“It’s literally the gulag. You have zero purpose in life all of a sudden, you barely interact with anyone, you just have these tasks every week." Every once in awhile, the clouds part & provide perfect moments of clarity. This description of life at Meta perfectly mirrors life…
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Neil Turkewitz
I write mostly about the intersection of tech & art/culture which these days means I spend nearly all my time trying to address the exploitation underlying current AI models. A secular humanist interrogating modern religions.
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‘Tell Him He’s a Piece of Shit’: Meta’s New AI Unit Is a Total Mess wired.com
Researchers Wanted Preschool Teachers to Wear Cameras to Train AI 404media.co
Opinion | Why A.I. Won’t Steal All Our Jobs - The New York Times nytimes.com
Opinion | This Could Be the Winning Issue for Democrats nytimes.com
Meta Is Charging a Subscription for Smart Glasses Features. Welcome to the New Era of Consumer Tech | WIRED wired.com
Who Will Actually Thrive in the Hybrid A.I.-Human Work Force nytimes.com
Opinion | What 370,000 College Essays Tell Us About A.I.’s Effects on Creativity nytimes.com
Opinion | A.I. Doomaxxing Is Bad for Our Economy nytimes.com
Why A.I. Safety Controls Are Not Very Effective nytimes.com
How A.I. is Changing the Way Politicians Run for Office nytimes.com
I’m launching Tech Influence Watch as AI follows crypto into politics citationneeded.news
The Origin of Clouds logicmag.io
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It’d be great if everyone interested in launching some AI project first asked themselves—would this be acceptable without the AI angle? The conflation of AI & Progress obscures judgment & erases necessary interrogation of processes. Also, can everyone stop with OPT-OUTS? That’…
“GenAI as it currently exists cannot easily replace human beings, because it cannot manifest human intelligence. That won’t stop it, however, from destabilizing society in ways more profound than we might even imagine.” @zey.bsky.social We need to focus less on the frontier & …
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“The public seems to agree that DATA CENTERS ARE GIANT, UGLY, SMELLY ALTARS TO INDUSTRIAL-SCALE HOSTILE ARCHITECTURE.” Brava @tressiemcphd.bsky.social That’s perfect. And this “hostility” isn’t limited to physical architecture. AI is hostile to our very humanity, borne of stri…
Meta Is Charging a Subscription for Smart Glasses Features. Welcome to the New Era of Consumer Tech* *Nudify feature not included in basic subscription. Nudify plans start at as little as $9.99/month. So get skin in the game. You won’t have to use your imagination to see your …
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- Meta One Premium costs $20 a month and lifts the Conversation Focus cap on its smart glasses from three hours to fifteen hours monthly.
- Conversation Focus uses the glasses' beam-forming microphones and onboard hardware to amplify a nearby speaker, with no cloud connection required.
- Even paying subscribers hit a fifteen-hour ceiling, and unused hours reportedly cannot be rolled over into the next billing cycle.
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A panel of “experts” gives us advice about the future of AI, c/o @nytimes.com Problem is, no one challenging the status quo is included. No artists leading the fight against unauthorized use of creative works to train AI. No leaders of the AI resistance. Noone from GenZ—the gr…
“The erosion of creative thinking means young people will struggle to navigate uncertainty. Workers will strain to adapt to a shifting labor market. And society will miss out on the new ideas that can solve complex problems & enhance lives.” And there’s also a darker side…
Hey @nytimes.com, can we have a private chat? I’d love to know what motivated you to publish this piece that breaks no new ground & attacks an obvious strawman—particularly given @agsulzberger.bsky.social recent 🔥 speech. Shiller wants us to believe AI has a PR problem. It has…
“Everyone in the field recognizes that guardrails remain a challenge, & likely will for some time,” said Matt Fredrikson, a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. C’mon, “likely will for some time?” They will ALWAYS remain a challenge. Not a challenge act…
“I’ll be giving a talk, and someone will say, you know, what about the morality of it? And that’s a fine debate to have, but we’re trying to win elections.” I have a counter point. Who cares about winning elections if morality is just a luxury & not central to a candidate’s pr…
“The [AI & crypto] PACs may look different from the outside, but they’re increasingly the same operation with aligned goals: deregulate the tech sector, slash consumer protections, & allow tech companies to capture even more enormous profits at the expense of everyday people.”…
Wonderful! Do you and @serife.bsky.social know each other? It seems to me that you are natural allies and friends. Here’s something amazing she wrote a few years ago. One of my all time favorites.
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A visual representation of the AI resistance we’ve seen from college graduates these past weeks.
The world offers endless opportunities. Why would anyone abandon their agency and let AI chart their path based on inferences drawn from statistical probabilities? Find your own beach…metaphorically, & possibly literally too.
Famine Memorial Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪 Statues by Dublin sculptor Rowan Gillespie Photos ©2026 Neil Turkewitz Any AI use strictly prohibited 🚫
San Diego California Temple (and no, this is not AI generated. I took this photo from a car traveling at 70 mph on the freeway!)
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