I won’t be making the live screening, but loved this chat and feel free to Ask Me Anything! https://social.ds106.us/@jimgroom/114755765444468653

Don't miss the "On Writing" chat with @timklapdor today on ReclaimTV at 12 PM ET. It's a good one! https://reclaim.tv

Look, I know AI is controversial, but just for a moment, let's set aside our preconceived notions, our biases, the environmental impact, the massive cost to train and run models, the labor exploitation, the intellectual property theft, the inaccuracies, the mania it causes in users, the destruction of search, the deskilling of professionals, the devaluation of creative work, job losses, and lack of economic value from enterprise implementations.

Wait, what were we talking about?

We're all talking about losing cognitive abilities when turning to AI instead of thinking for problem solving.

Have we looked into what happens when you turn to shoveling large amounts of money at a problem to solve it instead of thinking?

tech ceos in the 1990s: computers can be bicycles for the mind

tech ceos in the 2020s: imagine a multiverse, but filled with Clippy

Dates for the diary: this Friday we have special guest Tim Klapdor on Reclaim TV, so check out the events calendar for what's coming up and register for free events https://events.reclaimhosting.com/events/

In a world of ever-increasing existential dread and a doomscroll that keeps spiraling out of control it's strangely comforting to read a sober (and somber) account of the pandemonium unfolding — and very few do such reports better than @Daojoan
https://www.theindex.media/p/iran-is-not-iraq-but-america-is-still-america-b0f4

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Also on the AI front – claiming that anything to do with a computer = AI is both delusional and ridiculous. AI as a container word has got to a point where it's useless and described everything and nothing at the same time.

In this debate about the MIT study on "cognitive offloading" I would say that that many issues stem from the confusion around the differences between 'output' and labour - and how we have devalued one to the point where we don't even recognise it.

Let's just remember - if you used ChatGPT to write the essay, you didn't write the essay. Your labour and your knowledge didn't go into it, so it's pointless. There isn't an efficiency when the point was putting in the effort and making the thing!

New rule: All stories in which Donald Trump crows about the world’s toughest military must mention that he faked a disability to avoid serving in it.

The surprising thing I learned here was that Matter and Space made actual claims that could be assessed. I thought they were pure vibes.

“The 67-year-old swimmer….” So a super competitive and important competition then … or just absolute overreach by idiots. https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/17/trans-woman-swims-topless-male-category/

Oh dear... Policing people's sex/gender is tricky is it?

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/17/trans-woman-swims-topless-male-category/

#UKPol #Trans #Queer

NEW POST: The Economic Realities of Attention
https://heartsoulmachine.com/blog/2025/06-18-the-economic-realities-of-attention/
What’s the value proposition of a bot filled timeline feeding you AI generated content?

#blogging4life

the problem with LLMs

https://bsky.app/profile/craigshackleton.com/post/3lrnweyuz2c2c

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It’s becoming increasingly common to see bloggers admit to using generative AI to enhance their posts. The justification is always some version of, “It’s like a supercharged spelling checker.”

There’s an unsettling feeling to this, though. On the one hand, I truly appreciate the honesty. On the other, I’d much rather read the version untouched by big data, probability, and a simulacrum of Understanding™.

Refereeing was as bad as the weather in Christchurch. Crusaders came to play and the Reds mistakes cost them. Not a great end to the season and shows the gap between the aussies and kiwi teams.