Antonio E. Porreca 🐳
@aeporreca.org
Maître de conférences (lecturer) at https://univ-amu.fr & researcher at https://lis-lab.fr 🐗🇫🇷 • Natural computing, discrete dynamical systems & complexity • Down with generative AI • I like (human) languages • This is a pandemic, y’all 😷 • aeporreca.org
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Antonio E. Porreca 🐳
@aeporreca.org
· Nov 28
Hello, nice to meet you! Here I talk about:
• computer science teaching and research (my job),
• why using generative AI is bad (still part of my job),
• language learning (my hobby),
• the fact that one must wear a f*cking FFP2-3 mask during airborne disease pandemics (my punishment, I guess).
• computer science teaching and research (my job),
• why using generative AI is bad (still part of my job),
• language learning (my hobby),
• the fact that one must wear a f*cking FFP2-3 mask during airborne disease pandemics (my punishment, I guess).
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The tv commercial for AI that I saw during the Olympics makes it very clear that the product is theft, just selling you pirated recipes and words. A yard sale of stolen things marked up and stitched together.
February 14, 2026 at 1:19 PM
The tv commercial for AI that I saw during the Olympics makes it very clear that the product is theft, just selling you pirated recipes and words. A yard sale of stolen things marked up and stitched together.
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good thing most people aren’t running around repeatedly getting an oncogenic virus because the government convinced them it’s nbd
Crushing the mRNA industry in the US also probably destroys a bunch of cures for various cancers just as an FYI.
February 14, 2026 at 8:12 AM
good thing most people aren’t running around repeatedly getting an oncogenic virus because the government convinced them it’s nbd
Sorry, the Western Armenian banger turned out to be AI generated. I really, really hate this world.
February 13, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Sorry, the Western Armenian banger turned out to be AI generated. I really, really hate this world.
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Several people asked if the English suffix '-wise', as in 'otherwise', 'likewise' and 'weatherwise', is like Romance '-mente'.
Yes and no.
'-Wise' used to be a noun too, but it's not the word 'wise' ("sensible").
So unlike '-mente', it has nothing to do with the mind.
'-Wise' comes from ... 1/
Yes and no.
'-Wise' used to be a noun too, but it's not the word 'wise' ("sensible").
So unlike '-mente', it has nothing to do with the mind.
'-Wise' comes from ... 1/
In languages such as Spanish, you can make an adverb by adding ‘-mente’ to a feminine adjective:
‘claro’ (clear) > ‘claramente’ (clearly)
This suffix has a fascinating origin: it’s the same word as the feminine noun ‘mente’ meaning “mind”.
Click my new graphic for the story of Romance adverbs:
‘claro’ (clear) > ‘claramente’ (clearly)
This suffix has a fascinating origin: it’s the same word as the feminine noun ‘mente’ meaning “mind”.
Click my new graphic for the story of Romance adverbs:
February 13, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Several people asked if the English suffix '-wise', as in 'otherwise', 'likewise' and 'weatherwise', is like Romance '-mente'.
Yes and no.
'-Wise' used to be a noun too, but it's not the word 'wise' ("sensible").
So unlike '-mente', it has nothing to do with the mind.
'-Wise' comes from ... 1/
Yes and no.
'-Wise' used to be a noun too, but it's not the word 'wise' ("sensible").
So unlike '-mente', it has nothing to do with the mind.
'-Wise' comes from ... 1/
On a vu le premier épisode de la série Vanished avec Kaley Cuoco, comme c’est tourné surtout à Marseille et ça c’est très drôle pour moi, notamment puisque ça a l’air très géographiquement correct pour le moment. 🧵
February 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
On a vu le premier épisode de la série Vanished avec Kaley Cuoco, comme c’est tourné surtout à Marseille et ça c’est très drôle pour moi, notamment puisque ça a l’air très géographiquement correct pour le moment. 🧵
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Des nouvelles de LinkedIn, le réseau préféré des glands qui se prennent pour des chênes.
February 12, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Des nouvelles de LinkedIn, le réseau préféré des glands qui se prennent pour des chênes.
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Un fil pour analyser un post LinkedIn dont on croit pouvoir rire, mais dont il faut s'inquiéter.
Tout d'abord, celui qui écrit ça se présente comme enseignant, alors qu'il est surtout et avant tout "co-founder/ CEO" d'une EdTech (correction de copies par IA).
C'est donc du marketing déguisé
1/n
Tout d'abord, celui qui écrit ça se présente comme enseignant, alors qu'il est surtout et avant tout "co-founder/ CEO" d'une EdTech (correction de copies par IA).
C'est donc du marketing déguisé
1/n
Des nouvelles de LinkedIn, le réseau préféré des glands qui se prennent pour des chênes.
February 13, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Un fil pour analyser un post LinkedIn dont on croit pouvoir rire, mais dont il faut s'inquiéter.
Tout d'abord, celui qui écrit ça se présente comme enseignant, alors qu'il est surtout et avant tout "co-founder/ CEO" d'une EdTech (correction de copies par IA).
C'est donc du marketing déguisé
1/n
Tout d'abord, celui qui écrit ça se présente comme enseignant, alors qu'il est surtout et avant tout "co-founder/ CEO" d'une EdTech (correction de copies par IA).
C'est donc du marketing déguisé
1/n
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Good thread.
There are disabled people in the future.
The only reason you wouldn’t see them is if that society has gone full steam ahead on eugenics and they’re unable to live freely or be accommodated in public.
There are disabled people in the future.
The only reason you wouldn’t see them is if that society has gone full steam ahead on eugenics and they’re unable to live freely or be accommodated in public.
I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
February 13, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Good thread.
There are disabled people in the future.
The only reason you wouldn’t see them is if that society has gone full steam ahead on eugenics and they’re unable to live freely or be accommodated in public.
There are disabled people in the future.
The only reason you wouldn’t see them is if that society has gone full steam ahead on eugenics and they’re unable to live freely or be accommodated in public.
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‘women are not usually
interested in science fiction’
interested in science fiction’
October 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
‘women are not usually
interested in science fiction’
interested in science fiction’
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i think the most likely scenario for AI in the workplace will be a separation between people who use AI and think it works when it doesn't, and then another group of people who don't use AI who end up picking up the slack for the AI users.
February 11, 2026 at 10:42 PM
i think the most likely scenario for AI in the workplace will be a separation between people who use AI and think it works when it doesn't, and then another group of people who don't use AI who end up picking up the slack for the AI users.
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This argument makes absolutely no sense given how ChatGPT is routinely used to cheat.
The first company that really suffered from AI adoption was Chegg, an online education tutor that was facilitating cheating by hiring Indian subcontractors to write essays, answer questions during exams, etc.
Am I supposed to mourn for its demise?
prospect.org/2023/06/01/2...
Am I supposed to mourn for its demise?
prospect.org/2023/06/01/2...
The Companies AI Might Replace Aren’t Exactly Good - The American Prospect
A review of Chegg, an online education tutor that’s threatened by ChatGPT, suggests that a bigger problem than AI is what we allow businesses to get away with.
prospect.org
February 11, 2026 at 10:12 PM
This argument makes absolutely no sense given how ChatGPT is routinely used to cheat.
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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Pandemic was a great dry run for this👍
Hide the scary unpopular info that most people don’t want to know, and get most people not only accustomed to it but in favor of it—then move on to hiding all the other facts that are inconvenient to those in power.
Hide the scary unpopular info that most people don’t want to know, and get most people not only accustomed to it but in favor of it—then move on to hiding all the other facts that are inconvenient to those in power.
it's deeply funny how maintaining the belief in fascism requires hiding any contrary information, and how every institution has to abase itself toward that end.
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Pandemic was a great dry run for this👍
Hide the scary unpopular info that most people don’t want to know, and get most people not only accustomed to it but in favor of it—then move on to hiding all the other facts that are inconvenient to those in power.
Hide the scary unpopular info that most people don’t want to know, and get most people not only accustomed to it but in favor of it—then move on to hiding all the other facts that are inconvenient to those in power.
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This article immediately labels @emilymbender.bsky.social and I as "curmudgeons" because we don't think that the spicy auto complete has a concept of the self.
Experiments conducted with the A.I. system Claude are producing fascinating results—and raising questions about the nature of selfhood. Gideon Lewis-Kraus reports from inside the company that designed it, Anthropic. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/rOfXjg
February 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
This article immediately labels @emilymbender.bsky.social and I as "curmudgeons" because we don't think that the spicy auto complete has a concept of the self.
I don’t know if my students realise that, but I know that most of the code I’ve seen today was written by ChatGPT & co, even if they can explain it. At some point I’ll probably collect it and send it to the colleagues to show them marked lab sessions are a waste of time for everyone.
February 11, 2026 at 5:57 PM
I don’t know if my students realise that, but I know that most of the code I’ve seen today was written by ChatGPT & co, even if they can explain it. At some point I’ll probably collect it and send it to the colleagues to show them marked lab sessions are a waste of time for everyone.
Rare footage of yours truly, like, everyday lately, screaming about AI, COVID, and fascists. (Source: instagram.com/p/DUXmgj8gcI...)
February 11, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Rare footage of yours truly, like, everyday lately, screaming about AI, COVID, and fascists. (Source: instagram.com/p/DUXmgj8gcI...)
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Ha ha ha... YES
People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
February 11, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Ha ha ha... YES
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i can't tell what's satire at this point
February 10, 2026 at 10:22 PM
i can't tell what's satire at this point
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#LongCovid + 🧠 « Des recherches ont montré que le #COVID peut endommager le plexus choroïde […] des modifications similaires sont observées dans des infections telles que la méningite virale et le VIH. »
February 10, 2026 at 7:27 PM
#LongCovid + 🧠 « Des recherches ont montré que le #COVID peut endommager le plexus choroïde […] des modifications similaires sont observées dans des infections telles que la méningite virale et le VIH. »
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The software bosses are forcing onto workers intensifies work, rather than reducing it.
Sure seems to be motivated by revenge against "quite quitting" (aka doing your job). Hence the open-ended implementation: here's a tool with no clear purpose, find your own ways to become more productive with it
Sure seems to be motivated by revenge against "quite quitting" (aka doing your job). Hence the open-ended implementation: here's a tool with no clear purpose, find your own ways to become more productive with it
AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It
One of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new research, AI tools don’t reduce work, they consisten...
hbr.org
February 10, 2026 at 7:05 PM
The software bosses are forcing onto workers intensifies work, rather than reducing it.
Sure seems to be motivated by revenge against "quite quitting" (aka doing your job). Hence the open-ended implementation: here's a tool with no clear purpose, find your own ways to become more productive with it
Sure seems to be motivated by revenge against "quite quitting" (aka doing your job). Hence the open-ended implementation: here's a tool with no clear purpose, find your own ways to become more productive with it
Bravo @univ-amu.fr, une université qui participe à la campagne électorale des fachos. 👏
L'université Aix-Marseille a présenté les résultats de son sondage au sujet des opinions politiques de ses étudiants. Elle organise aussi en partenariat avec La Provence un débat entre étudiants et candidats, où Franck Allisio (RN) et Erwan Davoux (sans étiquette) sont les seules têtes de liste.
Municipales à Marseille : après un drôle de sondage, la fac organise un drôle de débat
L'université Aix-Marseille présentait ce mardi les résultats de son sondage au sujet des opinions politiques de ses étudiants. Ce mercredi, elle organise en partenariat avec La Provence un débat entre étudiants et candidats, où Franck Allisio (RN) et Erwan Davoux (sans étiquette) sont les seules têtes de liste.
l.marsactu.fr
February 11, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Bravo @univ-amu.fr, une université qui participe à la campagne électorale des fachos. 👏
Putain mais c’est pas possible.
Alors @univ-amu.fr ça ne pose pas de problèmes d'organiser un débat où figure le candidat d'un parti fondé par des anciens SS et des tortionnaires ?
Honte de mon université 🤢
Honte de mon université 🤢
L'université Aix-Marseille a présenté les résultats de son sondage au sujet des opinions politiques de ses étudiants. Elle organise aussi en partenariat avec La Provence un débat entre étudiants et candidats, où Franck Allisio (RN) et Erwan Davoux (sans étiquette) sont les seules têtes de liste.
February 11, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Putain mais c’est pas possible.
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"Six ans après l’apparition du virus, plus de deux millions de Français souffrent encore de symptômes persistants. Face à ce qu'elle qualifie de « négligence politique », une fédération internationale d'associations de patients vient de voir le jour."
February 10, 2026 at 2:56 PM
"Six ans après l’apparition du virus, plus de deux millions de Français souffrent encore de symptômes persistants. Face à ce qu'elle qualifie de « négligence politique », une fédération internationale d'associations de patients vient de voir le jour."
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Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943-) is a Northern Irish physicist who, while conducting research for her doctorate, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. This discovery earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974, but not to her - the prize was awarded to her (male) supervisor. #CelebratingWomen
February 10, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943-) is a Northern Irish physicist who, while conducting research for her doctorate, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. This discovery earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974, but not to her - the prize was awarded to her (male) supervisor. #CelebratingWomen
Ah yes, second-year master’s students asking for internships with ChatGPT-written emails. Lovely.
February 10, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Ah yes, second-year master’s students asking for internships with ChatGPT-written emails. Lovely.