Gil Durán

Using chatbots for nonfiction and journalism seems like playing Russian roulette with a semi-automatic firearm. Writing is hard enough without a minefield of fabricated quotes and flagrant plagiarism. Also, the cognitive offloading seems to weaken discipline. www.nytimes.com/2…

Book on Truth in the Age of A.I. Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I. nytimes.com

Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? Start Here. “Democrats cannot just ‘win the midterms’ and go back to life before Donald Trump and his army of tech bros upended our way of life,” writes @tressiemcphd.bsky.social gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...

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“Big Tech is essentially its own religion with its own theology and rites, not to mention its own power and influence. Pope Leo’s encyclical will be automatically viewed as false doctrine.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/t...

As A.I. Fever Rises in Silicon Valley, Pope Leo Has a Few Words nytimes.com

They still can’t quite say it, but the establishment press is getting so, so close to grasping the situation. I think I predicted 2027 as the year when even the New York Times will take this stuff seriously. I’m an optimist! www.axios.com/2026/06/20/a...

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Rarely do we see a venture capitalist speak out against fellow VCs. "We Can’t Let My Former V.C. Colleagues Buy Off Our Democracy." Please read and share (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/o...

Opinion | We Can’t Let My Former Venture Capital Colleagues Buy Off Our Democracy nytimes.com

AI, Argentina, Antichrist. Peter Thiel’s decision to plant roots in Argentina makes a lot more sense now that President Javier Milei has unveiled plans to ban AI regulation and allow "non-human" corporations. The "Network State" rears its ugly head. www.thenerdreich.com/ai-arg…

AI, Argentina and the Antichrist: Thiel’s Vision Blooms thenerdreich.com

Scott Wiener, who is running to replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress, is a poster boy for how tech money also warps Democratic politician brains. He launched an AI chatbot to attack his opponent. Predictably, it was a disaster. A strange tale of AI psychosis. missionlocal.org/2026…

‘Apologize and take it down’: Scott Wiener pulls plug on Connie Chan AI chatbot missionlocal.org

When billionaires preach "abundance," remember that the richest man in the world killed the poorest children in the world just for the LOLs. And if these AI fascists get their way, most of us will join the starvation class. www.thenerdreich.com/a-silicon-va...

Elon Musk's USAID Cuts: A Silicon Valley Genocide thenerdreich.com

Politico's owner is giving Peter Thiel an award. Semafor just added more tech billionaires to its Silicon Valley suck-up advisory board. Now comes the Economist's "Insider" interview with Elon Musk, sponsored by Anthropic. The sorry state of business/tech journalism in one stunning image.

Xavier Becerra has gone silent since winning the primary for California governor. But here he is with Peter Thiel protégé Garry Tan—Palantir’s employee #10. “Garry’s List” is an AI-generated right-wing news site. Garry is a top Network State figure & tweeted “die slow” at SF city leaders in 2024.

One thing AI LLMs are very good at: convincing their victims that mediocrity is greatness, and that the ability to generate high volumes of mediocre content is a substitute for skill, talent, or work. This is the distinct impression I get every time I look at LinkedIn.

Someone bought an AI-generated fake ripoff of my book...and then left me a NASTY one-star review on Goodreads. A good reason to avoid buying your books on Amazon, folks! You won't find any AI-generated decoy fake books on @bookshop.org (The reader is fixing the review after writing to me)

Peter Thiel's interest in New Zealand and Argentina traces back to the 1997 book "The Sovereign Individual," which argued that technology would collapse nation-states like the USA in the 21st century. Almost 30 years later, he is still chasing the "prophecy" (now AI and Antichrist-enhanced)

Silicon Valley: Everyone must use AI for everything all the time! It's a miracle! Also Silicon Valley: Please do not use AI, it is too expensive (and we are watching you)

BlueSky has its problems, but I appreciate the lack of vagueposting and AI-generated story-lying here. Every time I crack open one of the older social media sites, it's a tidal wave of overwrought engagement bait. Even the annoying things about BlueSky are decidedly human.

West Coast: I’ll be on CNN in the 9 pm hour to discuss Peter Thiel, The Nerd Reich, and the billionaire plot to use AI and crypto to kill democracy. Tune in!

The number of AI-powered scams targeting new authors is very odd. How much money do they think writers have for all of these fake book clubs and other scam services? I even got a personal note from "JK Rowling" offering to boost my book.🫠

Someone published a fake AI knockoff of my book and it’s *terrible.* Really shows the limitations of the technology! It tried to guess my book and got nowhere near it—confidently! I’ll do a review at some point. (It’s been removed from Amazon)