Philip Loring
@philiploring.com
Human ecologist and storyteller. Regeneration and Social Justice. Global Director @nature_org. Author: FINDING OUR NICHE. Stubbornly optimistic that radical change is closer than we think. Opinions mine (but science-based). 🏳️🌈
A Muppets Knives Out could be the best movie in motion picture history.
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 AM
A Muppets Knives Out could be the best movie in motion picture history.
Can we “cushion the blow?” I’m not so sure bsky.app/profile/phil...
Opinion on the potential and future of so-called "generative AI" is polarized to the point of hyperbole. But if you peel back the extremes, we're having an important debate.
My take on the ethics of AI.
conservechange.medium.com/is-ethical-a...
My take on the ethics of AI.
conservechange.medium.com/is-ethical-a...
Is “ethical AI” possible?
In which I discuss Luddites, skilled labor, and the difference between an LLM and a hammer.
conservechange.medium.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Can we “cushion the blow?” I’m not so sure bsky.app/profile/phil...
Tom is doing us a favor though with a pretty compelling answer to that long standing question of how everyday Germans allowed their society to slide into fascism: They simply couldn’t bring themselves to see it.
November 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Tom is doing us a favor though with a pretty compelling answer to that long standing question of how everyday Germans allowed their society to slide into fascism: They simply couldn’t bring themselves to see it.
Oh dear lord you’re right
November 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Oh dear lord you’re right
Why isn’t Barney in Jurassic Park? It’s more complicated than you think.
November 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Why isn’t Barney in Jurassic Park? It’s more complicated than you think.
Always better to render an approximation of a Black man than have to actually hire one, right? And in this case he's kept in a nice glass cage.
[[this is sarcasm for those of you who don't know how to recognize it]]
[[this is sarcasm for those of you who don't know how to recognize it]]
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Always better to render an approximation of a Black man than have to actually hire one, right? And in this case he's kept in a nice glass cage.
[[this is sarcasm for those of you who don't know how to recognize it]]
[[this is sarcasm for those of you who don't know how to recognize it]]
Here is their digital blackface "innovation"
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Here is their digital blackface "innovation"
Like, I don't even have to actively seek out evidence of my critique bsky.app/profile/phil...
Opinion on the potential and future of so-called "generative AI" is polarized to the point of hyperbole. But if you peel back the extremes, we're having an important debate.
My take on the ethics of AI.
conservechange.medium.com/is-ethical-a...
My take on the ethics of AI.
conservechange.medium.com/is-ethical-a...
Is “ethical AI” possible?
In which I discuss Luddites, skilled labor, and the difference between an LLM and a hammer.
conservechange.medium.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Like, I don't even have to actively seek out evidence of my critique bsky.app/profile/phil...