nzagalo
@nzagalo.bsky.social
Full Professor of Digital Media at the University of Aveiro. Researching interactive narrative and Human-AI Interaction.
Substack: https://mirrorsofthought.substack.com
Blogger: https://narrativax.blogspot.com
Home: http://nelsonzagalo.googlepages.com
Substack: https://mirrorsofthought.substack.com
Blogger: https://narrativax.blogspot.com
Home: http://nelsonzagalo.googlepages.com
Impressive
The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Impressive
AI has all the hallmarks of a bubble. There’s no question. On Goldfarb and Kirsch's bubble scale, ranging from 0 to 8, it’s an 8.
AI Is the Bubble to Burst Them All
I talked to the scholars who literally wrote the book on tech bubbles—and applied their test.
www.wired.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
AI has all the hallmarks of a bubble. There’s no question. On Goldfarb and Kirsch's bubble scale, ranging from 0 to 8, it’s an 8.
1 Open Position — Assistant Researcher (Communication Sciences and Technologies)
The University of Aveiro is hiring an Assistant Researcher to join DigiMedia - Digital Media and Interaction Research Centre.
Application deadline: 16/12/2025
All info: www.ua.pt/en/sgrh/pess...
The University of Aveiro is hiring an Assistant Researcher to join DigiMedia - Digital Media and Interaction Research Centre.
Application deadline: 16/12/2025
All info: www.ua.pt/en/sgrh/pess...
October 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
1 Open Position — Assistant Researcher (Communication Sciences and Technologies)
The University of Aveiro is hiring an Assistant Researcher to join DigiMedia - Digital Media and Interaction Research Centre.
Application deadline: 16/12/2025
All info: www.ua.pt/en/sgrh/pess...
The University of Aveiro is hiring an Assistant Researcher to join DigiMedia - Digital Media and Interaction Research Centre.
Application deadline: 16/12/2025
All info: www.ua.pt/en/sgrh/pess...
The Pentagon is trying to justify its existence, but the truth that the film shows is a total disaster, completely undermining all the armamentist rhetoric.
House of Dynamite writer ‘respectfully disagrees’ with Pentagon’s complaints about nuclear missile thriller
Noah Oppenheim responded to complaints from the Pentagon over the accuracy of the film’s depiction of the US’s defence systems
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The Pentagon is trying to justify its existence, but the truth that the film shows is a total disaster, completely undermining all the armamentist rhetoric.
There are two economies of intelligence. The first is functional, which values correctness, coherence, and control. It governs the professional world, where trust depends on verification. The second is aesthetic, which values resonance, discovery, and the expansion of meaning.
The Aesthetic Enchantment of AI
After “The Professional Disenchantment of AI”
mirrorsofthought.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
There are two economies of intelligence. The first is functional, which values correctness, coherence, and control. It governs the professional world, where trust depends on verification. The second is aesthetic, which values resonance, discovery, and the expansion of meaning.
I tried to finish Stay True by Hua Hsu (Pulitzer 2023) and The Rest of Our Lives by Benjamin Markovits (Booker Shortlisted 2025), but both left me with the same strange fatigue, the sense of having read something polished and completely hollow. They are not bad books; they are perfect symptoms.
The Time of Quiet Novels
When subtlety becomes a form of cultural comfort
medium.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I tried to finish Stay True by Hua Hsu (Pulitzer 2023) and The Rest of Our Lives by Benjamin Markovits (Booker Shortlisted 2025), but both left me with the same strange fatigue, the sense of having read something polished and completely hollow. They are not bad books; they are perfect symptoms.
From the printing press to television, technologies have never divided societies by themselves. Division requires mediation.
The Authority of Division: Why Deepfakes Don’t Divide, People Do
Paris Marx argues in his polemical essay, “Generative AI is a Societal Disaster”, that the technology is eroding democracy, destroying trust, and accelerating environmental collapse.
mirrorsofthought.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
From the printing press to television, technologies have never divided societies by themselves. Division requires mediation.
★★★★★ 5/5
O primeiro episódio de Task (2025) é toda uma narrativa que se basta a si mesma, um conto trágico de 60 minutos que nos preenche por completo.
narrativax.blogspot.com/2025/10/task...
O primeiro episódio de Task (2025) é toda uma narrativa que se basta a si mesma, um conto trágico de 60 minutos que nos preenche por completo.
narrativax.blogspot.com/2025/10/task...
Task (2025), primeiro episódio
narrativax.blogspot.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM
★★★★★ 5/5
O primeiro episódio de Task (2025) é toda uma narrativa que se basta a si mesma, um conto trágico de 60 minutos que nos preenche por completo.
narrativax.blogspot.com/2025/10/task...
O primeiro episódio de Task (2025) é toda uma narrativa que se basta a si mesma, um conto trágico de 60 minutos que nos preenche por completo.
narrativax.blogspot.com/2025/10/task...
★★★★★ 5/5
A House of Dynamite desmonta a crença, plano a plano, até restar só o vazio.
A House of Dynamite desmonta a crença, plano a plano, até restar só o vazio.
A House of Dynamite (2025)
narrativax.blogspot.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
★★★★★ 5/5
A House of Dynamite desmonta a crença, plano a plano, até restar só o vazio.
A House of Dynamite desmonta a crença, plano a plano, até restar só o vazio.
Reposted by nzagalo
Another banger from @tallinzen.bsky.social .
Also fits with some of the criticisms of Centaur and my faculty-based approach generally; if you want LLMs to model human cognition, give them more architecture akin to human faculty psychology like long and short-term memory.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.05141
Also fits with some of the criticisms of Centaur and my faculty-based approach generally; if you want LLMs to model human cognition, give them more architecture akin to human faculty psychology like long and short-term memory.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.05141
To model human linguistic prediction, make LLMs less superhuman
When people listen to or read a sentence, they actively make predictions about upcoming words: words that are less predictable are generally read more slowly than predictable ones. The success of larg...
arxiv.org
October 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Another banger from @tallinzen.bsky.social .
Also fits with some of the criticisms of Centaur and my faculty-based approach generally; if you want LLMs to model human cognition, give them more architecture akin to human faculty psychology like long and short-term memory.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.05141
Also fits with some of the criticisms of Centaur and my faculty-based approach generally; if you want LLMs to model human cognition, give them more architecture akin to human faculty psychology like long and short-term memory.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.05141
Reposted by nzagalo
Exclusive: A teen’s live-streamed suicide illustrates the challenges of investigating a new and growing form of online predation, especially when the suspected perpetrators are outside of the U.S. https://wapo.st/3IT6EaZ
October 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Exclusive: A teen’s live-streamed suicide illustrates the challenges of investigating a new and growing form of online predation, especially when the suspected perpetrators are outside of the U.S. https://wapo.st/3IT6EaZ
The Grand AGI Delusion by @garymarcus.bsky.social
The Grand AGI Delusion
and a fantastic symposium on AI and society at The Royal Society
open.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The Grand AGI Delusion by @garymarcus.bsky.social
As organizations integrate generative AI into their daily routines, they face a growing paradox: increased adoption coinciding with diminishing trust.
Professional Disenchantment of AI
When Error Overthrows Functional Belief
open.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
As organizations integrate generative AI into their daily routines, they face a growing paradox: increased adoption coinciding with diminishing trust.
Reposted by nzagalo
Já escrevi muitos posts a sublinhar o óbvio. Já alertei muita gente à minha volta para a falácia e acabo sempre a ser olhado como o velho do Restelo a gritar para os barcos. O @nzagalo.bsky.social escreve aqui o melhor resumo de todos. Ele só não acha que vai haver um colapso. Eu acho que vai.
The OpenAI House of Cards
From curing the brain to selling the feed, the short life of a modern miracle.
mirrorsofthought.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Já escrevi muitos posts a sublinhar o óbvio. Já alertei muita gente à minha volta para a falácia e acabo sempre a ser olhado como o velho do Restelo a gritar para os barcos. O @nzagalo.bsky.social escreve aqui o melhor resumo de todos. Ele só não acha que vai haver um colapso. Eu acho que vai.
Reposted by nzagalo
Dr Christopher Rudge, law lecturer at the University of Sydney, says the report that Deloitte prepared for Australia's Department of Employment and Workplace Relations contained “hallucinations” because of an initially undisclosed use of generative AI. Now the government is getting its money back.
Deloitte to pay money back to Albanese government after using AI in $440,000 report
Partial refund to be issued after several errors were found in a report into a department’s compliance framework
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Dr Christopher Rudge, law lecturer at the University of Sydney, says the report that Deloitte prepared for Australia's Department of Employment and Workplace Relations contained “hallucinations” because of an initially undisclosed use of generative AI. Now the government is getting its money back.
"the broader labor market has not experienced a discernible disruption since ChatGPT’s release 33 months ago, undercutting fears that AI automation is currently eroding the demand for cognitive labor across the economy."
-- Yale University Report, October 1, 2025
-- Yale University Report, October 1, 2025
Evaluating the Impact of AI on the Labor Market: Current State of Affairs
budgetlab.yale.edu
October 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"the broader labor market has not experienced a discernible disruption since ChatGPT’s release 33 months ago, undercutting fears that AI automation is currently eroding the demand for cognitive labor across the economy."
-- Yale University Report, October 1, 2025
-- Yale University Report, October 1, 2025
OpenAI in 2021: “we want to cure brain cancer”
OpenAI in 2024: "we need far more compute, and therefore far more capital -- in order to pursue our mission."
OpenAI in 2025: Launch a new new Social App.
OpenAI in 2024: "we need far more compute, and therefore far more capital -- in order to pursue our mission."
OpenAI in 2025: Launch a new new Social App.
October 3, 2025 at 5:10 AM
OpenAI in 2021: “we want to cure brain cancer”
OpenAI in 2024: "we need far more compute, and therefore far more capital -- in order to pursue our mission."
OpenAI in 2025: Launch a new new Social App.
OpenAI in 2024: "we need far more compute, and therefore far more capital -- in order to pursue our mission."
OpenAI in 2025: Launch a new new Social App.
"while models beat humans on benchmarks, the standardized tests designed to measure AI performance, they struggle to replicate this performance in hospital conditions."
AI isn't replacing radiologists
Radiology combines digital images, clear benchmarks, and repeatable tasks. But demand for human radiologists is at an all-time high.
www.understandingai.org
October 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"while models beat humans on benchmarks, the standardized tests designed to measure AI performance, they struggle to replicate this performance in hospital conditions."
A arena das redes sociais foi tomada pelo Chega, é preciso entrar no ringue. Não se trata de copiar a raiva populista. Trata-se de reinventar a comunicação com emocionalidade positiva. A linguagem institucional pode coexistir com formatos digitais participativos.
Xadrez contra Wrestling: Política Tradicional vs. Trump/Chega
Nos últimos dois anos fui entrevistado por vários órgãos de comunicação social, onde avisei que a arena das redes sociais estava…
medium.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:43 AM
A arena das redes sociais foi tomada pelo Chega, é preciso entrar no ringue. Não se trata de copiar a raiva populista. Trata-se de reinventar a comunicação com emocionalidade positiva. A linguagem institucional pode coexistir com formatos digitais participativos.
"Yet, there is little research that explains how educators actually decide when, how, and why they choose whether or not to use AI tools."
How Math Teachers Are Making Decisions About Using AI | Stanford HAI
A Stanford summit explored how K-12 educators are selecting, adapting, and critiquing AI tools for effective learning.
hai.stanford.edu
September 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
"Yet, there is little research that explains how educators actually decide when, how, and why they choose whether or not to use AI tools."
Your instance of ChatGPT helped you clarify some ideas on a thorny problem (perhaps related to AI itself..) that you'd been thinking about for ages, but had never quite managed to get over that last hump. Now, however, with its help (and encouragement), you've arrived at truly profound conclusions.
So You Think You've Awoken ChatGPT — LessWrong
Written in an attempt to fulfill @Raemon's request. …
www.lesswrong.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Your instance of ChatGPT helped you clarify some ideas on a thorny problem (perhaps related to AI itself..) that you'd been thinking about for ages, but had never quite managed to get over that last hump. Now, however, with its help (and encouragement), you've arrived at truly profound conclusions.
"tadpoles that switch sex are “making it to adulthood, becoming sexually viable, and reproducing successfully.""
The Queer Lives of Frogs
What frogs teach us about sex, science, and why biology is messier than we think.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
September 30, 2025 at 5:22 AM
"tadpoles that switch sex are “making it to adulthood, becoming sexually viable, and reproducing successfully.""
