Anthony Moser
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Anthony Moser
@anthonymoser.com
· Aug 27
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
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It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
Spike Lee Blesses Pope Leo with Knicks Jersey
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
www.vulture.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"
it's hard to accept that power and wealth do not require you to be smart or savvy in some way both bc we're told they do and also because it's insulting, but. here we are.
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
it's hard to accept that power and wealth do not require you to be smart or savvy in some way both bc we're told they do and also because it's insulting, but. here we are.
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once you know pete buttigieg was a mckinsey consultant you can stop learning new things about him
August 7, 2025 at 3:28 AM
once you know pete buttigieg was a mckinsey consultant you can stop learning new things about him
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Also, understanding corruption as being about stealing *the public's right to self-govern* would help media to properly cover "budget-relieving" power grabs by wealthy people/industry (like donating money to police surveillance or - and nobody wants to discuss this - private $ for public positions)
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Also, understanding corruption as being about stealing *the public's right to self-govern* would help media to properly cover "budget-relieving" power grabs by wealthy people/industry (like donating money to police surveillance or - and nobody wants to discuss this - private $ for public positions)
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Excellent short piece contesting the "technological revolution" narrative around the printing press, and how the metaphor of the tech "democracizing knowledge" is deeply flawed.
What, exactly, does this string of words mean? Why does everyone who stands to profit from selling "AI" love to repeat it? And what's the value of slogans that masquerade as history?
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
"The Printing Press Democratized Knowledge": When Slogans Masquerade as History — Sonja Drimmer
The phrase is said so frequently it seems, like the mechanism it celebrates, to mechanically replicate itself. It's become a favorite catchphrase among tech boosters of any sort (see my post on...
sonjadrimmer.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Excellent short piece contesting the "technological revolution" narrative around the printing press, and how the metaphor of the tech "democracizing knowledge" is deeply flawed.
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I decided to convert dollars to centimeters. That allows us to visualize, for example, the distance between having no money and being at poverty level — about four city blocks.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I decided to convert dollars to centimeters. That allows us to visualize, for example, the distance between having no money and being at poverty level — about four city blocks.
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People have a hard time imagining what/who isn't there and hyperfocus on what is. "Is this service being delivered properly" is a Q like "is Jamie Lee Curtis a good actor" or "did student scores decrease during global pandemic" - "yes" isn't dispositive re: nepotism or public health/education policy
The problem isn't "we gave him money and he wasted it" it's that the job was represent and serve everyone and he only looked out for himself and his buddies
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
People have a hard time imagining what/who isn't there and hyperfocus on what is. "Is this service being delivered properly" is a Q like "is Jamie Lee Curtis a good actor" or "did student scores decrease during global pandemic" - "yes" isn't dispositive re: nepotism or public health/education policy
What does this mean in practice? It means focusing on the choices made instead of on the dollar figures.
This can be difficult! it's not always clear cut. It may not be "a thing that needs doing won't be competently handled bc it went to the wrong company
This can be difficult! it's not always clear cut. It may not be "a thing that needs doing won't be competently handled bc it went to the wrong company
An important thing many corruption stories get wrong is that what's stolen isn't "taxpayer money" it's collective governance
November 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
What does this mean in practice? It means focusing on the choices made instead of on the dollar figures.
This can be difficult! it's not always clear cut. It may not be "a thing that needs doing won't be competently handled bc it went to the wrong company
This can be difficult! it's not always clear cut. It may not be "a thing that needs doing won't be competently handled bc it went to the wrong company
An important thing many corruption stories get wrong is that what's stolen isn't "taxpayer money" it's collective governance
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
An important thing many corruption stories get wrong is that what's stolen isn't "taxpayer money" it's collective governance
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The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
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Alice was a friend, a mentor, and a guide to so many in the disability community, and especially in the realms of disability and technology and disabled-led design.
This one hurts bad, but some of her last words were "Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."
Gonna try to hold that.
This one hurts bad, but some of her last words were "Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."
Gonna try to hold that.
November 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Alice was a friend, a mentor, and a guide to so many in the disability community, and especially in the realms of disability and technology and disabled-led design.
This one hurts bad, but some of her last words were "Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."
Gonna try to hold that.
This one hurts bad, but some of her last words were "Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."
Gonna try to hold that.
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
So far Pluribus keeps getting better
November 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
So far Pluribus keeps getting better
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Thinking I should teach my kids about Types of Websites
- website that's just people talking to each other
- website where a company sells you stuff
-website where people sell each other stuff
- website from someone who's really really into something
- website that's just people talking to each other
- website where a company sells you stuff
-website where people sell each other stuff
- website from someone who's really really into something
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Thinking I should teach my kids about Types of Websites
- website that's just people talking to each other
- website where a company sells you stuff
-website where people sell each other stuff
- website from someone who's really really into something
- website that's just people talking to each other
- website where a company sells you stuff
-website where people sell each other stuff
- website from someone who's really really into something
when the company folds, they call that the second death
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
when the company folds, they call that the second death
this is disturbing
been thinking for not-directly-related reasons about Sherry Turkle’s book Alone Together, specifically the chapter where kindergartners speedrun an animistic cult around the proto-chatbot doll, Furby
November 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
this is disturbing
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Printing posters you say? zenodo.org/records/1711...
POSTERS: Have you considered NOT using AI?
The QR code links to: Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., van Meerkerk, E., Oude Groote Beverborg, A., de Haan, R., Reyes Elizondo, A., Blokpoel, M., Scharfenberg, N., Kleinherenbrink, A., Camerino, I....
zenodo.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Printing posters you say? zenodo.org/records/1711...
Not damned by their failures, damned by their goals
I think some people who are against AI for other reasons rely on the environmental impact because it is an easier argument to make. But what happens if/when better tech mitigates the impact? If you're against AI, argue against it on its own merits, not secondary ones.
The thing is that I'm against AI irrespective of its environmental impacts (which are also devastating, of course).
November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Not damned by their failures, damned by their goals
a useful thing about these categories is that "website that sells attention / ads" includes search engines and most (but not all) news sites
- website where person writes stuff
- website that sells attention/ads
- website that's a scam pretending to be one of the other types
- website that sells attention/ads
- website that's a scam pretending to be one of the other types
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
a useful thing about these categories is that "website that sells attention / ads" includes search engines and most (but not all) news sites
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Space Jam website
November 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Space Jam website
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What’s a wiki?
Well it’s like a website from someone who's really really into something but it’s a group of people and they argue about it via page edits.
Well it’s like a website from someone who's really really into something but it’s a group of people and they argue about it via page edits.
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
What’s a wiki?
Well it’s like a website from someone who's really really into something but it’s a group of people and they argue about it via page edits.
Well it’s like a website from someone who's really really into something but it’s a group of people and they argue about it via page edits.
"Is this a reliable source" starts with "what Type of Website is it"
Thinking I should teach my kids about Types of Websites
- website that's just people talking to each other
- website where a company sells you stuff
-website where people sell each other stuff
- website from someone who's really really into something
- website that's just people talking to each other
- website where a company sells you stuff
-website where people sell each other stuff
- website from someone who's really really into something
November 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"Is this a reliable source" starts with "what Type of Website is it"
Thinking I should teach my kids about Types of Websites
- website that's just people talking to each other
- website where a company sells you stuff
-website where people sell each other stuff
- website from someone who's really really into something
- website that's just people talking to each other
- website where a company sells you stuff
-website where people sell each other stuff
- website from someone who's really really into something
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Thinking I should teach my kids about Types of Websites
- website that's just people talking to each other
- website where a company sells you stuff
-website where people sell each other stuff
- website from someone who's really really into something
- website that's just people talking to each other
- website where a company sells you stuff
-website where people sell each other stuff
- website from someone who's really really into something
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this may be a rare instance where "performative" in the sense of fake/for-the-appearance-of-it overlaps with performative in the Judith Butler sense of "performing this makes it real"
Listening to @tressiemcphd.bsky.social's analysis of Trumpian women's turn to cartoonishly exaggerated, not-natural-looking plastic surgery explains why Bezoz's wife looks as she does, just as @dieworkwear.bsky.social explains Bezos's wedding look.
June 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
this may be a rare instance where "performative" in the sense of fake/for-the-appearance-of-it overlaps with performative in the Judith Butler sense of "performing this makes it real"
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domain experts get mad when you appropriate terminology from their fields to mean new things, but i have to assume it's hardest on linguists because eventually they have to either accept it or make up new words to take
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 AM
domain experts get mad when you appropriate terminology from their fields to mean new things, but i have to assume it's hardest on linguists because eventually they have to either accept it or make up new words to take