Dave Clemente
@daveclemente.bsky.social
Cyber security and tech. Thoughts my own.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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“People [in tech jobs] worry that not being seen as uncritical AI cheerleaders will be a career-limiting move…for those who aren't insiders in the tech industry, it's vital that you understand that you've been presented with an extremely distorted view about what tech workers really think about AI”
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“People [in tech jobs] worry that not being seen as uncritical AI cheerleaders will be a career-limiting move…for those who aren't insiders in the tech industry, it's vital that you understand that you've been presented with an extremely distorted view about what tech workers really think about AI”
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Look, if we're getting rid of the First Amendment, apparently we're getting rid of all of it...
(the proper response from journalists here is "fuck no" and if you lose your press pass, so fucking be it, and start working on building up your sources inside the pentagon to continue your reporting)
(the proper response from journalists here is "fuck no" and if you lose your press pass, so fucking be it, and start working on building up your sources inside the pentagon to continue your reporting)
NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Look, if we're getting rid of the First Amendment, apparently we're getting rid of all of it...
(the proper response from journalists here is "fuck no" and if you lose your press pass, so fucking be it, and start working on building up your sources inside the pentagon to continue your reporting)
(the proper response from journalists here is "fuck no" and if you lose your press pass, so fucking be it, and start working on building up your sources inside the pentagon to continue your reporting)
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There are times in life I am jealous I didn't think to create something, and then there are times when I realize I could never create a work of satire this perfect. This new project of his is amazing.
Q. Who aligns the aligners?
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers
We align the aligners
alignmentalignment.ai
September 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
There are times in life I am jealous I didn't think to create something, and then there are times when I realize I could never create a work of satire this perfect. This new project of his is amazing.
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I finally read computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum’s 1976 classic “Computer Power and Human Reason.”
This book deserves a massive revival in our current age of grotesque and largely thoughtless AI creep into everything:
This book deserves a massive revival in our current age of grotesque and largely thoughtless AI creep into everything:
August 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I finally read computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum’s 1976 classic “Computer Power and Human Reason.”
This book deserves a massive revival in our current age of grotesque and largely thoughtless AI creep into everything:
This book deserves a massive revival in our current age of grotesque and largely thoughtless AI creep into everything:
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Just to state this plainly:
If you are an opponent of the regime, you will be investigated, harassed, potentially kidnapped, and imprisoned.
And if you are a previously-convicted supporter of the regime, you will be released from prison.
If you are an opponent of the regime, you will be investigated, harassed, potentially kidnapped, and imprisoned.
And if you are a previously-convicted supporter of the regime, you will be released from prison.
Do you know how insane and infuriating it is to live in a country where one party claims, with media and public support, the mantle of being the ‘tough on crime’ party while its leader openly calls for convicted criminals to be released from prison ‘or else’?
August 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Just to state this plainly:
If you are an opponent of the regime, you will be investigated, harassed, potentially kidnapped, and imprisoned.
And if you are a previously-convicted supporter of the regime, you will be released from prison.
If you are an opponent of the regime, you will be investigated, harassed, potentially kidnapped, and imprisoned.
And if you are a previously-convicted supporter of the regime, you will be released from prison.
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The people dominating our political landscape, culture, and economy are just so stupid and full of shit it's almost impossible to describe
August 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The people dominating our political landscape, culture, and economy are just so stupid and full of shit it's almost impossible to describe
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Five-ish years ago, @lizthegrey.com told me tech workers needed to organize because the tech giants would automate their jobs, the market would flood with talent and they would lose bargaining power. I thought it was unlikely. Here’s a story about me being wrong. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/t...
So Long to Tech’s Dream Job
www.nytimes.com
August 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Five-ish years ago, @lizthegrey.com told me tech workers needed to organize because the tech giants would automate their jobs, the market would flood with talent and they would lose bargaining power. I thought it was unlikely. Here’s a story about me being wrong. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/t...
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OpenAI's CEO is busy hyping up his products and trying to get ahead of regulation he doesn't like and is doing so to supine tech blogs who should interrogate his bullshit much more closely
OpenAI's CEO says he's scared of GPT-5 www.techradar.com/ai-platforms...
OpenAI's CEO says he's scared of GPT-5
Not that it's slowing down development
www.techradar.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
OpenAI's CEO is busy hyping up his products and trying to get ahead of regulation he doesn't like and is doing so to supine tech blogs who should interrogate his bullshit much more closely
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I have mostly seen guys commenting on this bold future and now I’m wondering how many of them have actually planned a kids birthday party (it involves a lot of choices!) or ordered a 🎂 (more choices!) or planned a family trip (shit ton of choices!) involving variable preferences of multiple ppl 😂
May 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I have mostly seen guys commenting on this bold future and now I’m wondering how many of them have actually planned a kids birthday party (it involves a lot of choices!) or ordered a 🎂 (more choices!) or planned a family trip (shit ton of choices!) involving variable preferences of multiple ppl 😂
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I enthusiastically aid and abet terrorism.
JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)
April 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I enthusiastically aid and abet terrorism.
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Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
April 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
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Ambassador Spock modeling the proper “fuck you, make me” response to intimidation tactics. Our current-day institutions could learn a lot from him.
April 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Ambassador Spock modeling the proper “fuck you, make me” response to intimidation tactics. Our current-day institutions could learn a lot from him.
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Man after my own heart
April 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Man after my own heart
In 2025, Europe awaits the reappearance of a species rare since the George W. years: The American university student attempting to pass as Canadian, but betrayed by their ever-present water bottles, extremely loud voices, and constant search for the nearest Starbucks.
April 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
In 2025, Europe awaits the reappearance of a species rare since the George W. years: The American university student attempting to pass as Canadian, but betrayed by their ever-present water bottles, extremely loud voices, and constant search for the nearest Starbucks.
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Here is the top comment on this article: “You are advising responsible honest people who have worked hard, saved all their lives… to scale down their retirement dreams because a one person has decided to destroy the US economy. Why not write an article about how to get rid of the real problem?”
How to Protect Your Retirement Savings Now as Markets Plunge
If you’re within five years of retiring, either before or after, you’re at your most vulnerable financially. Here are steps to weather the volatility.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Here is the top comment on this article: “You are advising responsible honest people who have worked hard, saved all their lives… to scale down their retirement dreams because a one person has decided to destroy the US economy. Why not write an article about how to get rid of the real problem?”
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Andrew Chen, co-founder of one of my favorite denim brands, 3sixteen, breaks down how the tariffs affect his company
IG 3sixteen
IG 3sixteen
April 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Andrew Chen, co-founder of one of my favorite denim brands, 3sixteen, breaks down how the tariffs affect his company
IG 3sixteen
IG 3sixteen
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Steve Jackson Games posted this to their blog and the post is getting so many hits their site is effectively crashed but the point is worth repeating
April 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Steve Jackson Games posted this to their blog and the post is getting so many hits their site is effectively crashed but the point is worth repeating
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
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The silicon valley model of consent
April 1, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The silicon valley model of consent
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There is increasingly strong evidence that multiple people sent to El Salvador to be imprisoned at US taxpayer expense were completely innocent; not members of any gang and not even people who had committed a crime in the US or Venezuela.
This is why due process must be upheld.
This is why due process must be upheld.
This will be in tomorrow's Border Update but deserves its own separate post:
Profiles of 15 young Venezuelan men shipped off to El Salvador's prisons last Saturday. None of them seem to be gang members—not at all.
Post is here, with links to sources: adamisacson.com/who-did-the-...
Profiles of 15 young Venezuelan men shipped off to El Salvador's prisons last Saturday. None of them seem to be gang members—not at all.
Post is here, with links to sources: adamisacson.com/who-did-the-...
![Who Did the Trump Administration Just Send to El Salvador’s Dungeons?
The list below is an excerpt from tomorrow’s Border Update, which I’m still drafting. But it deserves to be shared separately.
On March 20 CBS News obtained and published a full list of all 238 Venezuelan men whom the Trump administration sent to El Salvador on March 15, despite a judge’s orders. It appears that 137 had no due process at all—they were sent under the fourth-ever invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The other 101 apparently had orders of removal.
But even though none committed any crimes in El Salvador, the government of Nayib Bukele sent them directly to the “Center for Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT),” a mega-jail built about two years ago to hold gang members, from which no prisoner is known to have been released.
For many of their loved ones, the CBS list was the first confirmation of their whereabouts. “Family members of the men say they’ve had no way to communicate with their loved ones,” noted Jonathan Lemire and Nick Miroff at the Atlantic, “So they study the [Salvadoran government’s] propaganda videos for glimpses of sons and spouses among the deportees.”
Here are profiles that I’ve seen of 15 of them, with links to sources. They really do not seem to be gang members at all.
Gustavo Adolfo Aguilera Agüero, 27, had been living in Dallas with his wife since December 2023, when they entered the United States with a CBP One appointment. In early February 2025, Aguilera was arrested while taking out the trash outside their home, his wife told the Miami Herald. He has a nine-month-old U.S. citizen son. His tattoos include his older, Venezuelan-born son’s name, his name and his mother’s name, and a reggaeton lyric. His mother says he has no criminal record.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t5hgkoxrsxpe3wfisqfeymg5/bafkreicwejjymd2hvlk2v7cwsxs3nwarg6gkknkig7v2einrl2ox63mf6e@jpeg)
March 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
There is increasingly strong evidence that multiple people sent to El Salvador to be imprisoned at US taxpayer expense were completely innocent; not members of any gang and not even people who had committed a crime in the US or Venezuela.
This is why due process must be upheld.
This is why due process must be upheld.
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Basel, Switzerland
March 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Basel, Switzerland