AI Empathy Could Mislead Users
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Technology companies increasingly treated AI as emotionally responsive, raising concerns that simulated empathy could mislead users and weaken independent human thinking.
The thing about AI, people make agency errors enough that you have to avoid some common metaphors if your goal is communicating.
October 15, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The thing about AI, people make agency errors enough that you have to avoid some common metaphors if your goal is communicating.
Reposted by Alison Phipps, Greg Linden, Margot C. Finn
Employers worldwide are pulling back on AI as they navigate a flood of errors and low-quality work that sap employee time, raise privacy and security risks, and drive up costs
Companies rushed in on AI. Now some are pulling back
Rapid AI adoption left workers cleaning up a flood of errors and low-quality work
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October 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Employers worldwide are pulling back on AI as they navigate a flood of errors and low-quality work that sap employee time, raise privacy and security risks, and drive up costs
In just the last few weeks, I've found multiple instances of heavy, undisclosed AI use in writing in major media outlets, academic research, and public commentary. Once you see it you can't unsee it (especially with @pangram.com).
October 15, 2026 at 9:32 PM
In just the last few weeks, I've found multiple instances of heavy, undisclosed AI use in writing in major media outlets, academic research, and public commentary. Once you see it you can't unsee it (especially with @pangram.com).
But it doesn’t mean transhumanism is coherent. This #2 www.wired.com/story/lamda-...
One Day, AI Will Seem as Human as Anyone. What Then?
A Google engineer's claim that the LaMDA program is sentient underscores an urgent need to demystify the human condition.
www.wired.com
October 15, 2026 at 8:27 PM
But it doesn’t mean transhumanism is coherent. This #2 www.wired.com/story/lamda-...
by Mor Naaman
For more on this trend, see this paper by Cui et al. Here they show that AI assistance in writing cover letters helped with callbacks -- but only for the first couple of months.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.25054
arxiv.org/abs/2509.25054
October 15, 2026 at 5:12 PM
For more on this trend, see this paper by Cui et al. Here they show that AI assistance in writing cover letters helped with callbacks -- but only for the first couple of months.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.25054
arxiv.org/abs/2509.25054
#AcademicSky
Trying to be a creative & productive academic.....
.... while others duke out whether AI spells the end of education, data collection, scholarship, & pursuit of facts.....
Trying to be a creative & productive academic.....
.... while others duke out whether AI spells the end of education, data collection, scholarship, & pursuit of facts.....
October 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
#AcademicSky
Trying to be a creative & productive academic.....
.... while others duke out whether AI spells the end of education, data collection, scholarship, & pursuit of facts.....
Trying to be a creative & productive academic.....
.... while others duke out whether AI spells the end of education, data collection, scholarship, & pursuit of facts.....
Reposted by David Murakami Wood, Southern Africa
The irony is that my Black as hell father, who has worked in IT longer than most tech bros have been alive, says that the reason white people want AI is because it allows them to have slaves.
The "is AI slavery" discourse is exactly what the tech bros want. It doesn't end with fancy autocompletes having human rights. Its logic ends with you having fewer rights. If you believe AI is sentient (it's not) & are down with enslaving it (it's not slavery), then why do human labor rights matter?
October 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
The irony is that my Black as hell father, who has worked in IT longer than most tech bros have been alive, says that the reason white people want AI is because it allows them to have slaves.
by Luca Rossi
Super intresting presentation from @stefaniavicari.bsky.social at #aoir26 about the use of AI generated visuals in gender related social media communication of far-right parties in Italy. I find it relevant that Ai is used to "illustrate" comments on news and current events producing an emotional
October 15, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Super intresting presentation from @stefaniavicari.bsky.social at #aoir26 about the use of AI generated visuals in gender related social media communication of far-right parties in Italy. I find it relevant that Ai is used to "illustrate" comments on news and current events producing an emotional
by Ian Bremmer
china closing the gap w/ american ai models
the future increasingly looks like a world where china leads in ai models, the united states leads in semiconductors. messy…
the future increasingly looks like a world where china leads in ai models, the united states leads in semiconductors. messy…
October 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
china closing the gap w/ american ai models
the future increasingly looks like a world where china leads in ai models, the united states leads in semiconductors. messy…
the future increasingly looks like a world where china leads in ai models, the united states leads in semiconductors. messy…
Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Woodrow Hartzog, Rebecca Tushnet
This is such important work, and the thing to keep in mind is that when AI people tell you that games will be personalized for you, this is the kind of thing they are more likely to mean.
No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads
October 14, 2026 at 6:12 PM
This is such important work, and the thing to keep in mind is that when AI people tell you that games will be personalized for you, this is the kind of thing they are more likely to mean.
by Naomi Klein Reposted by David Murakami Wood, Ian Miles
When the AI bubble pops, we can’t repeat past corporate bail outs. We need to be ready with policies that protect ordinary people and hold tech execs accountable. We also need to talk about nationalizing AI companies — or maybe even abolishing them altogether…
@astra.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
@astra.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
October 14, 2026 at 10:55 PM
When the AI bubble pops, we can’t repeat past corporate bail outs. We need to be ready with policies that protect ordinary people and hold tech execs accountable. We also need to talk about nationalizing AI companies — or maybe even abolishing them altogether…
@astra.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
@astra.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
by Ian Bremmer
we need an independent agency that can 1) identify, 2) communicate, and 3) contain ai threats.
we don’t have that process.
we don’t even have the beginnings of it.
@gzeromedia.com
www.youtube.com/shorts/R1crS...
we don’t have that process.
we don’t even have the beginnings of it.
@gzeromedia.com
www.youtube.com/shorts/R1crS...
AI is becoming a superweapon | GZERO Media
YouTube video by GZERO Media
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2026 at 6:48 PM
we need an independent agency that can 1) identify, 2) communicate, and 3) contain ai threats.
we don’t have that process.
we don’t even have the beginnings of it.
@gzeromedia.com
www.youtube.com/shorts/R1crS...
we don’t have that process.
we don’t even have the beginnings of it.
@gzeromedia.com
www.youtube.com/shorts/R1crS...
"One of the paradoxes of AI and journalism is it's very often the best journalists who are most resistant to AI. They're the ones that could benefit the most." aijournalismqa.beehiiv.com/p/charlie-be...
Director of Polis and JournalismAI at LSE Professor Charlie Beckett
Charlie Beckett discusses AI’s impact on journalism, editorial responsibility, investigative reporting and the skills journalists need to thrive.
aijournalismqa.beehiiv.com
October 15, 2026 at 8:18 PM
"One of the paradoxes of AI and journalism is it's very often the best journalists who are most resistant to AI. They're the ones that could benefit the most." aijournalismqa.beehiiv.com/p/charlie-be...