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it's as if there's contempt for people who experienced the past, a sense that it isn't fair—generative AI works to abolish the possibility of idiosyncratic experiences. No one has to be jealous of people who "were really there" because "really there"-ness will have been eliminated from all media
December 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
it's as if there's contempt for people who experienced the past, a sense that it isn't fair—generative AI works to abolish the possibility of idiosyncratic experiences. No one has to be jealous of people who "were really there" because "really there"-ness will have been eliminated from all media
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I feel the clients now using GenAI to do stuff and going "good enough" when they used to nitpick at every last detail is due to them finding out all those nit picky changes take time and work they cant be bothered to put in.
December 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I feel the clients now using GenAI to do stuff and going "good enough" when they used to nitpick at every last detail is due to them finding out all those nit picky changes take time and work they cant be bothered to put in.
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Both the "Continue" button and the "Try it now" button do *the same thing* in what is the clearest example of a dark pattern I've ever seen. Imagine someone is getting metrics about the "number of Google Docs users who are using AI" and all the numbers are total bullshit.
December 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Both the "Continue" button and the "Try it now" button do *the same thing* in what is the clearest example of a dark pattern I've ever seen. Imagine someone is getting metrics about the "number of Google Docs users who are using AI" and all the numbers are total bullshit.
should start an account called sgtcheddar365 and post about how electronic fuel injection is woke until a 2028 dem hopeful follows me
it’s been pretty funny to see Polis’ addiction to posting completely end any discussion of him as a potential 2028 candidate
December 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM
should start an account called sgtcheddar365 and post about how electronic fuel injection is woke until a 2028 dem hopeful follows me
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There has never been a better time in all of human history to be extremely stupid.
It's just insane that no pilot thought of this route before AI brilliantly came up with it!!!!!!!!
December 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
There has never been a better time in all of human history to be extremely stupid.
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What makes me angriest about the fake AI videos where people yell at ICE is that there’s a million actual videos, there’s actual priests being pelted with pepper balls, it’s just that the real priest didn’t say “we worship the real God not your ORANGE one” so he wasn’t quippy enough
December 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
What makes me angriest about the fake AI videos where people yell at ICE is that there’s a million actual videos, there’s actual priests being pelted with pepper balls, it’s just that the real priest didn’t say “we worship the real God not your ORANGE one” so he wasn’t quippy enough
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remember when you'd see weird pics online and look at em like, Wow why would anyone take the time to make this? it's not about A Meme, it's the death of expression and how cheerfully accepting it as a bygone conclusion, to the point that Making things no longer even occurs to you, is deeply pathetic
whatever happened to the real art of using adobe premiere to cut together a shitty meme? I mean what have we BECOME??!
December 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
remember when you'd see weird pics online and look at em like, Wow why would anyone take the time to make this? it's not about A Meme, it's the death of expression and how cheerfully accepting it as a bygone conclusion, to the point that Making things no longer even occurs to you, is deeply pathetic
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OK FIVE MINUTES OF EFFORT
December 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
OK FIVE MINUTES OF EFFORT
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Framing schoolchildren as the cybersecurity threats from AI use in schools is really something
"As students gain access to AI tools for learning and research, they can inadvertently introduce security risks"
Not the global tech firms, the edtech suppliers? No. The kids edexec.co.uk/the-ai-secur...
"As students gain access to AI tools for learning and research, they can inadvertently introduce security risks"
Not the global tech firms, the edtech suppliers? No. The kids edexec.co.uk/the-ai-secur...
The AI Security Challenge Schools and Trusts Can’t Ignore | Edexec
Schools and trusts are adopting AI for administration and learning, but new risks require careful planning. Learn why IT and school leaders must work together to embed security, assess threats and add...
edexec.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Framing schoolchildren as the cybersecurity threats from AI use in schools is really something
"As students gain access to AI tools for learning and research, they can inadvertently introduce security risks"
Not the global tech firms, the edtech suppliers? No. The kids edexec.co.uk/the-ai-secur...
"As students gain access to AI tools for learning and research, they can inadvertently introduce security risks"
Not the global tech firms, the edtech suppliers? No. The kids edexec.co.uk/the-ai-secur...
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This article asks, "whether this is open to abuse", but imo, the very existence and implementation of this tech *IS* abuse.
No matter how "restricted" it is. No matter how little an employer uses it.
This is a level of surveillance that is inherently abusive.
No matter how "restricted" it is. No matter how little an employer uses it.
This is a level of surveillance that is inherently abusive.
microsoft promised to "empower every user" and google to "revolutionise knowledge and technological innovation" but in reality what they have given us is an invasive surveillance dystopian nightmare hard to escape
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
Microsoft Teams Starts Telling Your Boss Where You Are—Now Just 8 Weeks Away
Microsoft confirms start date for new Teams update — no more hiding places.
www.forbes.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This article asks, "whether this is open to abuse", but imo, the very existence and implementation of this tech *IS* abuse.
No matter how "restricted" it is. No matter how little an employer uses it.
This is a level of surveillance that is inherently abusive.
No matter how "restricted" it is. No matter how little an employer uses it.
This is a level of surveillance that is inherently abusive.
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This technology that people in school administrations and higher education are demanding everyone get behind because it's "the future" and "we just have to accept it," which is, nfn, the language of abuse.
The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’ www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’
The use of ‘nudify’ apps is becoming more and more prevalent, with hundreds of teachers having seen images created by pupils, often of their peers. The fallout is huge – and growing fast
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This technology that people in school administrations and higher education are demanding everyone get behind because it's "the future" and "we just have to accept it," which is, nfn, the language of abuse.
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it’s 2042. i’m exchanging 7 trillion beastcoins for half a loaf of bread. during id verification my beast-rictus is insufficiently convincing and i’m shot dead on the spot by a security drone
December 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
it’s 2042. i’m exchanging 7 trillion beastcoins for half a loaf of bread. during id verification my beast-rictus is insufficiently convincing and i’m shot dead on the spot by a security drone
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A """funny""" thing I've noticed is that if you see a buckwild and totally made up claim on Reddit and then search that claim on Google, trying to source it, the Gemini AI summary will be like "oh, yeah, that totally happened, and my source is that three hour old Reddit thread you were just reading"
December 5, 2025 at 6:19 AM
A """funny""" thing I've noticed is that if you see a buckwild and totally made up claim on Reddit and then search that claim on Google, trying to source it, the Gemini AI summary will be like "oh, yeah, that totally happened, and my source is that three hour old Reddit thread you were just reading"
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beastbank bagholder in 2026: what the fuck i didn't even know an IRA could have a 'mold problem' what does that even mean where's my money
stans in reply: It's normal for banks to lose money from water damage. You're picking on Mr Beast because you hate charity and love being poor
stans in reply: It's normal for banks to lose money from water damage. You're picking on Mr Beast because you hate charity and love being poor
oh that’s good. not enough of every aspect of our lives were financialized quite yet
December 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
beastbank bagholder in 2026: what the fuck i didn't even know an IRA could have a 'mold problem' what does that even mean where's my money
stans in reply: It's normal for banks to lose money from water damage. You're picking on Mr Beast because you hate charity and love being poor
stans in reply: It's normal for banks to lose money from water damage. You're picking on Mr Beast because you hate charity and love being poor
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"According to our analysis, reasoning models use, on average, 100 times more energy than models with no reasoning capabilities (or with reasoning turned off)"
Good new analysis of how 'reasoning' mode in chatbots consumes a fairly massive amount more energy than normal mode
Good new analysis of how 'reasoning' mode in chatbots consumes a fairly massive amount more energy than normal mode
AI Energy Score v2: Refreshed Leaderboard, now with Reasoning 🧠
A Blog post by Sasha Luccioni on Hugging Face
huggingface.co
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"According to our analysis, reasoning models use, on average, 100 times more energy than models with no reasoning capabilities (or with reasoning turned off)"
Good new analysis of how 'reasoning' mode in chatbots consumes a fairly massive amount more energy than normal mode
Good new analysis of how 'reasoning' mode in chatbots consumes a fairly massive amount more energy than normal mode
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This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
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Weird situation. AI adoption in the work world is stagnating, while higher-ed institutions are rushing to embrace it so that students will be prepared for…the work world?
“we estimate employment-weighted share of Americans using AI at work has fallen by a percentage point & now sits at 11%. Adoption has fallen sharply at the largest businesses, those employing +250 people. 3 yrs into the genAI wave, demand looks surprisingly flimsy” www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
www.economist.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Weird situation. AI adoption in the work world is stagnating, while higher-ed institutions are rushing to embrace it so that students will be prepared for…the work world?
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It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
Exclusive: Amazon has long been USPS’s top customer, providing over $6 billion in annual revenue in 2025.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
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The AI apocalypse continues. The amount of collateral damage from AI is truly staggering. This is not likely to end well.
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead. It’s already getting hard to build an affordable PC, and the exit of the longstanding provider of consumer memory is going to make that even more challenging www.theverge.com/news/837594/...
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead
Another blow to PC gaming.
www.theverge.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The AI apocalypse continues. The amount of collateral damage from AI is truly staggering. This is not likely to end well.
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Yeah, sorry, dude, but “selecting embryos for genetic advantage” is eugenics. Sorry you missed that memo.
A century ago, the tools available to select embryos for advantage was sterilize or murder undesirables. The tools have advanced. The desires haven’t. Still bad!
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A century ago, the tools available to select embryos for advantage was sterilize or murder undesirables. The tools have advanced. The desires haven’t. Still bad!
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December 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Yeah, sorry, dude, but “selecting embryos for genetic advantage” is eugenics. Sorry you missed that memo.
A century ago, the tools available to select embryos for advantage was sterilize or murder undesirables. The tools have advanced. The desires haven’t. Still bad!
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A century ago, the tools available to select embryos for advantage was sterilize or murder undesirables. The tools have advanced. The desires haven’t. Still bad!
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It’s that time of year: what was the piece of writing about AI that stuck with you the most this year, pop press or academic? A few of mine in the thread. ⬇️
December 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
It’s that time of year: what was the piece of writing about AI that stuck with you the most this year, pop press or academic? A few of mine in the thread. ⬇️
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Younger people who didn't witness it cannot fathom the hype around the Segway. Every news station agreed it would revolutionize the entire social fabric of the Earth. That all future humans would divide history between the savage days of the past, and the soon to be new era of zoom zoom scoot scoot.
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Younger people who didn't witness it cannot fathom the hype around the Segway. Every news station agreed it would revolutionize the entire social fabric of the Earth. That all future humans would divide history between the savage days of the past, and the soon to be new era of zoom zoom scoot scoot.
this is wild
An estimate of the energy cost of producing one single 10 second Sora video: one kilowatt hour.
- Deplete and then recharge your iphone 17 68 times
- 10% of daily German household use
- 5.5 hours of Netflix
- ~4hrs of gaming
This is probably a huge underestimate
www.linkedin.com/posts/alista...
- Deplete and then recharge your iphone 17 68 times
- 10% of daily German household use
- 5.5 hours of Netflix
- ~4hrs of gaming
This is probably a huge underestimate
www.linkedin.com/posts/alista...
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
this is wild
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I ended up drafting an email that didn't really lean on research specific to grade school education, but expressed my concerns in the most basic terms.
I removed the personal details and have shared it as a template here for folks who might find it useful:
bit.ly/TeacherEmail...
I removed the personal details and have shared it as a template here for folks who might find it useful:
bit.ly/TeacherEmail...
![Dear [TEACHER],
I want to make sure we're on the same page for the rest of the year, because I was surprised and disappointed to hear that you uploaded student projects to ChatGPT.
We have always found [SCHOOL] to be a place that encourages students to express themselves creatively, to be responsible and aware of how their actions affect others, and to be intellectually honest – doing their own work, rather than copying from others.
I know ChatGPT has been heavily marketed as an educational tool, but everything about it is the opposite of those values. AI tools are built by training models on stolen work. They have huge and terrible environmental costs, because their data centers generate enormous amounts of pollution and are cooled with drinking water. They're also incredibly dangerous: tools like ChatGPT have taught children how to start fires and even encouraged them to commit suicide.
And in a classroom setting, it teaches students that a machine can express their ideas better than they can. I told [ CHILD ] I was interested in seeing what they had to draw, and my heart sank when they told me "but I can't draw that pretty." Children deserve to draw what they imagine.
These environmental, ethical, and pedagogical concerns are why I don't want [ CHILD ] to use AI tools (or for you to use them on their behalf). For the same reasons, I respectfully ask that you stop using them in your classroom.
If you do plan to use AI this year, please send home a permission slip requesting consent. There are important privacy concerns when you upload student work into a for-profit service like ChatGPT.
Thank you,
[ PARENT ]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c2xl6zaxo623jzbjb43urymd/bafkreiesldew7oebm4hg2gymd4cftvwmrpbdw6m7eil2buiphw7db4ror4@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I ended up drafting an email that didn't really lean on research specific to grade school education, but expressed my concerns in the most basic terms.
I removed the personal details and have shared it as a template here for folks who might find it useful:
bit.ly/TeacherEmail...
I removed the personal details and have shared it as a template here for folks who might find it useful:
bit.ly/TeacherEmail...