Threvin Mudweeks
@devinsudweeks.bsky.social
Media anthropology grad student and film designer. Unlikely BYU alum, AFI dropout, and CUNY neophyte
Thinking about AI, especially re: creative labor
NYC
they/he
Thinking about AI, especially re: creative labor
NYC
they/he
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the first congressperson to get arrested for trying to force their way into an office they are supposed to be allowed in has my undying love and support
February 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
the first congressperson to get arrested for trying to force their way into an office they are supposed to be allowed in has my undying love and support
I’m pretty sure we can develop a CAPTCHA to screen out the broligarchy. You know, like a simple ethics test.
February 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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i mean that is just too on the nose
the fucking ego on these guys
Shedletsky's claim to fame is working at Roblox, the game favored by pedophiles because of how easy it is for them to access kids
that's the world he built
Shedletsky's claim to fame is working at Roblox, the game favored by pedophiles because of how easy it is for them to access kids
that's the world he built
February 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
i mean that is just too on the nose
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Meanwhile Putin is laughing his head off. With Trump heralding Monroe Doctrine 2.0 (the US does what it likes in its 'hemisphere'), legitimising annexation of places close and distant, and violating every verdict of the Int Courts, Putin's annexations are fully normalised.
February 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Meanwhile Putin is laughing his head off. With Trump heralding Monroe Doctrine 2.0 (the US does what it likes in its 'hemisphere'), legitimising annexation of places close and distant, and violating every verdict of the Int Courts, Putin's annexations are fully normalised.
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"Leave or die' Trump tells the Palestinians of Gaza, endorsing the war crime of ethnic cleansing as official US policy. Europe now has to make its choice: Leave NATO immediately or forever be remembered as Trump's lieutenant in this crime against humanity www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Trump, Hosting Netanyahu, Says Palestinians Should Leave Gaza: Live Updates
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
"Leave or die' Trump tells the Palestinians of Gaza, endorsing the war crime of ethnic cleansing as official US policy. Europe now has to make its choice: Leave NATO immediately or forever be remembered as Trump's lieutenant in this crime against humanity www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
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pirate’s code 🤝 US constitution
February 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
pirate’s code 🤝 US constitution
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Trump's tariffs = politics-by-other-means - macroeconomically senseless but politically potent. Domestically, they furnish him with an income stream independent of Congress. They enable him also to blackmail Mexico (Canada) to accept expelled migrants (to become the 51st state!)
February 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Trump's tariffs = politics-by-other-means - macroeconomically senseless but politically potent. Domestically, they furnish him with an income stream independent of Congress. They enable him also to blackmail Mexico (Canada) to accept expelled migrants (to become the 51st state!)
What these transphobes forget is that gay people and close allies have an endless ability to come up with terms and/or speak in code. Perhaps some journals will circumnavigate this proscription using alternate terms.
For instance, I see that the CDC neglected to include the word “mpreg” 🫃
For instance, I see that the CDC neglected to include the word “mpreg” 🫃
Censoring the language of science (the pursuit of Truth) to align better with a political ideology sure does seem like fascism.
I think it’s on us, the academic/scientific community, to not yield Truth in pursuit of publication. 🧪 #AcademicSky #philsci
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
I think it’s on us, the academic/scientific community, to not yield Truth in pursuit of publication. 🧪 #AcademicSky #philsci
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
insidemedicine.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
What these transphobes forget is that gay people and close allies have an endless ability to come up with terms and/or speak in code. Perhaps some journals will circumnavigate this proscription using alternate terms.
For instance, I see that the CDC neglected to include the word “mpreg” 🫃
For instance, I see that the CDC neglected to include the word “mpreg” 🫃
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really looking forward to everyones social security numbers and payment history being trained into grok next month
February 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
really looking forward to everyones social security numbers and payment history being trained into grok next month
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We gotta be French DJs about our politics
February 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We gotta be French DJs about our politics
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The National Science foundation has just updated their FAQ to say they are complying with the court order and has restored access to funds and the ACM$ platform new.nsf.gov/executive-or...
February 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The National Science foundation has just updated their FAQ to say they are complying with the court order and has restored access to funds and the ACM$ platform new.nsf.gov/executive-or...
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HAPPENING NOW: The West Bank town of Tamon is under Israeli military assault, with homes forcibly evacuated, converted into military outposts, and a comprehensive curfew imposed. The IDF uses D10 bulldozers to destroy the infrastructure, taking hostages.
February 2, 2025 at 9:05 AM
HAPPENING NOW: The West Bank town of Tamon is under Israeli military assault, with homes forcibly evacuated, converted into military outposts, and a comprehensive curfew imposed. The IDF uses D10 bulldozers to destroy the infrastructure, taking hostages.
Listening to Techno Feudalism by @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social and I am stopping and rewinding every ten seconds to take notes. Perhaps I should just buy the physical book—but his voice is so rhythmic and pleasant to listen to!
February 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Listening to Techno Feudalism by @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social and I am stopping and rewinding every ten seconds to take notes. Perhaps I should just buy the physical book—but his voice is so rhythmic and pleasant to listen to!
Humility is a very attractive quality in disgraced tech moguls
February 1, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Humility is a very attractive quality in disgraced tech moguls
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Never forget that Democrats are the ones who tee'd this up. Every faculty member that did not condemn the persecution of students on their campus, the presence of police, you facilitated this. And we will never forget it.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump administration to cancel student visas of all 'Hamas sympathizers', White House says
U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday to combat antisemitism and pledge to deport non-citizen college students and other resident aliens who took part in pro-Palestinian protests, a White House official said.
www.reuters.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Never forget that Democrats are the ones who tee'd this up. Every faculty member that did not condemn the persecution of students on their campus, the presence of police, you facilitated this. And we will never forget it.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Praying that enough federal workers are brave enough and able to turn down the “fork in the road” offer (quit now and get paid through September.) We need people in the nexuses of action that can resist and challenge illegal orders. 1/
January 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Praying that enough federal workers are brave enough and able to turn down the “fork in the road” offer (quit now and get paid through September.) We need people in the nexuses of action that can resist and challenge illegal orders. 1/
How long ago do you think OpenAI started working on ChatGPT Gov? After Elon signed on? When Trump won? Last week? They’re being very vague about what makes it special
January 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
How long ago do you think OpenAI started working on ChatGPT Gov? After Elon signed on? When Trump won? Last week? They’re being very vague about what makes it special
Chinese parents in the year of the snake: you should be grateful, you know. There are starving kids in America with nothing but ChatGPT to eat 😔
January 29, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Chinese parents in the year of the snake: you should be grateful, you know. There are starving kids in America with nothing but ChatGPT to eat 😔
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But DeepSeek shows - in the same moment as the Stargate announcement - that the trade off that OpenAI & co frame as wholly necessary is actually not. 15/
January 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
But DeepSeek shows - in the same moment as the Stargate announcement - that the trade off that OpenAI & co frame as wholly necessary is actually not. 15/
After listening to tech news for a while, you realize they can’t so much as sneeze without mentioning a stock price. The tech industry is just a vassal of finance at this point
January 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
After listening to tech news for a while, you realize they can’t so much as sneeze without mentioning a stock price. The tech industry is just a vassal of finance at this point
Using unreliable (meaning: any existing) predictive AI systems in hiring or welfare should be a crime. Using them to predict and identify targets in war? More of a war crime
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/o...
Opinion | Our Military Is Adopting A.I. Way Too Fast
The military is integrating A.I. into its deadly systems too quickly, and Trump will only accelerate a dangerous situation.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Using unreliable (meaning: any existing) predictive AI systems in hiring or welfare should be a crime. Using them to predict and identify targets in war? More of a war crime
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/o...
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DeepSeek this DeepSeek that why don't you DeepSeek some therapy
January 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
DeepSeek this DeepSeek that why don't you DeepSeek some therapy
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For the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 live stream, @alexhanna.bsky.social and I will be joined by Dr. @tamigraph.bsky.social to point our ridicule as praxis at tech bros’ unhinged ideas about energy and the environment
Join us here:
Monday, Jan 27, noon Pacific
www.twitch.tv/dair_institute
Join us here:
Monday, Jan 27, noon Pacific
www.twitch.tv/dair_institute
dair_institute - Twitch
Twitch account for The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR).
www.twitch.tv
January 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
For the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 live stream, @alexhanna.bsky.social and I will be joined by Dr. @tamigraph.bsky.social to point our ridicule as praxis at tech bros’ unhinged ideas about energy and the environment
Join us here:
Monday, Jan 27, noon Pacific
www.twitch.tv/dair_institute
Join us here:
Monday, Jan 27, noon Pacific
www.twitch.tv/dair_institute
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Apropos of a co-panelist's remarks today:
If you're asking how do we get people to trust this technology, you're asking the wrong question.
Should be: How do we build technology that is trustworthy & sufficiently transparent so people can make informed decisions abt when to trust it.
If you're asking how do we get people to trust this technology, you're asking the wrong question.
Should be: How do we build technology that is trustworthy & sufficiently transparent so people can make informed decisions abt when to trust it.
January 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Apropos of a co-panelist's remarks today:
If you're asking how do we get people to trust this technology, you're asking the wrong question.
Should be: How do we build technology that is trustworthy & sufficiently transparent so people can make informed decisions abt when to trust it.
If you're asking how do we get people to trust this technology, you're asking the wrong question.
Should be: How do we build technology that is trustworthy & sufficiently transparent so people can make informed decisions abt when to trust it.