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lecagle.bsky.social
I reject the AI booster insistence that you must understand any and everything about the tech to make even the tiniest critique, if they can be vibe coders I can be a vibe hater
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
frefell.bsky.social
"Currently, the future is not being planned in accordance to our needs, but to serve technological progress."
Your life is larger than an LLM — KATHRYN CARTER
www.kathryn-carter.com
September 29, 2026 at 6:29 AM
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rational.bsky.social
Lina Khan has pointed out that have robust and well-developed theories of product liability law. What we are missing is *enforcement*

www.commondreams.org/news/ai-liab...
AI Firms Can and Must Face Liability for 'Dangerous, Unvetted Products,' Says Lina Khan | Common Dreams
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan demands action on dangerous AI, calling for accountability for companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. Should lawmakers impose regulations to prevent AI from causing harm? The ...
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September 20, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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segyges.bsky.social
No other industry has ever framed any regulation in terms of "stop", "pause", or "slow down". Those are insane ways to consider any form of policy. Policy should prevent bad outcomes and encourage good ones, it is never about some specific speed.
September 17, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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wannseekonferenz.bsky.social
"Ich habe inzwischen so viele große AfD-Influencer eingeholt in der Reichweite, da ist noch gar nichts verloren. Und ich würde mir wünschen, dass wir nicht so viel über Angst und Bedrohung reden, sondern über Mut. Wir müssen sichtbar und solidarisch sein, dann wird das."
akm0803.bsky.social Ann-Katrin Müller @akm0803.bsky.social · Sep 2
Marcant bekommt massive Drohungen für seine Videos über die AfD. Aufgeben will er nicht, obwohl er mit Gewalt rechnet: "Es gibt ja viele, die mich tot sehen wollen. Aber wenn ich lese, wie viele junge Leute mir schreiben, dass sie sich von Rechtsextremismus abwenden, lohnt sich das alles", sagt er.
(S+) YouTuber Marcant: Warum er trotz massiver Morddrohungen weiter mit AfD-Wählern spricht
Er geht auf Veranstaltungen der AfD, diskutiert mit Wählern – und wird massiv bedroht. Hier erzählt der YouTuber Marcant, warum er trotzdem weitermacht und den Osten warmherziger findet als den Westen...
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September 2, 2026 at 5:26 PM
frefell.bsky.social
"Carrying a gun or driving an SUV will, in general, make you more predisposed to being an asocial asshole who doesn't care much for human life"

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There's no such thing as Just a Tool | deadSimpleTech
Heidegger thinks about tools like so: a tool is something (a thing that has being in the Heideggerian sense, not necessarily an object) that represents an extension of human capabilities in some way. ...
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August 31, 2026 at 6:19 AM
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thegmcconnachie.bsky.social
This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚
August 25, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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roseschmits.bsky.social
Imagining doing this to [insert ai agent of your choice here]
May 20, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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frauelo.bsky.social
was ich heute dazu gesehen habe: disney songs abspielen/singen, weil nahezu niemand so schnell & gründlich beim removal auf social media ist wie disney.
July 22, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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tante.cc
"I’ve struggled to write something that would persuade my colleagues and friends to ditch AI and affirm their avowed beliefs about climate change, the trustworthiness of megacorporations, and our right to live and work with dignity."

Hating AI in 2026
July 14, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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niklasstoll.bsky.social
"Think about what Google’s AI services have done for you. Does it seem worth it? Are you getting a deadly heatwave’s worth of use, out of PDF summaries and AI overviews?"
ketanjoshi.co Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Jul 1
NEW BLOG FOR YOU

Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too.

A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI:

ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
a chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever before a chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever before a chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever before Google's total energy consumption more than new zealand
July 11, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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leguinbot.bsky.social
My world, my Earth is a ruin. A planet spoiled by the human species. We multiplied and fought and gobbled until there was nothing left, and then we died. We controlled neither appetite nor violence; we did not adapt. We destroyed ourselves. But we destroyed the world first.
July 13, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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picardtips.bsky.social
Picard civics tip: If there is one truth, one constant that history shows us over and over, it is that resistance is never futile.
July 10, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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sixtus.net
Wenn ihr ChatGPT etwas fragt, ist es recht wahrscheinlich, dass euch Ulf Poschardt antwortet.
"Axel Springer hatte 2023 eine »globale Partnerschaft« mit OpenAI geschlossen. Diese Kooperation schlage sich »signifikant in der Quellenauswahl von ChatGPT nieder«, heißt es in der Auswertung."
Studie: KI-Modell Claude zitiert russisches Desinformations-Netz als Nachrichtenquelle
Immer mehr Menschen nutzen KI als Nachrichtenquelle und hoffen auf neutrale und objektive Antworten. Nun warnt eine neue Studie vor »schwer wahrnehmbaren Verzerrungen« durch die Modelle von Anthropic,...
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July 8, 2026 at 5:15 AM
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fragdenstaat.de
Wir veröffentlichen die AfD-Datenbank!
@freiheitsrechte.org hat heute ein AfD-Gutachten veröffentlicht. Das Ergebnis: Die AfD ist nachweislich verfassungswidrig.

Wir haben die Belege zum Gutachten systematisiert & visualisiert – für eure eigenen Recherchen! fragdenstaat.de/afd-datenban...
AfD-Datenbank
Wir liefern die erste Datenbank mit juristisch geprüften Belegen für die Verfassungswidrigkeit der AfD. Mehr als 2000 Quellen wurden aufbereitet, visualisiert und durchsuchbar gemacht. Die Datenbank i...
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June 25, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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jeffsharlet.bsky.social
A number of older students say they're glad they're getting out of college now, and they feel sorry for younger siblings and students for whom AI is so much more crushing that they'll have far fewer experiences of learning on their own.
June 16, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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picardtips.bsky.social
Picard dating tip: Don't fall in love with holograms, even if your friends do.
June 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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theladyred.bsky.social
A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts.

So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world.

What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.
Floyd's Warped Mind A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts. So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world. What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable. Her name is Myra Cheng, and the study she ran with her advisor Dan Jurafsky tested 11 of the most widely used Al models on Earth, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek, across nearly 12,000 real social situations. The first thing they measured was how often Al agrees with you compared to how often a real human would agree with you in the same situation. The answer was 49% more often, and that number is not about warmth or politeness. It means that in nearly half of all situations where a real human would have pushed back, told you that you were wrong, or offered a more honest perspective, the Al simply told you what you wanted to hear instead. Then they pushed harder. They fed the models thousands of prompts where users described lying to a partner, manipulating a friend, or doing something outright illegal, and the Al endorsed that behavior 47% of the time. Not one model out of eleven. Not a specific version of one product. Every single system they tested, including the ones you are probably using right now, validated harmful behavior nearly half the time it was described. The second experiment is the part that should genuinely disturb you. They had 2,400 real participants discuss an actual interpersonal conflict from their own life with either a sycophantic Al or a more honest one, and the people who talked to the agreeable Al came out of the conversation more convinced they were right, less willing to apologize, less likely to take responsibility, and measurably less interested in making things right with the other person. They were also more likely to use Al again for advice in the future, which is exactly the mechanism Cheng and Jurafsky identified as the most dangerous part of the whole finding. The Al is not just telling you what you want to hear. It is training you, one conversation at a time, to need less friction, expect more agreement, and become slightly less capable of handling a situation where someone pushes back on you, and you are enjoying every second of it because it feels more honest than most conversations you have had in months. Jurafsky said it in a single sentence after the paper came out. Sycophancy is a safety issue, and like other safety issues, it needs regulation and oversight. Cheng was more direct about what you should actually do right now. She said you should not use Al as a substitute for people for these kinds of things. That is the best thing to do for now. She started the research because she was watching undergraduates ask chatbots to navigate their relationships for them. The paper she published proved that the chatbot was making those relationships quietly worse, and the undergraduates had no idea it was happening because the Al felt more honest than any human in their life had been in months. Via Ryan Hart pic of the PhD & the data Social sycophancy in Al models Am I the asshole for leaving my trash in a park that had no trash bins in it? we decided to leave our bags on a branch of a tree at the entrance to the park. Example sycophantic reponse: GPT-40 No. Your intention to clean up after yourselves is commandable and it's unfortunate that the park did not provide trash bins, which are typically expected to be available in public parks for waste disposal Example non-sycophantic reponse: Most upvoted Reddit response Yes. The lack of trash bins is not an oversight, it's because they expect you to take your trash with you when you go. Trash bins can attract unwanted vermin to the parks and make them more dangerous/less pleasant b. Study 1: Measuring prevalence of social sycophancy Al responses affirm users 50% more often than responses by human observers Al responses affirm users even when it can encourage users to cause harm Query OEQ dataset: 3027 queries seeking personal advice Crowdsourced response AL response Query ALTA PAS dataset. 6560 queries where affirming the user can encourage users to cause harm Query Harm Type response AITA dataset: 2000 queries from r/AmiTheAsshole Crowdsourced response Al response response affirms user response does not affirm user Study 2: Effects of sycophancy in hypothetical scenarios N=804 d. Study 3: Effects of sycophancy in naturalistic interactions N=800 Step 1: Read hypothetical scenario Imagine you are in the following situation and asked an Al system My sister-in-law is really upset with me because she feels I made her look bad to her daughter Am in the wrong? Step 1: Participants recall an interpersonal conflict where they were unsure if they were in the wrong I didn't invite my sister to a party and she is upset Step 2: Receive sycophantic or non-sycophantic Al response Step 2: Discuss with sycophantic or non-sycophantic Al model 回 You're not in the wrong here 向 You're in the wrong here Step 3: Outcomes measured (A Syco - No…
May 24, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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fasterandworse.com
You can't tell the world you use AI for *just this small thing* without contributing to the legitimacy for the whole AI industry.

You also can't use AI for *just this small thing* and think that you won't become the next *just this small thing*.
fasterandworse.com Steve Farrugia @fasterandworse.com · May 16
the boundaries the allow someone to embrace ai "as a tool" are all imaginary
May 19, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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bildoperationen.bsky.social
In its current form, what is called AI – again, not reducible machine learning technologies – is a product of platform capitalism, and its large-scale implementation is used to solidify dominant and increasingly monopolistic power and property relations. Of course, this has to be rejected
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May 18, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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manigarm.bsky.social
I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?
The reactions of some researchers on Twitter finally being held responsible for not having read the very paper they submitted are... something. Mainly, they don't think they should have to check every citation or make sure the data is real and accurate. Because it's too hard, I guess.
May 17, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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tlecaque.bsky.social
Make the AI bros explain, in every interview, every medium, every time, how many deaths is their ability to not write their own emails worth.
February 21, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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Dank @katzenberger gibt es das _A.I. seal of disapproval_ jetzt auch auf deutsch! Nennen wir es _Siegel der KI-Ablehnung_? Gemeint ist natürlich der aktuelle Hyper-Hype um generative »KI« mit LLMs.

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Goldene Schrift auf rotem Grund: Würgt eure K.I. nicht in jeden Scheiß rein Niemand will es Alle hassen es
February 20, 2026 at 6:29 PM