Mamotreco
@mamotreco.bsky.social
Photography and Synths
I post on mamotreco.com
I post on mamotreco.com
Noise-degraded version of a digicam photo shot with the Canon Ixus 100IS using the CHDK hack. #y2k #digilove #digicam #publictransit
Original photo + thoughts and more shots: mamotreco.com/canon-ixus-1...
Original photo + thoughts and more shots: mamotreco.com/canon-ixus-1...
December 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Noise-degraded version of a digicam photo shot with the Canon Ixus 100IS using the CHDK hack. #y2k #digilove #digicam #publictransit
Original photo + thoughts and more shots: mamotreco.com/canon-ixus-1...
Original photo + thoughts and more shots: mamotreco.com/canon-ixus-1...
Terraforming blues.
My free-flowing thoughts on why the #80s #sci-fi #b-movie aesthetics built on #practicaleffects and #miniatures are still so compelling: mamotreco.com/beyond-the-r... #noai #nosubstack #nocookies #nopaywall #noupsell just internet as intended
My free-flowing thoughts on why the #80s #sci-fi #b-movie aesthetics built on #practicaleffects and #miniatures are still so compelling: mamotreco.com/beyond-the-r... #noai #nosubstack #nocookies #nopaywall #noupsell just internet as intended
December 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Terraforming blues.
My free-flowing thoughts on why the #80s #sci-fi #b-movie aesthetics built on #practicaleffects and #miniatures are still so compelling: mamotreco.com/beyond-the-r... #noai #nosubstack #nocookies #nopaywall #noupsell just internet as intended
My free-flowing thoughts on why the #80s #sci-fi #b-movie aesthetics built on #practicaleffects and #miniatures are still so compelling: mamotreco.com/beyond-the-r... #noai #nosubstack #nocookies #nopaywall #noupsell just internet as intended
Degraded version (because of AI we can’t have nice things). Shot with #fujifilm X-T4 and 23mm f2 using HDR800 mode in #classicnegative #filmsimulation for original see: mamotreco.com/fuji-xt4-aft...
December 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Degraded version (because of AI we can’t have nice things). Shot with #fujifilm X-T4 and 23mm f2 using HDR800 mode in #classicnegative #filmsimulation for original see: mamotreco.com/fuji-xt4-aft...
Shot with Fujifilm X-T4 / XF 23mm f/2. Classic Negative. Noise and grain added as an Anti-AI scraping tactic. #fujifilm #pnw check out photos without degradation as well as my thoughts here: mamotreco.com/fuji-xt4-aft...
December 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Shot with Fujifilm X-T4 / XF 23mm f/2. Classic Negative. Noise and grain added as an Anti-AI scraping tactic. #fujifilm #pnw check out photos without degradation as well as my thoughts here: mamotreco.com/fuji-xt4-aft...
Shot on Fujifilm X-T4 with XF 23mm f2 in JPEG. Color punched up in Apple Photos. More photos here: mamotreco.com/fuji-xt4-aft...
#fujifilm #banalography
#fujifilm #banalography
December 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Shot on Fujifilm X-T4 with XF 23mm f2 in JPEG. Color punched up in Apple Photos. More photos here: mamotreco.com/fuji-xt4-aft...
#fujifilm #banalography
#fujifilm #banalography
mamotreco.com/beyond-the-r... getting into the nitty gritty of the 80s b-movie vhs sci-fi aesthetic
Beyond The Rising Moon (1987): Celebrating low budget 80s sci-fi aesthetics | SPOILERS - Mamotreco
*SPOILER WARNING* This charming low-budget sci-fi film has had many titles and many lives but here we take a look at its lovely low-budget but high-aspiration 80s aesthetics.
mamotreco.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
mamotreco.com/beyond-the-r... getting into the nitty gritty of the 80s b-movie vhs sci-fi aesthetic
Another #aibubble Mechanical Turk crashes out youtu.be/_pdPjuHeZEU
Robin AI: legal AI that was humans! And just went broke
YouTube video by Pivot to AI
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Another #aibubble Mechanical Turk crashes out youtu.be/_pdPjuHeZEU
Prophet 12 Desktop #synthesizer. I think that this somewhat maligned (at the time) digital analog hybrid #synth sounds lovely
youtu.be/0g62BZYrWJk?...
youtu.be/0g62BZYrWJk?...
Prophet 12 digital-analog hybrid synth patch demos | no talking
YouTube video by Mamotreco
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Prophet 12 Desktop #synthesizer. I think that this somewhat maligned (at the time) digital analog hybrid #synth sounds lovely
youtu.be/0g62BZYrWJk?...
youtu.be/0g62BZYrWJk?...
Reposted by Mamotreco
Reposted by Mamotreco
Billionaires Amass War Chests to Fight AI Regulation
* Goal is influence ahead of 2026 midterm elections
* More than 1,000 AI-related bills were introduced by state lawmakers in 2025
* Leading the Future super PAC has $100 million+
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/tech...
by @laurajnelson.bsky.social
* Goal is influence ahead of 2026 midterm elections
* More than 1,000 AI-related bills were introduced by state lawmakers in 2025
* Leading the Future super PAC has $100 million+
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/tech...
by @laurajnelson.bsky.social
Tech Titans Amass Multimillion-Dollar War Chests to Fight AI Regulation
Some are battling state AI laws and threatening to punish candidates who oppose rapid deployment of the technology.
www.wsj.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Billionaires Amass War Chests to Fight AI Regulation
* Goal is influence ahead of 2026 midterm elections
* More than 1,000 AI-related bills were introduced by state lawmakers in 2025
* Leading the Future super PAC has $100 million+
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/tech...
by @laurajnelson.bsky.social
* Goal is influence ahead of 2026 midterm elections
* More than 1,000 AI-related bills were introduced by state lawmakers in 2025
* Leading the Future super PAC has $100 million+
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/tech...
by @laurajnelson.bsky.social
Reposted by Mamotreco
The suicide issue isn’t going away for OpenAI…
This is fucking bone-chilling
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The suicide issue isn’t going away for OpenAI…
Reposted by Mamotreco
Another great product launch from OpenAI!
ChatGPT’s new Atlas browser doesn’t just see what you read — it remembers it.
@eff.org’s Lena Cohen showed me it even logged “memories” of her looking for *abortion care* and her doctor’s name. Out-surveils even Chrome.
My @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/49bOcVC
@eff.org’s Lena Cohen showed me it even logged “memories” of her looking for *abortion care* and her doctor’s name. Out-surveils even Chrome.
My @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/49bOcVC
Column | ChatGPT just came out with its own web browser. Use it with caution.
OpenAI’s Atlas promises AI-powered convenience. The price? Letting ChatGPT track and store “memories” of what you do online.
wapo.st
October 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Another great product launch from OpenAI!
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They’re doing this because it’s so successful
Meta is cutting around 600 roles in AI unit, Axios reports reut.rs/4opgmAI
Meta is cutting around 600 roles in AI unit, Axios reports
Meta is cutting roughly 600 positions out of the several thousand roles within its Superintelligence Labs artificial intelligence unit, Axios reported on Wednesday.
reut.rs
October 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
They’re doing this because it’s so successful
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This is really rough stuff.
Their data was drawn from transactions processed by third-party financial institutions in the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, and Spain, representing 15% of ChatGPT users, and shows a decline to what looks about 3% (I assume this is month over month?).
Nasty!
Their data was drawn from transactions processed by third-party financial institutions in the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, and Spain, representing 15% of ChatGPT users, and shows a decline to what looks about 3% (I assume this is month over month?).
Nasty!
October 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
This is really rough stuff.
Their data was drawn from transactions processed by third-party financial institutions in the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, and Spain, representing 15% of ChatGPT users, and shows a decline to what looks about 3% (I assume this is month over month?).
Nasty!
Their data was drawn from transactions processed by third-party financial institutions in the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, and Spain, representing 15% of ChatGPT users, and shows a decline to what looks about 3% (I assume this is month over month?).
Nasty!
Who is REALLY controlling the economy?
YouTube video by Anna Bocca
www.youtube.com
October 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Facts
ChatGPT, in December 2022, was a) an order of magnitude better than everything before it b) no real competitors and c) free.
Sora 2 only has the last one.
Sora 2 only has the last one.
October 1, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Facts
THE NVIDIA AI GPU BLACK MARKET | Investigating Smuggling, Corruption, & Governments
YouTube video by Gamers Nexus
youtu.be
September 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Good thread on OpenAI.
This is not obvious to most corporate people. :) This is a highly specialized area of corporate law that most practitioners never touch and most academics don’t understand.
I have a few quibbles (lawyer!), but basically I agree with the good professor.
Link below to my 🧵💚
This is not obvious to most corporate people. :) This is a highly specialized area of corporate law that most practitioners never touch and most academics don’t understand.
I have a few quibbles (lawyer!), but basically I agree with the good professor.
Link below to my 🧵💚
So stuff about this, which may be obvious to corp people but not to noncorp people.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
Exclusive | OpenAI Executives Rattled by Campaigns to Derail For-Profit Restructuring
Leaders at the world’s most valuable startup have discussed the last-ditch prospect of moving out of California if regulators complicate OpenAI’s transition to a for-profit company.
www.wsj.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Good thread on OpenAI.
This is not obvious to most corporate people. :) This is a highly specialized area of corporate law that most practitioners never touch and most academics don’t understand.
I have a few quibbles (lawyer!), but basically I agree with the good professor.
Link below to my 🧵💚
This is not obvious to most corporate people. :) This is a highly specialized area of corporate law that most practitioners never touch and most academics don’t understand.
I have a few quibbles (lawyer!), but basically I agree with the good professor.
Link below to my 🧵💚
youtu.be/OYlQyPo-L4g
This video takes a close look at the atrocious financials of AI
#aibubble #aihype
This video takes a close look at the atrocious financials of AI
#aibubble #aihype
AI Paradox: Why Most AI Startups Are BAD Businesses
YouTube video by TechButMakeItReal
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
youtu.be/OYlQyPo-L4g
This video takes a close look at the atrocious financials of AI
#aibubble #aihype
This video takes a close look at the atrocious financials of AI
#aibubble #aihype
