A metaphor that runs without competition
AI is not superhuman
What metaphor should drive the field of AI research?
Don't treat surface-level metaphors about AI as if they describe fundamental reality
Debates about whether AI is a “tool” or whether it’s wrong to “anthropomorphize” it often seem confused about what reality is made of
Ghost in the Machine | Full Documentary
Machine god metaphors eat your brain
There are other ways of thinking about AI
Misleading Metaphors, Real Risks
What To Fear from AI Agents and How to Reclaim Our Human Agency
The Phony Comforts of AI Optimism
A few months ago, Casey Newton of Platformer ran a piece called "The phony comforts of AI skepticism," framing those who would criticize generative AI as "having fun," damning them as "hyper-fixated on the things [AI] can't do." I am not going to focus too hard on this
Ghost in the Machine | A.I. Documentary | Independent Lens
Ghost in the Machine reveals the problematic history of artificial intelligence and the consequences it imposes on our communities and environment.
AI Philosophy Competition
The AI Philosophy Competition invites primarily AI-generated philosophy essays, judged by philosophers, to gauge the philosophical capabilities of AI. Organised by Zachary Goodsell.
Is there something it is like to be an AI?
Posted on Wednesday 2 Jul 2025. 1,593 words, 6 links. By Matt Webb.
AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.
We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI'
We share a responsibility to create and use empowering metaphors rather than misleading language, write Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie.
AI Science Fiction Versus Reality
AI, Artifice, And Authenticity
The era of badly-automated homogenized engagement slop is upon us. I desperately want to believe there's a renaissance for authenticity on the other end.
AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy (xpost)
Both sides are grappling with a real existential threat, and both sides feel like they are screaming into the void. There is a way to close the gap and get everyone pulling in the same direction.. …
AI's aesthetics of failure
On the demise of Sora and our enduring revulsion to AI slop
'Sovereignty' Myth-Making in the AI Race
Tech companies stand to gain by encouraging the illusion of a race for 'sovereign' AI, write Rui-Jie Yew, Kate Elizabeth Creasey, Suresh Venkatasubramanian.
