for the love of god, AI systems aren't "just tools that are neither good nor evil in and of themselves". AI systems *are* tools of capitalism. they exist as tools of capitalism. there is no AI system "in and of itself" outside of capitalism
December 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
for the love of god, AI systems aren't "just tools that are neither good nor evil in and of themselves". AI systems *are* tools of capitalism. they exist as tools of capitalism. there is no AI system "in and of itself" outside of capitalism
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
July 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
I'm so tired of "integrated" AI tools.
September 24, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I'm so tired of "integrated" AI tools.
And it says *100% AI written* with "high confidence."
It is 100% wrong.
I say... AI detector tools are about as reliable as AI writing tools.
It is 100% wrong.
I say... AI detector tools are about as reliable as AI writing tools.
June 6, 2026 at 4:36 AM
And it says *100% AI written* with "high confidence."
It is 100% wrong.
I say... AI detector tools are about as reliable as AI writing tools.
It is 100% wrong.
I say... AI detector tools are about as reliable as AI writing tools.
Mind you bluesky was shading X on X about adding AI tools 5 months ago
March 30, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Mind you bluesky was shading X on X about adding AI tools 5 months ago
oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.
How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More via @ConsumerReports
AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.
www.consumerreports.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.
hey, if AI proponents hadn’t been making up nonsense about AI tools while forcing them on us, then maybe people wouldn’t reflexively block AI tools, even when they actually work. that’s not on normies for being rational consumers. that’s on AI proponents for being systematically full of shit
March 30, 2026 at 1:58 PM
hey, if AI proponents hadn’t been making up nonsense about AI tools while forcing them on us, then maybe people wouldn’t reflexively block AI tools, even when they actually work. that’s not on normies for being rational consumers. that’s on AI proponents for being systematically full of shit
Procreate confirms it has NO plans to add generative AI features to its apps.
The company continues to stand firmly against integrating generative AI into its creative tools.
The company continues to stand firmly against integrating generative AI into its creative tools.
September 4, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Procreate confirms it has NO plans to add generative AI features to its apps.
The company continues to stand firmly against integrating generative AI into its creative tools.
The company continues to stand firmly against integrating generative AI into its creative tools.
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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports
AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.
www.consumerreports.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 1:17 PM
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
JD Vance on AI: "We're using technology and tools to identify fraud at breakneck pace"
September 22, 2026 at 4:11 PM
JD Vance on AI: "We're using technology and tools to identify fraud at breakneck pace"
I really really need you guys to make a conscious rejection of generative AI tools part of your ongoing political resistance.
Don't use ChatGPT. Turn off Gemini. Don't read the AI results forced upon you at the top of Google search. Don't use AI art generators or support anyone who does. Please.
Don't use ChatGPT. Turn off Gemini. Don't read the AI results forced upon you at the top of Google search. Don't use AI art generators or support anyone who does. Please.
Oh please please i am begging, don't use generative AI for any reason if you can avoid it.
It's being marketed as a quick time-saver, but it's messy, inaccurate, it is putting entire industries of people out of work, and the environmental impacts (energy and water usage) are huge and debilitating.
It's being marketed as a quick time-saver, but it's messy, inaccurate, it is putting entire industries of people out of work, and the environmental impacts (energy and water usage) are huge and debilitating.
February 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I really really need you guys to make a conscious rejection of generative AI tools part of your ongoing political resistance.
Don't use ChatGPT. Turn off Gemini. Don't read the AI results forced upon you at the top of Google search. Don't use AI art generators or support anyone who does. Please.
Don't use ChatGPT. Turn off Gemini. Don't read the AI results forced upon you at the top of Google search. Don't use AI art generators or support anyone who does. Please.
Just a reminder that these AI detectors are as garbage as the AI tools themselves.
Washington Post journalists are plugging Will Lewis’s latest memo — about returning to the office — into an A.I. writing detector. Screenshots:
May 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Just a reminder that these AI detectors are as garbage as the AI tools themselves.
I find the idea that you need to know “how to use” AI tools really funny, as if it isn’t incredibly easy to type in prompts and the marketing these tools is that literally anyone can do it
December 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I find the idea that you need to know “how to use” AI tools really funny, as if it isn’t incredibly easy to type in prompts and the marketing these tools is that literally anyone can do it
New study finds that frequent use of AI tools encourages offloading cognitive tasks and reduces critical thinking. Higher AI usage correlated with lower critical thinking skills, especially in younger users.
www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...
www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...
AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking
The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has transformed numerous aspects of daily life, yet its impact on critical thinking remains underexplored. This study investigates the relations...
www.mdpi.com
January 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
New study finds that frequent use of AI tools encourages offloading cognitive tasks and reduces critical thinking. Higher AI usage correlated with lower critical thinking skills, especially in younger users.
www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...
www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...
3. Nodus Falls
HoYoverse to invest up to $14.6bn in AI for in-house tools
Publisher plans to use these tools in its upcoming life simulation title, Petit Planet, featuring AI-powered NPCs
www.gamesindustry.biz
August 25, 2026 at 8:39 PM
3. Nodus Falls
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
KEEP BULLYING THEM IT WORKS
The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact
Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content.
www.wired.com
August 10, 2026 at 8:29 PM
KEEP BULLYING THEM IT WORKS
'Backrooms' director Kane Parsons isn't a fan of generative AI
"If I could snap my fingers and make generative AI disappear forever, I probably would"
"Creatively, I get no enjoyment from using those tools. It defeats the purpose entirely for me"
"If I could snap my fingers and make generative AI disappear forever, I probably would"
"Creatively, I get no enjoyment from using those tools. It defeats the purpose entirely for me"
June 4, 2026 at 1:40 AM
'Backrooms' director Kane Parsons isn't a fan of generative AI
"If I could snap my fingers and make generative AI disappear forever, I probably would"
"Creatively, I get no enjoyment from using those tools. It defeats the purpose entirely for me"
"If I could snap my fingers and make generative AI disappear forever, I probably would"
"Creatively, I get no enjoyment from using those tools. It defeats the purpose entirely for me"
my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
"...we're introducing new AI-powered tools..."
August 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"...we're introducing new AI-powered tools..."
Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content.
The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact
Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content.
www.wired.com
August 17, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content.
*UBER SETS LIMITS ON AI CODING TOOLS LIKE CLAUDE CODE, CURSOR
*UBER SETS $1,500 MONTHLY CAP ON SOME AI CODING TOOLS FOR STAFF
*UBER SETS $1,500 MONTHLY CAP ON SOME AI CODING TOOLS FOR STAFF
June 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
*UBER SETS LIMITS ON AI CODING TOOLS LIKE CLAUDE CODE, CURSOR
*UBER SETS $1,500 MONTHLY CAP ON SOME AI CODING TOOLS FOR STAFF
*UBER SETS $1,500 MONTHLY CAP ON SOME AI CODING TOOLS FOR STAFF
If the tools became like 20% less user friendly the overall quality of AI art would greatly increase.
September 24, 2026 at 7:46 PM
If the tools became like 20% less user friendly the overall quality of AI art would greatly increase.
AI watermarking is terrible for people using loads of AI tools but hope you don’t realize how extensive their AI use really is
I said I *didn't* think Taylor Lorenz was an industry shill but... wow... now I'm starting to rethink that.
You know I might be wrong, but what is wrong with watermarks?
You know I might be wrong, but what is wrong with watermarks?
August 21, 2026 at 5:49 PM
AI watermarking is terrible for people using loads of AI tools but hope you don’t realize how extensive their AI use really is