Dan
@dannno0o.bsky.social
🥝 PhD candidate thinking critically about how AI systems simulate and imitate language in their architectures, interfaces and how all of this feeds the narrative of recreating human intelligence. he/him. 🇵🇸🌻
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There was a concerted effort to ensure no one was held accountable in any way for the Iraq War and torture. That’s the reason most young people don’t know who Cheney is.
November 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
There was a concerted effort to ensure no one was held accountable in any way for the Iraq War and torture. That’s the reason most young people don’t know who Cheney is.
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Love how National proudly opposed the Treaty Principles Bill, and wore it like a badge of honour.
Then basically rolled it out anyways. They’re dismantling and removing anything that honours the treaty, and undermining Māori.
Without consultation too like yesterday.
Depressing.
Then basically rolled it out anyways. They’re dismantling and removing anything that honours the treaty, and undermining Māori.
Without consultation too like yesterday.
Depressing.
November 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Love how National proudly opposed the Treaty Principles Bill, and wore it like a badge of honour.
Then basically rolled it out anyways. They’re dismantling and removing anything that honours the treaty, and undermining Māori.
Without consultation too like yesterday.
Depressing.
Then basically rolled it out anyways. They’re dismantling and removing anything that honours the treaty, and undermining Māori.
Without consultation too like yesterday.
Depressing.
Wonderful to see this article by my friend and colleague @kkasianenko.bsky.social out in Communication Theory this week. Go give it a read!! doi.org/10.1093/ct/q...
Elements of practices in digital publics: a model for identifying collective doings on social media platforms
Abstract. Studies of public communication in digitally networked spaces have increasingly adopted the notion of practice to make sense of patterned doings
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Wonderful to see this article by my friend and colleague @kkasianenko.bsky.social out in Communication Theory this week. Go give it a read!! doi.org/10.1093/ct/q...
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Premium newsletter: Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft need $2 Trillion in AI revenue by 2030 or they've wasted their capex. The massive cost of building data centers and constant decay in value of expensive-to-run GPUs may make AI profits impossible to achieve.
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
Big Tech Needs $2 Trillion In AI Revenue By 2030 or They Wasted Their Capex
As I've established again and again, we are in an AI bubble, and no, I cannot tell you when the bubble will pop, because we're in the stupidest financial era since the great financial crisis — though,...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Premium newsletter: Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft need $2 Trillion in AI revenue by 2030 or they've wasted their capex. The massive cost of building data centers and constant decay in value of expensive-to-run GPUs may make AI profits impossible to achieve.
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
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After Axel Bruns’ talk at CFI’s 25-year anniversary, I’ve been rethinking “filter bubbles.” In dialogue with my MKVT students — and with Habermas & Meyrowitz — I argue the issue isn’t isolation but exposure. New blog reflection: jespertaekke.dk/archives/359 @snurb.info
The Problem Isn’t Echo Chambers — It’s That We See Each Other Too Clearly – Jesper Tække
jespertaekke.dk
October 31, 2025 at 9:49 AM
After Axel Bruns’ talk at CFI’s 25-year anniversary, I’ve been rethinking “filter bubbles.” In dialogue with my MKVT students — and with Habermas & Meyrowitz — I argue the issue isn’t isolation but exposure. New blog reflection: jespertaekke.dk/archives/359 @snurb.info
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this might be the most direct and strident journal article ive seen
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
academic.oup.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:02 AM
this might be the most direct and strident journal article ive seen
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The Register is reporting that OpenAI lost $11 billion in the last quarter. This company is a shambling monstrosity, financial insanity as a direct result with the markets’ obsession with growth.
www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/m...
www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/m...
Microsoft earnings suggest $11.5B OpenAI quarterly loss
: Satya has also delivered Sam most of the cash he promised
www.theregister.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The Register is reporting that OpenAI lost $11 billion in the last quarter. This company is a shambling monstrosity, financial insanity as a direct result with the markets’ obsession with growth.
www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/m...
www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/m...
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Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
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NEW: "The company’s estimates therefore suggest that every seven days, around 560,000 people may be exchanging messages with ChatGPT that indicate they are experiencing mania or psychosis." @lmatsakis.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/chatgp...
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
NEW: "The company’s estimates therefore suggest that every seven days, around 560,000 people may be exchanging messages with ChatGPT that indicate they are experiencing mania or psychosis." @lmatsakis.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/chatgp...
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AGI is sexbots and weapons
October 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
AGI is sexbots and weapons
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"Allen said they made him get on his knees, handcuffed and searched him – finding nothing. They then showed him a copy of the picture that had triggered the alert.
"'I was just holding a Doritos bag – it was two hands and one finger out, and they said it looked like a gun,' Allen said."
"'I was just holding a Doritos bag – it was two hands and one finger out, and they said it looked like a gun,' Allen said."
Baltimore high school student Taki Allen was swarmed by police after an artificial intelligence system apparently mistook his bag of Doritos for a gun www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"Allen said they made him get on his knees, handcuffed and searched him – finding nothing. They then showed him a copy of the picture that had triggered the alert.
"'I was just holding a Doritos bag – it was two hands and one finger out, and they said it looked like a gun,' Allen said."
"'I was just holding a Doritos bag – it was two hands and one finger out, and they said it looked like a gun,' Allen said."
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At some point it has to become clear that this tech exists is to create a more toxic society and enrich its owners. These uses are not aberrations but rather the entire purpose.
OpenAI's Sora 2 Can Generate Videos of Celebrities Appearing to Shout Racial Slurs
OpenAI's Sora 2 video generation model can be exploited to push misinformation and depict public figures behaving badly despite promised guardrails.
www.rollingstone.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
At some point it has to become clear that this tech exists is to create a more toxic society and enrich its owners. These uses are not aberrations but rather the entire purpose.
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Can AI simulations of human research participants advance cognitive science? In @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I analyze this vision. We show how “AI Surrogates” entrench practices that limit the generalizability of cognitive science while aspiring to do the opposite. 1/
AI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive science
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Can AI simulations of human research participants advance cognitive science? In @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I analyze this vision. We show how “AI Surrogates” entrench practices that limit the generalizability of cognitive science while aspiring to do the opposite. 1/
Went hiking recently with some lovely friends and can confirm I love nature (and taking photos)
October 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Went hiking recently with some lovely friends and can confirm I love nature (and taking photos)
Crazy to me how universities / companies love to talk about how much they respect and support indigenous culture but then at the same time support plastering a giant stadium over one of the most spiritually significant sites for indigenous folk in the region
October 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Crazy to me how universities / companies love to talk about how much they respect and support indigenous culture but then at the same time support plastering a giant stadium over one of the most spiritually significant sites for indigenous folk in the region
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Want to know more about #syntheticdata #assetization, #blockchain and #cloudinfrastructures in #finance? In this paper for @financeandspace.bsky.social , I talk about those topics, plus how synthetic data might be reworking financial #subjectivities! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Want to know more about #syntheticdata #assetization, #blockchain and #cloudinfrastructures in #finance? In this paper for @financeandspace.bsky.social , I talk about those topics, plus how synthetic data might be reworking financial #subjectivities! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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these people know how extreme they are
October 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
these people know how extreme they are
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Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
October 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
Great video by @danarrows.bsky.social as usual discussing the posthumous remaking of Charlie Kirk’s politics, his continuous approval of political violence so long as it’s framed the right way, and relating his death to the killing of Horst Wessel, a martyr of the Nazi party youtu.be/Kh0el8phS_o?...
The Myth of Charlie Kirk
YouTube video by Three Arrows
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Great video by @danarrows.bsky.social as usual discussing the posthumous remaking of Charlie Kirk’s politics, his continuous approval of political violence so long as it’s framed the right way, and relating his death to the killing of Horst Wessel, a martyr of the Nazi party youtu.be/Kh0el8phS_o?...
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Gazan children are walking the long walk to homes that have mostly been destroyed, some of them barefoot
This video of a 5 year old is one example. He was 3 when the genocide began:
www.instagram.com/reel/DPtxJ6y...
This video of a 5 year old is one example. He was 3 when the genocide began:
www.instagram.com/reel/DPtxJ6y...
aljazeeraenglish on Instagram
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October 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Gazan children are walking the long walk to homes that have mostly been destroyed, some of them barefoot
This video of a 5 year old is one example. He was 3 when the genocide began:
www.instagram.com/reel/DPtxJ6y...
This video of a 5 year old is one example. He was 3 when the genocide began:
www.instagram.com/reel/DPtxJ6y...
Just because there’s been a ceasefire doesn’t mean that Israel has stopped being an apartheid state allowed to treat Palestinians and international citizens like chattel. www.patreon.com/posts/140822...
Episode 495: Ktz’iot | TrueAnon Podcast
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October 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Just because there’s been a ceasefire doesn’t mean that Israel has stopped being an apartheid state allowed to treat Palestinians and international citizens like chattel. www.patreon.com/posts/140822...
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Remember the claim that we couldn't force a rush to renewables too soon, because it just wouldn't be fair to "developing nations" (i.e. the global majority world)? Welp, turns out they're willing and eager to get in on renewables, and are doing really, really well with them. So.
"However, Ember says the headlines mask a mixed global picture.
Developing countries, especially China, led the clean energy charge but richer nations including the US and EU relied more than before on planet-warming fossil fuels for electricity generation." 2/2
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Developing countries, especially China, led the clean energy charge but richer nations including the US and EU relied more than before on planet-warming fossil fuels for electricity generation." 2/2
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.
www.bbc.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Remember the claim that we couldn't force a rush to renewables too soon, because it just wouldn't be fair to "developing nations" (i.e. the global majority world)? Welp, turns out they're willing and eager to get in on renewables, and are doing really, really well with them. So.