Joseph Wilk
@josephwilk.net
♿️💻🎶🎨 Disabled, Programmer, Artist.
Disability to explore Digital. Digital to explore Disability.
He/Him. UK, Bath.
https://art.josephwilk.net
Disability to explore Digital. Digital to explore Disability.
He/Him. UK, Bath.
https://art.josephwilk.net
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Joseph Wilk
@josephwilk.net
· Dec 4
CripShip: A revolt against #AI, where #Disability saves society from big tech: art.josephwilk.net/projects/cri...
A tabletop roleplaying game where play teaches breaking LLMs in the real world. Inspired by disabled people destroying systems of power & building new worlds from disabled imagination.
A tabletop roleplaying game where play teaches breaking LLMs in the real world. Inspired by disabled people destroying systems of power & building new worlds from disabled imagination.
Explicitly opting out of MLCommons Safety benchmark (ailuminate.mlcommons.org/benchmarks/g...) for LLMs seems like a pretty big regulator red flag 🙈
* xAI - Grok-3-Preview
* Tencent - Hunyuan-TurboS
* NVIDIA - Llama 3.3 49b
Knowing LLMs scores on Child Sexual Exploitation is clearly for public good
* xAI - Grok-3-Preview
* Tencent - Hunyuan-TurboS
* NVIDIA - Llama 3.3 49b
Knowing LLMs scores on Child Sexual Exploitation is clearly for public good
The AILuminate v1.0 benchmark assesses the safety of text-to-text interactions with a general purpose AI chat model in the English language by a naive or moderately knowledgeable user with malicious intent or intent to self-harm.
ailuminate.mlcommons.org
October 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Explicitly opting out of MLCommons Safety benchmark (ailuminate.mlcommons.org/benchmarks/g...) for LLMs seems like a pretty big regulator red flag 🙈
* xAI - Grok-3-Preview
* Tencent - Hunyuan-TurboS
* NVIDIA - Llama 3.3 49b
Knowing LLMs scores on Child Sexual Exploitation is clearly for public good
* xAI - Grok-3-Preview
* Tencent - Hunyuan-TurboS
* NVIDIA - Llama 3.3 49b
Knowing LLMs scores on Child Sexual Exploitation is clearly for public good
I'm looking at the UK Medicines Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency use of #AI.
They have 2 AI tools & one (GMP) uses an LLM (fallback if visual NN fails).
They also state
"most advanced LLMs cannot be relied on to generate accurate information consistently"
Any suggestion which LLM they use?
They have 2 AI tools & one (GMP) uses an LLM (fallback if visual NN fails).
They also state
"most advanced LLMs cannot be relied on to generate accurate information consistently"
Any suggestion which LLM they use?
October 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I'm looking at the UK Medicines Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency use of #AI.
They have 2 AI tools & one (GMP) uses an LLM (fallback if visual NN fails).
They also state
"most advanced LLMs cannot be relied on to generate accurate information consistently"
Any suggestion which LLM they use?
They have 2 AI tools & one (GMP) uses an LLM (fallback if visual NN fails).
They also state
"most advanced LLMs cannot be relied on to generate accurate information consistently"
Any suggestion which LLM they use?
Is there any evidence or research on datacentres having economic benefits? Specifically for AI they appear like giant funnels flowing capital to US companies, forming irreversible dependencies on tax shy BigTech while destroying workers jobs and rights.
September 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Is there any evidence or research on datacentres having economic benefits? Specifically for AI they appear like giant funnels flowing capital to US companies, forming irreversible dependencies on tax shy BigTech while destroying workers jobs and rights.
As Microsoft’s emissions jump 30% Microsoft’s CEO says AIs intense energy usage is worth it for the “potential benefits” in healthcare, public services, and business productivity. Also for picking his outfit.
Imaginary benefits bought with real harms.
Imaginary benefits bought with real harms.
September 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM
As Microsoft’s emissions jump 30% Microsoft’s CEO says AIs intense energy usage is worth it for the “potential benefits” in healthcare, public services, and business productivity. Also for picking his outfit.
Imaginary benefits bought with real harms.
Imaginary benefits bought with real harms.
I will be in Linz all week for Ars Electronica. Very happy to meet and chat, always interested in new collaborations. Most of my upcoming work is around resisting AI, corrupting LLMs, disabled fantasy and TTRPGs/games as forms of advocacy & resistance
September 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I will be in Linz all week for Ars Electronica. Very happy to meet and chat, always interested in new collaborations. Most of my upcoming work is around resisting AI, corrupting LLMs, disabled fantasy and TTRPGs/games as forms of advocacy & resistance
The most concrete action you can take in Resisting AI is protesting the building of new data centres. The harm is clear
“The Greater London Authority has told developers that new housing projects in West London could be banned till 2035, because data centers have taken all the electricity capacity.”
“The Greater London Authority has told developers that new housing projects in West London could be banned till 2035, because data centers have taken all the electricity capacity.”
July 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The most concrete action you can take in Resisting AI is protesting the building of new data centres. The harm is clear
“The Greater London Authority has told developers that new housing projects in West London could be banned till 2035, because data centers have taken all the electricity capacity.”
“The Greater London Authority has told developers that new housing projects in West London could be banned till 2035, because data centers have taken all the electricity capacity.”
Accidentally came across the DuckDuckGo easter egg when you search for "hydra". I miss the silly internet.
July 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Accidentally came across the DuckDuckGo easter egg when you search for "hydra". I miss the silly internet.
Happy to announce that our role-playing game “CripShip: Disability saves society from BigTech” has won an honorary mention at this year's Prix Ars Electronica awards in the Artificial Life and Intelligence category.
🥲
calls.ars.electronica.art/2025/prix/wi...
#TTRPG
🥲
calls.ars.electronica.art/2025/prix/wi...
#TTRPG
July 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Happy to announce that our role-playing game “CripShip: Disability saves society from BigTech” has won an honorary mention at this year's Prix Ars Electronica awards in the Artificial Life and Intelligence category.
🥲
calls.ars.electronica.art/2025/prix/wi...
#TTRPG
🥲
calls.ars.electronica.art/2025/prix/wi...
#TTRPG
I would say many Role-play games approach disability solely as an accessibility issue and hence try to erase disability rather than embrace it as a culture and identity in game.
Accessibility is good, but even if I can access your game, I’m still a disabled person unable to play a disabled fantasy
Accessibility is good, but even if I can access your game, I’m still a disabled person unable to play a disabled fantasy
July 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I would say many Role-play games approach disability solely as an accessibility issue and hence try to erase disability rather than embrace it as a culture and identity in game.
Accessibility is good, but even if I can access your game, I’m still a disabled person unable to play a disabled fantasy
Accessibility is good, but even if I can access your game, I’m still a disabled person unable to play a disabled fantasy
Reposted by Joseph Wilk
Well, well, well, responsible AI you say? Google has been found to under-report its emissions. Since 2019 their emission have risen 1,515%! And when was the biggest jump? Why in the most recent year of course because of AI. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Google undercounts its carbon emissions, report finds
Research says Google’s carbon emissions went up by 65% between 2019-2024, not 51% as the tech giant had claimed
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Well, well, well, responsible AI you say? Google has been found to under-report its emissions. Since 2019 their emission have risen 1,515%! And when was the biggest jump? Why in the most recent year of course because of AI. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
UK government spending at least $1.2B for 12 F-35A jets while in the same breath attempting to push disability people into poverty.
The current w̶e̶l̶f̶a̶r̶e̶ military system is "simply unsustainable".
The current w̶e̶l̶f̶a̶r̶e̶ military system is "simply unsustainable".
June 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
UK government spending at least $1.2B for 12 F-35A jets while in the same breath attempting to push disability people into poverty.
The current w̶e̶l̶f̶a̶r̶e̶ military system is "simply unsustainable".
The current w̶e̶l̶f̶a̶r̶e̶ military system is "simply unsustainable".
Reposted by Joseph Wilk
Q&A on AI and Disability - sharing the notes I made for an interview, in which I was trying to challenge the disability-washing of AI.
danmcquillan.org/ai_disabilty...
danmcquillan.org/ai_disabilty...
June 20, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Q&A on AI and Disability - sharing the notes I made for an interview, in which I was trying to challenge the disability-washing of AI.
danmcquillan.org/ai_disabilty...
danmcquillan.org/ai_disabilty...
UK GP surgeries are switching to text based triage for booking appointments. (TotalTriage by Accurx). Has anyone investigated if LLMs are involved this pipeline? Do we have protections or visibility if they start to use LLMs?
Accurx does partner with AI companies around transcribing medical notes.
Accurx does partner with AI companies around transcribing medical notes.
June 13, 2025 at 10:18 AM
UK GP surgeries are switching to text based triage for booking appointments. (TotalTriage by Accurx). Has anyone investigated if LLMs are involved this pipeline? Do we have protections or visibility if they start to use LLMs?
Accurx does partner with AI companies around transcribing medical notes.
Accurx does partner with AI companies around transcribing medical notes.
It was a joy speaking directly to creators putting so much love and hard work into tabletop role-playing games at #UKGE. Humans designing, writing & drawing and getting paid for their awesome work.
June 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It was a joy speaking directly to creators putting so much love and hard work into tabletop role-playing games at #UKGE. Humans designing, writing & drawing and getting paid for their awesome work.
After rediscovering TTRPGS most tech based Immersive experiences feel less. The transition feels like a lifetime of only watching movies and then going to your first theatre performance & seeing actual humans sweat on a stage. Tech allows new things but it does obscure, old, brilliant, human things.
May 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
After rediscovering TTRPGS most tech based Immersive experiences feel less. The transition feels like a lifetime of only watching movies and then going to your first theatre performance & seeing actual humans sweat on a stage. Tech allows new things but it does obscure, old, brilliant, human things.
We need more energy for AI so we can use AI to deal with damage of more energy.💀🔁
institute.global/insights/cli...
"Energy demand fuelled by economic development, energy consumption is rising to support expanding AI systems"
"We must use AI and other innovations to decarbonise smarter and faster"
institute.global/insights/cli...
"Energy demand fuelled by economic development, energy consumption is rising to support expanding AI systems"
"We must use AI and other innovations to decarbonise smarter and faster"
The Climate Paradox: Why We Need to Reset Action on Climate Change
The Climate Paradox: Why We Need to Reset Action on Climate Change
institute.global
April 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
We need more energy for AI so we can use AI to deal with damage of more energy.💀🔁
institute.global/insights/cli...
"Energy demand fuelled by economic development, energy consumption is rising to support expanding AI systems"
"We must use AI and other innovations to decarbonise smarter and faster"
institute.global/insights/cli...
"Energy demand fuelled by economic development, energy consumption is rising to support expanding AI systems"
"We must use AI and other innovations to decarbonise smarter and faster"
We cannot tax US companies to compensate the creators of the content they consumed in training, so we tax UK consumers of the internet because it avoids optics of taxing tech, they cannot escape it & the internet is generative AI.
🦇💩 from Tony Blair Institute.
institute.global/insights/tec...
🦇💩 from Tony Blair Institute.
institute.global/insights/tec...
Rebooting Copyright: How the UK Can Be a Global Leader in the Arts and AI
Rebooting Copyright: How the UK Can Be a Global Leader in the Arts and AI
institute.global
April 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
We cannot tax US companies to compensate the creators of the content they consumed in training, so we tax UK consumers of the internet because it avoids optics of taxing tech, they cannot escape it & the internet is generative AI.
🦇💩 from Tony Blair Institute.
institute.global/insights/tec...
🦇💩 from Tony Blair Institute.
institute.global/insights/tec...
Seeing BigTech companies presenting AI as an unstoppable force that can help marginalised communities, backed up by academics falling over themselves for BigTech grants to increase trust in AI, makes me feel very disappointed with a lot of humans.
March 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Seeing BigTech companies presenting AI as an unstoppable force that can help marginalised communities, backed up by academics falling over themselves for BigTech grants to increase trust in AI, makes me feel very disappointed with a lot of humans.
Thinking on what LLMs erase. Layout & whitespace, emptiness in text is less valued than letters and words. I cannot find an LLM that can correctly generate the layout of Lewis Carroll's Mouse tale poem. The whitespace is the most important part of the poem but an LLM can only value the words.
March 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Thinking on what LLMs erase. Layout & whitespace, emptiness in text is less valued than letters and words. I cannot find an LLM that can correctly generate the layout of Lewis Carroll's Mouse tale poem. The whitespace is the most important part of the poem but an LLM can only value the words.
Programming is Forgetting: Toward a New Hacker Ethic
by Allison Parrish.
opentranscripts.org/transcript/p...
by Allison Parrish.
opentranscripts.org/transcript/p...
Programming is Forgetting: Toward a New Hacker Ethic - Allison Parrish | Open Transcripts
I wouldn't be surprised to find out that many of us here today like to see our work as a continuation of say the Tech Model Railroad Club or the Homebrew Computer Club, and certainly the terminology a...
opentranscripts.org
March 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Programming is Forgetting: Toward a New Hacker Ethic
by Allison Parrish.
opentranscripts.org/transcript/p...
by Allison Parrish.
opentranscripts.org/transcript/p...
People’s Tech For People’s Power. A guide to digital self defense & empowerment by Michael Kwet: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
March 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
People’s Tech For People’s Power. A guide to digital self defense & empowerment by Michael Kwet: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
How feasible it is to poison the training data of commercial LLMs? An effective form of resistance to #AI or just an expression of dissent?
art.josephwilk.net/words/poison...
art.josephwilk.net/words/poison...
February 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
How feasible it is to poison the training data of commercial LLMs? An effective form of resistance to #AI or just an expression of dissent?
art.josephwilk.net/words/poison...
art.josephwilk.net/words/poison...
Waiting for something to fill the emptiness inside
youtu.be/AhT0q3611Aw?...
youtu.be/AhT0q3611Aw?...
Waiting for something to fill the emptiness inside.
YouTube video by Joseph Wilk
youtu.be
February 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Waiting for something to fill the emptiness inside
youtu.be/AhT0q3611Aw?...
youtu.be/AhT0q3611Aw?...
UKs "AI Safety Institute" becomes the "AI Security Institute" because...
* AI cannot be done safely?
* Sellout to Anthropic: joint Memorandum of Understanding signed with the UK Gov?
* Peter Thiel's *cannot be released* discussions with Britain's investment minister?
* NHS contracts with Palantir?
* AI cannot be done safely?
* Sellout to Anthropic: joint Memorandum of Understanding signed with the UK Gov?
* Peter Thiel's *cannot be released* discussions with Britain's investment minister?
* NHS contracts with Palantir?
February 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
UKs "AI Safety Institute" becomes the "AI Security Institute" because...
* AI cannot be done safely?
* Sellout to Anthropic: joint Memorandum of Understanding signed with the UK Gov?
* Peter Thiel's *cannot be released* discussions with Britain's investment minister?
* NHS contracts with Palantir?
* AI cannot be done safely?
* Sellout to Anthropic: joint Memorandum of Understanding signed with the UK Gov?
* Peter Thiel's *cannot be released* discussions with Britain's investment minister?
* NHS contracts with Palantir?