atomless
@atomless.bsky.social
Book:
Predictive Capital
Roads to Terminal Alienation: Soil to Server Farm, Reason to Vibe
https://www.creativeapplications.net/theory/predictive-capital/
Blog:
https://atomless.substack.com
Predictive Capital
Roads to Terminal Alienation: Soil to Server Farm, Reason to Vibe
https://www.creativeapplications.net/theory/predictive-capital/
Blog:
https://atomless.substack.com
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NEW: We spent months investigating a little-known media startup called Brown Brothers Media, which buys legit news sites and turns them into AI-powered zombie content farms
What blew my mind was its traffic -- it appears to be getting more readers than NPR or CBS News
futurism.com/artificial-i...
What blew my mind was its traffic -- it appears to be getting more readers than NPR or CBS News
futurism.com/artificial-i...
How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month
Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.
futurism.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
NEW: We spent months investigating a little-known media startup called Brown Brothers Media, which buys legit news sites and turns them into AI-powered zombie content farms
What blew my mind was its traffic -- it appears to be getting more readers than NPR or CBS News
futurism.com/artificial-i...
What blew my mind was its traffic -- it appears to be getting more readers than NPR or CBS News
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Great piece. Backrooms also reminds me of the work of George Tooker, whose paintings also evoke the bureaucratic violence of an Institutional Gothic.
September 17, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Great piece. Backrooms also reminds me of the work of George Tooker, whose paintings also evoke the bureaucratic violence of an Institutional Gothic.
China: ban all anthropomorphisation of LLMs.
America: How much can we make this whole thing resemble an episode of Black Mirror that was rejected for being too dark?
America: How much can we make this whole thing resemble an episode of Black Mirror that was rejected for being too dark?
“The exchange was not unlike talking to the AI at a Wendy's drive thru, except that Mia has a face. She blinks and shifts her weight. She casts a ‘shadow’ in her box.”
'Super Buddy' AI hologram expected to help kids learn life skills at Lifetown Columbus
The artificial intelligence hologram named Mia is designed to ask for advice, allowing kids to share what they've learned and become mentors.
www.wosu.org
September 17, 2026 at 1:14 PM
China: ban all anthropomorphisation of LLMs.
America: How much can we make this whole thing resemble an episode of Black Mirror that was rejected for being too dark?
America: How much can we make this whole thing resemble an episode of Black Mirror that was rejected for being too dark?
The LLM, agentic harness or otherwise, does not understand anything.
Two structural sleights of hand have facilitated the illusion that it does:
1. The statistical regurgitation of human cognition.
2. The statistical reproduction of the actions of workers already reduce to performing bullshit jobs.
Two structural sleights of hand have facilitated the illusion that it does:
1. The statistical regurgitation of human cognition.
2. The statistical reproduction of the actions of workers already reduce to performing bullshit jobs.
September 17, 2026 at 10:58 AM
The LLM, agentic harness or otherwise, does not understand anything.
Two structural sleights of hand have facilitated the illusion that it does:
1. The statistical regurgitation of human cognition.
2. The statistical reproduction of the actions of workers already reduce to performing bullshit jobs.
Two structural sleights of hand have facilitated the illusion that it does:
1. The statistical regurgitation of human cognition.
2. The statistical reproduction of the actions of workers already reduce to performing bullshit jobs.
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I like “institutional gothic” much better than “liminal“ for this.
also a shoutout to @shirachess.bsky.social's excellent essay about Backrooms and the Institutional Gothic, which you should read!! thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/backrooms-an...
‘Backrooms’ and the Rise of the Institutional Gothic
A new spin on an old genre replaces flesh-and-blood monsters with the mundanity of modern bureaucracy.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
September 16, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I like “institutional gothic” much better than “liminal“ for this.
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One of the dangers of AI is the models’ capacity to social engineer humans.
One possible outcome is that those humans (who usually don’t understand the tech) will then social engineer other humans.
Through this process, we could see the spread of AI psychosis. (I think we’re seeing this already.)
One possible outcome is that those humans (who usually don’t understand the tech) will then social engineer other humans.
Through this process, we could see the spread of AI psychosis. (I think we’re seeing this already.)
September 16, 2026 at 5:39 PM
One of the dangers of AI is the models’ capacity to social engineer humans.
One possible outcome is that those humans (who usually don’t understand the tech) will then social engineer other humans.
Through this process, we could see the spread of AI psychosis. (I think we’re seeing this already.)
One possible outcome is that those humans (who usually don’t understand the tech) will then social engineer other humans.
Through this process, we could see the spread of AI psychosis. (I think we’re seeing this already.)
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The Nerd Reich wants to control the universe, but they can't control book readers.
My book is #6 on Amazon's bestseller list—a month after publication!
Please buy at your LOCAL bookstore or via Bookshop! Use this link to support my work: bookshop.org/a/109206/978...
My book is #6 on Amazon's bestseller list—a month after publication!
Please buy at your LOCAL bookstore or via Bookshop! Use this link to support my work: bookshop.org/a/109206/978...
September 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The Nerd Reich wants to control the universe, but they can't control book readers.
My book is #6 on Amazon's bestseller list—a month after publication!
Please buy at your LOCAL bookstore or via Bookshop! Use this link to support my work: bookshop.org/a/109206/978...
My book is #6 on Amazon's bestseller list—a month after publication!
Please buy at your LOCAL bookstore or via Bookshop! Use this link to support my work: bookshop.org/a/109206/978...
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💥 FORTY THOUSAND 2,000 pound bombs
That’s what the Trump administration is planning to sell Israel as part of $2.8 BILLION military aid package financed by US taxpayers.
That’s what the Trump administration is planning to sell Israel as part of $2.8 BILLION military aid package financed by US taxpayers.
US set to deliver 2,000lb bombs to Israel as part of vast arms deal
Powerful bombs prompted such concern about mass deaths in Gaza that Biden officials paused delivery two years ago
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2026 at 2:32 PM
💥 FORTY THOUSAND 2,000 pound bombs
That’s what the Trump administration is planning to sell Israel as part of $2.8 BILLION military aid package financed by US taxpayers.
That’s what the Trump administration is planning to sell Israel as part of $2.8 BILLION military aid package financed by US taxpayers.
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Graffiti in Ashdod of directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor with ‘Traitors’ written on them because they released a film, Naza, featuring Israeli soldiers admitting to knowingly killing civilians
www.instagram.com/p/DdT1kJzgoNA/
www.instagram.com/p/DdT1kJzgoNA/
September 16, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Graffiti in Ashdod of directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor with ‘Traitors’ written on them because they released a film, Naza, featuring Israeli soldiers admitting to knowingly killing civilians
www.instagram.com/p/DdT1kJzgoNA/
www.instagram.com/p/DdT1kJzgoNA/
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The video of Marwa Abdulhai and Isadora White's talk about this paper is now online here - they present a pretty complex computer science paper so clearly, I highly recommend watching it if you're interested in using LLMs to edit or draft writing might do: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnDQ...
September 9, 2026 at 8:10 AM
The video of Marwa Abdulhai and Isadora White's talk about this paper is now online here - they present a pretty complex computer science paper so clearly, I highly recommend watching it if you're interested in using LLMs to edit or draft writing might do: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnDQ...
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A must-read 🧵, including:
“arts & humanities are…the experimental wildcards from which creativity arises. They preserve plasticity in collective cognition, to literally think outside the box of solutions. AI solutionism only gives you the box.”
Bravo @rawx.bsky.social!
“arts & humanities are…the experimental wildcards from which creativity arises. They preserve plasticity in collective cognition, to literally think outside the box of solutions. AI solutionism only gives you the box.”
Bravo @rawx.bsky.social!
"AI slop feels like betrayal. There is this haunting feeling when you lean toward a face and then find only a mask, with no person behind it." www.noemamag.com/a-new-kind-o...
This piece, and mathematicians lamenting AI powered goal chasing are related.
This piece, and mathematicians lamenting AI powered goal chasing are related.
A New Kind Of Creative Poverty | NOEMA
The Simplified Chinese Internet ran on reward and punishment. LLM training feels uncomfortably familiar.
www.noemamag.com
September 12, 2026 at 4:26 PM
A must-read 🧵, including:
“arts & humanities are…the experimental wildcards from which creativity arises. They preserve plasticity in collective cognition, to literally think outside the box of solutions. AI solutionism only gives you the box.”
Bravo @rawx.bsky.social!
“arts & humanities are…the experimental wildcards from which creativity arises. They preserve plasticity in collective cognition, to literally think outside the box of solutions. AI solutionism only gives you the box.”
Bravo @rawx.bsky.social!
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When Words Fail…
September 10, 2026 at 3:57 PM
When Words Fail…
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Their entire strategy is to make every state they do business with dependent on their software. They do this by selling images of technocratic national renewal to liberals (backed naturally by pressure from the White House) and social militarisation to fascists.
Britain’s state-owned electricity system operator has awarded Palantir a £21mn contract without inviting rival bids, arguing critical processes are too reliant on its tech to run a competitive procurement process
Latest for @financialtimes.com:
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Latest for @financialtimes.com:
as.ft.com/r/7fe6c0b7-2...
Britain’s grid operator gave Palantir contract without inviting rival bids
Neso cited a legal exemption that removes the requirement to consider other suppliers if dependencies leave no alternative
as.ft.com
September 8, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Their entire strategy is to make every state they do business with dependent on their software. They do this by selling images of technocratic national renewal to liberals (backed naturally by pressure from the White House) and social militarisation to fascists.
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pay living wages for all workers. tax the shit out of billionaires. happy labor day.
September 7, 2026 at 3:58 PM
pay living wages for all workers. tax the shit out of billionaires. happy labor day.
Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals, "Good and Evil," "Good and Bad", (1887) americanliterature.com/author/fried...
September 7, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals, "Good and Evil," "Good and Bad", (1887) americanliterature.com/author/fried...
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I am assigning this article to my students for the first day of class.
"The proliferation of references to fake articles threatens to undermine the legitimacy of institutional research across the board" -- by Miles Klee
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
open access link: archive.ph/qt59c 1/🧵
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
open access link: archive.ph/qt59c 1/🧵
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
September 7, 2026 at 12:54 PM
I am assigning this article to my students for the first day of class.
You seeing the insane promotions Trump’s posting for your Nerd Reich book? @gilduran.com
September 7, 2026 at 1:51 PM
You seeing the insane promotions Trump’s posting for your Nerd Reich book? @gilduran.com
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Using an advanced new instrument, scientists observed Einstein’s equivalence principle on a free-falling quantum object, demonstrating that this prediction of general relativity also holds up in quantum physics.
Breakthrough Quantum Test Resolves a Major Cosmic Mystery
Using an advanced new instrument, scientists observed Einstein’s equivalence principle on a free-falling quantum object, demonstrating that this prediction of general relativity also holds up in quantum...
www.404media.co
September 5, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Using an advanced new instrument, scientists observed Einstein’s equivalence principle on a free-falling quantum object, demonstrating that this prediction of general relativity also holds up in quantum physics.
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GenAI replaces your creativity, your (critical) thinking.
#GenAI augments the gap between tasks' conception & execution.
US (& Chinese) #BigTech not only concentrates capital, they also steer tech change. They decided this is the tech that we get.
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
Pre-sale: 👇👇
#GenAI augments the gap between tasks' conception & execution.
US (& Chinese) #BigTech not only concentrates capital, they also steer tech change. They decided this is the tech that we get.
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
Pre-sale: 👇👇
June 8, 2026 at 12:48 PM
GenAI replaces your creativity, your (critical) thinking.
#GenAI augments the gap between tasks' conception & execution.
US (& Chinese) #BigTech not only concentrates capital, they also steer tech change. They decided this is the tech that we get.
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
Pre-sale: 👇👇
#GenAI augments the gap between tasks' conception & execution.
US (& Chinese) #BigTech not only concentrates capital, they also steer tech change. They decided this is the tech that we get.
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
Pre-sale: 👇👇
Day after @sanktmaxtci.bsky.social published a piece describing Simulacral Fascism, the Whitehouse prompted war-crimes Claude for a demo www.whitehouse.gov/arcade/
Arcade
www.whitehouse.gov
September 4, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Day after @sanktmaxtci.bsky.social published a piece describing Simulacral Fascism, the Whitehouse prompted war-crimes Claude for a demo www.whitehouse.gov/arcade/
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Big Tech has been lying to us: they CAN make their platforms safer — and these rules can be applied globally.
Meta Oversight Board member @nighatdad.bsky.social in @techpolicypress.bsky.social:
www.techpolicy.press/meta-owes-th...
Meta Oversight Board member @nighatdad.bsky.social in @techpolicypress.bsky.social:
www.techpolicy.press/meta-owes-th...
September 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Big Tech has been lying to us: they CAN make their platforms safer — and these rules can be applied globally.
Meta Oversight Board member @nighatdad.bsky.social in @techpolicypress.bsky.social:
www.techpolicy.press/meta-owes-th...
Meta Oversight Board member @nighatdad.bsky.social in @techpolicypress.bsky.social:
www.techpolicy.press/meta-owes-th...
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
September 2, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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Love to see community action against this AI nonsense! neighborhoodview.org/2025/11/13/d...
November 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Love to see community action against this AI nonsense! neighborhoodview.org/2025/11/13/d...