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Artists against AI
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Generative AI is theft.
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Wealthy artists simping for gen AI whilst it steals original work, decimates creative jobs and contributes to climate breakdown is the height of luxury beliefs.

I love Nick Cave, but fuck Nick Cave.

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Nick Cave, No Longer So Angry About AI, Shares New “Tupelo” Video Starring an AI Elvis
On the Bad Seeds classic’s 40th anniversary, the director Andrew Dominik has persuaded his longtime collaborator that not all artificial intelligence is “a grotesque mockery of what it is to be human”
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July 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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stand.earth
No new data centers unless they’re running on 24/7 renewable energy.

Period.
AI runs on dirty power and the public pays the price
Data centers are setting back sustainable energy goals across the country. They also contribute to air and water pollution, Business Insider found.
www.businessinsider.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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jezebeldotcom.bsky.social
Frankly, I'm not shocked that, as AI threatens workforces and education systems across the country and beyond, Vogue is an early adopter.
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Cool! Vogue Is Using Ads With AI Models Now
Frankly, I'm not shocked that, as AI threatens workforces and education systems across the country and beyond, Vogue is an early adopter.
www.jezebel.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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The AI Backlash Keeps Growing Stronger
As generative artificial intelligence tools continue to proliferate, pushback against the technology and its negative impacts grows stronger.
www.wired.com
July 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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michaelemann.bsky.social
"Ex Machina"
www.yahoo.com/news/ai-lear...
AI is learning to lie, scheme, and threaten its creators
The world's most advanced AI models are exhibiting troubling new behaviors - lying, scheming, and even threatening their creators to achieve their goals.Users report that models are "lying to them and...
www.yahoo.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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sanders.senate.gov
It is a dark day for freedom of the press. Paramount’s decision to settle with Trump will only embolden him to continue his attack on the media.

Trump is undermining our democracy and moving us towards authoritarianism, and the billionaires are helping him do it.
July 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com
incredibly, wildly bad
andrewdeck.bsky.social Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · Jul 2
Law360 is requiring all stories pass through an AI "bias indicator" before publication.

The new policy came weeks after an executive from its parent company, LexisNexis, accused the newsroom of liberal bias in its Trump admin coverage. My latest for @niemanlab.org
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/law3...
Law360 mandates reporters use AI “bias” detection on all stories
The policy was announced after an executive accused the newsroom of bias in its Trump administration coverage.
www.niemanlab.org
July 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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lindamciver.adsei.org
After listening to @emilymbender.bsky.social on Tuesday, I have a new mantra. Every person you reach matters.

On pushing back against the AI hype.

adsei.org/2025/07/03/s...
Schrödinger’s AI
Pushing back against AI hype sometimes feels futile, but every person you reach matters. So how do we fight back?
adsei.org
July 3, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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aftermath.site
I'm getting real tired of not being able to trust that a video game doesn't have AI crap in it:

aftermath.site/the-alters-ai-...
June 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Google’s emissions up 51% as AI electricity demand derails efforts to go green
Increase influenced by datacentre growth, with estimated power required by 2026 equalling that of Japan’s
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
artists-vs-ai.bsky.social
“The irony, of course, is hard to ignore. A documentary that critiques capitalism’s automation of life and the loss of humanity through optimization decides to outsource its storytelling to a machine.”

#invisibledoctrine #generativeai #ai #neoliberalism

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Important Message Gets Undermined by Its Delivery - Overly Honest Reviews
MOVIE REVIEW The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life) - Genre: Documentary Year Released: 2025 Runtime: 1h 15m Director(s): Peter Hutchison, Luc...
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June 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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samred.com
I'm halfway through The AI Con by @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social, and I'm already convinced it's the most crucial book of the year. Every office manager in the world should read this to Weed-It any lingering sense that generative-text snake oil has ANY redeeming value.
Book cover "The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want"
June 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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globalecoguy.bsky.social
So, most social media makes us polarized, mean, and divided…

And, now, we find that ChatGPT and generative AI makes us dumb…

So, this whole “technology is going to make our lives better” thing is working out great, right? 🙄
June 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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wired.com
A week after Disney and Universal filed a landmark lawsuit against Midjourney, the generative AI startup's new V1 video tool will make clips of Shrek, Deadpool, and other famous creations.
‘Wall-E With a Gun’: Midjourney Generates Videos of Disney Characters Amid Massive Copyright Lawsuit
A week after Disney and Universal filed a landmark lawsuit against Midjourney, the generative AI startup’s new V1 video tool will make clips of Shrek, Deadpool, and other famous creations.
www.wired.com
June 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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bookspotlight.bsky.social
Harry Potter and the Justified Lawsuit
Study: Meta AI model can reproduce almost half of Harry Potter book The research could have big implications for generative AI copyright lawsuits.
June 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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roxanegay.bsky.social
Yes. I am right. I am seeing how Chat GPT is ruining students critical thinking and writing skills in real time. It is not the future. It is a tool designed to render the populace helpless, to make people doubt their innate intelligence, and to foster overreliance on technology.
davidpham5.bsky.social davidpham5 @davidpham5.bsky.social · Jun 19
@roxanegay.bsky.social maybe you’re right.
kottke.org kottke.org @kottke.org · Jun 19
A new study from MIT’s Media Lab (not yet peer-reviewed & small sample size): ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills. [time.com]
June 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
artists-vs-ai.bsky.social
Driven by the desperate search for any remaining forms of economic growth, no matter how socially, culturally or environmentally destructive.

bsky.app/profile/thea...
theatlantic.com The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Jun 19
Generative AI is slowly degrading the internet. More alarming is that before long, the technology’s unreliability may go unnoticed, writes Matteo Wong: https://theatln.tc/4Z7IqvVi
June 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
artists-vs-ai.bsky.social
We need a full throated legal assault on the tech bros. bsky.app/profile/theg...
June 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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bookspotlight.bsky.social
The Pope has joined Team Anti Gen AI, fam! 💪

As a Jew I say, YAAAAAAS! Welcome to our fight, Pope Leo!! 🫶🫶🫶
Wall Street journal article with the headline “Pope Leo Takes On Al as a Potential Threat to Humanity”
June 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
It really reminds me of the people who saw that the fossil fuel industry uses personal responsibility narratives in bad faith to distract from regulation, and then somehow conclude that means it's a good thing to unhesitatingly use single-use plastic as much as they can (100 companies etc etc)
June 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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ketanjoshi.co
This all rings extremely hollow. Most people who critique the unquestioned use of generative software also understand the various systemic issues driving its adoption.

That doesn't somehow justify actively volunteering to help it spread????
‪Lucas Sabean‬ ‪@lucas-sabean.bsky.social‬ · 3mo AI Avatar or Banner There is a lot of debate about the use of AI in our film, The Invisible Doctrine featuring @georgemonbiot.bsky.social . This conversation is a perfect example of what neoliberalism does—focuses on how something was made instead of why it exists. 4 3 ‪Lucas Sabean‬ ‪@lucas-sabean.bsky.social‬ · 3mo AI Avatar or Banner Neoliberalism thrives on surface-level discourse, keeping people debating the means of production rather than the purpose of production. Instead of asking “What is this film saying about the world?”, the critics are asking “Did this film use a morally pure process?”—textbook neoliberal distraction. 2 ‪Lucas Sabean‬ ‪@lucas-sabean.bsky.social‬ · 3mo AI Avatar or Banner Instead of asking “Why is fossil capitalism still running the planet into the ground?”, we’re encouraged to ask “Did you remember to recycle your Starbucks cup?” Neoliberalism reframes climate catastrophe as a problem of individual behavior, not systemic extraction. 2 ‪Lucas Sabean‬ ‪@lucas-sabean.bsky.social‬ · 3mo AI Avatar or Banner Instead of “Why does capitalism require mass exploitation to function?”, we get “Did you buy the sustainably sourced tote bag?” Rather than abolishing sweatshop conditions, the system offers us “conscious consumerism”—a feel-good alternative that still upholds the same structures. 1 ‪Lucas Sabean‬ ‪@lucas-sabean.bsky.social‬ · 3mo AI Avatar or Banner The discussion around AI-generated art often skips “Why has the creative industry been systemically defunded and monopolized?” and jumps straight to “Are you using the right tools?” This ignores the fact that neoliberalism gutted traditional creative labor long before AI came along. 1 ‪Lucas Sabean‬ ‪@lucas-sabean.bsky.social‬ · 3mo AI Avatar or Banner Instead of “Why is democracy structurally captured by corporate interests?”, people are funneled into “Did you vote for the slightly less bad op…
June 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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ketanjoshi.co
Man, what a huge bummer. It is impossible to fully avoid neoliberalism, environmental harm etc in film production. But why actively volunteer to do more of it, for a significantly worse product?

It's like selling 10,000 cheap fast-fashion t-shirts as merch for the film on Temu
reddmonitor.bsky.social Chris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · Jun 6
The film based on the book "The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism" is out.

It features tremendous narrating by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social but the film-makers made the extraordinarily bad decision to use AI generated images in the film.

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Film review: The Invisible Doctrine is a brilliant analysis of neoliberalism, ruined by the use of AI generated images
Why George, why?
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June 19, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Figures. techcrunch.com/2025/06/12/o...
OpenAI and Barbie-maker Mattel team up to bring generative AI to toymaking, other products | TechCrunch
Barbie-maker Mattel and OpenAI have teamed up to bring generative AI to the toymaking and ever-expanding pipeline of IP repackaging.
techcrunch.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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flyingtrilobite.com
Thoughtful reporting by @thomasgermain.bsky.social.

Personally I think the problem of hallucinations/errors in gen AI search will be a larger problem than people expect.

Prediction: there will be a tragic “lemmings off a cliff” moment in the next few years.

#CreateDontScrape #NoAI
thomasgermain.bsky.social Thomas Germain @thomasgermain.bsky.social · Jun 16
Google has a new button. It might destroy the web as you know it. Experts say the new “AI Mode” is an asteroid aimed at the heart of the internet, one that could decimate millions of websites. It seems this chapter of online history is over. Here’s what comes next: www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Is Google about to destroy the web?
Google says adding more AI to its search engine will rejuvenate the internet. Others predict an apocalypse for websites. One thing is clear: this era of online history is closing.
www.bbc.com
June 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM