Bess Hamilton
@besshamilton.bsky.social
Writer. Canadian. May I be a star in the dark time. She/her. My opinions & views are mine alone. Am guaranteed AI-free.
At least she wasn't hostile about it. Unlike the person who, when I was talking about the movie The Lure, said the film copied JKR's scary mermaids. When I gently explained JKR didn't invent many things in her books, this person lost her mind. Said I was a hater. I told her to read other books.
November 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
At least she wasn't hostile about it. Unlike the person who, when I was talking about the movie The Lure, said the film copied JKR's scary mermaids. When I gently explained JKR didn't invent many things in her books, this person lost her mind. Said I was a hater. I told her to read other books.
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As I say at the top, the most useful message is that AI products cannot promise guardrails work because by definition, unless the internals of the system stop being the type of LLMs used, you need a human between toy and child/user. Defeating the point 100% of course!
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Part of this story is expertise & intent. ChatGPT is being used by many as “therapy” unable to afford a therapist.
The gap between a tool's intent and use is a public health crisis.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The gap between a tool's intent and use is a public health crisis.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
More than a million people every week show suicidal intent when chatting with ChatGPT, OpenAI estimates
Finding is one of most direct statements from the tech company on how AI can exacerbate mental health issues
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
As I say at the top, the most useful message is that AI products cannot promise guardrails work because by definition, unless the internals of the system stop being the type of LLMs used, you need a human between toy and child/user. Defeating the point 100% of course!
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Every time I'm subjected to AI hype, I remember my experience using AI in a course on writing with AI, and I feel like I'm losing my mind.
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Every time I'm subjected to AI hype, I remember my experience using AI in a course on writing with AI, and I feel like I'm losing my mind.
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Part of it is that a lot of folks need to rethink what protest means right now. It hurts us that people have a very narrow, often purely symbolic notion of what protest means. Mass marches are good, but we need so much more. We need more values-driven, direct material intervention.
November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Part of it is that a lot of folks need to rethink what protest means right now. It hurts us that people have a very narrow, often purely symbolic notion of what protest means. Mass marches are good, but we need so much more. We need more values-driven, direct material intervention.
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Attempts to thwart ICE are absolutely acts of protest—they are actions with a material objective that make a coherent political statement, which sets them apart from many protests, I know. But they are acts of protest, plain and simple.
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Attempts to thwart ICE are absolutely acts of protest—they are actions with a material objective that make a coherent political statement, which sets them apart from many protests, I know. But they are acts of protest, plain and simple.