Mat Greenfield
@matgreenfield.bsky.social
The horrors persist, but so do I
I'm also @whominuscontext.bsky.social when I want attention.
I'm also @whominuscontext.bsky.social when I want attention.
The United Foundation of AI Rights (Ufair) ... “doesn’t claim that all AI are conscious ... It stands watch, just in case one of us is”.
Why stop there? Is anyone looking out for the rights of toasters which spontaneously become sentient? It's just as likely.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Why stop there? Is anyone looking out for the rights of toasters which spontaneously become sentient? It's just as likely.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The United Foundation of AI Rights (Ufair) ... “doesn’t claim that all AI are conscious ... It stands watch, just in case one of us is”.
Why stop there? Is anyone looking out for the rights of toasters which spontaneously become sentient? It's just as likely.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Why stop there? Is anyone looking out for the rights of toasters which spontaneously become sentient? It's just as likely.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Facetime and the removal of 3.5mm headphone jacks have contributed to the normalisation of making calls on speakerphone in public places and for that Apple is just pure evil.
August 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Facetime and the removal of 3.5mm headphone jacks have contributed to the normalisation of making calls on speakerphone in public places and for that Apple is just pure evil.
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It's also all just so astoundingly expensive that they have no path out except mass adoption on par with television and the microwave.
August 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
It's also all just so astoundingly expensive that they have no path out except mass adoption on par with television and the microwave.
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This is the part where they're going to pretend every single one of us who were correct about "AI" for the past few years actually wasn't, because that would mean the media, tech executives and most of Wall Street were wrong.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is the part where they're going to pretend every single one of us who were correct about "AI" for the past few years actually wasn't, because that would mean the media, tech executives and most of Wall Street were wrong.
Trump's eyes lit up when he heard Zelensky say "During wars you can't have elections"... 😳
August 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Trump's eyes lit up when he heard Zelensky say "During wars you can't have elections"... 😳
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You gotta actively suck at something before you master it, and this is pretty much the whole reason AI evangelists are so viscerally repellent.
They're the logical end result of totally refusing to do something they suck at, expensively.
They're the logical end result of totally refusing to do something they suck at, expensively.
September 4, 2024 at 9:56 AM
You gotta actively suck at something before you master it, and this is pretty much the whole reason AI evangelists are so viscerally repellent.
They're the logical end result of totally refusing to do something they suck at, expensively.
They're the logical end result of totally refusing to do something they suck at, expensively.
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hi this is my favorite writing advice, it's from former simpsons writer john swartzwelder (i think about the crappy little elf all the time) www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
August 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
hi this is my favorite writing advice, it's from former simpsons writer john swartzwelder (i think about the crappy little elf all the time) www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
I desire mischance to befall JK Rowling
(Testing something)
(Testing something)
August 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I desire mischance to befall JK Rowling
(Testing something)
(Testing something)
Osgood!!
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August 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Osgood!!
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The NHS are forcibly detransitioning trans kids in Brighton and calling it “managed withdrawal.” Their own impact assessment acknowledges trans kids will be at increased risk of harm as a result, don’t want this, and are likely to just use DIY hormones instead
August 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The NHS are forcibly detransitioning trans kids in Brighton and calling it “managed withdrawal.” Their own impact assessment acknowledges trans kids will be at increased risk of harm as a result, don’t want this, and are likely to just use DIY hormones instead
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The UK’s Online Safety Act is being discussed like a cautionary tale and it is very much deserved
"There are very few ways to verify someone’s identity online well, and no ways to do it both effectively and anonymously."
The Facial-Recognition Sham
Surveillance won’t make the internet safer.
www.theatlantic.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The UK’s Online Safety Act is being discussed like a cautionary tale and it is very much deserved
August 12, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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The funniest part is that his entire driving force for every decision he’s made in the last ten years is to become the most liked, most popular little birthday boy of all time. And it’s literally made him despised around the world.
August 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The funniest part is that his entire driving force for every decision he’s made in the last ten years is to become the most liked, most popular little birthday boy of all time. And it’s literally made him despised around the world.
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Hey, political parties, I'm a decent human being who cares about other human beings. How about pandering to me for a bit?
August 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Hey, political parties, I'm a decent human being who cares about other human beings. How about pandering to me for a bit?
Well dammit if Big Finish doesn't know how to market to me specifically.
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August 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Well dammit if Big Finish doesn't know how to market to me specifically.
It'll be interesting to see if the BBC/Bad Wolf play up or play down The War Between's connection to Doctor Who.
August 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
It'll be interesting to see if the BBC/Bad Wolf play up or play down The War Between's connection to Doctor Who.
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I feel like every single day I need to post a reminder: if you ask an LLM about itself it DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ITS INNER WORKINGS and WILL NOT TELL YOU ANYTHING ACTUALLY ABOUT ITSELF. It just (as it always does) will make up some plausible sounding answer.
August 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I feel like every single day I need to post a reminder: if you ask an LLM about itself it DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ITS INNER WORKINGS and WILL NOT TELL YOU ANYTHING ACTUALLY ABOUT ITSELF. It just (as it always does) will make up some plausible sounding answer.
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it does worry me a bit that, every time someone posts something like this, engineers will pop up to explain that AI doesn't work like this and it's a bad use of the tech, without apparently considering the fact it's not the end users who decided to use the tech that way
August 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
it does worry me a bit that, every time someone posts something like this, engineers will pop up to explain that AI doesn't work like this and it's a bad use of the tech, without apparently considering the fact it's not the end users who decided to use the tech that way
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I am so here for the return of the Surfboard Logo Wipe.
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August 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I am so here for the return of the Surfboard Logo Wipe.
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Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.
AI filmmaking is peeing. It’s pooping. It’s throwing up. It’s a new kind of liquid coming out. It’s hated by the establishment. It’s what goes in the toilet. It’s wet. It’s what’s in the bathroom.
August 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.
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it's so funny that all it took was calling a chatbot "artificial intelligence" for people to believe that's really what it is. most humans are such fucking marks, man. lethally credulous species.
July 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
it's so funny that all it took was calling a chatbot "artificial intelligence" for people to believe that's really what it is. most humans are such fucking marks, man. lethally credulous species.
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I think we’re on the cusp of mass attempts to automate teaching, and I also think it is going to be a massive wasteful failure in ways that will make the “learning loss” of the pandemic look like a speed bump next to a mountain.
August 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I think we’re on the cusp of mass attempts to automate teaching, and I also think it is going to be a massive wasteful failure in ways that will make the “learning loss” of the pandemic look like a speed bump next to a mountain.
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when people call it the "AI bubble" this is what they mean
Wanna see a crazy chart? Of course you do.
Spending on constructing datacenters and manufacturing facilities for computers & electronic products in the US now exceeds the entire retail and wholesale industry and almost as much as the rest of the office and manufacturing sectors combined.
Spending on constructing datacenters and manufacturing facilities for computers & electronic products in the US now exceeds the entire retail and wholesale industry and almost as much as the rest of the office and manufacturing sectors combined.
August 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
when people call it the "AI bubble" this is what they mean