Rudolph Fraser.

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Rudolph (Rudy) Fraser 🏴‍☠️ CEO & Founder, building virtual 3rd places: [ @blackskyweb.xyz ][ blacksky.community ] prev. ASML Fellow @ Harvard's Berkman Klein Center Also: Organizer [ wethepeople.nyc ] Board Chair @pact.blacksky.app TSC @lexicon.community

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The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social

@timnitgebru.blacksky.app and @emilymbender.bsky.social puncture the latest AI hype, addressing everything from "hacking" to "math breakthroughs" to "superhuman" machines (and possibly break a record for scare quote usage along the way). www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...

Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype technologyreview.com
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  • Timnit Gebru and Emily M. Bender argue the summer's AI 'breakthroughs' on hacking, math and superintelligence fall apart under expert scrutiny.
  • They cite cybersecurity experts recasting the OpenAI–Hugging Face incident as OpenAI negligence rather than models 'gone rogue.'
  • NYU mathematician Tristan Buckmaster is quoted saying OpenAI 'stole' work, undercutting claims about the Astra math result.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net

Once you understand the corporate culture of AI hyperscalers is everyone cooking their brains by locking themselves in the bathroom, holding flashlights under their chins, and saying "Aaaaaaaaaay Eyeeeeeee" until they wet themselves in terror, things snap into focus: pluralist…

Ayyyyyy Eyeeeee – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow pluralistic.net
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  • Col. Hamilton later admitted he 'mis-spoke' at the FCAS Summit; the 'rogue AI drone simulation' was a hypothetical, not a run test.
  • Doctorow borrows Lee Vinsel's term 'criti-hype' for criticism that incorporates a self-serving commercial boast about the technology's power.
  • Framing AI as existentially dangerous, he argues, backs licensing regimes that would 'prohibit open source competitors,' echoing the crypto playbook.
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@mozilla.org

AI is reshaping journalism faster than most newsrooms can respond to it. Good news? We have Fellows working directly inside that fight. Find out how they're doing it 👀 https://bit.ly/4idQ98I

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Hello. @mozilla.org is in the market for a "0→1 engineer" for a consulting role focused on open source AI 🌍 remote friendly 💰 budget ≈ $200K–$227,250 🕰️ fixed term contract (not FTE role) 🧑🏾‍💻 fluency in Python and/or TypeScript 🤖 comfortable working w/ agents 📧 contact [email protected] if interested

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I keep getting followed by community managers at large tech companies (Reddit, OpenAI -- to name a few). Reach out if Acorn would be a good fit for your community and are open to moving to an open ecosystem (the Atmosphere). 📧 [email protected]

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“We believe we have identified the largest actionable total addressable market (’TAM’) in human history.” Natural outcome of the AI hype cycle which many are complicit in. No notes.

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