@vedgetable.bsky.social
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i am actually working on an article right now about how the vast majority of the world's information - and so many current events - are not at all legible to LLMs, a fact that a startling number of people never seem to think about
Wait until you hear that LLMs can only train on digitized/datafied info.
Most of the FACTS scholars use are in archives/libraries.
Less than 1% of archival colletions worldwide have been digitized.
Also: lots of facts are not even in archives, but in the attics.
Most of the FACTS scholars use are in archives/libraries.
Less than 1% of archival colletions worldwide have been digitized.
Also: lots of facts are not even in archives, but in the attics.
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
i am actually working on an article right now about how the vast majority of the world's information - and so many current events - are not at all legible to LLMs, a fact that a startling number of people never seem to think about
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we are making a print zine (!!!) about the surveillance tactics used by ICE, and the ways people are resisting this technology.
404 Media Is Making a Zine
We are publishing a risograph-printed zine about the surveillance technologies used by ICE.
www.404media.co
December 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
we are making a print zine (!!!) about the surveillance tactics used by ICE, and the ways people are resisting this technology.
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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The ensloppification* of the internet continues, with VC backing
*/ht Cory Doctorow for “enshittification”
*/ht Cory Doctorow for “enshittification”
NEW: A hacker gained control of 1,100 mobile phones powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok. Then, he shared details of the operation with 404 Media.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The ensloppification* of the internet continues, with VC backing
*/ht Cory Doctorow for “enshittification”
*/ht Cory Doctorow for “enshittification”
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If you all are looking for last-minute cybersecurity-themed gifts to buy and, more importantly, what not to buy. The great @zackwhittaker.com has the definitive list.
Weirdly, somehow comics didn't make the list, Zack :).
Weirdly, somehow comics didn't make the list, Zack :).
Last-minute cybersecurity and privacy gifts your friends and family won't hate
Running out of gift ideas for the security or privacy buff in your life? Here are some thoughtful suggestions, including what tech you might want to avoid.
this.weekinsecurity.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:39 AM
If you all are looking for last-minute cybersecurity-themed gifts to buy and, more importantly, what not to buy. The great @zackwhittaker.com has the definitive list.
Weirdly, somehow comics didn't make the list, Zack :).
Weirdly, somehow comics didn't make the list, Zack :).