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Simon C. Hulse
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I mostly post over at @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy, follow me there!
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flyingtrilobite.com
Again going to bang my drum:

*Even if* gen AI excelled at tasks
*Even if* gen AI had abuse-guardrails
*Even if* gen AI helped the environment & medicine

It’s still built on scraping the world’s creative labour without consent.

Gen AI is poisoned at the root.
tofeklund.bsky.social Tof Eklund @tofeklund.bsky.social · 11d
It seems there are exactly two kinds of stories about generative AI:
1) wildly exuberant stories about what this stuff will do sometime really soon (trust us!), and
2) stories like this about how some actual use of gen AI fails fantastically

oh, wait, I forgot:
3) gen AI is pretty good at fraud
hypervisible.blacksky.app Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 11d
“Internal tests found that the AI was generating podcasts riddled with errors and bias, with anywhere between 68 and 84 percent of the scripts deemed unpublishable by evaluators across three rounds of testing.”
December 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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justaddbooks.bsky.social
This is me right now too. #SecretSantaAoNZ
kimtairi.bsky.social Kim Tairi (ia/she/her) Nā te mea he Māori ahau ia rā ia rā @kimtairi.bsky.social · 10d
Waiting… did they like it? I am sure that did! Did they? Will they? #SecretSantaAoNZ
December 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
simonchulse.bsky.social
Thanks everyone for playing this game! Also, just discovered the maker of the journal and wallet is here, thanks @thesewphist.bsky.social!

#SecretSantaAoNZ
simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag: @simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 11d
Thank you so much to both my giftees! My main parcel got lost in the post, or so we thought, but then turned up two days ago after a week in Limbo. I’m very glad it did, because there was a lovely heartfelt gift for my whole family inside.

The gift contained a […]

[Original post on mastodon.nz]
December 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy
FYI for Wellingtonians or anyone visiting #wellington over the summer: Advent Wellington has tons of vouchers that you can open each day of December! https://advent.wellingtonnz.com/
Wellington Advent Calendar 2025 – WellingtonNZ
The Wellington Advent Calendar 2025 is here. Make the most of your summer with a cracker of a deal every day leading up to Christmas.
advent.wellingtonnz.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy
#psa: I have word from a friend still in #electronics #retail: if anyone needs a new #computer, *this week* is the time to buy if you can.

This is because the price of RAM and other computer components (which are in high demand for #ai chips) are about to push the price of personal computers up […]
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December 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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simonchulse.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy
I’m not seeing as many #secretsantaaonz posts as I expected. Anyone know how many people are actually playing this year?
December 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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writagal.bsky.social
Thank you NZ Greens for saying this so clearly.
Marama Davidson Instagram post: You deserve to be believed, to be supported and to see justice. Yesterday former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster said that he had briefed Ministers over both Labour and National governments about the case concerning Jevon McSkimming, claims that they both deny. While it's important we get to the bottom of this, there is another important truth here. Amongst the media frenzy, with people seeking to lay blame on others, that this is a distraction from what matters most here. For far too long, victims/survivors of sexual assault have not been believed when they disclose violence and assault. Thave heard time and time again that victims/survivors end up regretting disclosing violence because they are not believed, and worse - they end up being blamed for the violence done to them. This understandably leads to further trauma for victims/survivors, and many have ended up being dismissed and the harm done to them, minimised. This is often before cases reach a formal investigation point: When I was Minister in the last government, we made a long-term plan for accountability from the systems that have perpetrated further harm upon victims/survivors who seek support and justice. These systems include Crown agencies such as the Police. This case clearly shows how important this work is and that it must continue and be supported properly by all governments of the day. As this goes on, I want to make sure we remember whose voices are silenced in these media blame games. To those victims/survivors - I see you, I hear you, and we will fight for you to have justice.
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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witchnwords.bsky.social
Hey #SecretSantaAoNZ players on Bluesky.
Have you followed @ap.brid.gy so you can see the Mastodon players on the hashtag and interacting?
December 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM