They are also intentionally conflating machine-learning and generative AI slop to confuse and try to make GenAI seem necessary. Google Maps traffic stuff is machine learning, not GenAI, for example. Auto-correct is too. Don't let them make you lose the thread. GenAI slop is slop.
the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
October 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
They are also intentionally conflating machine-learning and generative AI slop to confuse and try to make GenAI seem necessary. Google Maps traffic stuff is machine learning, not GenAI, for example. Auto-correct is too. Don't let them make you lose the thread. GenAI slop is slop.
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
Rage Against the Machine Learning
December 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Rage Against the Machine Learning
I miss machine learning as the buzzword. It promised less
September 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I miss machine learning as the buzzword. It promised less
"I think there's a small but real chance he's eventually remembered as a Bernie Madoff- or Sam Bankman-Fried-level scammer."
Sam Altman's Coworkers Say He Can Barely Code and Misunderstands Basic Machine Learning Concepts
The OpenAI CEO reportedly confuses basic coding and machine learning terms, numerous insiders have admitted.
trib.al
April 8, 2026 at 4:39 AM
"I think there's a small but real chance he's eventually remembered as a Bernie Madoff- or Sam Bankman-Fried-level scammer."
I became a very uninteresting party guest recently when I started pointing out that everyone was just talking about what we used to call machine learning and why don’t we still call it machine learning and also it would be more accurate to call it machine copying and anyway
i think the biggest public relations coup AI boosters scored was calling it “AI.” people genuinely think it is an intelligence, and that when they query it, it is providing reasoned answers
it's jolting how little AI skepticism has reached the general public. i've had many acquaintances ask whether i use AI for research and seem shocked when i tell them it's completely useless for that purpose. my wife recently told her colleagues about hallucinations and it was news to all of them.
May 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I became a very uninteresting party guest recently when I started pointing out that everyone was just talking about what we used to call machine learning and why don’t we still call it machine learning and also it would be more accurate to call it machine copying and anyway
Rage Against the Machine Learning
September 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Rage Against the Machine Learning
It does suck that "AI" now means both generative AI (boo hiss) and a whole basket of incredibly useful machine learning techniques.
June 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
It does suck that "AI" now means both generative AI (boo hiss) and a whole basket of incredibly useful machine learning techniques.
Schools are like "hey lock up your cell phones they're too damaging to the learning process. now please open up your lying plagiarism machine and start generating content"
April 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Schools are like "hey lock up your cell phones they're too damaging to the learning process. now please open up your lying plagiarism machine and start generating content"
How to confuse machine learning.
January 2, 2024 at 9:39 PM
How to confuse machine learning.
my paper was rejected a while back because, according to the reviewer, "it demonised machine learning," and I fully embraced the label "machine learning demonizer" since
I had a viral tweet comparing machine learning to cocaine.
I was then approached by a major tech media outlet to write a series exploring what different kinds of AI would be if they were drugs, but I declined as I didn't want to be known as the 'AI as drugs' guy
I was then approached by a major tech media outlet to write a series exploring what different kinds of AI would be if they were drugs, but I declined as I didn't want to be known as the 'AI as drugs' guy
I have a game. What were you "known" for on Twitter?
I'll go first. I'm the woman who caused Dave Ramsey to mass-block Royals Twitter.
I'll go first. I'm the woman who caused Dave Ramsey to mass-block Royals Twitter.
November 18, 2024 at 9:36 AM
my paper was rejected a while back because, according to the reviewer, "it demonised machine learning," and I fully embraced the label "machine learning demonizer" since
Because inspiration is not machine learning, and pretending it is does nobody any favours.
October 13, 2023 at 9:33 PM
Because inspiration is not machine learning, and pretending it is does nobody any favours.
It is possible to build machine learning systems which punch up instead of punching down.
A lot of people say generative AI shouldn't infringe on copyright. These researchers actually tried to do it. The result: an 8 terabyte dataset of text that's openly licensed or in the public domain & 7 B parameter model that performs as well as Meta's Llama 7B www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | AI firms say they can’t respect copyright. These researchers tried.
A new effort using only openly licensed data may have implications on thorny policy disputes around copyright and AI
www.washingtonpost.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
It is possible to build machine learning systems which punch up instead of punching down.
It's not artificial intelligence, it's just substandard machine learning
August 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It's not artificial intelligence, it's just substandard machine learning
bias is also a term of art in machine learning that has long been used this way for machine learning models
Algorithmic bias - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 24, 2026 at 9:06 PM
bias is also a term of art in machine learning that has long been used this way for machine learning models
"Machine Learning" and "Artificial Neural Networks," not LLM or GPT type "generative AI"
Scientists have used artificial intelligence to create an enzyme that can eat one of the toughest plastics on Earth. The enzyme breaks polyurethane down into reusable chemicals in just 12 hours at 50°C, turning it back into raw materials. Truly circular recycling. buff.ly/oUxRjjl #ShareGoodNewsToo
Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane
Given a dozen hours, the enzyme can turn a foam pad into reusable chemicals.
buff.ly
January 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
"Machine Learning" and "Artificial Neural Networks," not LLM or GPT type "generative AI"
Of course it is:
Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/s...
Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/s...
Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations
Would you pay $169 for an introductory ebook on machine learning with citations that appear to be made up? If not, you might want to pass on purchasing Mastering Machine Learning: From Basics to Ad…
retractionwatch.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Of course it is:
Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/s...
Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/s...
Harsh truths of machine learning
February 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Harsh truths of machine learning
Machine learning
These things just fucking hate going to space
BREAKING: SpaceX Starship explodes during static fire test
June 19, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Machine learning
Machine Learning, buddy. You’re looking for the term Machine Learning.
If you care about traffic — if you care about not being late to work, coming home to your kids, and saving your time — you have to care about GenAI.
GenAI has come to traffic management, and this cutting-edge tool will help the state better serve all Californians.
GenAI has come to traffic management, and this cutting-edge tool will help the state better serve all Californians.
April 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Machine Learning, buddy. You’re looking for the term Machine Learning.
this metaphor remains undefeated for explaining how a machine learning model works
June 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
this metaphor remains undefeated for explaining how a machine learning model works
Can we just call machine learning machine learning and not stick "AI" in there. Machine learning has existed for decades, but I've never heard someone call it "AI" before a few years ago.
I just can't see it as innocent anymore, sorry. There's too much money and influence involved.
I just can't see it as innocent anymore, sorry. There's too much money and influence involved.
September 11, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Can we just call machine learning machine learning and not stick "AI" in there. Machine learning has existed for decades, but I've never heard someone call it "AI" before a few years ago.
I just can't see it as innocent anymore, sorry. There's too much money and influence involved.
I just can't see it as innocent anymore, sorry. There's too much money and influence involved.