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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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Karl Bode @karlbode.com

I want you to notice how the New York Times does not think it's important to mention that both the OpenAI and Anthropic "AI gone rogue" hack events were completely avoidable and caused by human error

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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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Reading Habermas’s Theory of Communicative Action and thinking about chatbots, and folks, it’s not looking good for chatbots

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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

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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

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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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$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

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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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Working on a phenomenological theory of pets, specifically dogs. It’s based on a structure of mutual anticipation. Dogs try to anticipate our actions and act accordingly, and we come to anticipate theirs, to the point where we almost hallucinate archetypal actions when the dogs aren’t there

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