it's a little funny to see AI apologists try to foreground golf courses (and other stuff) to take heat off of data centers; like yeah people loathe golf courses too, but people *animately* hate AI, and you're apparently unable to think of anything that moves the needle. keep swinging though, i guess
scott weiner made a chatbot portraying connie chan, and now the chatbot is saying labor unions are "peak obstructionist labor dynamics", which are pretty scandalous words to put into the mouth of a progressive candidate, but i'm not a lawyer, so i'm not sure if it's actually libelous or simply crazy
whenever someone tells me what a chatbot said i feel myself die a little bit on a number of levels all at once
Hey, I'm in Austin Texas now. I'm pursuing a PhD at UT Austin, working with @davidthewid.bsky.social, where I'm going to be thinking about AI and tech refusal (which, in my mind, is very broad and generally inclusive). lmk if you're in the area.
if anyone sends me screenshots of tech folks who are apparently stymied by the observation that people both - hate AI (and/or data centers); and also - use AI especially in the immediate wake of something like 40 measures against data centers mostly passing in the past week, i'd be super grateful
last week we saw policies regarding AI from arxiv & from berkeley law school - both substantially limiting reckless use of AI (with different goals, methods, etc). i'm curious if anyone here is aware of other recent-ish new policies on AI use in workplaces or related settings. (let's say in 2026)
did someone write about how conspicuous and annoying it is that every tech intervention is like basically a chatbot these days? did i imagine that?
the air quality is shit but don't forget today is AI appreciation day lmao
my favorite thing about AI stories like these is that the author often tries to turn them into anodyne-sounding teachable moments, despite the circumstances leading up to these completely avoidable, self-made crises being utterly insane like how tf did you even get to this state in the first place?
AI will be a super intelligent god, without any ego or biases such as racism or transphobia; but it'll also be petty, narcissistic, and vindictive, poring over your social media history to investigate your posts, punishing you for saying "clanker" but not for doing fuckall about Palestine and Sudan.
