My research examines the complex interrelations between cultural, political, and technological dynamics.
the many ways AI is making humans less productive #1:
- I have to proof I am human when visiting website
- websites are generally slower because they need to check if my browser is an AI bot
- I spent time every week now, restarting services affected by AI scraping bots
And I am not even using AI
God, this bubble burst is going to be so brutal
Oh yeah, fast track model collapse!
“The Myth of AGI | TechPolicy.Press”
https://www.techpolicy.press/the-myth-of-agi/
> claims of “AGI” are a cover for abandoning the current social contract
Is ChatGPT Rotting Our Brains? New Study Suggests It Does
https://www.404media.co/is-chatgpt-rotting-our-brains-new-study-suggests-it-does/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into 404 Media @404-media-404media
the problem with LLMs
https://bsky.app/profile/craigshackleton.com/post/3lrnweyuz2c2c
Check out this video from about 1:15 on, as a brass band play the leftist anthem "Bella Ciao" to drown out #ProudBoy neo-Nazis who showed up at a #NoKings rally in Atlanta yesterday. Not only is it incredibly heartening, but the band SLAPS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhBaJpzAR2k
ETA: A Tumblr user identified the band, "The Black Sheep Ensemble":
OpenAI's technology may soon be built with funding from some of the world's most repressive regimes. Its AI has officially been put in service of making the US military "more lethal" and improving "warfighting." Its AI is powered by fossil fuel companies that accelerate the climate crisis. Its AI produces images of propaganda that are used to inflame tensions, provoke violence, and justify hatred.
Is this Sam Altman's gentle singularity?
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/this-is-the-gentle-singularity
Excellent new piece from @xriskology on a spectrum of extreme ideologies proposing various degrees of human extinction https://www.truthdig.com/articles/a-tale-of-two-extinctions/
Survival is resistance.
Joy is resistance.
Rest is resistance.
This weekend, try and bring some joy into yours or someone else’s life.
Wear a mask. Donate to a community library. Give to mutual aid. Help someone get groceries. Give them a ride to the hospital.
Community care will help us all.
rwx.institute · is a covert formation operating at the intersection of code, aesthetics & political interference. @rwxi
"[ICE] deployed tear gas on protesters...Things became aggressive after the gas or smoke was deployed. One protester was seen kicking it back toward the federal agents...The video shows people throwing rocks and bottles at vehicles as they passed by."
I've written up a few words about the #iNaturalist backlash in light of them wanting to do "generative 'AI'", and how it ties into better shared decision making: https://tzovar.as/inaturalist-backlash/
Meta launched a stand-alone AI app and now it is full of sensitive content from Facebook users who appear to be unaware that they have made their conversations public: https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai-chatbot-discover-feed-depressing-why-2025-6
Because of course they are
https://www.theverge.com/policy/685690/big-tech-trump-military-parade-america250
"Fuck ICE!"
Seen in Oakland during the ongoing anti-ICE revolt
AI won't replace you. An executive who doesn't understand AI or your job will.
The weaponization of Waymo .. How protestors turned torched Waymos into icons of the anti-ICE demonstrations. @brianmerchant
👉🏻 https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-weaponization-of-waymo
Hotelkette #Numa – Ohne Ausweis gibt es keinen Türcode. Peinliche Sicherheitslücke: Die Ausweisdaten von 500.000 Gästen waren abrufbar. https://www.zeit.de/digital/datenschutz/2025-06/datenschutz-ausweisdaten-leck-hotel-numa?freebie=97697f63
