Charlie
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First #16 on The AI Con by @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social — “a wonderful riposte to the magical thinking propelling the indiscriminate deployment of generative AI.”
S/O @hypestudies.bsky.social for capturing its spirit. Link below 👇🏾
#FirstAndFifteenth #CriticalAI #uxmichaelco
S/O @hypestudies.bsky.social for capturing its spirit. Link below 👇🏾
#FirstAndFifteenth #CriticalAI #uxmichaelco
February 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM
First #16 on The AI Con by @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social — “a wonderful riposte to the magical thinking propelling the indiscriminate deployment of generative AI.”
S/O @hypestudies.bsky.social for capturing its spirit. Link below 👇🏾
#FirstAndFifteenth #CriticalAI #uxmichaelco
S/O @hypestudies.bsky.social for capturing its spirit. Link below 👇🏾
#FirstAndFifteenth #CriticalAI #uxmichaelco
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every leftist i know is very excited about technology but unfortunately they want tech that improves society and makes people's lives easier and that's harder for wealthy prdophiles to build a trillion dollar industry bubble around
February 18, 2026 at 4:14 PM
every leftist i know is very excited about technology but unfortunately they want tech that improves society and makes people's lives easier and that's harder for wealthy prdophiles to build a trillion dollar industry bubble around
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The spirit gripped me today and moved me to write this essay on "good old fashioned artificial intelligence," which I position as opposite to the ethically compromised Machine Learning-based AI of today. I don't think people will like what I have to say.
blog.wellssanto.com/revisiting-g...
blog.wellssanto.com/revisiting-g...
Revisiting Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Intelligence (GOFAI)
In Defense of Bounded, Non-Machine Learning AI
blog.wellssanto.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The spirit gripped me today and moved me to write this essay on "good old fashioned artificial intelligence," which I position as opposite to the ethically compromised Machine Learning-based AI of today. I don't think people will like what I have to say.
blog.wellssanto.com/revisiting-g...
blog.wellssanto.com/revisiting-g...
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this is my entire reply to the guy who was like "the left isn't happy with AI"
NEW: ChatGPT and other chatbots are feeding users' fixations on real people, reinforcing users' delusional ideas and obsessions about others as they descend into unwanted harassment, stalking, and/or domestic abuse — traumatizing victims and profoundly altering lives.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking
ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are reinforcing users' delusions about other people — fueling fixations linked to stalking and other abuses.
futurism.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:02 PM
this is my entire reply to the guy who was like "the left isn't happy with AI"
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Great curated list of critical AI books from Prof. Dagmar Monett #AcademicSky monettdiaz.com/books-critic...
Books Critical AI
monettdiaz.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Great curated list of critical AI books from Prof. Dagmar Monett #AcademicSky monettdiaz.com/books-critic...
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Writing is thinking.
It's not some marginal boring task you can skip. It's the heart of it.
It's not some marginal boring task you can skip. It's the heart of it.
It’s easy to think writing is mainly the transcription of ideas you already have—that is, until you try to write something worthwhile, and you find what you thought were saying transform into something far more interesting in the process. This skips that last step, and that is *not* an improvement.
“We plan to hire an AI rewrite specialist to ingest the reporting by Hannah and others and use AI to convert it into stories.”
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
February 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Writing is thinking.
It's not some marginal boring task you can skip. It's the heart of it.
It's not some marginal boring task you can skip. It's the heart of it.
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True, but I can point up the problems with using it --- and the way that you end up carrying water for the big tech companies when you try to push out of frame a) the harms that this tech entails and b) the work that we are are doing to expose it.
February 16, 2026 at 2:48 PM
True, but I can point up the problems with using it --- and the way that you end up carrying water for the big tech companies when you try to push out of frame a) the harms that this tech entails and b) the work that we are are doing to expose it.
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This is why the phrase comes up in so many of the things I've written about AI.
AI does three main things:
1) dismantle the institutions necessary for democratic society to thrive
2) transfer wealth upwards
3) create the permission structure for (1) and (2)
AI does three main things:
1) dismantle the institutions necessary for democratic society to thrive
2) transfer wealth upwards
3) create the permission structure for (1) and (2)
February 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM
This is why the phrase comes up in so many of the things I've written about AI.
AI does three main things:
1) dismantle the institutions necessary for democratic society to thrive
2) transfer wealth upwards
3) create the permission structure for (1) and (2)
AI does three main things:
1) dismantle the institutions necessary for democratic society to thrive
2) transfer wealth upwards
3) create the permission structure for (1) and (2)
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When I talk about the ethics of using AI it’s this kind of thing that is on my mind.
Every lesson plan or admin task produced by an LLM is constructed on the back of real emotional harm and exploitation of labour in the global south. /1
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Every lesson plan or admin task produced by an LLM is constructed on the back of real emotional harm and exploitation of labour in the global south. /1
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:26 AM
When I talk about the ethics of using AI it’s this kind of thing that is on my mind.
Every lesson plan or admin task produced by an LLM is constructed on the back of real emotional harm and exploitation of labour in the global south. /1
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Every lesson plan or admin task produced by an LLM is constructed on the back of real emotional harm and exploitation of labour in the global south. /1
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Sure, it was the model that was ‘reckless.’
OpenAI says it's going to retire GPT-4o. Again.
This time, the move to sunset 4o comes amid a wave of lawsuits alleging that the sycophantic model pushed users into delusional and suicidal spirals, upending lives and causing psychological harm, self-injury, and death.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
This time, the move to sunset 4o comes amid a wave of lawsuits alleging that the sycophantic model pushed users into delusional and suicidal spirals, upending lives and causing psychological harm, self-injury, and death.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Amid Lawsuits, OpenAI Says It Will Retire "Reckless" Model Linked to Deaths
OpenAI will retire GPT-4o, an especially sycophantic version of its chatbot linked in lawsuits to multiple deaths, next month.
futurism.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Sure, it was the model that was ‘reckless.’
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for anyone who doesn't know: in the context of ai, "doomers" are people who think ai is dangerous because it might be *too powerful and smart* and are worried about imaginary dangers
this is distinct from people who think it's washed up overhyped crap and are worried about *current actual harms*
this is distinct from people who think it's washed up overhyped crap and are worried about *current actual harms*
Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
January 22, 2026 at 4:35 PM
for anyone who doesn't know: in the context of ai, "doomers" are people who think ai is dangerous because it might be *too powerful and smart* and are worried about imaginary dangers
this is distinct from people who think it's washed up overhyped crap and are worried about *current actual harms*
this is distinct from people who think it's washed up overhyped crap and are worried about *current actual harms*
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Imagine if there was a controversy involving Cards Against Humanity and a journalist interviewed a deck of Cards Against Humanity cards.
Brian O'Donovan on SixOne News "I asked Grok.."
a woman in a denim jacket says dude seriously why
Alt: a woman in a denim jacket says dude seriously why
media.tenor.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Imagine if there was a controversy involving Cards Against Humanity and a journalist interviewed a deck of Cards Against Humanity cards.
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Health experts: Your synthetic text "AI" overviews are misleading, for example see this about liver function tests.
Google: Okay, we'll block "AI" overviews on that query.
The product is fundamentally flawed and cannot be "fixed" by patching query by query.
A short 🧵>>
Google: Okay, we'll block "AI" overviews on that query.
The product is fundamentally flawed and cannot be "fixed" by patching query by query.
A short 🧵>>
‘Dangerous and alarming’: Google removes some of its AI summaries after users’ health put at risk
Guardian investigation finds AI Overviews provided inaccurate and false information when queried over blood tests
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Health experts: Your synthetic text "AI" overviews are misleading, for example see this about liver function tests.
Google: Okay, we'll block "AI" overviews on that query.
The product is fundamentally flawed and cannot be "fixed" by patching query by query.
A short 🧵>>
Google: Okay, we'll block "AI" overviews on that query.
The product is fundamentally flawed and cannot be "fixed" by patching query by query.
A short 🧵>>
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an individual develops AI psychosis when they start to think that the AI is right and the world is wrong.
a culture develops AI psychosis when it starts to believe that the AI can *describe the actual people* better than the people themselves. entering a hall of mirrors & treating it as windows.
a culture develops AI psychosis when it starts to believe that the AI can *describe the actual people* better than the people themselves. entering a hall of mirrors & treating it as windows.
December 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
an individual develops AI psychosis when they start to think that the AI is right and the world is wrong.
a culture develops AI psychosis when it starts to believe that the AI can *describe the actual people* better than the people themselves. entering a hall of mirrors & treating it as windows.
a culture develops AI psychosis when it starts to believe that the AI can *describe the actual people* better than the people themselves. entering a hall of mirrors & treating it as windows.
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These people have been told that the chatbox is an everything machine. The way out can't be to provide a better everything machine because that can't exist.
Because hundreds of millions of people are already using these tools and finding utility in them. And they're not crazy, they are reasonable. Telling them, "no, you have to do without", will make them think, "Oh, I guess the critics are crazy and the AI bros are the reasonable ones."
December 19, 2025 at 2:21 AM
These people have been told that the chatbox is an everything machine. The way out can't be to provide a better everything machine because that can't exist.
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“‘My most daring idea is to refuse,’ she said to applause.”
Professor Warns That the Wealthy Are Trying to Use AI to Seize Control of Everything
Renowned sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom says that AI is a tool for the rich to cement control over society.
futurism.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“‘My most daring idea is to refuse,’ she said to applause.”
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Always find some great recommendations on the LOTM challenges! Broaden your reading horizons in 2026
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The Language-on-the-Move Reading Challenge 2026 just dropped! Check it out and start reading!
www.languageonthemove.com/language-on-...
www.languageonthemove.com/language-on-...
Language on the Move Reading Challenge 2026
The Language-on-the-Move Reading Challenge 2026 is out! Now in its ninth year, the goals of our reading challenge have remained broadly unchanged since 2018: to encourage reading in the discipline …
www.languageonthemove.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Always find some great recommendations on the LOTM challenges! Broaden your reading horizons in 2026
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Hello, we’re Ghost in the Machine, a landmark documentary that’s mandatory viewing for anyone thinking about or using AI.
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be premiering at #SundanceFilmFestival next month. We hope you’ll join us in person or online, and follow along here.
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be premiering at #SundanceFilmFestival next month. We hope you’ll join us in person or online, and follow along here.
December 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Hello, we’re Ghost in the Machine, a landmark documentary that’s mandatory viewing for anyone thinking about or using AI.
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be premiering at #SundanceFilmFestival next month. We hope you’ll join us in person or online, and follow along here.
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be premiering at #SundanceFilmFestival next month. We hope you’ll join us in person or online, and follow along here.
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I'm looking forward to talking to @lieven.bsky.social in person next week about his new book, The Language of Memes!
The Language of Memes | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
www.cambridge.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I'm looking forward to talking to @lieven.bsky.social in person next week about his new book, The Language of Memes!
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A writing group accountability friend said the way that she is resisting AI is to slow down when reading, and not give into the pressure to continually skim the written word.
I've tried to do the same, and to take more time to read, and reread.
I've tried to do the same, and to take more time to read, and reread.
December 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A writing group accountability friend said the way that she is resisting AI is to slow down when reading, and not give into the pressure to continually skim the written word.
I've tried to do the same, and to take more time to read, and reread.
I've tried to do the same, and to take more time to read, and reread.
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We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
AI tools are 'deskilling' workers, philosophy professor says
A philosophy professor warns that AI reliance is weakening workers' judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
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