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Shared emphasis Reclaiming AI as a Theoretical Tool for Cognitive Science - Computational Brain & Behavior Research & technical analysis · 2 attributable reactions
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Developing AI field signal Analysis 2d ago
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developer abandons AI tools essay

I'm done using AI

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Alex Hanna Timnit Gebru Jeni Tennison Jed Brown Abstract Tesseract Baldur Bjarnason

“"There's an ineffable aspect to my favorite pieces of software where I don't think of it is as feature matrix but rather as an interface made by a human for humans that's a joy to use. And when you build software with AI, it leads to worse software." brettc…”

“"So in summary: using AI for coding led to depression, apathy, existential dread, and worse software. Not good. Add on top of that the negative environmental, community, and economic impacts of AI, and it became extremely apparent to me that something's got…”

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Established Responsible AI Analysis 10d ago
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AI ethics discourse problems essay

Six Problems With Talking About the “Ethical” or “Responsible” Use of “AI”

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Emily M. Bender The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute Charles Logan Abstract Tesseract Baldur Bjarnason

“New on the MAIHT3k newsletter -- how to move away from the untenable, uncomfortable middle ground and towards firm "AI" resistance. buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch... w/ @deccamuldowney.bsky.social”

“New on the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 newsletter: @emilymbender.bsky.social and @deccamuldowney.bsky.social on what we're talking about when we talk about "ethical" "AI", and how to move away from the untenable middle ground and towards firm "AI" resistan…”

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Established AI research Research 10d ago
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AI theoretical tool cognitive science paper

Reclaiming AI as a Theoretical Tool for Cognitive Science - Computational Brain & Behavior

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Iris van Rooij Olivia Guest Nicole Rust Abstract Tesseract
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Research & technical analysis

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“In 2023, someone asked ChatGPT to give a list of counter arguments to the preprint version of this paper, and the list of arguments was clearly based on my previous work, and not on the paper itself. The paper uses a very different kind of argument, but thi…”

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Iris van Rooij: What, in your opinion, is the strongest anti-computationalist argument out there?
Iris van Rooij: Here, by 'computationalism' I mean the metatheoretical thesis that cognition is, or can be understood as, a form of computation. See eg link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Iris van Rooij: Was not rhetorical, but I wonder if question was understood? bsky.app/profile/iris...
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Established AI field signal Analysis 9d ago
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AI slop knowledge destruction critique

AI slop and the destruction of knowledge

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Iris van Rooij Olivia Guest Eileen Clancy 🧿 Abstract Tesseract

“See also irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...”

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Iris van Rooij: Hi @vascobrazao.bsky.social, going to share some things in thread :) bsky.app/profile/iris...
Iris van Rooij: bsky.app/profile/iris...
Iris van Rooij: “The latter demonstrates nicely the core flaw of LLMs, i.e., they cannot read and summarize, because they have no understanding or knowledge.” irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...
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Established AI field signal Analysis 15d ago
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ghost in machine AI healthcare essay

Ghost in the Machine

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Emily M. Bender Mél Hogan / The Data Fix Abstract Tesseract

“My reply: Not everyone who disagrees with me, but people who are loudly aligning themselves with a fascist project. That opinion isn't knee-jerk either, but rather deeply informed. Some good starting points for learning more: @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social notai…”

“Everyone should watch this: notaidoc.com”

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Established AI field signal Signal 11d ago

These Women Warned Of AI's Dangers And Risks Long Before ChatGPT

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Timnit Gebru Abstract Tesseract

“When Rolling Stone asked him about issues I raised & got fired for he said the "notion" these machines will be "superintelligent" & kill us is much more serious than anything I warned about🙄https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/women-warning…”

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Established Responsible AI Analysis 9d ago
Tante ethics imperfect world essay

Acting ethically in an imperfect world

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Neil Turkewitz Abstract Tesseract

“Precisely! Open =/= ethical. Have you seen this marvelous essay by @tante.cc? “LLMs are based on extraction, exploitation & subjugation. Their politics is violence. How does one ‘liberate’ that? What’s the case for open source violence?””

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4 experts · 10 posts · 3d ago
Hypervisible VE, cybersocial occult investigator Mary Branscombe Abstract Tesseract
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VE, cybersocial occult investigator: So at what point do people let themselves admit this is a criminal conspiracy to engage in cybercrimes against other corporations?
VE, cybersocial occult investigator: It certainly doesn’t help that the US government a) has personalist financial grift reasons to go along with this, and b) wants to push offensive cyberops. (I’d say they’d love the plausible deniab…
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3 experts · 12 posts · 7d ago
VE, cybersocial occult investigator austin Abstract Tesseract
VE, cybersocial occult investigator: I had lately found my anger about technofascism to be so much that it was making it hard for me to feel in community with other tech people—just in general, not even ones who support fascism—so see…
Abstract Tesseract: yeah I get that it's not sustainable for everyone to be angry about everything all the time, but given how much these communities have historically been willing to overlook, it does make me feel be…
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