Ali Alkhatib reposted
“We’re not excited to see these advancements in AI if it means it’s going to pollute our environment, spread misinformation, track us and take our jobs…”
Who's Who of AI
Ali Alkhatib
Anthropologist studying AI and technology
anthropologist [no longer] yelling at engineers. feral.
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aftermath.site
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Ali Alkhatib reposted
NEW — My first true foray into AI haterdom is about how those of us not convinced by AI’s inevitability are a real constituency worthy of a voice. Give it a read:
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Google unveils an even worse Search aftermath.site/google-search-...
Ali Alkhatib reposted
> ... Chieng leaned into his AI skepticism... btw join the AI Skeptics Reading Group: buttondown.com/ai-skeptics-... we're reading Disabling Intelligences by @fractalecho.bsky.social, and we're chatting about chapter 4 tonight :)
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Recent commentary
whenever someone tells me what a chatbot said i feel myself die a little bit on a number of levels all at once
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)
to be found by the zionists, AI dipshits, etc.. on here is like discovering a little pile of dust i had overlooked, and can now sweep up and get out of the house.
can someone tell me if the story from axios about an unnamed company spending $500M in a month on AI services is real or if it's the kind of thing where it's "$500M worth of tokens except nobody pays that rate, and so $50k actually changed hands" kind of nonsense, kind of like this stupid shit?