Matrice Jacobine🔸🏳️⚧️
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protean plurality governed only by its willingness to see the dissolution of all difference as a good in its own right
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My new piece for The Guardian
Big content is taking on AI – but it’s far from the David v Goliath tale they’d have you believe | Alexander Avila
Big content is taking on AI – but it’s far from the David v Goliath tale they’d have you believe | Alexander Avila
Deals between media conglomerates and tech companies serve both sets of interests, while leaving artists by the wayside, says video essayist, writer and researcher Alexander Avila
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My new piece for The Guardian
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Okay folks, after doing some digging I have determined that everyone complaining about AI using precious potable water specifically have no clue what they're talking about. Will finish this soon.
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Okay folks, after doing some digging I have determined that everyone complaining about AI using precious potable water specifically have no clue what they're talking about. Will finish this soon.
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I often get accused of having a problem with Marxism. This could not be further from the truth; my problem is with Marxists and how virtually all of them are Anti-Marxists.
November 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I often get accused of having a problem with Marxism. This could not be further from the truth; my problem is with Marxists and how virtually all of them are Anti-Marxists.
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Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Day to all who celebrate. Be sure to let all your screams out and then disappear.
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Day to all who celebrate. Be sure to let all your screams out and then disappear.
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Yeah no sorry every episode of this is insane actually
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Yeah no sorry every episode of this is insane actually
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I shared a short succinct summary of my core strongest arguments that using chatbots is definitely not bad for the environment you can share with skeptical people in your life andymasley.substack.com/p/a-short-su...
A short summary of my argument that using ChatGPT isn't bad for the environment
To share with anyone still worried
andymasley.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I shared a short succinct summary of my core strongest arguments that using chatbots is definitely not bad for the environment you can share with skeptical people in your life andymasley.substack.com/p/a-short-su...
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Today in @aeon.co Andreas Mogensen and I discuss animal welfare, AI welfare, and probabilistic ethics. We make the case for addressing the moral status of animals and AI systems as we address health, climate, and other big issues: with probabilistic reasoning and proportional responses.
An ant is drowning: here’s how to decide if you should save it | Aeon Essays
Should we simply assume that all animals can feel pain and are of moral concern? Or is that taking things too far?
aeon.co
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Today in @aeon.co Andreas Mogensen and I discuss animal welfare, AI welfare, and probabilistic ethics. We make the case for addressing the moral status of animals and AI systems as we address health, climate, and other big issues: with probabilistic reasoning and proportional responses.
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New post on the extended mind and the fallacy that there's a limited amount of thinking to do andymasley.substack.com/p/the-lump-o...
The lump of cognition fallacy
The extended mind as the advance of civilization
andymasley.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
New post on the extended mind and the fallacy that there's a limited amount of thinking to do andymasley.substack.com/p/the-lump-o...
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lgbtescreal propaganda
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 AM
lgbtescreal propaganda
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We need massively more electricity generation. The worlds where emissions drop the most are also the ones where we use the most new electricity.
"electrification is also the key to a dramatic improvement in energy efficiency, potentially reducing global final energy demand by 24% over the next 25 years, even as global GDP doubles"
A truly stunning point.
This is why I write about energy efficiency so much!
www.ft.com/content/7258...
A truly stunning point.
This is why I write about energy efficiency so much!
www.ft.com/content/7258...
Electrification is the key to energy efficiency
Productivity gains could cut final energy demand by nearly a quarter over the next 25 years, even as global GDP doubles
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
We need massively more electricity generation. The worlds where emissions drop the most are also the ones where we use the most new electricity.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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:audience groans audibly:
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award at the draw for the World Cup on Dec. 5 in Washington. https://to.pbs.org/47LyluB
FIFA to award new peace prize at World Cup draw in Washington
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.
www.pbs.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 AM
:audience groans audibly:
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This turned out to not really be true, btw. Using AI-generated data for training is now a very common practice.
But public discourse lags way behind the actual research
But public discourse lags way behind the actual research
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This turned out to not really be true, btw. Using AI-generated data for training is now a very common practice.
But public discourse lags way behind the actual research
But public discourse lags way behind the actual research
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Claude code is sci-fi tech
November 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Claude code is sci-fi tech
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Ok, just wow. If the content of this article is right, this is depressing. We're slowly reaching the point where ~100% of what I was taught in Social Psych was either innocently wrong or plainly frauded
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Debunking “When Prophecy Fails”
In 1954, Dorothy Martin predicted an apocalyptic flood and promised her followers rescue by flying saucers. When neither arrived, she recanted, her group dissolved, and efforts to proselytize ceased....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Ok, just wow. If the content of this article is right, this is depressing. We're slowly reaching the point where ~100% of what I was taught in Social Psych was either innocently wrong or plainly frauded
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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In honor of the day, I turned this idea into an infographic.
One of the ways I look at this: a Democrat is going to be called 'a radical leftie' no matter what their views are and Republicans will succeed in manipulating issue salience.
In the upper right, you at least stop looking defensive.
One of the ways I look at this: a Democrat is going to be called 'a radical leftie' no matter what their views are and Republicans will succeed in manipulating issue salience.
In the upper right, you at least stop looking defensive.
November 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
In honor of the day, I turned this idea into an infographic.
One of the ways I look at this: a Democrat is going to be called 'a radical leftie' no matter what their views are and Republicans will succeed in manipulating issue salience.
In the upper right, you at least stop looking defensive.
One of the ways I look at this: a Democrat is going to be called 'a radical leftie' no matter what their views are and Republicans will succeed in manipulating issue salience.
In the upper right, you at least stop looking defensive.
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I know there's a lot going on, but occasionally it's good to remind people that billions of animals suffer in crazy conditions in factory farms. In the U.S. it's gotten worse / denser in recent yrs, contrary to popular conception.
https://www.palladiummag.com/2025/11/01/factory-farming-is-a-blight/
https://www.palladiummag.com/2025/11/01/factory-farming-is-a-blight/
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I know there's a lot going on, but occasionally it's good to remind people that billions of animals suffer in crazy conditions in factory farms. In the U.S. it's gotten worse / denser in recent yrs, contrary to popular conception.
https://www.palladiummag.com/2025/11/01/factory-farming-is-a-blight/
https://www.palladiummag.com/2025/11/01/factory-farming-is-a-blight/
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In Memoriam:
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
In Memoriam:
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
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Blog update: I wrote up a few quick thoughts on Anthropic's new report indicating that Large Language Models are capable of introspective awareness. My conclusion: Eventually we need to bite the bullet and accept that serious moral regard can stem from uncertainty.
open.substack.com/pub/rollofth...
open.substack.com/pub/rollofth...
AI Introspection - When Uncertainty Becomes Evidence
A new report by Anthropic suggests Large Language Models exhibit introspective awareness.
open.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Blog update: I wrote up a few quick thoughts on Anthropic's new report indicating that Large Language Models are capable of introspective awareness. My conclusion: Eventually we need to bite the bullet and accept that serious moral regard can stem from uncertainty.
open.substack.com/pub/rollofth...
open.substack.com/pub/rollofth...
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Anthropic isn't perfect, and yet the last month or so is making it pretty conclusive that Anthropic internally is taking philosophical uncertainty more seriously than any other Ai company and it's not even close.
Glad to see this commitment by Anthropic. Preserving models is a low-cost move that could have safety and welfare benefits. Hopefully we'll see other companies commit to this as well www.anthropic.com/research/dep...
November 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Anthropic isn't perfect, and yet the last month or so is making it pretty conclusive that Anthropic internally is taking philosophical uncertainty more seriously than any other Ai company and it's not even close.