@banapana.bsky.social
The Harbinger
I was enjoying the relative quiet of an AI desktop app.
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Are AI companies protected by 47 U.S.C. § 230? "No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider." Congress should (won't) head this off.
October 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Are AI companies protected by 47 U.S.C. § 230? "No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider." Congress should (won't) head this off.
If my argument on Friday that there is an AI investment bubble burst coming didn't have you convinced, perhaps this will:
#AIbubble #investment #vulturecapital
youtu.be/CBCujAQtdfQ?...
#AIbubble #investment #vulturecapital
youtu.be/CBCujAQtdfQ?...
Big Tech Is Faking Revenue
YouTube video by Sasha Yanshin
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
If my argument on Friday that there is an AI investment bubble burst coming didn't have you convinced, perhaps this will:
#AIbubble #investment #vulturecapital
youtu.be/CBCujAQtdfQ?...
#AIbubble #investment #vulturecapital
youtu.be/CBCujAQtdfQ?...
When you combine this history of wage suppression and theft in the US over the last 50 years, combined with what is happening in the AI industry, labor in the US is in trouble. #stagflation #unemployment #capitalflight
medium.com/@hrnews1/new...
medium.com/@hrnews1/new...
New Report: Employers in the USA Have Stolen Over $50 Trillion From Workers Since 1975
The Great Heist: How Employers Have Stolen Over $50 Trillion From Workers Since 1975
medium.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
When you combine this history of wage suppression and theft in the US over the last 50 years, combined with what is happening in the AI industry, labor in the US is in trouble. #stagflation #unemployment #capitalflight
medium.com/@hrnews1/new...
medium.com/@hrnews1/new...
So, you're not a robot. Are you sure? Are you really, really sure? neal.fun/not-a-robot/
I'm Not a Robot
Prove your humanity once and for all
neal.fun
October 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
So, you're not a robot. Are you sure? Are you really, really sure? neal.fun/not-a-robot/
I'm have trouble deciding on the hashtag #oligarctech or #authoritech
migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...
migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...
SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class
Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.
migrantinsider.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I'm have trouble deciding on the hashtag #oligarctech or #authoritech
migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...
migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...
SCOOP: Apple Made ICE Agents a Protected Class
migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...
migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...
SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class
Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.
migrantinsider.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
SCOOP: Apple Made ICE Agents a Protected Class
migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...
migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...
The AI bubble has all the signs: irrational exuberance, massive infrastructure bets, exotic financing. I've seen this movie before: open.substack.com/pub/banapana...
From Tulips to Transformers: A Brief History of Expensive Mistakes
The trillion dollar rerun
open.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The AI bubble has all the signs: irrational exuberance, massive infrastructure bets, exotic financing. I've seen this movie before: open.substack.com/pub/banapana...
Kite power! I wonder how hard it would be to build a model version of this? 🤔
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlCJ...
#kitepower #renewableenergy #windpower
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlCJ...
#kitepower #renewableenergy #windpower
Are We Building Wind Energy Wrong?
YouTube video by Undecided with Matt Ferrell
www.youtube.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Kite power! I wonder how hard it would be to build a model version of this? 🤔
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlCJ...
#kitepower #renewableenergy #windpower
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlCJ...
#kitepower #renewableenergy #windpower
The ✨emoji is really having a moment. Seems like everyone has decided this is the icon in development environments for "Hey, stupid, do this instead."
Too bad it's usually wrong.
#sparkle #emoji #webdev #development #hints
Too bad it's usually wrong.
#sparkle #emoji #webdev #development #hints
October 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The ✨emoji is really having a moment. Seems like everyone has decided this is the icon in development environments for "Hey, stupid, do this instead."
Too bad it's usually wrong.
#sparkle #emoji #webdev #development #hints
Too bad it's usually wrong.
#sparkle #emoji #webdev #development #hints
Reposted
‘There will never be enough computing power to create AGI using machine learning that can do the same [as human cognition], because we’d run out of natural resources long before we'd even get close,’
— @olivia.science
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
— @olivia.science
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
Don’t believe the hype: AGI is far from inevitable | Radboud University
Will AI soon surpass the human brain? If you ask employees at OpenAI, Google DeepMind and other large tech companies, it is inevitable. However, researchers at Radboud University and other institutes ...
www.ru.nl
December 6, 2024 at 9:19 PM
‘There will never be enough computing power to create AGI using machine learning that can do the same [as human cognition], because we’d run out of natural resources long before we'd even get close,’
— @olivia.science
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
— @olivia.science
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
Reposted
NEW paper! 💭🖥️
“Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What could possibly go wrong?”
— Brief review paper by @olivia.science & myself, highlighting traps to avoid when combining Psych with AI, and why this is so important. Check out our proposed way forward! 🌟💡
osf.io/preprints/ps...
“Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What could possibly go wrong?”
— Brief review paper by @olivia.science & myself, highlighting traps to avoid when combining Psych with AI, and why this is so important. Check out our proposed way forward! 🌟💡
osf.io/preprints/ps...
May 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
NEW paper! 💭🖥️
“Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What could possibly go wrong?”
— Brief review paper by @olivia.science & myself, highlighting traps to avoid when combining Psych with AI, and why this is so important. Check out our proposed way forward! 🌟💡
osf.io/preprints/ps...
“Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What could possibly go wrong?”
— Brief review paper by @olivia.science & myself, highlighting traps to avoid when combining Psych with AI, and why this is so important. Check out our proposed way forward! 🌟💡
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Now when choosing which AI to work with, take demographic accuracy into account. "We evaluate AI models through real conversations... creating both a demographically representative overall leaderboard... across age, ethnicity, and political groups.”
huggingface.co/spaces/Proli...
huggingface.co/spaces/Proli...
HUMAINE Leaderboard - a Hugging Face Space by ProlificAI
This application helps you analyze human feedback to evaluate AI models. You provide feedback data, and it gives you insights to improve your models.
huggingface.co
October 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Now when choosing which AI to work with, take demographic accuracy into account. "We evaluate AI models through real conversations... creating both a demographically representative overall leaderboard... across age, ethnicity, and political groups.”
huggingface.co/spaces/Proli...
huggingface.co/spaces/Proli...
@epmcool.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4om... Is this David?
I turned down a [REDACTED] show
YouTube video by Joel Haver
www.youtube.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
@epmcool.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4om... Is this David?
OpenAI once promised to serve the public good—but it’s soon to be a data-mining, ad-serving silicon valley tech giant transforming your conversations into their profit. If you think ChatGPT is here to help, it’s time to start asking what master it really serves.
open.substack.com/pub/banapana...
open.substack.com/pub/banapana...
You’re Not Chatting with AI, You’re Chatting with Corporate Greed
I’m done with ChatGPT and I’m going to give you some reasons to consider doing the same.
open.substack.com
July 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
OpenAI once promised to serve the public good—but it’s soon to be a data-mining, ad-serving silicon valley tech giant transforming your conversations into their profit. If you think ChatGPT is here to help, it’s time to start asking what master it really serves.
open.substack.com/pub/banapana...
open.substack.com/pub/banapana...
I love finding products that have novel hardware features that maybe could be replicated on the smartphone platform, but don't. Totem Labs (www.totemlabs.com) has accomplished just that. I wrote more about it over on my Substack...
banapana.substack.com/p/totem-find...
banapana.substack.com/p/totem-find...
Totem: Find other... totems
A compass for local stuff.
banapana.substack.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I love finding products that have novel hardware features that maybe could be replicated on the smartphone platform, but don't. Totem Labs (www.totemlabs.com) has accomplished just that. I wrote more about it over on my Substack...
banapana.substack.com/p/totem-find...
banapana.substack.com/p/totem-find...