"humanity has underestimated the consequences of computerization" yeah man you're telling me!
September 21, 2026 at 11:52 PM
"humanity has underestimated the consequences of computerization" yeah man you're telling me!
#NowWatching: ‘Ghost In The Shell’ (30th Anniversary Screening) (1995) 🚨 🤖 🫥
"𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗."
September 22, 2026 at 1:03 AM
#NowWatching: ‘Ghost In The Shell’ (30th Anniversary Screening) (1995) 🚨 🤖 🫥
"𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗."
"Communism is Soviet Power plus the Computerization of the Whole Country" - the lenin of 2032
February 17, 2026 at 7:11 PM
"Communism is Soviet Power plus the Computerization of the Whole Country" - the lenin of 2032
a lot of confusion about the future trajectory of computerization is downstream of a failure to appreciate the current extent of computerization
to me it’s more about a failure to imagine the scale and variety of software currently deployed and the near total lack of rigor employed while building it. the total addressable market is cheap fast inference in the loop of nearly all computation
maybe this is a failure of imagination on the part of people who cannot envision the scale of the training data. (understandable. it's difficult to imagine literally trillions of anything!)
March 4, 2026 at 1:40 AM
a lot of confusion about the future trajectory of computerization is downstream of a failure to appreciate the current extent of computerization
the debate about where the data centers go doesn’t really touch this question — you can put the DC somewhere else and computerization continues all the same. there are good reasons for the political fight to be about something concrete but I think it’s helpful to keep computerization in mind
August 23, 2026 at 7:38 PM
the debate about where the data centers go doesn’t really touch this question — you can put the DC somewhere else and computerization continues all the same. there are good reasons for the political fight to be about something concrete but I think it’s helpful to keep computerization in mind
now to take a big swig of tea and check in on the record of big computerization projects and the NHS
January 27, 2026 at 2:45 PM
now to take a big swig of tea and check in on the record of big computerization projects and the NHS
I do think Crespo's ongoing assertion that LLMs are just a continuation of computerization is the most economical frame we have available
a lot of the AI denialist stance boils down to "a bunch of people I know Online agree that we should stop the progression of computerization"
and, okay
HOW
a lot of the AI denialist stance boils down to "a bunch of people I know Online agree that we should stop the progression of computerization"
and, okay
HOW
none of that is really conditional on the trajectory of computerization except that there's no longer any excuse for failing to learn about software and make some. what it's really conditional on is that someone is already upper middle class+ and has a choice about these things
August 20, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I do think Crespo's ongoing assertion that LLMs are just a continuation of computerization is the most economical frame we have available
a lot of the AI denialist stance boils down to "a bunch of people I know Online agree that we should stop the progression of computerization"
and, okay
HOW
a lot of the AI denialist stance boils down to "a bunch of people I know Online agree that we should stop the progression of computerization"
and, okay
HOW
a lot of this genuinely came down to bureaucrats resisting planning reforms (including computerization) to becoming a more consumer-led economy which is partly why you had slowdowns after the Soviet economy reached the frontier
Soviet Central Planning was a parody of abundance and efficiency.
October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
a lot of this genuinely came down to bureaucrats resisting planning reforms (including computerization) to becoming a more consumer-led economy which is partly why you had slowdowns after the Soviet economy reached the frontier
i just read the day of the jackal (id seen the film and liked it) and it was *riveting*, like, the mechanics of a manhunt / evasion of same in the 1960s before computerization. besides one extremely extraneous blast of homophobia, it whipped ass (and i learned a lot about french midcentury politics)
Older ones are so good, where the tech was pieced together and people couldn’t just go from burner phone to burner phone.
February 22, 2026 at 5:54 AM
i just read the day of the jackal (id seen the film and liked it) and it was *riveting*, like, the mechanics of a manhunt / evasion of same in the 1960s before computerization. besides one extremely extraneous blast of homophobia, it whipped ass (and i learned a lot about french midcentury politics)
the whole point of having total computerization of a movie is the ability to edit *everything* in post-production without constraints.
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 PM
the whole point of having total computerization of a movie is the ability to edit *everything* in post-production without constraints.
point for my "AI is just computerization but, like, more" with all the good and bad that brings with it
I feel the same way about AI as I do about the internet—both could be incredibly valuable contributions to society if they’re managed for the public good.
In the hands of fascist tech billionaires, they’re a threat the civilization. It’s not the tech, it’s the ownership structure.
In the hands of fascist tech billionaires, they’re a threat the civilization. It’s not the tech, it’s the ownership structure.
May 4, 2026 at 2:49 PM
point for my "AI is just computerization but, like, more" with all the good and bad that brings with it
my guess on the political split on technoculture in the incoming technologization/computerization of all planetary life is augmentation/nondeterminism of function vs blackbox/instrumentalization by single function & you can see this already in how people talk about the sexed body
August 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
my guess on the political split on technoculture in the incoming technologization/computerization of all planetary life is augmentation/nondeterminism of function vs blackbox/instrumentalization by single function & you can see this already in how people talk about the sexed body
And how pissed off/distrusting he is of all the automation and over-computerization in the Excelsior.
October 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
And how pissed off/distrusting he is of all the automation and over-computerization in the Excelsior.
master of a black art for which no amount of computerization is likely to be a complete substitute...”.
#printmaking #geophysics #seismology
#printmaking #geophysics #seismology
minouette.etsy.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
master of a black art for which no amount of computerization is likely to be a complete substitute...”.
#printmaking #geophysics #seismology
#printmaking #geophysics #seismology
no, it definitely does do that. as did regular ass computers in the 50s. sometimes I think the easiest way to understand all this is just “computerization, but like way more”
It’s true that human cognition is poorly understood and the question ‘what makes us human?’ has changed a lot over time as various technologies have emerged.
But the fact that thinking and speech can now be simulated doesn’t call into question thinking and speech themselves.
But the fact that thinking and speech can now be simulated doesn’t call into question thinking and speech themselves.
February 12, 2026 at 3:08 AM
no, it definitely does do that. as did regular ass computers in the 50s. sometimes I think the easiest way to understand all this is just “computerization, but like way more”
Plz don’t ever forget I am a hero of human resistance to computerization BS 😃
Like I don't have this keen an eye spotting skynet real time like these heros of human resistance to computerization of humanity.
Not sarcastic. Ok I know now it sounds like im being sarcastic, but no.
Unplug AI
Not sarcastic. Ok I know now it sounds like im being sarcastic, but no.
Unplug AI
Really hate seeing the Criterion Channel embrace AI. There’s a right side of this and there’s a wrong side of this. I don’t see any gray.
November 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Plz don’t ever forget I am a hero of human resistance to computerization BS 😃
The Robot Building located in Bangkok, Thailand. 🇹🇭
The building was completed in 1986 and designed for the Bank of Asia to reflect the computerization of banking.
#robots #architecture #design
The building was completed in 1986 and designed for the Bank of Asia to reflect the computerization of banking.
#robots #architecture #design
August 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The Robot Building located in Bangkok, Thailand. 🇹🇭
The building was completed in 1986 and designed for the Bank of Asia to reflect the computerization of banking.
#robots #architecture #design
The building was completed in 1986 and designed for the Bank of Asia to reflect the computerization of banking.
#robots #architecture #design
March 31, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Read a lot of fawning, encyclopedic computer history books. This one is different. A clear-eyed look at the sociological effects of early computerization via specific software, with a poignant anger at where it’s led. Highly recommended.
September 2, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Read a lot of fawning, encyclopedic computer history books. This one is different. A clear-eyed look at the sociological effects of early computerization via specific software, with a poignant anger at where it’s led. Highly recommended.
Doctorate in Arts and Technology. I can't save you life but I can illustrate how interactive computerization is deskilling you and assisting in the growth of fascism
Doctorate in 18th-century media & culture. I can’t save your life but I can point to all the things invented then that will save your life now (vaccination), or make life worth living (novels, actresses on English stages), and/or need to be expunged from the earth (long list).
I have a doctorate in philosophy, I can't save your life but I can tell you you are going to die
March 28, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Doctorate in Arts and Technology. I can't save you life but I can illustrate how interactive computerization is deskilling you and assisting in the growth of fascism
Under auspices of becoming more efficient, daily tasks have become arduous and distracting.
-self check-out
-parking lot apps
-event apps
-log-in
-CAPTCHA
-Texts, emails, platform messages
-Over-computerization
We are less efficient and less alive.
-self check-out
-parking lot apps
-event apps
-log-in
-CAPTCHA
-Texts, emails, platform messages
-Over-computerization
We are less efficient and less alive.
Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.
71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted
A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.
gizmodo.com
September 18, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Under auspices of becoming more efficient, daily tasks have become arduous and distracting.
-self check-out
-parking lot apps
-event apps
-log-in
-CAPTCHA
-Texts, emails, platform messages
-Over-computerization
We are less efficient and less alive.
-self check-out
-parking lot apps
-event apps
-log-in
-CAPTCHA
-Texts, emails, platform messages
-Over-computerization
We are less efficient and less alive.
Finally got to see Ghost in the Shell at a real movie theatre, still the best movie about an AI safety incident ever made
Incredibly prescient film about the world we're currently living in, one of those bits of 80s/90s scifi that only gets more relevant with age
letterboxd.com/josephpolita...
Incredibly prescient film about the world we're currently living in, one of those bits of 80s/90s scifi that only gets more relevant with age
letterboxd.com/josephpolita...
A ★★★★ review of Ghost in the Shell (1995)
The best movie ever made about an AI safety incident. Truly, humanity *has* underestimated the consequences of computerization. An incredibly prescient film about the world we're currently living in. ...
letterboxd.com
September 21, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Finally got to see Ghost in the Shell at a real movie theatre, still the best movie about an AI safety incident ever made
Incredibly prescient film about the world we're currently living in, one of those bits of 80s/90s scifi that only gets more relevant with age
letterboxd.com/josephpolita...
Incredibly prescient film about the world we're currently living in, one of those bits of 80s/90s scifi that only gets more relevant with age
letterboxd.com/josephpolita...
"Computerization meant that the commanding heights of the economy would come to be occupied by men who had spent their formative years getting stuffed into lockers, and were now determined to exact their revenge." (paywall) www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Whither the Nerd-Bully? | Ben Tarnoff
Bill Gates was the monopolistic father figure who Silicon Valley’s young founders rebelled against—and, in so rebelling, became.
www.nybooks.com
May 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM
"Computerization meant that the commanding heights of the economy would come to be occupied by men who had spent their formative years getting stuffed into lockers, and were now determined to exact their revenge." (paywall) www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
there are still fields that resist computerization!
September 22, 2026 at 5:22 PM
there are still fields that resist computerization!
I remember as a child I believed in, like truly BELIEVED in, the stated goals of automation, robotics, and computerization. It was to *help people* do a job, not do it for them.
Reducing danger, reducing repetitive boredom, making jobs more engaging.
Very worker-centered.
Now it's worker-avoidant.
Reducing danger, reducing repetitive boredom, making jobs more engaging.
Very worker-centered.
Now it's worker-avoidant.
This is a great example of why the AI industry really shouldn’t be surprised that a lot of people now want to rend it limb from limb.
There’s a billboard near my child’s school for an AI service with the phrase “Still hiring humans?” I’m not sure how they expected that to go over with the humans who see it.
November 27, 2024 at 3:12 PM
I remember as a child I believed in, like truly BELIEVED in, the stated goals of automation, robotics, and computerization. It was to *help people* do a job, not do it for them.
Reducing danger, reducing repetitive boredom, making jobs more engaging.
Very worker-centered.
Now it's worker-avoidant.
Reducing danger, reducing repetitive boredom, making jobs more engaging.
Very worker-centered.
Now it's worker-avoidant.