Anthony Moser
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Anthony Moser
@anthonymoser.com
· Aug 27
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I think there are two things people need to know bc they're different from most platforms
1. There's not just one feed running an opaque algorithm, you can choose (and have more than one)
2. *Everything is public* even if you can't see it on this app
I REPEAT: EVERYTHING YOU DO HERE IS PUBLIC
1. There's not just one feed running an opaque algorithm, you can choose (and have more than one)
2. *Everything is public* even if you can't see it on this app
I REPEAT: EVERYTHING YOU DO HERE IS PUBLIC
It's always so funny and dumb when people start doing the "this is BlueSky, and we do things a bit different around here! Here's my itemized 20 point list of instructions!" posts, because if that's what BlueSky was actually like, you wouldn't *need* to be telling people to do that stuff, would you?
remember when we all tried to migrate to mastodon that one time and then the people there were really preachy and hostile to us? that's some of you here right now
December 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I think there are two things people need to know bc they're different from most platforms
1. There's not just one feed running an opaque algorithm, you can choose (and have more than one)
2. *Everything is public* even if you can't see it on this app
I REPEAT: EVERYTHING YOU DO HERE IS PUBLIC
1. There's not just one feed running an opaque algorithm, you can choose (and have more than one)
2. *Everything is public* even if you can't see it on this app
I REPEAT: EVERYTHING YOU DO HERE IS PUBLIC
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Abusing your grandmother's suffering for content and making fake memories with AI is some evil ass stuff.
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Abusing your grandmother's suffering for content and making fake memories with AI is some evil ass stuff.
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Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.
December 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.
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One of the great pleasures of reading the original text is learning that Gonzo’s line reading perfectly captures Dickens’ use of all-caps here
December 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
One of the great pleasures of reading the original text is learning that Gonzo’s line reading perfectly captures Dickens’ use of all-caps here
I'm reading Going Postal right now and he explains why, in a world that includes magic, people do not use magic to do everything (or anything, for the most part)
basically, it's inherently unpredictable and you know it will cost you but you don't know how or when
basically, it's inherently unpredictable and you know it will cost you but you don't know how or when
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I'm reading Going Postal right now and he explains why, in a world that includes magic, people do not use magic to do everything (or anything, for the most part)
basically, it's inherently unpredictable and you know it will cost you but you don't know how or when
basically, it's inherently unpredictable and you know it will cost you but you don't know how or when
this is a great question
My mom and I just drove past a cybertruck and she’d never heard of one and she said “what makes it cyber?” 😂
December 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
this is a great question
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Santa 🤝🏻 Odo
Making a list
Checking it twice
Going to find out who's naughty or nice
Making a list
Checking it twice
Going to find out who's naughty or nice
December 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Santa 🤝🏻 Odo
Making a list
Checking it twice
Going to find out who's naughty or nice
Making a list
Checking it twice
Going to find out who's naughty or nice
George Carlin as the archbishop is fantastic. It's a real all star cast tbh
it’s finally time. i’m watching Dogma for the first time in 15, maybe 20 years
December 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
George Carlin as the archbishop is fantastic. It's a real all star cast tbh
People want to think changing the world is all big protests and important speeches and dramatic moments
but you'd be surprised how much you can accomplish by being *consistently* annoying
but you'd be surprised how much you can accomplish by being *consistently* annoying
"How can I make life difficult for them" is a very different question than "do i have the formal authority to change this decision"
Like ask a toddler
Ask a customer service rep
Like ask a toddler
Ask a customer service rep
December 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
People want to think changing the world is all big protests and important speeches and dramatic moments
but you'd be surprised how much you can accomplish by being *consistently* annoying
but you'd be surprised how much you can accomplish by being *consistently* annoying
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Reposting this petition for NYC people interested in pushing back rather than partnering up:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...
December 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Reposting this petition for NYC people interested in pushing back rather than partnering up:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...
this is indeed a great work of haterdom
archive.ph/c4HbC
"he wanted to try what we would today call subsistence living, a condition attractive chiefly to those not obliged to endure it"
archive.ph/c4HbC
"he wanted to try what we would today call subsistence living, a condition attractive chiefly to those not obliged to endure it"
Originally published as "Pond Scum," Kathryn Schulz's annihilation of Henry David Thoreau is outstanding: www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
Why Do We Love Henry David Thoreau?
An examination of the writer’s moral sensibility and how “Walden” fits into our national conscience.
www.newyorker.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
this is indeed a great work of haterdom
archive.ph/c4HbC
"he wanted to try what we would today call subsistence living, a condition attractive chiefly to those not obliged to endure it"
archive.ph/c4HbC
"he wanted to try what we would today call subsistence living, a condition attractive chiefly to those not obliged to endure it"
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PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW OPEN on prohibiting gender affirming care for young people.
Flood 'em with comments!
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Flood 'em with comments!
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Medicaid Program; Prohibition on Federal Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Funding for Sex-Rejecting Procedures Furnished to Children
This proposed rule would require that a State Medicaid plan must provide that the Medicaid agency will not make payment under the plan for sex-rejecting procedures for children under 18 and prohibit t...
www.federalregister.gov
December 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW OPEN on prohibiting gender affirming care for young people.
Flood 'em with comments!
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Flood 'em with comments!
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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HL Menken’s “Prejudices” is an encyclopedia of both flavors of haterism.
December 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
HL Menken’s “Prejudices” is an encyclopedia of both flavors of haterism.
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"To call it manipulative would be inaccurate; it has an ambition to manipulate, but fails."
#HaterStudies
#HaterStudies
> "I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it. Hated every simpering stupid vacant audience-insulting moment of it. Hated the sensibility that thought anyone would like it. Hated the implied insult to the audience by its belief that anyone would be entertained by it."
North movie review & film summary (1994) | Roger Ebert
I have no idea why Rob Reiner, or anyone else, wanted to make this story into a movie, and close examination of the film itself is no help. "North" is one of
www.rogerebert.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"To call it manipulative would be inaccurate; it has an ambition to manipulate, but fails."
#HaterStudies
#HaterStudies
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In-class essay: is this a form of hating? Defend your answer by comparing and contrasting with at least two works from the syllabus
December 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
In-class essay: is this a form of hating? Defend your answer by comparing and contrasting with at least two works from the syllabus
haven't read this yet but definitely going to
Originally published as "Pond Scum," Kathryn Schulz's annihilation of Henry David Thoreau is outstanding: www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
Why Do We Love Henry David Thoreau?
An examination of the writer’s moral sensibility and how “Walden” fits into our national conscience.
www.newyorker.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
haven't read this yet but definitely going to
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"A Letter From Your Mother" by Johanna Schopenhauer
"Professional Widow" and "She's Your Cocaine" by Tori Amos
Basically any episode of If Books Could Kill (they're all the same book)
Andrea Long Chu's piece on Pamela Paul
"There Is No Communism in Russia" by Emma Goldman
"Professional Widow" and "She's Your Cocaine" by Tori Amos
Basically any episode of If Books Could Kill (they're all the same book)
Andrea Long Chu's piece on Pamela Paul
"There Is No Communism in Russia" by Emma Goldman
December 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"A Letter From Your Mother" by Johanna Schopenhauer
"Professional Widow" and "She's Your Cocaine" by Tori Amos
Basically any episode of If Books Could Kill (they're all the same book)
Andrea Long Chu's piece on Pamela Paul
"There Is No Communism in Russia" by Emma Goldman
"Professional Widow" and "She's Your Cocaine" by Tori Amos
Basically any episode of If Books Could Kill (they're all the same book)
Andrea Long Chu's piece on Pamela Paul
"There Is No Communism in Russia" by Emma Goldman
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Oh, everyone in this thread
I saw someone say beef doesn’t happen in other genres and … just say you’ve never heard of alexander pope
December 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Oh, everyone in this thread
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Oh yeah I was gonna say, Twain's essay on German is a hater masterpiece
December 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Oh yeah I was gonna say, Twain's essay on German is a hater masterpiece
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The difference between undergraduate and graduate courses or study
Immediately we come to an important question for the field: is haterdom in general (Statler and Waldorf) qualitatively different than haterdom in specific (Kendrick Lamar with Drake; you're a mean one mr grinch)?
December 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The difference between undergraduate and graduate courses or study
Dante was a hater
There's clearly a lot of overlap. If you don't seek eternal retribution, was it really hate at all? (Which reminds me: Dante Alighieri!)
December 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Dante was a hater
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Hunter S. Thompson's "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved" has awoken and is reporting for duty.
December 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Hunter S. Thompson's "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved" has awoken and is reporting for duty.
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I've gotten some good questions and points but not a lot of primary source texts, if people have any classic works of haterdom to share.
Examples include They Not Like Us, You're a Mean One Mr Grinch, and The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda
Examples include They Not Like Us, You're a Mean One Mr Grinch, and The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda
I feel certain that bluesky could immediately compile a syllabus. Feel free to reply with it now in fact
It's at least partially the hard cider talking but now I really want to explore a degree in hater studies.
December 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I've gotten some good questions and points but not a lot of primary source texts, if people have any classic works of haterdom to share.
Examples include They Not Like Us, You're a Mean One Mr Grinch, and The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda
Examples include They Not Like Us, You're a Mean One Mr Grinch, and The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda