Being anti-AI feels like being anti-war
Commentary: Cory Doctorow: Technopolitics
It's one thing to be anti-AI in the sense of believing that AI-generated slop, disinformation and deepfakes are bad; that AI companies that hope to con your boss into firing you and replacing you with AI that can't do your job are bad; that betting the economy on AI is bad; that betting the human-habitable planet Earth on AI is bad; that running roughshod over local environmental rules and seizing …Read More
Don't fall into the anti-AI hype - <antirez>
afra wang on Twitter / X
a great @NewYorker essay by Becca Rothfeld on the humanistic reasons behind the anti-AI movement: AI is arriving too early in young people’s lives, and they fear it will prevent them from growing into fully fledged humans—in a sense, an existential threat.… pic.twitter.com/LgqL4TgJEJ— afra wang (@afrazhaowang) October 9, 2026
AI* Index & AI Agent Index
* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
Human-powered AI*
Data labeling, user data being sent to human contractors for processing (e.g. humans making phone calls for Meta’s Muse), etc. * I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
AI* doomsday
Search terms: AI doomerism, p(doom) * I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
AI* model collapse/recurring motifs
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General/wide-ranging discussions about AI*
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AI* and fascism/discrimination/bias/politics
See also law enforcement/surveillance/war: semble.so/profile/aiueo.ooo/collections… * I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
AI* data centers/environmental concerns
* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
AI* technology/models/benchmarks
* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
AI* tools
* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
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Stop trusting the extinction math
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As an AI-adjacent network neuroscience person who has also studied bits of media structure and political economy, I strongly agree with…
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Muse, in its own files
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Data Centre Silence
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More Americans now say data centers are negative for the environment, energy costs and more
New estimate of AI e-waste - VU Amsterdam
E-waste challenges of generative artificial intelligence
Ghost in the Machine
Ghost in the Machine | Full Documentary
Ghost in the Machine | A.I. Documentary | Independent Lens
Machine Learning Glossary | Google for Developers
Glossary of Terms for Artificial Intelligence | Columbia Business School
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Human-powered AI* (by あ) — Semble
ハルシネーション排除、最大200倍高速――元OpenAI研究者の新AI「Jev」は何が違うのか
Jev introduces a new shape of LLM—System One, aka Decision Models
Sung Kim (@sungkim.bsky.social)
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Muse, in its own files
human.json
LLM cliché highlighter
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
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