Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র
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As Hannah Arendt put it: "The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists." Undermining that distinction will be a lasting legacy of generative AI.
December 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
As Hannah Arendt put it: "The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists." Undermining that distinction will be a lasting legacy of generative AI.
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one of many reasons that the organized critique and refusal movement is overwhelmingly led by women (yes including women computer scientists, cognitive scientists, and engineers)
John is tongue in cheek, but there's a statistic in Laura Bates new book that 90% of deep fakes made are of women, and if you don't process the implications of that and come out demanding regulation I'm not sure you're reachable.
Amateurs. I'm going round the care home with some pre-drafted wills and AI showing me as their grandson.
December 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
one of many reasons that the organized critique and refusal movement is overwhelmingly led by women (yes including women computer scientists, cognitive scientists, and engineers)
Watched the deeply moving "Sudan, Remember Us" at La Sala Rossa last evening. Thanks Sudan Solidarity Collective for screening the documentary. #AllEyesOnSudan
December 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Watched the deeply moving "Sudan, Remember Us" at La Sala Rossa last evening. Thanks Sudan Solidarity Collective for screening the documentary. #AllEyesOnSudan
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12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”
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I try to remember that whenever we talk about how much of a fucked up horror show the world is, what we mean is that the world is full of good people being wronged and beauty being destroyed, that we risk losing all of it—not a denial of the good in the world but its affirmation.
December 25, 2023 at 4:28 PM
I try to remember that whenever we talk about how much of a fucked up horror show the world is, what we mean is that the world is full of good people being wronged and beauty being destroyed, that we risk losing all of it—not a denial of the good in the world but its affirmation.
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Merry Christmas! Let's gift ourselves the better world we deserve by making it. 💗
December 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Merry Christmas! Let's gift ourselves the better world we deserve by making it. 💗
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Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
🚨BREAKING: GRETA THUNBERG ARRESTED UNDER TERRORISM ACT FOR SUPPORTING 'PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS'
December 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
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The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
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Wildly different things, tasks, techniques, subspecialties being lumped into "AI" and then being conflated with each other, doesn't help. Different types of models vs the techniques to train them vs the tasks they are supposed to accomplish, all under "AI".
December 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Wildly different things, tasks, techniques, subspecialties being lumped into "AI" and then being conflated with each other, doesn't help. Different types of models vs the techniques to train them vs the tasks they are supposed to accomplish, all under "AI".
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This article lays out some of it, but I also like it because that embarrassing photo of M*di hugging T**mp is a perfect visual representation of how White nationalists perceive Hindu supremacists/nationalists.
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/201...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/201...
December 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This article lays out some of it, but I also like it because that embarrassing photo of M*di hugging T**mp is a perfect visual representation of how White nationalists perceive Hindu supremacists/nationalists.
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/201...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/201...
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Americans need to be more aware of the deep rooted conservatism, racism, classism, casteism and model minority complexes of the Indian diaspora, especially the Hindu Indian diaspora.
An uncle once told me "count yourself lucky we count as White"
An uncle once told me "count yourself lucky we count as White"
Why does Usha put up with this? They have biracial kids together.🤷🏾♀️
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Americans need to be more aware of the deep rooted conservatism, racism, classism, casteism and model minority complexes of the Indian diaspora, especially the Hindu Indian diaspora.
An uncle once told me "count yourself lucky we count as White"
An uncle once told me "count yourself lucky we count as White"
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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This is exactly the sort of energy I want to see in life.
Reposting with alt text because I felt it too important no to share
December 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This is exactly the sort of energy I want to see in life.
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Happy light, everyone ❤️🔥
December 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Happy light, everyone ❤️🔥
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The Québec version of this is "I threw away my microwave with buttons in English and bought a French one and now I'm not on a five year waiting list for surgery."
December 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The Québec version of this is "I threw away my microwave with buttons in English and bought a French one and now I'm not on a five year waiting list for surgery."
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told my landlord he no longer has to apologize for being white and he lowered my rent by 25%. told the grocer it's now the trump kennedy center and he sold me potatoes for $1. told PG&E it's a christian nation now and electricity is free. try it sometime
December 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
told my landlord he no longer has to apologize for being white and he lowered my rent by 25%. told the grocer it's now the trump kennedy center and he sold me potatoes for $1. told PG&E it's a christian nation now and electricity is free. try it sometime
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May the light be invincible.
December 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
May the light be invincible.
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⚠️ The foundation for internet time services has been disrupted due to a power outage:
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
December 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
⚠️ The foundation for internet time services has been disrupted due to a power outage:
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They found a new way to do Blackness without Black people
To use Black labor without compensating Black people
To use Black labor without compensating Black people
So I'm trying to wrap my mind around the fact that the #1 song on the digital country music chart ("Walk My Walk") was by an AI called Breaking Rust.
(Is this the wrong time to admit this entire feed has been generated by an especially irritating AI calling itself "Riki"?)
(Is this the wrong time to admit this entire feed has been generated by an especially irritating AI calling itself "Riki"?)
Synthetic soul: AI-generated gospel "Mississippi" singer Solomon Ray tops Christian chart
AI Christian artist Solomon Ray has no real testimony
www.axios.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
They found a new way to do Blackness without Black people
To use Black labor without compensating Black people
To use Black labor without compensating Black people
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all you assholes constantly pushing this shit and asking us to consider the so-called "positive" uses of AI should really deeply ask: AT WHAT COST?? we are losing knowledge, health, jobs, people, land, water, air, critical thinking skills, reliable information, art, safety, and so so much.
December 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
all you assholes constantly pushing this shit and asking us to consider the so-called "positive" uses of AI should really deeply ask: AT WHAT COST?? we are losing knowledge, health, jobs, people, land, water, air, critical thinking skills, reliable information, art, safety, and so so much.
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Any idiot can use AI tools
I would struggle to trust an academic who doesn‘t know how to
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
December 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Any idiot can use AI tools
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“Heritage American” is a bespoke way of saying “I am a white nationalist.”
December 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“Heritage American” is a bespoke way of saying “I am a white nationalist.”
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i am old enough to remember when tech companies, even larger ones with unsavory business practices, had at least a few core values they seemed to stick to even when it wasn't about their profit motives
ie opposing gov surveillance & defending net neutrality
those days are gone. anything for a buck
ie opposing gov surveillance & defending net neutrality
those days are gone. anything for a buck
As the former Google Associate General Counsel for web search -- a product built on scraping third party content without permission -- I'm having a lot of trouble processing Google's new lawsuit against someone else for scraping search results. storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog...
storage.googleapis.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
i am old enough to remember when tech companies, even larger ones with unsavory business practices, had at least a few core values they seemed to stick to even when it wasn't about their profit motives
ie opposing gov surveillance & defending net neutrality
those days are gone. anything for a buck
ie opposing gov surveillance & defending net neutrality
those days are gone. anything for a buck
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Should scientists apply to OpenAI's fund for research on AI & mental health? Should policymakers consider it a credible safety effort?
Avriel Epps & I see it as "grantwashing," and it's an insult to anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots. We explain:
www.techpolicy.press/beware-of-op...
Avriel Epps & I see it as "grantwashing," and it's an insult to anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots. We explain:
www.techpolicy.press/beware-of-op...
Beware of OpenAI's 'Grantwashing' on AI Harms | TechPolicy.Press
J. Nathan Matias and Avriel Epps say OpenAI's announced research funding is the perfect corporate action to make sure we don't find answers for years.
www.techpolicy.press
December 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Should scientists apply to OpenAI's fund for research on AI & mental health? Should policymakers consider it a credible safety effort?
Avriel Epps & I see it as "grantwashing," and it's an insult to anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots. We explain:
www.techpolicy.press/beware-of-op...
Avriel Epps & I see it as "grantwashing," and it's an insult to anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots. We explain:
www.techpolicy.press/beware-of-op...
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My EXACT thought when I see academics defending generative AI to read, write and publish.
My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
December 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
My EXACT thought when I see academics defending generative AI to read, write and publish.