Julia Thomas
@julie-writes.bsky.social
Former business blog writer (17 years), and current student at UMSL pursuing BLS in psych and writing. Anti GenAI
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NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
March 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
I was at an elementary school today. There were artworks on the wall, probably 2nd or 3rd graders'. Across the top of each page was: If I were president... All the kids wrote about how they would help people-the homeless, the hungry, etc. It was heartwarming to see that even these Littles get it
March 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I was at an elementary school today. There were artworks on the wall, probably 2nd or 3rd graders'. Across the top of each page was: If I were president... All the kids wrote about how they would help people-the homeless, the hungry, etc. It was heartwarming to see that even these Littles get it
I sent an email asking a serious and specific question. I was treated to a vague and irrelevant answer obviously written using GenAI. If someone can't bother to write their own email, then they should just not answer at all. If I wanted ChatGPT's answer, I wouldn't have emailed you.
March 2, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I sent an email asking a serious and specific question. I was treated to a vague and irrelevant answer obviously written using GenAI. If someone can't bother to write their own email, then they should just not answer at all. If I wanted ChatGPT's answer, I wouldn't have emailed you.
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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no charge? no thanks, I expect to be paid.
February 18, 2025 at 2:58 AM
no charge? no thanks, I expect to be paid.
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Me being a broken record on this: Don't trust consumer-facing "AI" for anything.
A federal judge in Wyoming received a motion citing nine cases. Of the nine, eight don't exist.
When she demanded an explanation, the lawyers said their "artificial intelligence platform ‘hallucinated’ the cases in question."
@courtwatch.bsky.social www.courtwatch.news/p/lawyers-ca...
When she demanded an explanation, the lawyers said their "artificial intelligence platform ‘hallucinated’ the cases in question."
@courtwatch.bsky.social www.courtwatch.news/p/lawyers-ca...
Lawyers Caught Citing AI-Hallucinated Cases Say It’s a ‘Cautionary Tale’ For All Law Firms
The attorneys filed court documents referencing eight non-existent cases, then admitted it was a "hallucination" by an AI tool.
www.courtwatch.news
February 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Me being a broken record on this: Don't trust consumer-facing "AI" for anything.
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The greatest business battle EVER to be fought will come when President Elon starts trying to implement AI for federal processes.
The battle will be fought over which company’s AI will be used by the feds.
This is a zero sum battle that will create more chaos than this country has ever seen
The battle will be fought over which company’s AI will be used by the feds.
This is a zero sum battle that will create more chaos than this country has ever seen
February 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The greatest business battle EVER to be fought will come when President Elon starts trying to implement AI for federal processes.
The battle will be fought over which company’s AI will be used by the feds.
This is a zero sum battle that will create more chaos than this country has ever seen
The battle will be fought over which company’s AI will be used by the feds.
This is a zero sum battle that will create more chaos than this country has ever seen
I read something today that was labeled as written by AI. It was much less terrible than I've seen before. But here's the thing: with it being labeled as AI, it didn't bother me as much. Discovering after I read, OTOH, feels like betrayal. Use AI? Then label it as such.
February 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I read something today that was labeled as written by AI. It was much less terrible than I've seen before. But here's the thing: with it being labeled as AI, it didn't bother me as much. Discovering after I read, OTOH, feels like betrayal. Use AI? Then label it as such.
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Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share far and wide. Right now bird flu is spreading throughout our country and most people have no clue. Please stay updated and bookmark this page for your health and well-being.
www.youtube.com/@americanmed...
www.youtube.com/@americanmed...
February 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share far and wide. Right now bird flu is spreading throughout our country and most people have no clue. Please stay updated and bookmark this page for your health and well-being.
www.youtube.com/@americanmed...
www.youtube.com/@americanmed...
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"The United States is in a constitutional crisis"
Agree: 54%
Disagree: 27%
Unsure: 19%
YouGov / Feb 6, 2025 / n=1106
Agree: 54%
Disagree: 27%
Unsure: 19%
YouGov / Feb 6, 2025 / n=1106
February 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"The United States is in a constitutional crisis"
Agree: 54%
Disagree: 27%
Unsure: 19%
YouGov / Feb 6, 2025 / n=1106
Agree: 54%
Disagree: 27%
Unsure: 19%
YouGov / Feb 6, 2025 / n=1106
I find a lot to agree with here on Bluesky, but very little to say. It's a little intimidating. Most of you are so smart, and I'm just an ordinary person living a quiet life. But keep it up, guys. I'm with you!
February 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I find a lot to agree with here on Bluesky, but very little to say. It's a little intimidating. Most of you are so smart, and I'm just an ordinary person living a quiet life. But keep it up, guys. I'm with you!
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How One Professor Deals with Student GPT-Generated Essays (electoral-vote.com) larrycuban.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/h... via @CubanLarry
January 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
How One Professor Deals with Student GPT-Generated Essays (electoral-vote.com) larrycuban.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/h... via @CubanLarry
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CURMUDGUCATION: AI Is For The Ignorant curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2025/01/ai-i...
January 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
CURMUDGUCATION: AI Is For The Ignorant curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2025/01/ai-i...
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I mean I could do a few, bc I don’t watch that many shows, but the ones I do, I watch obsessively and commit to memory…
But if I had to pick ONE…
But if I had to pick ONE…
January 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I mean I could do a few, bc I don’t watch that many shows, but the ones I do, I watch obsessively and commit to memory…
But if I had to pick ONE…
But if I had to pick ONE…
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I keep warning you that generative "AI" is a threat to the processes of making & certifying knowledge & consensus reality, thus leading us to the verge of an epistemic & heuristic collapse of just catastrophic proportions but y'all keep slathering it on yourselves like it's butter & you're corncobs
Excuse me while I run in circles screaming in horror.
Encyclopedia Britannica Is Now an AI Company
The 200 year-old company may soon go public on the back of AI-powered education products.
gizmodo.com
December 26, 2024 at 3:04 PM
I keep warning you that generative "AI" is a threat to the processes of making & certifying knowledge & consensus reality, thus leading us to the verge of an epistemic & heuristic collapse of just catastrophic proportions but y'all keep slathering it on yourselves like it's butter & you're corncobs
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The people telling us how good generative AI is for us are either people financially invested in generative AI or people interested in not paying writers, editors, artists, communications staff, designers, etc. Maybe we could go ahead and not listen to them.
December 25, 2024 at 8:23 PM
The people telling us how good generative AI is for us are either people financially invested in generative AI or people interested in not paying writers, editors, artists, communications staff, designers, etc. Maybe we could go ahead and not listen to them.
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Generative AI steals our work, steals our income, steals our resources, and ultimately, steals our future.
December 27, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Generative AI steals our work, steals our income, steals our resources, and ultimately, steals our future.
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“It would probably not be beyond human ingenuity to write books by machinery.
[That is probably how] the literature of a totalitarian society would be produced…
Imagination — even consciousness — would be eliminated from the process of writing.”
George Orwell
#writing #writingcommunity #art #ai
[That is probably how] the literature of a totalitarian society would be produced…
Imagination — even consciousness — would be eliminated from the process of writing.”
George Orwell
#writing #writingcommunity #art #ai
December 26, 2024 at 4:55 PM
“It would probably not be beyond human ingenuity to write books by machinery.
[That is probably how] the literature of a totalitarian society would be produced…
Imagination — even consciousness — would be eliminated from the process of writing.”
George Orwell
#writing #writingcommunity #art #ai
[That is probably how] the literature of a totalitarian society would be produced…
Imagination — even consciousness — would be eliminated from the process of writing.”
George Orwell
#writing #writingcommunity #art #ai
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Information - accurate info- is necessary for most things. But, to me, human connections are more important. I'm not going into most friendly convos looking for info I can find online. I'd just like to have a convo where I can wonder, speculate, imagine, without being told to Google it.
November 24, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Information - accurate info- is necessary for most things. But, to me, human connections are more important. I'm not going into most friendly convos looking for info I can find online. I'd just like to have a convo where I can wonder, speculate, imagine, without being told to Google it.
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