mikes barnes
@mikesbarnes.bsky.social
philosophy of words & the world wide web & the work behind it all. associate professor at the university of oslo. michaelrandallbarnes.com/about
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mikes barnes
@mikesbarnes.bsky.social
· Feb 12
just noticed this book (coming out in may) now has a cover. but just look all the great contributors (and me). seriously #blessed to be a part of this. big thanks to patrick connolly, sandy goldberg and @jennysaul.bsky.social for putting this together
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AI porn generator and ERP chatbot Secret Desires left millions of images and videos exposed in unsecured cloud storage. I took a look and found folders called "faceswap," where people had uploaded tons of stolen content and random photos of women www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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i encourage my friends (only my friends. no enemies) to apply to this workshop in Lillehammer, where ski lessons are part of the package. I further encourage my friends to get their abstracts accepted, come to Norway, and spend a little extra time visiting me in Oslo
philevents.org/event/show/1...
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Slippery Slope Normativity Summit 2026
Why should bankers and politicians have all the good summits?
The Philosophy Research Group at the University of Inland Norway is pleased to invite submissions to the fifth Slippery Slope Normativity ...
philevents.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
i encourage my friends (only my friends. no enemies) to apply to this workshop in Lillehammer, where ski lessons are part of the package. I further encourage my friends to get their abstracts accepted, come to Norway, and spend a little extra time visiting me in Oslo
philevents.org/event/show/1...
philevents.org/event/show/1...
at London Heathrow and the shower I had in the lounge is sufficient evidence to prove the UK is poised to make the miraculous comeback on the global stage
November 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
at London Heathrow and the shower I had in the lounge is sufficient evidence to prove the UK is poised to make the miraculous comeback on the global stage
extremely solid sculpture garden in new orleans
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
extremely solid sculpture garden in new orleans
I thoroughly enjoyed this fun new entry into the campus novel genre, about an academic couples' unraveling marriage, presented in the form of an MFA thesis. and for the real freaks out there, it includes a brief mention of our fav chaotic U Chicago philosophy professor
November 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I thoroughly enjoyed this fun new entry into the campus novel genre, about an academic couples' unraveling marriage, presented in the form of an MFA thesis. and for the real freaks out there, it includes a brief mention of our fav chaotic U Chicago philosophy professor
you heard it here first folks: new orleans is a pretty good city
November 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
you heard it here first folks: new orleans is a pretty good city
the obvious winner
November 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
the obvious winner
if you look close you can see the @oldjerryfodor.bsky.social drop
November 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
if you look close you can see the @oldjerryfodor.bsky.social drop
at Heathrow for a few hours, stop by and say hello
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
at Heathrow for a few hours, stop by and say hello
Larry Summers? the Open AI board member?
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Larry Summers? the Open AI board member?
for those keeping track. I first gave a talk with this title in 2022 (in Pittsburgh, woot). gave up on it for a couple years. but I'm bringing it back (with substantial revisions) bc the people demand it
will i be flying to new orleans for the #ppesociety meeting later this week? only time will tell.
but if i do, catch me talking about ghost work / click work / whatever you want to call it at the philosophy of work session with mark satta and chris bousquet
but if i do, catch me talking about ghost work / click work / whatever you want to call it at the philosophy of work session with mark satta and chris bousquet
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
for those keeping track. I first gave a talk with this title in 2022 (in Pittsburgh, woot). gave up on it for a couple years. but I'm bringing it back (with substantial revisions) bc the people demand it
will i be flying to new orleans for the #ppesociety meeting later this week? only time will tell.
but if i do, catch me talking about ghost work / click work / whatever you want to call it at the philosophy of work session with mark satta and chris bousquet
but if i do, catch me talking about ghost work / click work / whatever you want to call it at the philosophy of work session with mark satta and chris bousquet
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
will i be flying to new orleans for the #ppesociety meeting later this week? only time will tell.
but if i do, catch me talking about ghost work / click work / whatever you want to call it at the philosophy of work session with mark satta and chris bousquet
but if i do, catch me talking about ghost work / click work / whatever you want to call it at the philosophy of work session with mark satta and chris bousquet
im supposed to fly to the US later this week and tbh the timing is starting to seem not ideal
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
im supposed to fly to the US later this week and tbh the timing is starting to seem not ideal
Reposted by mikes barnes
OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
reading the actual texts chatgpt produces in this story and they are *chilling* edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
edition.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
reading the actual texts chatgpt produces in this story and they are *chilling* edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
seems bad:
"images of the women flayed, decapitated or fed into a wood chipper, was seemingly enabled—and given a visceral realism—by generative artificial intelligence. In some of the images, Ms. Roper was wearing a blue floral dress that she does, in fact, own."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
"images of the women flayed, decapitated or fed into a wood chipper, was seemingly enabled—and given a visceral realism—by generative artificial intelligence. In some of the images, Ms. Roper was wearing a blue floral dress that she does, in fact, own."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
A.I. Is Making Death Threats Way More Realistic
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
seems bad:
"images of the women flayed, decapitated or fed into a wood chipper, was seemingly enabled—and given a visceral realism—by generative artificial intelligence. In some of the images, Ms. Roper was wearing a blue floral dress that she does, in fact, own."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
"images of the women flayed, decapitated or fed into a wood chipper, was seemingly enabled—and given a visceral realism—by generative artificial intelligence. In some of the images, Ms. Roper was wearing a blue floral dress that she does, in fact, own."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
this @404media.co article by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social does a great job laying out the sloppy future social media is barreling towards. and includes this amazingly ambiguous, dead-inside, genAI 'family' showing their support for 'the blue team' at the world series
www.404media.co/the-future-o...
www.404media.co/the-future-o...
November 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
this @404media.co article by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social does a great job laying out the sloppy future social media is barreling towards. and includes this amazingly ambiguous, dead-inside, genAI 'family' showing their support for 'the blue team' at the world series
www.404media.co/the-future-o...
www.404media.co/the-future-o...
no one knows how microwaves work and if they say 'it excites the water molecules' they're a just using more words to say they don't know
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
no one knows how microwaves work and if they say 'it excites the water molecules' they're a just using more words to say they don't know
this is why I left toronto for the sports powerhouse of oslo
November 2, 2025 at 6:35 AM
this is why I left toronto for the sports powerhouse of oslo
not now monkeys carrying hepatitis c, herpes, and covid
BREAKING | Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
www.independent.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 7:23 AM
not now monkeys carrying hepatitis c, herpes, and covid
arrested for not being actual literal cousins with a bear
October 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
arrested for not being actual literal cousins with a bear