AI* engine optimization is as gross and corrosive as it sounds. www.404media.co/it-is-trivia...
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Jeffrey Vagle
Law professor | Privacy, AI*, Cybersecurity, Technology and Society | Veteran | There is music yet to play | https://tractatus.org
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It Is Trivially Easy to Use Reddit to Manipulate AI Search, Research Suggests 404media.co
Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains 404media.co
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026) vatican.va
No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious theatlantic.com
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Cognitive surrender to AI* takes many forms, all of them with negative consequences. www.404media.co/software-dev...
"Disinformation did not begin with AI, yet today it finds a powerful amplifier in AI...Only the shared pursuit of the veracity of facts, perceived as a common good, can provide a solid foundation for just communication." -- Pope Leo XIV www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Amen. No, artificial intelligence is not conscious. www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...
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Well this screams “getting ahead of the story” openai.com/index/our-vi...
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On today's pod: - Google Employees Internally Share Memes About How Its AI Sucks - Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal: Watch now:
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At a campground and the folks in the neighboring site (with the $500k+ RV) are loudly playing an AI* booster podcast.
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