Serife (Sherry) Wong
@serife.bsky.social
Artist working on critical AI, power, and belief @ IcarusSalon.com & ArtificialLifeCoach.com
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Loyal to the Land & the Brass Tax -- #Turkish #Kanaka
Gray Area | Tech Inquiry | ORCAA | Kidd Lab UC Berkeley
Loyal to the Land & the Brass Tax -- #Turkish #Kanaka
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The 7 Trillion Dollar Seance
Şerife Wong The 7 Trillion Dollar Seance 2025 Original score by Jeromey Cooks (rikuwru) This video is part of Icarus Salon. It is intended to be viewed in…
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New art video just dropped! The 7 Trillion Dollar Seance 🔮 This is meant to be performed live, recited in front of the video at conferences, museums, public events. It got a standing ovation at Tech Together in NYC. Your phone works but best on your largest screen.
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This was an awful year on every front personal/political but at least I never dismissed people's concerns about AI by comparing AI to photography. Ugh. 2026 hopes. Out: the flapping gums of myopic AI smugness. In: Pushing back on corporate/state AI as a violent authoritarian mechanism
December 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This was an awful year on every front personal/political but at least I never dismissed people's concerns about AI by comparing AI to photography. Ugh. 2026 hopes. Out: the flapping gums of myopic AI smugness. In: Pushing back on corporate/state AI as a violent authoritarian mechanism
Cop surveillance center in SF is funded by private donations by tech and crypto CEOs who also invest in these technologies. SF is where they can get their marketing tax deductible via testing out tech violence on those pushed down by the wealth gap they have created abc7news.com/post/how-sfp...
How SFPD's new investigation center is 'catching criminals faster' using 400 cameras, drones
The Real-Time Investigation Center is also known as R-TIC. At the center, SFPD investigators have access to 400 license plate reader cameras and more than 60 drones to fight crime.
abc7news.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Cop surveillance center in SF is funded by private donations by tech and crypto CEOs who also invest in these technologies. SF is where they can get their marketing tax deductible via testing out tech violence on those pushed down by the wealth gap they have created abc7news.com/post/how-sfp...
Everything old is new again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKCb...
Lawrence Ferlinghetti - Pity the Nation
YouTube video by Jerry Schlei
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Everything old is new again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKCb...
I miss David Golumbia and his "Calls to Limit the Use of Bad Technologies Only by Law Enforcement and Governments, Largely Via “Ethics” and Self-Regulation, Exacerbate Rather than Ameliorate the Anti-Democratic Harms of Digital Technology" cause obviously he's have takes now & would be 💯 as always.
December 16, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I miss David Golumbia and his "Calls to Limit the Use of Bad Technologies Only by Law Enforcement and Governments, Largely Via “Ethics” and Self-Regulation, Exacerbate Rather than Ameliorate the Anti-Democratic Harms of Digital Technology" cause obviously he's have takes now & would be 💯 as always.
What! It takes a lot to surprise me with awful tech news. So terrible and avoidable.
“Soelberg did not turn violent until ChatGPT became his sole confidant, validating a wide range of wild conspiracies, including a dangerous delusion that his mother was part of a network of conspirators spying on him, tracking him, and making attempts on his life.”
Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die
OpenAI accused of hiding full ChatGPT logs in murder-suicide case.
arstechnica.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:08 AM
What! It takes a lot to surprise me with awful tech news. So terrible and avoidable.
Reposted by Serife (Sherry) Wong
Remember when DOGE stole all of our data and gave it to Palantir?
December 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Remember when DOGE stole all of our data and gave it to Palantir?
Reposted by Serife (Sherry) Wong
And then there’s the story about Alex Karp’s not-at-all-weird interview (for lack of a better word) with Oswald Mosley’s grandson for a senior position at Palantir.
December 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
And then there’s the story about Alex Karp’s not-at-all-weird interview (for lack of a better word) with Oswald Mosley’s grandson for a senior position at Palantir.
Still from my video 7 Trillion Dollar Seance. If you mirror a panel of AI talking heads it looks like the grin of a skull. vimeo.com/1116289621
December 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Still from my video 7 Trillion Dollar Seance. If you mirror a panel of AI talking heads it looks like the grin of a skull. vimeo.com/1116289621
Announcement from "department of War" that they're using Gemini. Looks just like DoD enterprise account for military employees via 200 mil contract; not as sensational as the press release tries to make it. It will have the problems of bad use cases + bias w high stakes www.war.gov/News/Release...
www.war.gov
December 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Announcement from "department of War" that they're using Gemini. Looks just like DoD enterprise account for military employees via 200 mil contract; not as sensational as the press release tries to make it. It will have the problems of bad use cases + bias w high stakes www.war.gov/News/Release...
Karp's viral interview was unusual for him which is why it went viral. It was not punching down but up. DEI as PR stunt from Palantir is not unusual but it is scary. Palantir is stockpiling personal data that can easily be used to prevent equal access, imprison, deport or kill disabled people.
December 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Karp's viral interview was unusual for him which is why it went viral. It was not punching down but up. DEI as PR stunt from Palantir is not unusual but it is scary. Palantir is stockpiling personal data that can easily be used to prevent equal access, imprison, deport or kill disabled people.
The president can not undo state laws via executive orders but tech is continuously lobbying and bribing power so that the law serves them not us. Narratives of competition of the US vs China help funnel money to Thiel, Andreessen and Schmidt's violent agendas www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
December 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The president can not undo state laws via executive orders but tech is continuously lobbying and bribing power so that the law serves them not us. Narratives of competition of the US vs China help funnel money to Thiel, Andreessen and Schmidt's violent agendas www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
Little bit here on the AI super PAC that's promoting big tech interest over public interest AI too. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Microsoft’s Nadella: AI needs ‘social permission’ to consume so much energy
The tech CEO said companies still need to prove that AI will spark widespread economic growth.
www.politico.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Little bit here on the AI super PAC that's promoting big tech interest over public interest AI too. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Outrage at character AI goes mainstream. www.cbsnews.com/news/charact...
Character AI chatbots engaged in predatory behavior with teens, ignored suicide threats, families allege
A teen told a Character AI chatbot 55 times that she was feeling suicidal. Her parents say the chatbot never provided resources for her to get help. They are one of at least six families suing the com...
www.cbsnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Outrage at character AI goes mainstream. www.cbsnews.com/news/charact...
Remember when Axon was in the news for creating a board of ethics for the use of tech like this? www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Axon Tests Face Recognition on Body-Worn Cameras
Axon Enterprise Inc. is working with a Canadian police department to test the addition of face recognition technology (FRT) to its body-worn cameras (BWCs). This is an alarming development in governme...
www.eff.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Remember when Axon was in the news for creating a board of ethics for the use of tech like this? www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Deepak Chopra AI avatar performs as expected. But I'd like to flag this area is growing and it's super super harmful. Spiritual seekers are especially vulnerable. The gurus are not AI literate enough to know the harms and the profits are too tempting. lizbucar.substack.com/p/ai-spiritu...
AI Spirituality Is Hijacking Spiritual Hunger
Deepak Chopra just automated himself. Every wellness guru will follow.
lizbucar.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Deepak Chopra AI avatar performs as expected. But I'd like to flag this area is growing and it's super super harmful. Spiritual seekers are especially vulnerable. The gurus are not AI literate enough to know the harms and the profits are too tempting. lizbucar.substack.com/p/ai-spiritu...
The weekend ends and it's all...
"For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely,
The pangs of despis’d love, the law’s delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes..." this week?
"For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely,
The pangs of despis’d love, the law’s delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes..." this week?
December 8, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The weekend ends and it's all...
"For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely,
The pangs of despis’d love, the law’s delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes..." this week?
"For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely,
The pangs of despis’d love, the law’s delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes..." this week?
Saw a smart respected ethical AI researcher sharing generative AI created image and text political disinfo. We frequently think that only fools fall for disinfo and we would never. We would and do. Belief is want not reason. We ought to value humility more than smarts; we would be smarter for it.
December 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Saw a smart respected ethical AI researcher sharing generative AI created image and text political disinfo. We frequently think that only fools fall for disinfo and we would never. We would and do. Belief is want not reason. We ought to value humility more than smarts; we would be smarter for it.
News making you angry? For many, anger is something to avoid which can cause problems. If we learn to parent our anger & recognize why we are angry & see our compassion our rage can turn into hope + solidarity. I find Thich helpful www.democracynow.org/2001/9/26/th...
“Embracing Anger”: Thich Nhat Hanh Calls For Peace In NYC Speech Two Weeks After 9/11
One of the things we have tried to do here on Democracy Now! is bring the voices of people from New York and around the world who have been victimized by terror but continue to speak for peace. As peo...
www.democracynow.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
News making you angry? For many, anger is something to avoid which can cause problems. If we learn to parent our anger & recognize why we are angry & see our compassion our rage can turn into hope + solidarity. I find Thich helpful www.democracynow.org/2001/9/26/th...
Oh goody the East India Football Company is giving out a new award.
December 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Oh goody the East India Football Company is giving out a new award.
There is a desensitization to violence and death for those perpetuating it due to dehumanization. This unmooring from reality and trust in images and videos is only making it worse but it's not the root of it. There wasn't trust at all. Visual evidence of atrocities never persuaded before
December 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
There is a desensitization to violence and death for those perpetuating it due to dehumanization. This unmooring from reality and trust in images and videos is only making it worse but it's not the root of it. There wasn't trust at all. Visual evidence of atrocities never persuaded before
Reposted by Serife (Sherry) Wong
If Kohler can view the user’s toilet data, as it admits to doing in this email exchange with technologist Simon Fondrie-Teitler, then it’s not—by definition—using end-to-end encryption. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/kohlers-smar...
Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/kohlers-smar...
December 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
If Kohler can view the user’s toilet data, as it admits to doing in this email exchange with technologist Simon Fondrie-Teitler, then it’s not—by definition—using end-to-end encryption. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/kohlers-smar...
Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/kohlers-smar...
Pantone color of the year being white is a little on the nose.
December 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Pantone color of the year being white is a little on the nose.
Not pulling punches www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
The time has come to declare war on AI
"It's now in everything, even if you don't want it there."
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Not pulling punches www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
Pickle is the new pumpkin spice
December 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Pickle is the new pumpkin spice
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„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“