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· Dec 12
I conducted a seminar and workshop on AI-produced monstrosity, or Generative Monsters, to the Center for Digital Narrative at the University of Bergen, Norway yesterday. High point of my academic career for sure.
Huh. Fascinating
February 19, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Huh. Fascinating
Muppet, or the 120 days of Sodom
Close Encounters of the Muppet Kind
Full Muppet Jacket
February 19, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Muppet, or the 120 days of Sodom
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Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
February 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
February 18, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Every criticism takes Silicon Valley at their terms instead of throwing out their definition of success completely.
Hallucinations are a *strength*; nonsense is a *strength.* Intentionally producing weird content that does not comform to conventional expectations is a good thing.
Hallucinations are a *strength*; nonsense is a *strength.* Intentionally producing weird content that does not comform to conventional expectations is a good thing.
the sort of fitting thing is that the one very useful function the current generation of AIs can fulfil is cheating, plagiarism, and other kinds of fakery.
February 18, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Every criticism takes Silicon Valley at their terms instead of throwing out their definition of success completely.
Hallucinations are a *strength*; nonsense is a *strength.* Intentionally producing weird content that does not comform to conventional expectations is a good thing.
Hallucinations are a *strength*; nonsense is a *strength.* Intentionally producing weird content that does not comform to conventional expectations is a good thing.
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the problem is the incoherence of the response. that is: that it is not fit for any purpose, will eliminate every job worth having, and destroy the earth en route. there has also been a fixation on scholarship which either turned out to be wrong (Bender, et al.) or journalism which is worse (water).
This "why does the left hate AI?" thing is like when the right believes protests are paid for by George Soros; they need a SECRET CONSPIRATORIAL AGENT because they refuse to believe that, actually, a lot of people are independently looking at what AI is being made to be and saying "ok that sucks?"
February 18, 2026 at 6:29 PM
the problem is the incoherence of the response. that is: that it is not fit for any purpose, will eliminate every job worth having, and destroy the earth en route. there has also been a fixation on scholarship which either turned out to be wrong (Bender, et al.) or journalism which is worse (water).
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Pro AI people tell you you are using it wrong because you literally are using it wrong. We tell you your poor results are a skill issue because they literally are. Sneering at us when we point out you arent using a tool properly is not a tool failure. Its a tool user failure.
February 18, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Pro AI people tell you you are using it wrong because you literally are using it wrong. We tell you your poor results are a skill issue because they literally are. Sneering at us when we point out you arent using a tool properly is not a tool failure. Its a tool user failure.
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I don’t think it’s crazy pants to say the online left—in the broadest sense—could find more useful ways to talk about AI *that are still critical.* +
February 18, 2026 at 4:24 PM
I don’t think it’s crazy pants to say the online left—in the broadest sense—could find more useful ways to talk about AI *that are still critical.* +
What the fuck is this like rule of a million at this point what it happening
February 18, 2026 at 5:13 AM
What the fuck is this like rule of a million at this point what it happening
I admit I only just started @jjoque.bsky.social's review but based on the overview provided here of Bender & Hanna's ideas, what if I accept their characterization of AI as not able to mean or infer meaning the same way humans do and see it not as a flaw but its strength? What if I want nonsense?
this review of The AI Con from @jjoque is everything that i would want to say and everything that needs to be said to prevent "left/liberal" and "skeptic/intentionalist" from being conflated
olrsupplement.com/2026/02/17/t...
olrsupplement.com/2026/02/17/t...
The AI Con, by Emily Bender and Alex Hanna - The OLR Supplement
Justin Joque aims for a more radical critique of AI than Bender and Hanna, both by questioning intentionalist language, and with a leftist political orientation
olrsupplement.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:27 PM
I admit I only just started @jjoque.bsky.social's review but based on the overview provided here of Bender & Hanna's ideas, what if I accept their characterization of AI as not able to mean or infer meaning the same way humans do and see it not as a flaw but its strength? What if I want nonsense?
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Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
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Book club scams are now threatening authors who don't fall for their BS. In December, I received an email from Herry Sharp, so-called CEO of "Super Book Lover Curator" praising my novella We Who Hunt Alexanders.
Totally AI-generated and a scam so I didn't respond.
Now Herry is threatening me. 1/
Totally AI-generated and a scam so I didn't respond.
Now Herry is threatening me. 1/
February 16, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Book club scams are now threatening authors who don't fall for their BS. In December, I received an email from Herry Sharp, so-called CEO of "Super Book Lover Curator" praising my novella We Who Hunt Alexanders.
Totally AI-generated and a scam so I didn't respond.
Now Herry is threatening me. 1/
Totally AI-generated and a scam so I didn't respond.
Now Herry is threatening me. 1/
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Latest AI bookclub scam "I host (title) a curated Zoom series centered on thoughtful conversation . We spend 45–60 minutes exploring the heart of the story and then open the floor to an intimate audience of 50–100 engaged readers who come prepared with meaningful questions" I'll bet they do, and
February 17, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Latest AI bookclub scam "I host (title) a curated Zoom series centered on thoughtful conversation . We spend 45–60 minutes exploring the heart of the story and then open the floor to an intimate audience of 50–100 engaged readers who come prepared with meaningful questions" I'll bet they do, and
Yeah this is evil
Meta has patented AI that can run a dead person's account, continuing to post and chat on their behalf
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
February 17, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Yeah this is evil
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so much online infrastructure is so psychologically unpleasant these days that it feels like a conspiracy to get ordinary people to stop using the internet so that the channers get to keep it all because they only love psychological pain
Meta has patented AI that can run a dead person's account, continuing to post and chat on their behalf
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
February 17, 2026 at 1:21 PM
so much online infrastructure is so psychologically unpleasant these days that it feels like a conspiracy to get ordinary people to stop using the internet so that the channers get to keep it all because they only love psychological pain
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...when trans ppl tell you they won't vote for Newsom, as a Democrat, your first reflex shouldn't be to berate trans ppl. if you think that way, then you are either a transphobe or a BAD COALITION PARTNER. seriously if you want Dems to win, THEN WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO ALIENATE PART OF YOUR COALITION?
February 17, 2026 at 3:57 AM
...when trans ppl tell you they won't vote for Newsom, as a Democrat, your first reflex shouldn't be to berate trans ppl. if you think that way, then you are either a transphobe or a BAD COALITION PARTNER. seriously if you want Dems to win, THEN WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO ALIENATE PART OF YOUR COALITION?
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it's one thing to say with regards to a general election "vote blue no matter who"
but it's a completely different thing to insist (as *lots* of Dem accounts I've personally seen are saying) that trans ppl *must* vote for Newsom when we're still several years away from presidential primaries!
but it's a completely different thing to insist (as *lots* of Dem accounts I've personally seen are saying) that trans ppl *must* vote for Newsom when we're still several years away from presidential primaries!
February 17, 2026 at 3:41 AM
it's one thing to say with regards to a general election "vote blue no matter who"
but it's a completely different thing to insist (as *lots* of Dem accounts I've personally seen are saying) that trans ppl *must* vote for Newsom when we're still several years away from presidential primaries!
but it's a completely different thing to insist (as *lots* of Dem accounts I've personally seen are saying) that trans ppl *must* vote for Newsom when we're still several years away from presidential primaries!
This older guy who I knew from Brooklyn who built furniture and played country music and with whom I have not interacted in over a decade somehow preemptively blocked me on here before I even knew he was on Bluesky lmao
February 17, 2026 at 3:25 AM
This older guy who I knew from Brooklyn who built furniture and played country music and with whom I have not interacted in over a decade somehow preemptively blocked me on here before I even knew he was on Bluesky lmao
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Will lives in a bizarro version of this site where the main thing the left complains about is supporting democrats. Everyone else has to put up with tons of constant BS criticism of the left not supporting democrats enough!
This site will never admit that the left is way over its skis here, because you cannot be Cool On Bluesky and ever offer an iota of criticism of the left. But the normies who make up the vast majority of Dem voters will have absolutely zero patience for this nonsense. It will not end how you think.
February 17, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Will lives in a bizarro version of this site where the main thing the left complains about is supporting democrats. Everyone else has to put up with tons of constant BS criticism of the left not supporting democrats enough!
If you are not willing to earn people's votes you do not deserve them the consequences of which will be the elected officials' fault and responsibility alone
I'm sorry, but this is obfuscation. The reality is simple.
Trump and his adherents are fascist white supremacists aiming to destroy every good thing in America.
If you look at a choice between them and a Democrat - any Democrat - and go "eh, not left enough, I'll pass" you are a child and a fool.
Trump and his adherents are fascist white supremacists aiming to destroy every good thing in America.
If you look at a choice between them and a Democrat - any Democrat - and go "eh, not left enough, I'll pass" you are a child and a fool.
I've seen a bunch of this online, mostly from people less credible than Stancil. I've been a union organizer for almost 30 years and worked on every election in that time period. (I also voted for Harris and protested the genocide.) Posts like this fail to grasp 3 universal truths about elections.
February 17, 2026 at 3:23 AM
If you are not willing to earn people's votes you do not deserve them the consequences of which will be the elected officials' fault and responsibility alone
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Lmao this fucking rules
What could go wrong using AI to help stage a few listing photos?
February 16, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Lmao this fucking rules
decided to rewatch Pantheon because why the hell not. Greatest show to ever be cancelled after two seasons and yet somehow still be able to have the best tie-up conclusion ever
February 16, 2026 at 10:47 PM
decided to rewatch Pantheon because why the hell not. Greatest show to ever be cancelled after two seasons and yet somehow still be able to have the best tie-up conclusion ever
This is up there with "I will face god and walk backwards into hell"
We are all chafed from edging the apocalypse
February 16, 2026 at 10:03 PM
This is up there with "I will face god and walk backwards into hell"
Frederick Wiseman died too?
February 16, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Frederick Wiseman died too?