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Tim Carmody

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Ex-liontamer, writer/editor/strategist. I used to work for Wired, The Verge, The Atlantic, The Message, Adweek, and Amazon Chronicles. I also host sometimes at Kottke.org. Call me he/him. PHL. Everything changes; don’t be afraid. https://timcarmody.com
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@antheabutler.bsky.social

In the interest of being a good professor, if you want to read the pertinent sections of Magnifica Humanitas on slavery, the "apology" and the implications for AI, skip to sections 172-181 of the Encyclical.

Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026) vatican.va
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  • Pope Leo XIV's 42,300-word Magnifica Humanitas, signed May 15 and published May 25, addresses AI as the central challenge to human dignity.
  • The encyclical states AI systems are 'cultivated' not 'built' and explicitly denies they possess experience, a body, or the capacity to feel pain.
  • Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah spoke at the Vatican's May 25 presentation alongside theologians and three cardinals.
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Paul Ford @ftrain.bsky.social

Everyone else is worried about the AI apocalypse but I’ve been hearing about that for 30 years and I can’t get very worked up any more. For me the question is: If these things can code (and they can!) then why aren’t we seeing any great software? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

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I like what Kevin and Casey do (and have known them both for years) but this is a smite-me-with-thunderbolts-ass title www.npr.org/2026/09/16/g...

Casey Newton and Kevin Roose partner with NPR to launch 'Machine Gods' npr.org
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  • Kevin Roose and Casey Newton will host Machine Gods, a video-first, twice-weekly AI show launching on NPR in October 2026.
  • The program rolls out to the NPR Member station radio network in early 2027, with production based in San Francisco.
  • NPR Chief Content Officer Nadine Zylstra framed the pickup as a strategic expansion of the network's digital slate.
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This is the canonical blog post for GPT-6 Astra (linked on X) but it won't load for me. openai.com/index/gpt-6-...

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New by me —> Now we're getting AI fake news complaining about how AI fake news is the death of real news! How a fake news site splits its energy between (a) the imagined closure of real US newspapers and (b) Chinese-friendly takes on Taiwan www.niemanlab.org/2026/07/now-...

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OpenAI briefed a bunch of media companies on GPT-6 Astra's release with an embargo time of 2pm ET… then quickly deleted scheduled blog posts with customer testimonials on its own site. I am betting we will see a late blitz from the company in twenty minutes

View on Bluesky · ♥ 16 ↻ 2 ↩ 1 · 25d ago

The AI industry’s current stance of “this tech is so dangerous someone has to stop us who isn’t us” doesn’t remind me of abuser logic so much as truly dysfunctional S&M play

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The difference between an AI using an emdash and a good writer using one is that a good writer knows what to do with it

View on Bluesky · ♥ 9 ↻ 0 ↩ 3 · 61d ago

I want to fast forward and see if a split opens between AI opposition and data center opposition. Right now they almost completely overlap, but you could conceivably say “AI no, streaming media and cloud computing yes” or “AI is good, but this many data centers this fast can’t be sustained”

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I don’t think AGI and doomsday warnings are deliberate distractions from current and near-term problems with AI (police and military use are my top two, part of a nexus of violence and surveillance) so much as too many people don’t see those things as problems at all

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$12 billion is a lot of money but it’s weird that the Los Angeles Lakers are only as valuable as a mid-tier pre-IPO AI startup

View on Bluesky · ♥ 4 ↻ 0 ↩ 3 · 47d ago

OK here's the question: Is LeBron James (even 40+ LeBron) the biggest sports star in Philadelphia history? Some contenders: * Michael Jack Schmidt * Wilt at his apex * Doc * Reggie * Chuck * Bubba Chuck (aka AI) * Big Dick Nick * Rocky (fictional) * Joe Frazier (real) * St Saquon * Eric Lindros

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One thing I don't like about Meta's AI glasses (besides their target market being entitled perverts) is that there's no real room for anyone else to develop for the hardware. There are apps I can *imagine* being useful for that form factor but we'll never see them unless Meta gets something from it

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