Amos Teo
@mossinante.bsky.social
Data scientist | Industry linguist | PhD
Birds, plants, languages, transit, climate
Ex-Amazon, ex-Meta, AGI is a scam
Vancouver, BC
He/him 🌈
Birds, plants, languages, transit, climate
Ex-Amazon, ex-Meta, AGI is a scam
Vancouver, BC
He/him 🌈
Great video from the Data Protection Commission Ireland youtu.be/4QL1FmBaof8?...
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YouTube video by Data Protection Commission Ireland
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November 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Great video from the Data Protection Commission Ireland youtu.be/4QL1FmBaof8?...
For all the anglophone Canadians here!
Tbh I hadn’t heard some of the candidates until I saw the form, but I’m def gonna be start using them.
Tbh I hadn’t heard some of the candidates until I saw the form, but I’m def gonna be start using them.
2025 has been an eventful year for Canada's identity. To commemorate the year, The Society for Canadian English is choosing a 2025 word of the year (CWOTY), based on the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles.
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
For all the anglophone Canadians here!
Tbh I hadn’t heard some of the candidates until I saw the form, but I’m def gonna be start using them.
Tbh I hadn’t heard some of the candidates until I saw the form, but I’m def gonna be start using them.
“Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence.”
*have lost voice screaming in linguist*
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
*have lost voice screaming in linguist*
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
“Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence.”
*have lost voice screaming in linguist*
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
*have lost voice screaming in linguist*
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
“We’re expected to help make the model better, yet we’re often given vague or incomplete instructions, minimal training and unrealistic time limits to complete tasks”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Yes, so much yes.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Yes, so much yes.
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
“We’re expected to help make the model better, yet we’re often given vague or incomplete instructions, minimal training and unrealistic time limits to complete tasks”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Yes, so much yes.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Yes, so much yes.
"Birders are listening carefully to what’s around them, seeing what’s above them and making note of their surroundings. In a blank sky, they’ll see the tiniest bird, and in a commotion of chatter, they’ll hear the quietest bird call."
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
The Wondrous Lives of Hardcore Birders | The Tyee
A new generation is taking birding, and ‘listing,’ to great heights.
thetyee.ca
November 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
"Birders are listening carefully to what’s around them, seeing what’s above them and making note of their surroundings. In a blank sky, they’ll see the tiniest bird, and in a commotion of chatter, they’ll hear the quietest bird call."
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
If you don’t know what TESCREAL is, this is for you. And how tech billionaires can talk about “humanity” without meaning “human lives” jacobin.com/2025/11/musk...
Tech Capitalists Don’t Care About Humans. Literally.
It’s not just a figure of speech to say tech titans are indifferent to humanity. From Peter Thiel to Elon Musk, many are adherents of a worldview that envisions humans being replaced by digital post-h...
jacobin.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
If you don’t know what TESCREAL is, this is for you. And how tech billionaires can talk about “humanity” without meaning “human lives” jacobin.com/2025/11/musk...
‘In other tests, Kumma cheerily gave tips for “being a good kisser,” and launched into explicitly sexual territory by explaining a multitude of kinks and fetishes, like bondage and teacher-student roleplay.’
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘In other tests, Kumma cheerily gave tips for “being a good kisser,” and launched into explicitly sexual territory by explaining a multitude of kinks and fetishes, like bondage and teacher-student roleplay.’
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Yes to be able to easily walk/bike from Burnaby Lake to Deer Lake and back
www.freshetnews.ca/magic-reside...
www.freshetnews.ca/magic-reside...
‘Magic’: Residents rave about Burnaby’s new pedestrian overpass - Freshet News
new pedestrian-cyclist overpass spans freeway in Burnaby
www.freshetnews.ca
November 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Yes to be able to easily walk/bike from Burnaby Lake to Deer Lake and back
www.freshetnews.ca/magic-reside...
www.freshetnews.ca/magic-reside...
Vancouver after the rain
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Vancouver after the rain
Taking a moment today to grieve and remember the victims of the Nov 15 attacks in Paris 10 years ago. I was stuck in central Paris at a birthday dinner and supposed to have a date in le Marais. A lot of confusion and rumours spreading on social media - not as bad as now but a sign of things to come.
November 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Taking a moment today to grieve and remember the victims of the Nov 15 attacks in Paris 10 years ago. I was stuck in central Paris at a birthday dinner and supposed to have a date in le Marais. A lot of confusion and rumours spreading on social media - not as bad as now but a sign of things to come.
“Generative AI is, with or without Trump's executive orders, a backlash to diversity, equity, and inclusion, a reinscription of the words and images of white supremacist, heteronormative, Western, English-speaking capitalist patriarchy.”
“AI is a backlash. AI is anti-worker.
I always feel the need to remind people that neither robots nor AI are coming for our jobs. But management probably is.”
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-grief-obs...
I always feel the need to remind people that neither robots nor AI are coming for our jobs. But management probably is.”
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-grief-obs...
AI Grief Observed
These remarks were delivered this evening at the Creatively Critical Tech Speaker Series at Illinois State University.
"There is no good way to say this."
These are the opening words of Yiyun Li’s l...
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM
“Generative AI is, with or without Trump's executive orders, a backlash to diversity, equity, and inclusion, a reinscription of the words and images of white supremacist, heteronormative, Western, English-speaking capitalist patriarchy.”
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Hey Vancouver, the auroras are out 😍
Photo taken tonight in Stanley Park
Photo taken tonight in Stanley Park
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Hey Vancouver, the auroras are out 😍
Photo taken tonight in Stanley Park
Photo taken tonight in Stanley Park
Started the day reading a LI post by a business prof I’d met who just learned that linguistics exists, used LLMs to generate research ideas for a field he knows nothing about, then threw them in an blog post for … discussion? Making content?
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Started the day reading a LI post by a business prof I’d met who just learned that linguistics exists, used LLMs to generate research ideas for a field he knows nothing about, then threw them in an blog post for … discussion? Making content?
Thanks @thejuicemedia.com for making the connection between MAGA, Woodside and the shitshow unfolding in BC
youtu.be/Lt6Hmp9ndkI?...
youtu.be/Lt6Hmp9ndkI?...
Honest Government Ad | Ksi Lisims LNG
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Thanks @thejuicemedia.com for making the connection between MAGA, Woodside and the shitshow unfolding in BC
youtu.be/Lt6Hmp9ndkI?...
youtu.be/Lt6Hmp9ndkI?...
Reminder to self: get a VPL card, now that I’m actually a resident of the city of Vancouver
Great news for library users in Vancouver - @theglobeandmail.com is now available free online (it’s a trial program on til April 2026).
Still not accessible offsite on #PressReader but there’s full web acccess like we have with NYT: www.vpl.ca/digital-libr... #vanpoli #vancouverpubliclibrary
Still not accessible offsite on #PressReader but there’s full web acccess like we have with NYT: www.vpl.ca/digital-libr... #vanpoli #vancouverpubliclibrary
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Reminder to self: get a VPL card, now that I’m actually a resident of the city of Vancouver
Trying to start my mornings with a quick walk along False Creek, but I just get distracted by wildlife.
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Trying to start my mornings with a quick walk along False Creek, but I just get distracted by wildlife.
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“It is sort of gibberish, frankly,” Hoenig said. “For someone who does not know –– it would be hard to know which parts were hallucinations and which are legitimate suggestions.”
restofworld.org/2025/ai-chat...
restofworld.org/2025/ai-chat...
My mom and Dr. DeepSeek
In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.
restofworld.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“It is sort of gibberish, frankly,” Hoenig said. “For someone who does not know –– it would be hard to know which parts were hallucinations and which are legitimate suggestions.”
restofworld.org/2025/ai-chat...
restofworld.org/2025/ai-chat...
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We're just a collective of Cassandras, knowing how this ends, and that it's going to be on the backs of working people, Black and brown people, and folks who are already being choked and parched by data center development.
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
We're just a collective of Cassandras, knowing how this ends, and that it's going to be on the backs of working people, Black and brown people, and folks who are already being choked and parched by data center development.
Was looking up the pronunciation of the name Nopcsa, and Google AI decides to link a video about how to pronounce the word "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" #AISlop
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Was looking up the pronunciation of the name Nopcsa, and Google AI decides to link a video about how to pronounce the word "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" #AISlop
Was dreading a thunderstorm.
Much happier to see a double rainbow
Much happier to see a double rainbow
November 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Was dreading a thunderstorm.
Much happier to see a double rainbow
Much happier to see a double rainbow
Know thy enemies.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Know thy enemies.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
www.authoritarian-stack.info
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
Reposted by Amos Teo
Reposted by Amos Teo
Are you ready for the annual eBird/Clements taxonomy update? Happening as soon as tomorrow! Details at ebird.org and explore the species on Birds of the World (birdsoftheworld.org). The site will be open access from 29 Oct-7 Nov.
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/home
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/home
Birds of the World - Comprehensive life histories for all bird species and families
Species accounts for all the birds of the world.
birdsoftheworld.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Are you ready for the annual eBird/Clements taxonomy update? Happening as soon as tomorrow! Details at ebird.org and explore the species on Birds of the World (birdsoftheworld.org). The site will be open access from 29 Oct-7 Nov.
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/home
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/home
Halloween costume idea:
Glinda, but in an AI bubble
Glinda, but in an AI bubble
October 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Halloween costume idea:
Glinda, but in an AI bubble
Glinda, but in an AI bubble