CyborgGoddess.bsky.social
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Bluesky account for the Podcast Cyborg Goddess (Formerly Gender, Sex and Tech)
A Feminist Tech Podcast with host Jennifer Jill Fellows
(We aren't technophobes here, but it is complicated)
https://cyborggoddess.opened.ca/
A Feminist Tech Podcast with host Jennifer Jill Fellows
(We aren't technophobes here, but it is complicated)
https://cyborggoddess.opened.ca/
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S4E5: The Costs of Convenience; Examining Generative AI Technology with Dr. Nicole Ramsoomair. – Cyborg Goddess
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S4E5 of Cyborg Goddess is out today! In this episode I talk with Dr. Nicole Ramsoomair about the promises of convenience that LLM's offer, and what that convenience is costing us users.
#ChatGPT #feminism
Check it out here, or wherever you get your podcasts:
cyborggoddess.opened.ca/podcast/s4e5...
#ChatGPT #feminism
Check it out here, or wherever you get your podcasts:
cyborggoddess.opened.ca/podcast/s4e5...
To be 'fair' the Amazon AI can't lie. As Henry Frankfurt argues, lying entails knowing the truth and intentionally hiding it from others in order to deceive them. AI doesn't do that. It bullshits. It doesn't know or care what the truth is. It just spouts stuff that sounds good.
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
To be 'fair' the Amazon AI can't lie. As Henry Frankfurt argues, lying entails knowing the truth and intentionally hiding it from others in order to deceive them. AI doesn't do that. It bullshits. It doesn't know or care what the truth is. It just spouts stuff that sounds good.
Grave of the Fireflies.
I loved it. It broke me. I can never watch it again.
I loved it. It broke me. I can never watch it again.
Never mind movies you’ve watched multiple times, name a movie you’ve watched once and would never watch again.
December 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Grave of the Fireflies.
I loved it. It broke me. I can never watch it again.
I loved it. It broke me. I can never watch it again.
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On news that Google has told advertisers that it plans to bring ads to Gemini in 2026, resurfacing this on worst case scenarios and what to do about it from Daniel Barcay, Executive Director of the Center for Humane Technology.
Advertising is Coming to AI. It’s Going to Be a Disaster. | TechPolicy.Press
Daniel Barcay sounds the alarm on AI chatbots hiding advertising in conversations—and why this threatens autonomy and demands new rules.
www.techpolicy.press
December 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
On news that Google has told advertisers that it plans to bring ads to Gemini in 2026, resurfacing this on worst case scenarios and what to do about it from Daniel Barcay, Executive Director of the Center for Humane Technology.
"In October, based on OpenAI’s own estimates, WIRED reported that “every seven days, around 560,000 people may be exchanging messages with ChatGPT that indicate they are experiencing mania or psychosis.” "
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"In October, based on OpenAI’s own estimates, WIRED reported that “every seven days, around 560,000 people may be exchanging messages with ChatGPT that indicate they are experiencing mania or psychosis.” "
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New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
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Here’s my story about Kitimat’s new motto of “it’s not for everyone”, which originally was going to be a ranking of all 161 municipal slogans in British Columbia until my bosses were like “justin this video is 14 minutes long” and “did you just make of slogans for half of these”
November 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Here’s my story about Kitimat’s new motto of “it’s not for everyone”, which originally was going to be a ranking of all 161 municipal slogans in British Columbia until my bosses were like “justin this video is 14 minutes long” and “did you just make of slogans for half of these”
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New essay is up (no paywall): "The Work of Being Read." It’s about how our behavior shifts when we know AI is watching, interpreting, & scoring us, often incorrectly, but w/ real consequences at home, work, and school. jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
New essay is up (no paywall): "The Work of Being Read." It’s about how our behavior shifts when we know AI is watching, interpreting, & scoring us, often incorrectly, but w/ real consequences at home, work, and school. jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
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Please spread the word. We can show Premier Smith and her caucus that she's badly miscalculated and force this bill down.
Over 600 people have already registered for our mass organizing calls on Wednesday, including 400+ Albertans, who are ready to take action to support trans youth and their families in Alberta.
With your help, we can reach hundreds more - share this post and register at www.momentumcanada.net/AB
With your help, we can reach hundreds more - share this post and register at www.momentumcanada.net/AB
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Please spread the word. We can show Premier Smith and her caucus that she's badly miscalculated and force this bill down.
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Mainstream news covered the Jeffrey Epstein emails related to ppl like Trump. Today, I want to take a look at Epstein's correspondence with prominent atheist and physicist Lawrence Krauss, who asked the pedophile's advice on responding to accusations of sexual assault skepchick.org/2025/11/so-i...
So I’m in the Epstein Files
Transcript: Look. I know that on this channel, I often criticize prominent people for actions that I find detestable: accepting dark money and failing to disclose it, producing propaganda for Big O…
skepchick.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Mainstream news covered the Jeffrey Epstein emails related to ppl like Trump. Today, I want to take a look at Epstein's correspondence with prominent atheist and physicist Lawrence Krauss, who asked the pedophile's advice on responding to accusations of sexual assault skepchick.org/2025/11/so-i...
Mainstream news covered the Jeffrey Epstein emails related to ppl like Trump. Today, I want to take a look at Epstein's correspondence with prominent atheist and physicist Lawrence Krauss, who asked the pedophile's advice on responding to accusations of sexual assault skepchick.org/2025/11/so-i...
So I’m in the Epstein Files
Transcript: Look. I know that on this channel, I often criticize prominent people for actions that I find detestable: accepting dark money and failing to disclose it, producing propaganda for Big O…
skepchick.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
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This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
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Any university that is not quadrupling its Gender Studies budget to figure out what is going on with all the right wingers apparently sincerely using terms like “alpha” are really missing an opportunity.
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Any university that is not quadrupling its Gender Studies budget to figure out what is going on with all the right wingers apparently sincerely using terms like “alpha” are really missing an opportunity.
"Meanwhile, Common Crawl’s executive director, Rich Skrenta, has publicly made the case that AI models should be able to access anything on the internet. “The robots are people too,” he told me, and should therefore be allowed to “read the books” for free."
WHAT?!!!!
WHAT?!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"Meanwhile, Common Crawl’s executive director, Rich Skrenta, has publicly made the case that AI models should be able to access anything on the internet. “The robots are people too,” he told me, and should therefore be allowed to “read the books” for free."
WHAT?!!!!
WHAT?!!!!
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Finally
Trade Group Representing Studio Ghibli, Other Japanese Companies Tells OpenAI to Stop Using Their Content to Train Sora 2 Video Generator
Japanese content trade group CODA, whose members include Studio Ghibli, issued a letter to OpenAI demanding the AI company stop using their content to train Sora 2.
variety.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Finally
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Tech companies want us to outsource all cognitive labor to their models. Instead, academics must defend universities by barring toxic, addictive AI technologies from classrooms, argue @olivia.science and @irisvanrooij.bsky.social .
bit.ly/48FNcJj
bit.ly/48FNcJj
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
bit.ly
October 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Tech companies want us to outsource all cognitive labor to their models. Instead, academics must defend universities by barring toxic, addictive AI technologies from classrooms, argue @olivia.science and @irisvanrooij.bsky.social .
bit.ly/48FNcJj
bit.ly/48FNcJj
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Award-winning pain researcher here. This is not something that can be done. Hope this helps.
“In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain—medicine’s most subjective vital sign—into something a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure.”
AI is changing how we quantify pain
Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort.
www.technologyreview.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Award-winning pain researcher here. This is not something that can be done. Hope this helps.
We are burning the planet, exploiting labour, leaving content moderators traumatized, so we can hand over our most intimate fantasies to tech bros. . .
October 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
We are burning the planet, exploiting labour, leaving content moderators traumatized, so we can hand over our most intimate fantasies to tech bros. . .
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Job Alert! @uwmadisongws.bsky.social is hiring an assistant professor or recently tenured associate professor who works on gender or sexuality and aging. If this sounds like you, please apply! If it’s not you, please share with your networks.
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant/Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies (RISE - THRIVE) - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
jobs.wisc.edu
October 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Job Alert! @uwmadisongws.bsky.social is hiring an assistant professor or recently tenured associate professor who works on gender or sexuality and aging. If this sounds like you, please apply! If it’s not you, please share with your networks.
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
"“Speed eclipses ethics,” he said. “The AI safety promise collapses the moment safety threatens profit.”
“AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor,” said @adiod.bsky.social, a researcher at @dairinstitute.bsky.social. “These raters are the middle rung: invisible, essential and expendable.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart
Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots intelligent
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"“Speed eclipses ethics,” he said. “The AI safety promise collapses the moment safety threatens profit.”
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“AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor,” said @adiod.bsky.social, a researcher at @dairinstitute.bsky.social. “These raters are the middle rung: invisible, essential and expendable.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart
Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots intelligent
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor,” said @adiod.bsky.social, a researcher at @dairinstitute.bsky.social. “These raters are the middle rung: invisible, essential and expendable.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.
He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks
Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.
www.rollingstone.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.
S4E5 of Cyborg Goddess is out today! In this episode I talk with Dr. Nicole Ramsoomair about the promises of convenience that LLM's offer, and what that convenience is costing us users.
#ChatGPT #feminism
Check it out here, or wherever you get your podcasts:
cyborggoddess.opened.ca/podcast/s4e5...
#ChatGPT #feminism
Check it out here, or wherever you get your podcasts:
cyborggoddess.opened.ca/podcast/s4e5...
S4E5: The Costs of Convenience; Examining Generative AI Technology with Dr. Nicole Ramsoomair. – Cyborg Goddess
cyborggoddess.opened.ca
October 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
S4E5 of Cyborg Goddess is out today! In this episode I talk with Dr. Nicole Ramsoomair about the promises of convenience that LLM's offer, and what that convenience is costing us users.
#ChatGPT #feminism
Check it out here, or wherever you get your podcasts:
cyborggoddess.opened.ca/podcast/s4e5...
#ChatGPT #feminism
Check it out here, or wherever you get your podcasts:
cyborggoddess.opened.ca/podcast/s4e5...
S4E5: The Costs of Convenience; Examining Generative AI Technology with Dr. Nicole Ramsoomair. – Cyborg Goddess
cyborggoddess.opened.ca
October 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
S4E5 of Cyborg Goddess is out today! In this episode I talk with Dr. Nicole Ramsoomair about the promises of convenience that LLM's offer, and what that convenience is costing us users.
#ChatGPT #feminism
Check it out here, or wherever you get your podcasts:
cyborggoddess.opened.ca/podcast/s4e5...
#ChatGPT #feminism
Check it out here, or wherever you get your podcasts:
cyborggoddess.opened.ca/podcast/s4e5...
"Kids, the 80s sucked. . . everything smelled of cigarette smoke."
Yup, basically.
And the 2000's sucked, too. I went to a club in the early 2000's and got a burn on my arm from someone dancing waving their hands around wildly while holding a lit cigarette.
www.youtube.com/shorts/0dPSA...
Yup, basically.
And the 2000's sucked, too. I went to a club in the early 2000's and got a burn on my arm from someone dancing waving their hands around wildly while holding a lit cigarette.
www.youtube.com/shorts/0dPSA...
September 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"Kids, the 80s sucked. . . everything smelled of cigarette smoke."
Yup, basically.
And the 2000's sucked, too. I went to a club in the early 2000's and got a burn on my arm from someone dancing waving their hands around wildly while holding a lit cigarette.
www.youtube.com/shorts/0dPSA...
Yup, basically.
And the 2000's sucked, too. I went to a club in the early 2000's and got a burn on my arm from someone dancing waving their hands around wildly while holding a lit cigarette.
www.youtube.com/shorts/0dPSA...