Julie Carpenter, PhD
@jgcarpenter.com
Researcher of people and technology. AI, trust, & attachment. Author: "The Naked Android: Synthetic Socialness and the Human Gaze" & "Culture and Human-Robot Interaction in Militarized Spaces: A War Story." jgcarpenter.com
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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Every business right now thinks its such an essential part of your life that you'd give them anything to keep using it and brother I am here to tell you I don't need a chat app that bad
Discord will soon require face scans or ID for all users, or restrict access
Discord will soon require face scans or ID for all users, or restrict access
Discord has announced a major change coming to the service as part of its aim to improve teen safety features. Starting in March, all users globally will be required to submit age verification via a face scan or submitted ID, or be given teen-level access restrictions.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Every business right now thinks its such an essential part of your life that you'd give them anything to keep using it and brother I am here to tell you I don't need a chat app that bad
I stand by this as the only correct JR flavor ranking.
February 6, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I stand by this as the only correct JR flavor ranking.
Also: Asimov’s “Laws of Robotics” are fiction, a narrative device for his scifi world-building. The Laws are a literary constraint, not a real world robotics. science, or AI safety framework
Ooh, just saw “without Asimov there would be no science fiction,” and no, you stale crouton, you waterlogged saltine, without Mary Shelley—harassed by her husband and Lord Byron—there would be no science fiction.
You’re confusing fandom for canon.
You’re confusing fandom for canon.
February 5, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Also: Asimov’s “Laws of Robotics” are fiction, a narrative device for his scifi world-building. The Laws are a literary constraint, not a real world robotics. science, or AI safety framework
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To everyone just now finding out Isaac Asimov was rather famously a sex pest: He's been gone 34 years now, you can handle this truth, I believe in you
February 5, 2026 at 10:54 PM
To everyone just now finding out Isaac Asimov was rather famously a sex pest: He's been gone 34 years now, you can handle this truth, I believe in you
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Anyway, should anyone like to hear the long form version I’ll be giving it in Hartford, CT next week. www.hartford.edu/unotes/2026/...
February 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Anyway, should anyone like to hear the long form version I’ll be giving it in Hartford, CT next week. www.hartford.edu/unotes/2026/...
Watermelon is the best Jolly Rancher flavor. Green Apple tries hard, though.
February 2, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Watermelon is the best Jolly Rancher flavor. Green Apple tries hard, though.
Poor baby! Glad you saved Tim Tam.
February 1, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Poor baby! Glad you saved Tim Tam.
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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Have not seen! Didn’t mean to vagueskeet (?). In my book I don’t think that’s a spoiler. You’re good!
February 1, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Have not seen! Didn’t mean to vagueskeet (?). In my book I don’t think that’s a spoiler. You’re good!
You're a mind reader because I just watched the trailer again last night! Hoping to see it soon. Iron Maiden doesn’t license their music...uh...casually so if it's on any soundtrack its inclusion reads as a statement (literal) needle-drop scene iykyk right?!
February 1, 2026 at 8:10 PM
You're a mind reader because I just watched the trailer again last night! Hoping to see it soon. Iron Maiden doesn’t license their music...uh...casually so if it's on any soundtrack its inclusion reads as a statement (literal) needle-drop scene iykyk right?!
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"Letters in the Mouth" is about genAI responsibility at the org level: delegated language that persists. When orgs deploy genAI designed to stay responsive and authoritative, they own the duty to set limits and stop, not hide behind disclaimers after harm. jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
January 29, 2026 at 7:15 PM
"Letters in the Mouth" is about genAI responsibility at the org level: delegated language that persists. When orgs deploy genAI designed to stay responsive and authoritative, they own the duty to set limits and stop, not hide behind disclaimers after harm. jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
May his memory be a blessing.
I grew up on that show. <3
I grew up on that show. <3
February 1, 2026 at 7:31 PM
May his memory be a blessing.
I grew up on that show. <3
I grew up on that show. <3
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"I don't know that I've seen before the president of the United States attempt to build a white supremacist army within the government....that is new, and I don't know what else to call it."
Ta-Nehisi Coates joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
Ta-Nehisi Coates joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
January 29, 2026 at 11:38 PM
"I don't know that I've seen before the president of the United States attempt to build a white supremacist army within the government....that is new, and I don't know what else to call it."
Ta-Nehisi Coates joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
Ta-Nehisi Coates joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
"Letters in the Mouth" is about genAI responsibility at the org level: delegated language that persists. When orgs deploy genAI designed to stay responsive and authoritative, they own the duty to set limits and stop, not hide behind disclaimers after harm. jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
January 29, 2026 at 7:15 PM
"Letters in the Mouth" is about genAI responsibility at the org level: delegated language that persists. When orgs deploy genAI designed to stay responsive and authoritative, they own the duty to set limits and stop, not hide behind disclaimers after harm. jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
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New essay (no ads or paywall): "Letters in the Mouth."
On generative AI, delegated action, and what happens when responsibility withdraws while systems keep speaking.
The golem still helps explain failure when creator custody erodes.
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
On generative AI, delegated action, and what happens when responsibility withdraws while systems keep speaking.
The golem still helps explain failure when creator custody erodes.
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
January 23, 2026 at 8:58 PM
New essay (no ads or paywall): "Letters in the Mouth."
On generative AI, delegated action, and what happens when responsibility withdraws while systems keep speaking.
The golem still helps explain failure when creator custody erodes.
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
On generative AI, delegated action, and what happens when responsibility withdraws while systems keep speaking.
The golem still helps explain failure when creator custody erodes.
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
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ICE agents are America's failures, basically indistinguishable from lazy school shooters, losers who want to play Call of Duty on our streets against people who can't fight back. They have unlimited ammo and toss tear gas like they're pressing L1. They have to be defunded and jailed. All of them.
MS NOW news crew capturing ICE/DHS agents firing pepper balls, flash bangs, and tear gas at non violent protesters.
file:///C:/Users/Nikki/Downloads/Velshi-2026-01-24.mp4
file:///C:/Users/Nikki/Downloads/Velshi-2026-01-24.mp4
January 24, 2026 at 5:13 PM
ICE agents are America's failures, basically indistinguishable from lazy school shooters, losers who want to play Call of Duty on our streets against people who can't fight back. They have unlimited ammo and toss tear gas like they're pressing L1. They have to be defunded and jailed. All of them.
New essay (no ads or paywall): "Letters in the Mouth."
On generative AI, delegated action, and what happens when responsibility withdraws while systems keep speaking.
The golem still helps explain failure when creator custody erodes.
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
On generative AI, delegated action, and what happens when responsibility withdraws while systems keep speaking.
The golem still helps explain failure when creator custody erodes.
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
January 23, 2026 at 8:58 PM
New essay (no ads or paywall): "Letters in the Mouth."
On generative AI, delegated action, and what happens when responsibility withdraws while systems keep speaking.
The golem still helps explain failure when creator custody erodes.
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
On generative AI, delegated action, and what happens when responsibility withdraws while systems keep speaking.
The golem still helps explain failure when creator custody erodes.
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
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OpenAI's new "Education for Countries" program, which "will work with governments and university consortia to bring AI into education systems", is based on, well, a farcically self-serving understanding of "the history of technology" and an even worse view of education 🤢 openai.com/index/edu-fo...
January 21, 2026 at 7:23 PM
OpenAI's new "Education for Countries" program, which "will work with governments and university consortia to bring AI into education systems", is based on, well, a farcically self-serving understanding of "the history of technology" and an even worse view of education 🤢 openai.com/index/edu-fo...
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"your AI tool is dangerous" is a wild take from the nonconsensual pornography guy
Elon Musk and Sam Altman clashed on X after Musk shared a post about a man who committed a murder-suicide following delusional conversations with ChatGPT (Theo Wayt/The Information)
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Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
January 20, 2026 at 9:42 PM
"your AI tool is dangerous" is a wild take from the nonconsensual pornography guy
A reminder that the sun has hobbies, and one of them is world disruption.
Powerful solar activity released by the sun is heading for Earth and it’s likely to create dazzling auroral displays in unexpected areas Monday evening and early Tuesday morning. It could also disrupt satellite-based communications and GPS accuracy. https://cnn.it/3ZjtHA2
January 19, 2026 at 11:36 PM
A reminder that the sun has hobbies, and one of them is world disruption.
I’d wear The Substance unironically.
January 16, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I’d wear The Substance unironically.
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It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
ICE agents to begin checking documents at MSP airport, patrol jet bridges - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will begin checking documents of travelers and workers at MSP airport, with patrols inside jet bridges.
www.bizjournals.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:11 AM
It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
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Consider: Visa restrictions shaping who participates in AI research. Defunding of scholarship on algorithmic discrimination. Federal preemption of state AI laws. This is not deregulation.
January 15, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Consider: Visa restrictions shaping who participates in AI research. Defunding of scholarship on algorithmic discrimination. Federal preemption of state AI laws. This is not deregulation.