Oh great, so now we've got a rebooted COINTELPRO domestic spying program run by a rogue federal agency and augmented by AI. What could go wrong?
CNN is reporting that federal authorities may have been collecting information and "documenting details" about Alex Pretti before killing him on Saturday, and that officers tackled him a week earlier. www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
Alex Pretti was in earlier confrontation with federal agents who tackled him, broke his rib, sources say | CNN
Federal immigration officials have been collecting information on protesters and agitators, sources told CNN.
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Oh great, so now we've got a rebooted COINTELPRO domestic spying program run by a rogue federal agency and augmented by AI. What could go wrong?
Finally, an AI-powered blockchain augmented currency that hyperboofs and decentralizes your data—by AI, for AI.
April 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Finally, an AI-powered blockchain augmented currency that hyperboofs and decentralizes your data—by AI, for AI.
Is Google srsly doing "retrieval augmented AI" and -left The Onion- in the retrieval set???
May 23, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Is Google srsly doing "retrieval augmented AI" and -left The Onion- in the retrieval set???
Are the trade school student entirely AI-generated or just augmented?
September 27, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Are the trade school student entirely AI-generated or just augmented?
I don't worry at all about terminator stuff, I worry quite a lot about Augmented authoritarianism, and I worry the most of all about a gigantic metastasizing perpetually low-trust neomedieval pile of shit that AI greatly exacerbates and possibly locks in for good.
July 29, 2026 at 4:00 AM
I don't worry at all about terminator stuff, I worry quite a lot about Augmented authoritarianism, and I worry the most of all about a gigantic metastasizing perpetually low-trust neomedieval pile of shit that AI greatly exacerbates and possibly locks in for good.
it's awesome how much money grocery chains are willing to spend on Theft Deterring Infrastructure like chest high traffic gates and "AI"-augmented cameras and riot-geared rentacops, but they absolutely refuse to pay for more than one cashier to man their four dusty checkout lanes at any given time.
March 4, 2026 at 9:49 PM
it's awesome how much money grocery chains are willing to spend on Theft Deterring Infrastructure like chest high traffic gates and "AI"-augmented cameras and riot-geared rentacops, but they absolutely refuse to pay for more than one cashier to man their four dusty checkout lanes at any given time.
LLM‑Assisted Software Engineers Can Only Be Mad (And Will Block Smartasses)
An impromptu essay on the impossible equilibrium of AI‑augmented coding
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An impromptu essay on the impossible equilibrium of AI‑augmented coding
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April 17, 2026 at 12:33 AM
LLM‑Assisted Software Engineers Can Only Be Mad (And Will Block Smartasses)
An impromptu essay on the impossible equilibrium of AI‑augmented coding
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An impromptu essay on the impossible equilibrium of AI‑augmented coding
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We tried Snap's new Snap Specs, the 132 grams AI-powered glasses.
The augmented reality was unimpressive, it kept breaking, they cost $2,195 and they look fucking stupid
www.404media.co/snaps-ai-ar-...
The augmented reality was unimpressive, it kept breaking, they cost $2,195 and they look fucking stupid
www.404media.co/snaps-ai-ar-...
Snap's AI Specs: LOL
Snap's AR Specs glasses are indeed very heavy, very dorky.
www.404media.co
June 24, 2026 at 2:04 PM
We tried Snap's new Snap Specs, the 132 grams AI-powered glasses.
The augmented reality was unimpressive, it kept breaking, they cost $2,195 and they look fucking stupid
www.404media.co/snaps-ai-ar-...
The augmented reality was unimpressive, it kept breaking, they cost $2,195 and they look fucking stupid
www.404media.co/snaps-ai-ar-...
Big tech has been trying, with little effect, to make hockey-stick curves happen for augmented reality, generative AI, and crypto; meanwhile, solar panel installers go 'brrrrrrrrrrrrr.'
The world’s solar capacity reached 1,419 gigawatts in 2023, way beyond any predictions. 1 gigawatt = power for a medium sized city ☀️
September 4, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Big tech has been trying, with little effect, to make hockey-stick curves happen for augmented reality, generative AI, and crypto; meanwhile, solar panel installers go 'brrrrrrrrrrrrr.'
I hate fake breasts*
*AI breasts. Augmented breasts are still real breasts.
*AI breasts. Augmented breasts are still real breasts.
September 23, 2026 at 1:38 PM
I hate fake breasts*
*AI breasts. Augmented breasts are still real breasts.
*AI breasts. Augmented breasts are still real breasts.
Meta is a defense contractor. "The company announced on Thursday that it will work with defense technology start-up Anduril to offer the U.S. military and its allies technology for soldiers involving augmented reality and artificial intelligence software."
Meta is working on a high-tech helmet for the U.S. military
Social network company Meta is partnering with weapons-maker Anduril to develop military technology for the Pentagon using AI and augmented reality.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Meta is a defense contractor. "The company announced on Thursday that it will work with defense technology start-up Anduril to offer the U.S. military and its allies technology for soldiers involving augmented reality and artificial intelligence software."
While attending GDC (Game Developers Conference), I noticed a certain trend among the companies promoting their services:
March 14, 2026 at 8:51 PM
While attending GDC (Game Developers Conference), I noticed a certain trend among the companies promoting their services:
So, to help illustrate why this thread is so horrifying, Stanford did a study on Lexis+ AI, Westlaw AI-Assisted Research, and Thomson-Reuters Ask Practical Law AI, and found between 17% and 33% hallucinations even though these are supposed to be the retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) tools.
January 8, 2026 at 8:29 PM
So, to help illustrate why this thread is so horrifying, Stanford did a study on Lexis+ AI, Westlaw AI-Assisted Research, and Thomson-Reuters Ask Practical Law AI, and found between 17% and 33% hallucinations even though these are supposed to be the retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) tools.
Sorry babes but I’m blocking all AI accounts idc if they’re just augmented or whatever I’m not gonna let AI creep further and further into the adult industry
March 30, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Sorry babes but I’m blocking all AI accounts idc if they’re just augmented or whatever I’m not gonna let AI creep further and further into the adult industry
The future is going to be full of AI, robots, mRNA, peptides, gene editing, space travel, autonomous vehicles, maglevs, quantum computing, lab-grown meat, and augmented reality, and I, for one, am here for it.
July 24, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The future is going to be full of AI, robots, mRNA, peptides, gene editing, space travel, autonomous vehicles, maglevs, quantum computing, lab-grown meat, and augmented reality, and I, for one, am here for it.
Imagine inviting a Facebook branded robot into your house.
Meta plans major investment into AI-powered humanoid robots
Meta Platforms Inc., after pushing into augmented reality and artificial intelligence, has identified its next big bet: AI-powered humanoid robots.
www.detroitnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Imagine inviting a Facebook branded robot into your house.
The upcoming Augmented Intelligence sale represents the first time a major auction house is focusing entirely on works created using machine learning. Artists have mixed feelings about it.
Christie's AI art auction inspires protests – and more art
The upcoming Augmented Intelligence sale represents the first time a major auction house is focusing entirely on works created using machine learning. Artists have mixed feelings about it.
www.npr.org
February 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The upcoming Augmented Intelligence sale represents the first time a major auction house is focusing entirely on works created using machine learning. Artists have mixed feelings about it.
maybe — *maybe* — it's true that many or even most software dev tasks will be automated or partially augmented by AI w/in 18 months. that's definitely possible! but you're still going to have legacy systems that can't use AI effectively, you still have to test, there's still work which must be done
i'm honestly not even being facetious here, i'm just trying to imagine all of the different tasks that all of the different people all over the world do in "white collar jobs", and wondering how anyone could ever even begin to think they could make such a broadly sweeping statement
February 14, 2026 at 12:39 AM
maybe — *maybe* — it's true that many or even most software dev tasks will be automated or partially augmented by AI w/in 18 months. that's definitely possible! but you're still going to have legacy systems that can't use AI effectively, you still have to test, there's still work which must be done
2/8 However, the show features quite a lot of GenAi imagery that is clearly either Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Comfy UI, or some LORA. All of which rely on the stolen works of artists to function at capacity.
See for yourself below:
onlineonly.christies.com/s/augmented-...
See for yourself below:
onlineonly.christies.com/s/augmented-...
Augmented Intelligence
Augmented Intelligence is a groundbreaking auction highlighting the breadth and quality of AI Art. The sale includes remarkable works from some of the most innovative minds — from early AI pioneers of...
onlineonly.christies.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
2/8 However, the show features quite a lot of GenAi imagery that is clearly either Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Comfy UI, or some LORA. All of which rely on the stolen works of artists to function at capacity.
See for yourself below:
onlineonly.christies.com/s/augmented-...
See for yourself below:
onlineonly.christies.com/s/augmented-...
Pokémon Go data trained AI that could assist military drones in war zones
Pokémon Go data trained AI that could assist military drones in war zones
Location scans from the globally popular augmented reality game have helped train AI to recognise and interpret physical spaces
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An AI model trained on data collected from users of Pokémon Go will potentially help military drones find their location in war zones.
Pokémon Go, a 2016 augmented reality mobile game, allowed players to find and catch Pokémon in the real world using the cameras on their mobile phones, and exploded in popularity. In 2018, the company reported having more than 800m downloads worldwide. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Pokémon Go data trained AI that could assist military drones in war zones
We've had a full first day at Bellingfest from Thomas Wolf from Huggingface speaking about AI to Google Earth 's Brian McClendon sharing his latest augmented reality and geospatial developments...
November 14, 2024 at 5:14 PM
We've had a full first day at Bellingfest from Thomas Wolf from Huggingface speaking about AI to Google Earth 's Brian McClendon sharing his latest augmented reality and geospatial developments...
As a rare climate scientist working in Silicon Valley, I've been drinking from the AI firehose a lot more than my peers. I thought it would be helpful to lay out my experiences of both the promise and pitfalls of using AI to accelerate scientific research:
The AI-Augmented Scientist
The promise and pitfalls of using AI tools to boost my capabilities as a scientist
www.theclimatebrink.com
February 24, 2026 at 5:51 PM
As a rare climate scientist working in Silicon Valley, I've been drinking from the AI firehose a lot more than my peers. I thought it would be helpful to lay out my experiences of both the promise and pitfalls of using AI to accelerate scientific research: