires monopolize the power of radical imagination.
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How about patrons skip the AI and ask me for help from the jump? What about that options.
Librarians are cheaper and use less water than a data center.
Librarians are cheaper and use less water than a data center.
“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”
AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives
www.scientificamerican.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
How about patrons skip the AI and ask me for help from the jump? What about that options.
Librarians are cheaper and use less water than a data center.
Librarians are cheaper and use less water than a data center.
Their promise to make us nostalgic for personal privacy - for the right to exist without being under constant surveillance
AI glasses, pendants, bracelets. They may be bad now, but their promise is huge.
Joanna Stern tested many smart wearables this year so you don’t waste your money. Here’s where they have let her down—and where she’s hoping for big improvements soon. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4pzsm3H
Joanna Stern tested many smart wearables this year so you don’t waste your money. Here’s where they have let her down—and where she’s hoping for big improvements soon. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4pzsm3H
December 14, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Their promise to make us nostalgic for personal privacy - for the right to exist without being under constant surveillance
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I'd love a browser/general software extension that adds a "No, fuck off!" button to any pop-up suggesting "AI" "help" with something --- and the option to send exactly those words to the company producing the software.
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I'd love a browser/general software extension that adds a "No, fuck off!" button to any pop-up suggesting "AI" "help" with something --- and the option to send exactly those words to the company producing the software.
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at this point AI is the equivalent of your friend eating something disgusting and asking 800 times if you wanna try it
December 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
at this point AI is the equivalent of your friend eating something disgusting and asking 800 times if you wanna try it
Not a chance
Opera Wants $20 a Month for Its New AI Browser. You Probably Shouldn't Pay It.
Opera Wants $20 a Month for Its New AI Browser. You Probably Shouldn't Pay It.
It is just way too early to hand over the keys to the kingdom.
gizmodo.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Not a chance
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Lol it really is just 2008 over again, but with copyright theft and delusions as business model
"As AI fever has propelled global stocks to record highs, the data centres needed to power the technology are increasingly being financed with debt, adding to concerns about the risks."
Five debt hotspots in the AI data centre boom
As AI fever has propelled global stocks to record highs, the data centres needed to power the technology are increasingly being financed with debt, adding to concerns about the risks.
www.reuters.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Lol it really is just 2008 over again, but with copyright theft and delusions as business model
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Y'all wanna warn your friends before you get on the "AI companion" bandwagon and warn your friends, help them get informed.
Now imagine sharing your private fantasies with what you believe is a bot that cannot judge or remember. Just that, on the other side, is a man in a one-room home in Nairobi, pretending to be an AI companion.
That man is Michael, and this is his story: data-workers.org/michael/
That man is Michael, and this is his story: data-workers.org/michael/
The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy, by Michael Geoffrey Asia.
Imagine confiding your most private fantasies to what you believe is an unfeeling algorithm that cannot judge or remember. Now imagine that on the other side of that conversation is a man sitting in a...
data-workers.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Y'all wanna warn your friends before you get on the "AI companion" bandwagon and warn your friends, help them get informed.
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It's truly wild to me that this just keeps happening. Coca-Cola runs an AI ad and people overwhelmingly react with disgust. They do it again, and people are disgusted again. Now McDonald's makes an AI ad that's so bad that so many people are furious about it they pull it down.
People hate AI slop!
People hate AI slop!
McDonald's Pulls Down AI-Generated Holiday Ad After Deluge of Mockery
McDonald's Netherlands is catching flak for a stupefying AI-generated video, which was roundly condemned on social media.
futurism.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It's truly wild to me that this just keeps happening. Coca-Cola runs an AI ad and people overwhelmingly react with disgust. They do it again, and people are disgusted again. Now McDonald's makes an AI ad that's so bad that so many people are furious about it they pull it down.
People hate AI slop!
People hate AI slop!
Just naff off with this already 😾
Meta Platforms is planning cuts to the metaverse—an arena Mark Zuckerberg once called the future of the company—and will shift spending to AI wearables.
Meta Plans to Shift Spending Away From the Metaverse
Zuckerberg’s bet on immersive online worlds has lost the company more than $77 billion since 2020.
on.wsj.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Just naff off with this already 😾
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mark zuckerberg has set $60 BILLION ablaze since 2020 to produce nothing but derivative cack
but because his unmanageably massive boomer sneaker advertising empire generates so much wealth, the press helps him maintain the delusion his company is remotely innovative or interesting
but because his unmanageably massive boomer sneaker advertising empire generates so much wealth, the press helps him maintain the delusion his company is remotely innovative or interesting
Meta to cut up to 30% of metaverse budget, Bloomberg News reports reut.rs/48kJ1lB
Meta to cut up to 30% of metaverse budget, Bloomberg News reports
Meta is expected to make budget cuts of up to 30% for its metaverse initiative, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the discussions.
reut.rs
December 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
mark zuckerberg has set $60 BILLION ablaze since 2020 to produce nothing but derivative cack
but because his unmanageably massive boomer sneaker advertising empire generates so much wealth, the press helps him maintain the delusion his company is remotely innovative or interesting
but because his unmanageably massive boomer sneaker advertising empire generates so much wealth, the press helps him maintain the delusion his company is remotely innovative or interesting
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Some rare good news: Journalists at the PEN Guild won their arbitration case against Politico, which deployed two separate faulty AI products (a "report builder" and a headline and summary generator on the homepage) without their knowledge or input.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
Journalists win a key battle over AI in the newsroom
PLUS: Artists fight for an AI transparency law in the belly of the beast, a Spotify mass deletion event, and an interview with a top video games journalist about AI and labor.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Some rare good news: Journalists at the PEN Guild won their arbitration case against Politico, which deployed two separate faulty AI products (a "report builder" and a headline and summary generator on the homepage) without their knowledge or input.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
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Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI
Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.
www.nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
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New: AI chatbots can change voters' minds, according to a pair of in-depth studies published just now in Science and Nature.
How they do it is interesting — and concerning. Gift link: wapo.st/49RSstP
How they do it is interesting — and concerning. Gift link: wapo.st/49RSstP
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.
wapo.st
December 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
New: AI chatbots can change voters' minds, according to a pair of in-depth studies published just now in Science and Nature.
How they do it is interesting — and concerning. Gift link: wapo.st/49RSstP
How they do it is interesting — and concerning. Gift link: wapo.st/49RSstP
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Fascinating. And more evidence that reining in AI has become a populist political issue both the right and left are pursuing, stemming from the recognition that much of what Silicon Valley is doing (predatory chatbots, data center development, mass surveillance and automation) is deeply unpopular
@kortizart.bsky.social @bcmerchant.bsky.social FL GOV DeSantis comes out today with "AI bill of rights". most points either looks vague or ineffective to me. hopefully, it at least sets a bar for other states to follow and do better
December 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Fascinating. And more evidence that reining in AI has become a populist political issue both the right and left are pursuing, stemming from the recognition that much of what Silicon Valley is doing (predatory chatbots, data center development, mass surveillance and automation) is deeply unpopular