LM “Gory” Fontanes 👻
@lorifontanes.bsky.social
Writer/educator/community advocate. Cats & catastrophe. More better food 4 all. Bewaring billionaires bearing tech.
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Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
i feel deeply honored to have met two of these authors through my food work in New York—please read Michael Twitty @koshersoul.bsky.social & Sean Sherman’s latest!
November 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i feel deeply honored to have met two of these authors through my food work in New York—please read Michael Twitty @koshersoul.bsky.social & Sean Sherman’s latest!
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James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
in small world category 👇
saw this 2 weeks ago re: story in Vatican News about a video on Pope Leo
fast forward to last Fri in Paris when i went to English mass on Ile St. Louis & met a priest who happened to stop by at same time
he was one of the filmmakers! asked him 2 say hi to Leo for us! 🙏
saw this 2 weeks ago re: story in Vatican News about a video on Pope Leo
fast forward to last Fri in Paris when i went to English mass on Ile St. Louis & met a priest who happened to stop by at same time
he was one of the filmmakers! asked him 2 say hi to Leo for us! 🙏
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
in small world category 👇
saw this 2 weeks ago re: story in Vatican News about a video on Pope Leo
fast forward to last Fri in Paris when i went to English mass on Ile St. Louis & met a priest who happened to stop by at same time
he was one of the filmmakers! asked him 2 say hi to Leo for us! 🙏
saw this 2 weeks ago re: story in Vatican News about a video on Pope Leo
fast forward to last Fri in Paris when i went to English mass on Ile St. Louis & met a priest who happened to stop by at same time
he was one of the filmmakers! asked him 2 say hi to Leo for us! 🙏
if i could just have back the hours i’ve wasted fighting AI “enhanced” software, arguing with AI “assistants” deployed by corporations trying to avoid actual customer service & having to skeet about AI in basic self-defense—
wow, i might have written the great American novel on a typewriter by now 🧐
wow, i might have written the great American novel on a typewriter by now 🧐
Still have yet to see AI make my life better in any way
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
if i could just have back the hours i’ve wasted fighting AI “enhanced” software, arguing with AI “assistants” deployed by corporations trying to avoid actual customer service & having to skeet about AI in basic self-defense—
wow, i might have written the great American novel on a typewriter by now 🧐
wow, i might have written the great American novel on a typewriter by now 🧐
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
stopped by the @museecluny.bsky.social gardens yesterday to see the last of the season blooms & enjoy a moment of peace away from the hustle-bustle of central #Paris
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
stopped by the @museecluny.bsky.social gardens yesterday to see the last of the season blooms & enjoy a moment of peace away from the hustle-bustle of central #Paris
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Holiday season got you down? Don't sulk about it - write about it! Then send that writing to us!
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Holiday season got you down? Don't sulk about it - write about it! Then send that writing to us!
reading this, it occurs to me that another reason for the pro-AI camp to claim that LLMs have consciousness is that some may then hesitate to “power off” a so-called sentient being
takes too big to fail to a whole new level 😳
takes too big to fail to a whole new level 😳
Grateful to @emilymbender.bsky.social for being able to distinguish
probabilistic language generators from conscious human beings. Would that hers were the “dominant” voice - we would be at less risk of economic collapse!
probabilistic language generators from conscious human beings. Would that hers were the “dominant” voice - we would be at less risk of economic collapse!
Okay, I hestitate to even share this link, because while I like NYMag I do not want to send this journalist in particular clicks, b ut:
If your framing is that an academic is the "dominant voice" and the underdogs are OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, maybe a fact check in is order??
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If your framing is that an academic is the "dominant voice" and the underdogs are OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, maybe a fact check in is order??
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November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
reading this, it occurs to me that another reason for the pro-AI camp to claim that LLMs have consciousness is that some may then hesitate to “power off” a so-called sentient being
takes too big to fail to a whole new level 😳
takes too big to fail to a whole new level 😳
as they should 😜
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
as they should 😜
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I'm sorry. Is this "The Conversation" or "The Onion"?
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I'm sorry. Is this "The Conversation" or "The Onion"?
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
i mean Star Trek TOS gave us the correct model for this outcome 🤓
Computer (computery voice):
That does not compute.
Computer (computery voice):
That does not compute.
November 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
i mean Star Trek TOS gave us the correct model for this outcome 🤓
Computer (computery voice):
That does not compute.
Computer (computery voice):
That does not compute.
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Coming soon (4 December), another issue of Gone Lawn, this one puffed up with fiction. Great stuff! We can't wait to show it to you all. In the meantime, send us you stuff, especially if you have novel/novella excerpts (≤200 words) you think we'd love, for #63
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Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
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November 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Coming soon (4 December), another issue of Gone Lawn, this one puffed up with fiction. Great stuff! We can't wait to show it to you all. In the meantime, send us you stuff, especially if you have novel/novella excerpts (≤200 words) you think we'd love, for #63
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
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so bummed i missed this!!! stayed up way past midnight because they were calling for snow then but when i saw rain instead, finally went to bed
overslept & missed the SNOW 😭
@lemonde.fr story has cute video👇
overslept & missed the SNOW 😭
@lemonde.fr story has cute video👇
Neige : la butte Montmartre se transforme en terrain de jeu pour les Parisiens
Neige : la butte Montmartre se transforme en terrain de jeu pour les Parisiens
Avec la fine couche de neige tombée dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche, des Parisiens se sont amusés à faire de la luge et des batailles de boules de neige aux pieds de la basilique du Sacré-Coeur.
www.lemonde.fr
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
so bummed i missed this!!! stayed up way past midnight because they were calling for snow then but when i saw rain instead, finally went to bed
overslept & missed the SNOW 😭
@lemonde.fr story has cute video👇
overslept & missed the SNOW 😭
@lemonde.fr story has cute video👇
this may be what started the whole discussion in last few days about AI scraping of email 👇
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Google Accused in Suit of Using Gemini AI Tool to Snoop on Users
Google was accused in a lawsuit of using its Gemini AI assistant to unlawfully track the private communications of users of its Gmail, instant messaging and videoconference programs.
www.bloomberg.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
this may be what started the whole discussion in last few days about AI scraping of email 👇
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@poppyceleste.bsky.social merci for all the likes today!!! 🤗
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
@poppyceleste.bsky.social merci for all the likes today!!! 🤗
@helenkennedy.bsky.social highlights important downside (among others) of letting critical functions be privatized & commodified in this way
telecom has moved from regulated to wild west, USPS has been targeted, healthcare is about profit, not health or care
we need secure public infrastructure
telecom has moved from regulated to wild west, USPS has been targeted, healthcare is about profit, not health or care
we need secure public infrastructure
So apparently Google just started scanning your emails with its Gemini AI and if you opt out of this, you lose your (vital to me) categorization of emails as important/promo/etc. I’m kind of stunned at this. After all these years, how do I switch to a new email provider?
November 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
@helenkennedy.bsky.social highlights important downside (among others) of letting critical functions be privatized & commodified in this way
telecom has moved from regulated to wild west, USPS has been targeted, healthcare is about profit, not health or care
we need secure public infrastructure
telecom has moved from regulated to wild west, USPS has been targeted, healthcare is about profit, not health or care
we need secure public infrastructure
wow did they send this AI marketing email to the least likely person to want it
also wut the wut: “no topic is too small or too strange” 😳
also wut the wut: “no topic is too small or too strange” 😳
November 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
wow did they send this AI marketing email to the least likely person to want it
also wut the wut: “no topic is too small or too strange” 😳
also wut the wut: “no topic is too small or too strange” 😳
how did they get from the North Pole to the UK? oh right they flew of course 🎄🦌🎅
🇬🇧 Reindeer graze in snowy Scottish Highlands
Reindeer graze in the snow in the Scottish Highlands as cars driving through the Cairngorms mountain range stop to look at the animals, part of the UK's only free-ranging herd.
Reindeer graze in the snow in the Scottish Highlands as cars driving through the Cairngorms mountain range stop to look at the animals, part of the UK's only free-ranging herd.
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
how did they get from the North Pole to the UK? oh right they flew of course 🎄🦌🎅
yikes! also, does this mean that if you send (or have sent) emails to someone else with a gmail account & they have not opted out, your emails to them will be scraped?
You now need to opt-out of letting Google use your G-Mail to train its AI. Go to your general settings and scroll to Smart Features: Unclick it. Done.
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
yikes! also, does this mean that if you send (or have sent) emails to someone else with a gmail account & they have not opted out, your emails to them will be scraped?
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i know this looks fake but it is indeed a real pic of the unbelievably gorgeous sky over #Paris a little while ago 🙀
#France #photography #weather
#France #photography #weather
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
i know this looks fake but it is indeed a real pic of the unbelievably gorgeous sky over #Paris a little while ago 🙀
#France #photography #weather
#France #photography #weather
i (briefly) had a magazine editor that asked me to start writing my humor column with SEO keywords
humor doesn’t work that way ha ha
humor doesn’t work that way ha ha
Saw a post today that advised writers to stop writing as if a human will read it and start writing for an LLM that will be summarising.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
i (briefly) had a magazine editor that asked me to start writing my humor column with SEO keywords
humor doesn’t work that way ha ha
humor doesn’t work that way ha ha