Eryk Salvaggio
@eryk.bsky.social
Situationist Cybernetics. Gates Scholar researching AI’s impacts on the Humanities, University of Cambridge. Affiliated Researcher, Machine Visual Culture Research Group (Max Planck Institute, Rome). Aim to be kind. cyberneticforests.com
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Many critical AI resources are written for teachers, rather than students. I wrote this for undergrad students dealing with “AI literacy” in the humanities, hoping to raise more fundamental questions about what it means to write. People have added it to syllabi, so maybe you’ll find it useful, too.
Human Literacy
Something I Can Tell Students Now That I Am Not Teaching
You and I probably both keep hearing that students should be working toward AI literacy. That you should know what to type into prompt windo...
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Here’s a thread of three resources I’ve written that people have made good use of — esp. in undergrad and master’s curriculums linking humanities, media studies, and critical AI.
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Something way more people need to internalize and help their friends understand is that the *only* politics and culture that you can reproduce using pile-ons, networked harassment, doxxing, death threats and the like is a fascist one. It doesn’t matter what you think your motivations or politics are
Losers decided to do gamergate but pretend wokely 🤦
January 6, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Something way more people need to internalize and help their friends understand is that the *only* politics and culture that you can reproduce using pile-ons, networked harassment, doxxing, death threats and the like is a fascist one. It doesn’t matter what you think your motivations or politics are
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How I Built a Tool to Detect AI-Generated Fake References
dev.to/lidianycs/ho...
dev.to/lidianycs/ho...
How I Built a Tool to Detect AI-Generated Fake References
Large Language Models(LLMs) have become part of everyday academic and technical writing. But there is...
dev.to
January 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
How I Built a Tool to Detect AI-Generated Fake References
dev.to/lidianycs/ho...
dev.to/lidianycs/ho...
I feel like BlueSky was seeded by the problem-solving activist set, for whom — to its credit — social media has always been imagined as a strategy room for the project of a better world, and so the site constantly feels like we are all huddled around a table with a giant map of Today’s Problem.
January 6, 2026 at 3:24 AM
I feel like BlueSky was seeded by the problem-solving activist set, for whom — to its credit — social media has always been imagined as a strategy room for the project of a better world, and so the site constantly feels like we are all huddled around a table with a giant map of Today’s Problem.
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🚨Calling all new media scholars🚨
If (and I emphasize if) a 2nd edition of the New Media Reader happened to be in the works, what additions would you like to see? What do you think could be excised? @docmofo.bsky.social @n-w-f.bsky.social @psssssssss.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026223227...
If (and I emphasize if) a 2nd edition of the New Media Reader happened to be in the works, what additions would you like to see? What do you think could be excised? @docmofo.bsky.social @n-w-f.bsky.social @psssssssss.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026223227...
The New Media Reader
This reader collects the texts, videos, and computer programs—many of them now almost impossible to find—that chronicle the history and form the foundati...
mitpress.mit.edu
January 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM
🚨Calling all new media scholars🚨
If (and I emphasize if) a 2nd edition of the New Media Reader happened to be in the works, what additions would you like to see? What do you think could be excised? @docmofo.bsky.social @n-w-f.bsky.social @psssssssss.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026223227...
If (and I emphasize if) a 2nd edition of the New Media Reader happened to be in the works, what additions would you like to see? What do you think could be excised? @docmofo.bsky.social @n-w-f.bsky.social @psssssssss.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026223227...
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Listen to warnings! www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
Experts were asked to list "the dates of early warnings, to analyse how this information was used, or not used, in reducing hazards, and to describe the resulting costs, benefits and lessons for the future." h/t @jackstilgoe.bsky.social
6/n
Experts were asked to list "the dates of early warnings, to analyse how this information was used, or not used, in reducing hazards, and to describe the resulting costs, benefits and lessons for the future." h/t @jackstilgoe.bsky.social
6/n
Late lessons from early warnings: the precautionary principle 1896-2000
Late lessons from early warnings is about the
gathering of information on the hazards of
human economic activities and its use in
taking action to better protect both the
environment and the health of...
www.eea.europa.eu
December 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Listen to warnings! www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
Experts were asked to list "the dates of early warnings, to analyse how this information was used, or not used, in reducing hazards, and to describe the resulting costs, benefits and lessons for the future." h/t @jackstilgoe.bsky.social
6/n
Experts were asked to list "the dates of early warnings, to analyse how this information was used, or not used, in reducing hazards, and to describe the resulting costs, benefits and lessons for the future." h/t @jackstilgoe.bsky.social
6/n
You really haven’t been able to tell a joke online since Obama left office
January 6, 2026 at 2:11 AM
You really haven’t been able to tell a joke online since Obama left office
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US artist visas are now given based on your number of social media followers
January 5, 2026 at 11:22 PM
US artist visas are now given based on your number of social media followers
Word of the year candidate
Screaming + vomiting: ‘Scromiting’ is the mysterious cannabis syndrome becoming more common
Screaming + vomiting: ‘Scromiting’ is the mysterious cannabis syndrome becoming more common
The condition is rare but a University of Illinois Chicago found the number of diagnosed cases jumped seven-fold from 2016 to 2022.
trib.al
January 5, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Word of the year candidate
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I have never seen the responses to an innocuous post go zero to 60 like this before
January 4, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I have never seen the responses to an innocuous post go zero to 60 like this before
Musk is basically implementing self-deportation policies over at X. He knew he was polarizing, he knew anyone left of a Klansman wasn’t going to pay him for a blue check. So he amplified blue check content, with paid accounts seeing 10x reach over free ones. That’s one piece.
January 5, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Musk is basically implementing self-deportation policies over at X. He knew he was polarizing, he knew anyone left of a Klansman wasn’t going to pay him for a blue check. So he amplified blue check content, with paid accounts seeing 10x reach over free ones. That’s one piece.
Some people are mad about this. I think it’s great. Let kids build stuff and understand sensors as a material that can be repurposed! It seems like a foundational bit of tech literacy that could spur creativity. I’d have used the hell out of this brick. As an artist I still might!
Lego announces Smart Brick, the ‘most significant evolution’ in 50 years
Starting with Lego Star Wars.
www.theverge.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Some people are mad about this. I think it’s great. Let kids build stuff and understand sensors as a material that can be repurposed! It seems like a foundational bit of tech literacy that could spur creativity. I’d have used the hell out of this brick. As an artist I still might!
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If any media outlets want to talk about the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, I'm currently writing the official history of public meeting for the CPB and Current, and I'm available.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Shut Down After 58 Years Due to Trump Eliminating Funding
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting's board voted to close the organization after 58 years after the Trump Administration ended funding.
variety.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:38 PM
If any media outlets want to talk about the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, I'm currently writing the official history of public meeting for the CPB and Current, and I'm available.
US/UK tech policy in a nutshell: “cross our fingers and hope for the best”
Keir Starmer's spokesman asked if Government will still use X now it posts indecent images of children, replies "we always keep communication channels under review to reach public in most appropriate way possible”
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
January 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
US/UK tech policy in a nutshell: “cross our fingers and hope for the best”
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The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
January 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
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Bluesky is 10,000 accounts waiting all day for someone to call a lectern a podium.
October 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Bluesky is 10,000 accounts waiting all day for someone to call a lectern a podium.
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Here’s a thread of three resources I’ve written that people have made good use of — esp. in undergrad and master’s curriculums linking humanities, media studies, and critical AI.
Many critical AI resources are written for teachers, rather than students. I wrote this for undergrad students dealing with “AI literacy” in the humanities, hoping to raise more fundamental questions about what it means to write. People have added it to syllabi, so maybe you’ll find it useful, too.
Human Literacy
Something I Can Tell Students Now That I Am Not Teaching
You and I probably both keep hearing that students should be working toward AI literacy. That you should know what to type into prompt windo...
mail.cyberneticforests.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Here’s a thread of three resources I’ve written that people have made good use of — esp. in undergrad and master’s curriculums linking humanities, media studies, and critical AI.
It’s interesting how Grok’s “Apology” was covered uncritically by the press while Grok saying the nude images it produces are “just pure, unfiltered fun” is shrugged off. Literally the exact same source.
January 4, 2026 at 10:19 PM
It’s interesting how Grok’s “Apology” was covered uncritically by the press while Grok saying the nude images it produces are “just pure, unfiltered fun” is shrugged off. Literally the exact same source.
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Good post. I'd add that if you as a student care for the lives of other (human & non-human) animals and ecosystems, you definitely should not use genAI. The damage goes beyond energy, chips, and water consumption. It is an infrastructure that once cemented will negatively affect the lives of many.
Many critical AI resources are written for teachers, rather than students. I wrote this for undergrad students dealing with “AI literacy” in the humanities, hoping to raise more fundamental questions about what it means to write. People have added it to syllabi, so maybe you’ll find it useful, too.
Human Literacy
Something I Can Tell Students Now That I Am Not Teaching
You and I probably both keep hearing that students should be working toward AI literacy. That you should know what to type into prompt windo...
mail.cyberneticforests.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Good post. I'd add that if you as a student care for the lives of other (human & non-human) animals and ecosystems, you definitely should not use genAI. The damage goes beyond energy, chips, and water consumption. It is an infrastructure that once cemented will negatively affect the lives of many.
Here’s a thread of three resources I’ve written that people have made good use of — esp. in undergrad and master’s curriculums linking humanities, media studies, and critical AI.
Many critical AI resources are written for teachers, rather than students. I wrote this for undergrad students dealing with “AI literacy” in the humanities, hoping to raise more fundamental questions about what it means to write. People have added it to syllabi, so maybe you’ll find it useful, too.
Human Literacy
Something I Can Tell Students Now That I Am Not Teaching
You and I probably both keep hearing that students should be working toward AI literacy. That you should know what to type into prompt windo...
mail.cyberneticforests.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Here’s a thread of three resources I’ve written that people have made good use of — esp. in undergrad and master’s curriculums linking humanities, media studies, and critical AI.
Many critical AI resources are written for teachers, rather than students. I wrote this for undergrad students dealing with “AI literacy” in the humanities, hoping to raise more fundamental questions about what it means to write. People have added it to syllabi, so maybe you’ll find it useful, too.
Human Literacy
Something I Can Tell Students Now That I Am Not Teaching
You and I probably both keep hearing that students should be working toward AI literacy. That you should know what to type into prompt windo...
mail.cyberneticforests.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Many critical AI resources are written for teachers, rather than students. I wrote this for undergrad students dealing with “AI literacy” in the humanities, hoping to raise more fundamental questions about what it means to write. People have added it to syllabi, so maybe you’ll find it useful, too.
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Three tabs on a screen in a war room and they’re all X feeds, an influencer operation
Several of the photos have Twitter up on a screen in the background but I can’t make out what search term appears
January 3, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Three tabs on a screen in a war room and they’re all X feeds, an influencer operation
Three tabs on a screen in a war room and they’re all X feeds, an influencer operation
Several of the photos have Twitter up on a screen in the background but I can’t make out what search term appears
January 3, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Three tabs on a screen in a war room and they’re all X feeds, an influencer operation
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It’s gonna be weird when this thing comes out in like 2029.
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 AM
It’s gonna be weird when this thing comes out in like 2029.
Most reporters have zero sense of what LLMs are doing beyond the intuition-confirming understanding of the most delusional layer of the AI industry, who are the only people the press ever thinks to speak to
It’s also time to start wondering if some of these reporters are a little cooked by the bots themselves. Reporters aren’t inured to chatbot psychosis. In fact, some of them may have drank too much of the kool aid from sources selling them stuff. We’re in a new world of stupid. Adjust your credulity.
January 3, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Most reporters have zero sense of what LLMs are doing beyond the intuition-confirming understanding of the most delusional layer of the AI industry, who are the only people the press ever thinks to speak to
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this is irresponsible reporting. a neural network can't comment on why it produced CSAM. a neural network can't be held answerable for generating CSAM. accountability lies within the fascist ceo and the team willing to work for him
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements ...
www.reuters.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:16 PM
this is irresponsible reporting. a neural network can't comment on why it produced CSAM. a neural network can't be held answerable for generating CSAM. accountability lies within the fascist ceo and the team willing to work for him
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...