Matthew Kressel
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Matthew Kressel
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Nebula & World Fantasy Award Finalist, SFF writer, coder, artist. Books: SPACE TRUCKER JESS, THE RAINSEEKERS, HISTORIES WITHIN US, KING OF SHARDS & QUEEN OF STATIC. Creator of Moksha submissions system. Co-host of Fantastic Fiction at KGB. 🥄 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈
If I had more time, I'd use an AI bot myself to lead them on indefinitely down some nonsense spiral into nothingness, because that's where we're headed if we let this shit go on. /END
November 4, 2025 at 3:49 AM
It's so fucking stupid you wonder how anyone would ever fall for this garbage, but then I guess if they have their AI bot shit out a few thousand of these emails per day, some poor sucker will bite and it's worth it for them. 4/
November 4, 2025 at 3:49 AM
...but the fact that they say meaningless vapid things like, "that kind of resilience is what gives your show its unique vibe." (What?!) 3/
November 4, 2025 at 3:49 AM
These emails are so obviously AI-generated, not just in the way the sentences read, nor just the fact that it's clear their description of the work was garnered solely from the website summary, but ... 2/
November 4, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Here's another one. You can tell its AI if you look at the writing on the mic.
October 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Facebook has been problematic for years, but this might just be the straw that makes me abandon the platform for good. We should not be OK with this.
October 31, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This type of intentionally created rage bait was used in 2016 to divide the US, and they're using the same technique but with better tools. And even if you (dis)agree with the sentiment, who does it serve when you get angry at a fabrication? Certainly not democracy.
October 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
As an aside, I notice how Facebook (and others) hide posts critical of them or AI in general on their platforms. Unless you have HUGE followings (which I don't) these posts sink like a stone. Why are we OK with this? Why are we letting these platforms control what we see?
October 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
So many people are stuck in shadow projection as a way to offload their self hatred. I know it's cliche to say, but this is what happened in Germany in WWII which led to you know what. America is too afraid to face its own darkness so it projects that onto an "Other."
October 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM