who automates the automators
June 16, 2026 at 4:07 PM
who automates the automators
They’re syntax generators. We cannot trust them because they aren’t intelligent.
They’re automators, aggregators, but they are indiscriminate at what they make decisions on (hallucinations).
I don’t understand how we can trust them.
They’re automators, aggregators, but they are indiscriminate at what they make decisions on (hallucinations).
I don’t understand how we can trust them.
April 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
They’re syntax generators. We cannot trust them because they aren’t intelligent.
They’re automators, aggregators, but they are indiscriminate at what they make decisions on (hallucinations).
I don’t understand how we can trust them.
They’re automators, aggregators, but they are indiscriminate at what they make decisions on (hallucinations).
I don’t understand how we can trust them.
Chapter 2 is "A Taxonomy of AI: We're Wrong About What AI Is" and @fractalecho.bsky.social opens with six "types" of AI: automators, simulators, discriminators, predicators, amalgamators, and subjugators.
I can't wait to read it tomorrow (and their definition of AI)! Time for bed now though.
5/🧵
I can't wait to read it tomorrow (and their definition of AI)! Time for bed now though.
5/🧵
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Chapter 2 is "A Taxonomy of AI: We're Wrong About What AI Is" and @fractalecho.bsky.social opens with six "types" of AI: automators, simulators, discriminators, predicators, amalgamators, and subjugators.
I can't wait to read it tomorrow (and their definition of AI)! Time for bed now though.
5/🧵
I can't wait to read it tomorrow (and their definition of AI)! Time for bed now though.
5/🧵
Developers – I'm hosting Apple Intelligence Automators at WWDC again and just opened sponsorships.
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April 22, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Developers – I'm hosting Apple Intelligence Automators at WWDC again and just opened sponsorships.
There's room for two lead sponsors and four community sponsors: matthewcassinelli.com/partnerships...
There's room for two lead sponsors and four community sponsors: matthewcassinelli.com/partnerships...
So I joked with someone but I suspect a way to get Chinese and other EVs through the door is going to be some bipartisan "low cost only" EVs ie 15k and less because U.S. automators and hell global automakers abandoned that market
Cracks are starting to show in the western tariff regime against Chinese EVs
The European Union is reviewing tariffs on an electric SUV that Volkswagen produces in China, raising the prospect of relief for the German automaker from the bloc’s heightened levies.
December 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
So I joked with someone but I suspect a way to get Chinese and other EVs through the door is going to be some bipartisan "low cost only" EVs ie 15k and less because U.S. automators and hell global automakers abandoned that market
*Boy, those professional automators really don't want to get AI-scraped.
*Automatic for me, but not for thee
www.isa.org/standards-an...
*Automatic for me, but not for thee
www.isa.org/standards-an...
July 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
*Boy, those professional automators really don't want to get AI-scraped.
*Automatic for me, but not for thee
www.isa.org/standards-an...
*Automatic for me, but not for thee
www.isa.org/standards-an...
Part of why the Industrial Revolution came about when and where it did is the massive capital generated by English colonialism. It had to be invested somewhere and the nascent railways and automators were cash-hungry enough to take it all.
August 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Part of why the Industrial Revolution came about when and where it did is the massive capital generated by English colonialism. It had to be invested somewhere and the nascent railways and automators were cash-hungry enough to take it all.
Putting automators into manual jobs just seems like a vicious cycle for jobs.
December 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Putting automators into manual jobs just seems like a vicious cycle for jobs.
and again, cool if people choose to do it!
but right now most of the value in users doing alt-text is for marketers, people building training sets, bot automators or people who uses it to add jokes/context to images
the good intention scolds are just so out of their depth
but right now most of the value in users doing alt-text is for marketers, people building training sets, bot automators or people who uses it to add jokes/context to images
the good intention scolds are just so out of their depth
September 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
and again, cool if people choose to do it!
but right now most of the value in users doing alt-text is for marketers, people building training sets, bot automators or people who uses it to add jokes/context to images
the good intention scolds are just so out of their depth
but right now most of the value in users doing alt-text is for marketers, people building training sets, bot automators or people who uses it to add jokes/context to images
the good intention scolds are just so out of their depth
Adjusted my WWDC plans and I’m coming down early to SF this Wednesday instead, before going down to Cupertino on Saturday.
Also hosting a meetup the day after the keynote right next to Apple Park: lu.ma/ai6mx0lr?tk=...
Also hosting a meetup the day after the keynote right next to Apple Park: lu.ma/ai6mx0lr?tk=...
Apple Intelligence Automators Meetup at CommunityKit · Luma
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May 31, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Adjusted my WWDC plans and I’m coming down early to SF this Wednesday instead, before going down to Cupertino on Saturday.
Also hosting a meetup the day after the keynote right next to Apple Park: lu.ma/ai6mx0lr?tk=...
Also hosting a meetup the day after the keynote right next to Apple Park: lu.ma/ai6mx0lr?tk=...
I’m reading Rua M. Williams’ Disabling Intelligences: Legacies of Eugencis and How We Are Wrong About AI. Williams identifies six types of AI: automators; simulators; discriminators; predicators; amalgamators; & subjugators.
Which had me reflecting on other taxonomies that I’ve encountered (mini-🧵)
Which had me reflecting on other taxonomies that I’ve encountered (mini-🧵)
May 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I’m reading Rua M. Williams’ Disabling Intelligences: Legacies of Eugencis and How We Are Wrong About AI. Williams identifies six types of AI: automators; simulators; discriminators; predicators; amalgamators; & subjugators.
Which had me reflecting on other taxonomies that I’ve encountered (mini-🧵)
Which had me reflecting on other taxonomies that I’ve encountered (mini-🧵)
Hazel, BTT and Keyboard Maestro all have pretty good forums on their dev's websites. There is also a good forum for Mac automation at talk.automators.fm
Automators Talk
A place to discuss the Automators podcast and automation.
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November 25, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Hazel, BTT and Keyboard Maestro all have pretty good forums on their dev's websites. There is also a good forum for Mac automation at talk.automators.fm
Automators 167: Personal Knowledge Management relay.fm/automator…
November 1, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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Join the Bay Area Lab Automators and @techbio.bsky.social for our Year-End Community Celebration in San Francisco on December 19th!
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TBT x BALA San Francisco Meetup · Luma
TechBio Transformers and Bay Area Lab Automators are hosting the final San Francisco meetup of the year! Come hang out with us for drinks and great…
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December 10, 2024 at 4:03 AM
Join the Bay Area Lab Automators and @techbio.bsky.social for our Year-End Community Celebration in San Francisco on December 19th!
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Yeah yeah it’s not ai generating posts but I’ve been criticizing machine-learning algorithms for social media feeds as being bias automators since the mid-2010s it’s always been time to call bullshit on them
March 29, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Yeah yeah it’s not ai generating posts but I’ve been criticizing machine-learning algorithms for social media feeds as being bias automators since the mid-2010s it’s always been time to call bullshit on them
For those developers, tool makers, and #OSINT automators.... #whatsmyname now has a docker API! github.com/kodamaChamel...
Well done Bryant and thanks for making this.
Well done Bryant and thanks for making this.
November 20, 2024 at 1:48 AM
For those developers, tool makers, and #OSINT automators.... #whatsmyname now has a docker API! github.com/kodamaChamel...
Well done Bryant and thanks for making this.
Well done Bryant and thanks for making this.
✨ The APPLE INTELLIGENCE AUTOMATORS MEETUP is back at #CommunityKit!
🧠 Talk shop on Siri, App Intents, Shortcuts and more
🎙️ Join @matthewcassinelli.bsky.social and fellow automators
⚡ Get ready for what’s new and what’s coming next
🎟️ Sign up today: luma.com/dnpnqonr
🧠 Talk shop on Siri, App Intents, Shortcuts and more
🎙️ Join @matthewcassinelli.bsky.social and fellow automators
⚡ Get ready for what’s new and what’s coming next
🎟️ Sign up today: luma.com/dnpnqonr
Apple Intelligence Automators Meetup at CommunityKit · Luma
Join Apple Intelligence Automators What: Free meetup the day after the keynote as part of CommunityKit right next to Apple Park during WWDC. Where: Residence…
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May 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM
✨ The APPLE INTELLIGENCE AUTOMATORS MEETUP is back at #CommunityKit!
🧠 Talk shop on Siri, App Intents, Shortcuts and more
🎙️ Join @matthewcassinelli.bsky.social and fellow automators
⚡ Get ready for what’s new and what’s coming next
🎟️ Sign up today: luma.com/dnpnqonr
🧠 Talk shop on Siri, App Intents, Shortcuts and more
🎙️ Join @matthewcassinelli.bsky.social and fellow automators
⚡ Get ready for what’s new and what’s coming next
🎟️ Sign up today: luma.com/dnpnqonr
Here's more detail about my Siri AI Automators meetup series, starting in Portland:
I am planning events in LA, San Francisco, and possibly Seattle.
With a key sponsor, I'll fly anywhere in US and host an event in your city.
I am planning events in LA, San Francisco, and possibly Seattle.
With a key sponsor, I'll fly anywhere in US and host an event in your city.
Join Me for the Siri AI Automators meetup in Portland – Matthew Cassinelli
Hello friends – I am hosting a free Siri AI Automators meetup this Thursday in Portland, Oregon, and you’re invited! First Siri AI Automators meetup in Portland Join us to discuss new Siri updates, improvements to Apple Intelligence, and how App Intents—the API that powers Shortcuts—is an integral connection between your app and the Apple […]
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June 18, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Here's more detail about my Siri AI Automators meetup series, starting in Portland:
I am planning events in LA, San Francisco, and possibly Seattle.
With a key sponsor, I'll fly anywhere in US and host an event in your city.
I am planning events in LA, San Francisco, and possibly Seattle.
With a key sponsor, I'll fly anywhere in US and host an event in your city.
I'm hosting the Apple Intelligence Automators meetup in exactly one week – I hope to see you there!
My thanks to Apple for featuring it on their WWDC Community Events page 🙏
My thanks to Apple for featuring it on their WWDC Community Events page 🙏
June 2, 2026 at 9:37 PM
I'm hosting the Apple Intelligence Automators meetup in exactly one week – I hope to see you there!
My thanks to Apple for featuring it on their WWDC Community Events page 🙏
My thanks to Apple for featuring it on their WWDC Community Events page 🙏
If you’re around for WWDC, next Tuesday afternoon is my free meetup.
Come learn all about Apple Intelligence, App Intents, and Shortcuts updates!
Details: lu.ma/ai6mx0lr?tk=...
Come learn all about Apple Intelligence, App Intents, and Shortcuts updates!
Details: lu.ma/ai6mx0lr?tk=...
Apple Intelligence Automators Meetup at CommunityKit · Luma
Join Apple Intelligence Automators
Folks interested in Apple Intelligence, App Intents, and Shortcuts at CommunityKit during WWDC25
lu.ma
June 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you’re around for WWDC, next Tuesday afternoon is my free meetup.
Come learn all about Apple Intelligence, App Intents, and Shortcuts updates!
Details: lu.ma/ai6mx0lr?tk=...
Come learn all about Apple Intelligence, App Intents, and Shortcuts updates!
Details: lu.ma/ai6mx0lr?tk=...
Portlanders! I am running the Siri AI Automators meetup this Thursday discuss the new updates.
I'm hosting in my office building across from Powell's – if there's more interest than capacity, I'll move to a larger venue: luma.com/z6gbu7tb
I'm hosting in my office building across from Powell's – if there's more interest than capacity, I'll move to a larger venue: luma.com/z6gbu7tb
Siri AI Automators meetup (Portland) · Luma
Welcome to the first Portland edition of the Siri AI Automators meetup!
This event was previously held during Apple's WWDC25 and WWDC26 week as part of…
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June 15, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Portlanders! I am running the Siri AI Automators meetup this Thursday discuss the new updates.
I'm hosting in my office building across from Powell's – if there's more interest than capacity, I'll move to a larger venue: luma.com/z6gbu7tb
I'm hosting in my office building across from Powell's – if there's more interest than capacity, I'll move to a larger venue: luma.com/z6gbu7tb
I have a tragic condition called Automators Disease where I take any basic technical task that involves multiple steps and 1-5 minutes of time and try to automate it, spending dozens to hundreds of hours getting it working and then abandoning it the moment I do
March 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I have a tragic condition called Automators Disease where I take any basic technical task that involves multiple steps and 1-5 minutes of time and try to automate it, spending dozens to hundreds of hours getting it working and then abandoning it the moment I do
Besides manufacturing automation (related to the original Luddite movement!), this first type/category includes decision-making algorithms built on procedural logic.
For this whole "Automators" type, Williams warns us to check for human agency and accountability in its application.
For this whole "Automators" type, Williams warns us to check for human agency and accountability in its application.
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Besides manufacturing automation (related to the original Luddite movement!), this first type/category includes decision-making algorithms built on procedural logic.
For this whole "Automators" type, Williams warns us to check for human agency and accountability in its application.
For this whole "Automators" type, Williams warns us to check for human agency and accountability in its application.
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