Over the past two weeks I've begun to realize that rich people only started funding chatbots once they could no longer email Jeffrey Epstein
February 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Over the past two weeks I've begun to realize that rich people only started funding chatbots once they could no longer email Jeffrey Epstein
consumer-facing llm chatbots must be stopped.
it's like crack to some people. worse, maybe, because they are being led to believe they're doing the smart thing by using "AI"
it's like crack to some people. worse, maybe, because they are being led to believe they're doing the smart thing by using "AI"
according to a pediatric ER doctor my wife follows on Instagram they have started to see children coming in sick because their parents are asking ChatGPT what the correct dosage is on over the counter medication instead of just looking at the instructions on the bottle
One of the easiest ways to shoot down the idea that "AI" is an expert is to show how it deals with something people know about.
Younger readers may not get this as most appliances come pre-wired, but anyone 35+ can see these are chaotic fire hazards.
From Mastodon, AI asked how to wire a plug:
Younger readers may not get this as most appliances come pre-wired, but anyone 35+ can see these are chaotic fire hazards.
From Mastodon, AI asked how to wire a plug:
February 8, 2026 at 4:44 PM
consumer-facing llm chatbots must be stopped.
it's like crack to some people. worse, maybe, because they are being led to believe they're doing the smart thing by using "AI"
it's like crack to some people. worse, maybe, because they are being led to believe they're doing the smart thing by using "AI"
You could just not… interact… with chatbots…
February 8, 2026 at 7:59 AM
You could just not… interact… with chatbots…
There are only four types of "AI" companies:
1) The Obvious Scam
2) Three Chatbots in a Trench Coat
3) We're Calling it AI for the Investors
4) Yes, It's the Mechanical Turk Again
1) The Obvious Scam
2) Three Chatbots in a Trench Coat
3) We're Calling it AI for the Investors
4) Yes, It's the Mechanical Turk Again
February 6, 2026 at 5:34 PM
There are only four types of "AI" companies:
1) The Obvious Scam
2) Three Chatbots in a Trench Coat
3) We're Calling it AI for the Investors
4) Yes, It's the Mechanical Turk Again
1) The Obvious Scam
2) Three Chatbots in a Trench Coat
3) We're Calling it AI for the Investors
4) Yes, It's the Mechanical Turk Again
Wikipedia editors vs. AI Slop: The volunteer army wrangling the world’s chatbots
https://restofworld.org/2026/wikipedia-ai-training-regional-languages/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1770553320
https://restofworld.org/2026/wikipedia-ai-training-regional-languages/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1770553320
The volunteer Wikipedia army protecting against AI slop
The editors are both populating and fighting the world’s regional language AI engines.
restofworld.org
February 8, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Wikipedia editors vs. AI Slop: The volunteer army wrangling the world’s chatbots
https://restofworld.org/2026/wikipedia-ai-training-regional-languages/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1770553320
https://restofworld.org/2026/wikipedia-ai-training-regional-languages/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1770553320
Imagine if we’d spent $700B on clean energy and heat pumps instead of chatbots and art plagiarizers?
The domino effect from the tech industry’s $700 billion AI spending spree is diverting resources and attention from other sectors of the economy, making finding an electrician or a reasonably priced smartphone increasingly difficult.
The AI boom is so huge it’s causing shortages everywhere else
The hundreds of billions of dollars being spent by tech companies on AI projects are diverting resources from other parts of the economy.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Imagine if we’d spent $700B on clean energy and heat pumps instead of chatbots and art plagiarizers?
It's funny that every time Elon leaves his carefully curated Potemkin village full of chatbots with suspiciously childlike faces, he's met with a roaring crowd of millions of people calling him a pedophile and telling him to pack a sack lunch and play some sudoku.
February 5, 2026 at 11:14 PM
It's funny that every time Elon leaves his carefully curated Potemkin village full of chatbots with suspiciously childlike faces, he's met with a roaring crowd of millions of people calling him a pedophile and telling him to pack a sack lunch and play some sudoku.
It comes down to the whole thing about AI chatbots being non-people who exist to confirm your biases, praise you, and never tell you no.
That shouldn't be desirable.
That shouldn't be desirable.
February 7, 2026 at 7:59 PM
It comes down to the whole thing about AI chatbots being non-people who exist to confirm your biases, praise you, and never tell you no.
That shouldn't be desirable.
That shouldn't be desirable.
The great thing is that because it’s on reddit, countless chatbots have been trained on this and will eventually recommend it to people
February 8, 2026 at 7:46 PM
The great thing is that because it’s on reddit, countless chatbots have been trained on this and will eventually recommend it to people
LLM based chatbots are the Great Filter.
Change my mind.
Change my mind.
according to a pediatric ER doctor my wife follows on Instagram they have started to see children coming in sick because their parents are asking ChatGPT what the correct dosage is on over the counter medication instead of just looking at the instructions on the bottle
One of the easiest ways to shoot down the idea that "AI" is an expert is to show how it deals with something people know about.
Younger readers may not get this as most appliances come pre-wired, but anyone 35+ can see these are chaotic fire hazards.
From Mastodon, AI asked how to wire a plug:
Younger readers may not get this as most appliances come pre-wired, but anyone 35+ can see these are chaotic fire hazards.
From Mastodon, AI asked how to wire a plug:
February 8, 2026 at 2:40 AM
LLM based chatbots are the Great Filter.
Change my mind.
Change my mind.
American social media companies: uwu we use all your content to train our chatbots and image generators to better serve you personalized relevant content
Also American social media companies:
Also American social media companies:
Big tech companies are still failing to tackle child abuse material online
A new eSafety report reveals an ongoing gap between what technology can do and what companies are actually doing to tackle child abuse.
theconversation.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:32 PM
American social media companies: uwu we use all your content to train our chatbots and image generators to better serve you personalized relevant content
Also American social media companies:
Also American social media companies:
this is the reason chatbots become an addiction:
for some people, they need a "reward" for taking in advice or info
and getting an "answer" that feels tailored "just for you" is a MUCH bigger reward than doing the work yourself of reading "general" advice and applying it yourself
for some people, they need a "reward" for taking in advice or info
and getting an "answer" that feels tailored "just for you" is a MUCH bigger reward than doing the work yourself of reading "general" advice and applying it yourself
there’s s something about the chat boxes that really rewires people’s brains…at least among my friends who use them, it’s the *first* thing they ask for any question. quite insidious
February 8, 2026 at 4:50 PM
this is the reason chatbots become an addiction:
for some people, they need a "reward" for taking in advice or info
and getting an "answer" that feels tailored "just for you" is a MUCH bigger reward than doing the work yourself of reading "general" advice and applying it yourself
for some people, they need a "reward" for taking in advice or info
and getting an "answer" that feels tailored "just for you" is a MUCH bigger reward than doing the work yourself of reading "general" advice and applying it yourself
Battle of the chatbots: Anthropic and OpenAI go head-to-head over ads in their AI products
Battle of the chatbots: Anthropic and OpenAI go head-to-head over ads in their AI products
New Anthropic campaign suggests other AI platforms will incorporate targeted ads in their chatbot conversations
The Seahawks and the Patriots aren’t the only ones gearing up for a fight.
AI rivals Anthropic and OpenAI have launched a war of ads trying to court corporate America during one of the biggest entertainment nights of the year. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Battle of the chatbots: Anthropic and OpenAI go head-to-head over ads in their AI products
Instead of Half-Life 3 we're getting Reddit for chatbots
The tech world's obsession with AI just delayed Valve's Steam Machine https://kotaku.com/steam-machine-price-release-date-preorder-ai-valve-2000665802
Valve's Steam Machine Just Got Delayed Because Of The AI Race
The console-like gaming PCs won't be coming in early 2026 as originally planned
kotaku.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Instead of Half-Life 3 we're getting Reddit for chatbots
stop using character ai chatbots. use me. seriously. hypnotize me into being whatever you want. i'm very suggestible. won't even be that hard. won't be hard at all.
February 7, 2026 at 3:09 AM
stop using character ai chatbots. use me. seriously. hypnotize me into being whatever you want. i'm very suggestible. won't even be that hard. won't be hard at all.
Alle Chatbots reden manchmal Müll, aber einige übertreiben es massiv. 🙄 Video in voller Länge & Quellen: youtu.be/L6QCCIuad8Y
February 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Alle Chatbots reden manchmal Müll, aber einige übertreiben es massiv. 🙄 Video in voller Länge & Quellen: youtu.be/L6QCCIuad8Y
Every time he is confronted, even briefly, with the world outside his safe space full of ganked up viziers and underage waifu chatbots, it inflicts heavy psychic damage on him.
And, makes him retreat even further into his safe space, Howard Hughes style.
And, makes him retreat even further into his safe space, Howard Hughes style.
February 5, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Every time he is confronted, even briefly, with the world outside his safe space full of ganked up viziers and underage waifu chatbots, it inflicts heavy psychic damage on him.
And, makes him retreat even further into his safe space, Howard Hughes style.
And, makes him retreat even further into his safe space, Howard Hughes style.
Anthropic has announced that Claude will remain ad-free. I’m glad to see @anthropic.com agrees that ads in AI chatbots can pose serious risks to its users. That’s why I opened an investigation into AI chatbots’ advertising plans. Companies must put consumers first.
February 5, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Anthropic has announced that Claude will remain ad-free. I’m glad to see @anthropic.com agrees that ads in AI chatbots can pose serious risks to its users. That’s why I opened an investigation into AI chatbots’ advertising plans. Companies must put consumers first.
Time for university administrators to stop buying AI hype. None of my very smart and eager-to-learn students wanted anything to do with chatbots.
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
February 5, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Time for university administrators to stop buying AI hype. None of my very smart and eager-to-learn students wanted anything to do with chatbots.
He retreats further into a K-hole full of scheming viziers and underage chatbots, making each glimpse of the outside world even more frightening, making him retreat even further into his private Little St James mind palace, etc.
February 5, 2026 at 11:27 PM
He retreats further into a K-hole full of scheming viziers and underage chatbots, making each glimpse of the outside world even more frightening, making him retreat even further into his private Little St James mind palace, etc.
The main conceit of "AI" (namely chatbots and "agents") are the twin promises of control and productivity.
The mechanism of control is that you can be replaced more effectively by a machine, or someone who wields the machine more adroitly than you.
The mechanism of control is that you can be replaced more effectively by a machine, or someone who wields the machine more adroitly than you.
The bosses are forcing their employees to use it. Politicians are competing to shovel money & infrastructure at it. The billionaires who control media are constantly lecturing & hectoring people to accept it & use it more.
They don't care it's losing money. They don't care people hate it.
They don't care it's losing money. They don't care people hate it.
February 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
The main conceit of "AI" (namely chatbots and "agents") are the twin promises of control and productivity.
The mechanism of control is that you can be replaced more effectively by a machine, or someone who wields the machine more adroitly than you.
The mechanism of control is that you can be replaced more effectively by a machine, or someone who wields the machine more adroitly than you.
I enjoy the suggestion that generative AI is a lousy lay
February 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I enjoy the suggestion that generative AI is a lousy lay
AI Chatbots are like, terminal capitalism.
February 4, 2026 at 3:14 PM
AI Chatbots are like, terminal capitalism.
Anthropic’s Super Bowl ad which criticizes AI chatbots that run ads (aka ChatGPT) just dropped. They aren’t pulling any punches and I love the song choice.
February 4, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Anthropic’s Super Bowl ad which criticizes AI chatbots that run ads (aka ChatGPT) just dropped. They aren’t pulling any punches and I love the song choice.