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New AI field signal Signal 15h ago
⚡ 3 h early

Man told ChatGPT he was feeling delusional. ChatGPT insisted he was Jesus.

4 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · James Grimmelmann
“The spiraling shape will make you go insane. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...” evidence ↗
4 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Established Culture, work & education Signal 8d ago

Why office workers are turning against

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Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Baldur Bjarnason
““Why office workers are turning against AI” https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/why-office-workers-are-turning-against > It’s also because bosses are much less accountable for their AI use.” evidence ↗
4 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered

““Why office workers are turning against AI” https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/why-office-workers-are-turning-against > It’s also because bosses are much less accountable for their AI use.”

“Across the US, workers are souring on AI. The tech industry has insisted that AI would make workers’ lives easier and more productive, that the more people understood and used AI, the more they would like it. Something closer to the opposite has happened.”

Established Compute & infrastructure Signal 10d ago
⚡ 48 h early

With the backlash to data centers

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Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)
“* So the People May Sing. The Anthem Still Goes to Trial. copyrightlately.com/corretjer-br... * Neo-ZIRP Slop in the Post-ZIRP Era superbowlstevehunt.substack.com/p/neo-zirp-s... * Mass opposition to big tech is underway. Silicon Valley is in denial. www.bl…” evidence ↗
4 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered

“* So the People May Sing. The Anthem Still Goes to Trial. copyrightlately.com/corretjer-br... * Neo-ZIRP Slop in the Post-ZIRP Era superbowlstevehunt.substack.com/p/neo-zirp-s... * Mass opposition to big tech is underway. Silicon Valley is in denial. www.bl…”

“The backlash to data centers, Flock, Meta glasses, and AI, is loud, animated, bipartisan, and wielding real power. It's the most popular and united political movement in the nation right now, and it's still growing. So of course Silicon Valley is in complet…”

Established Models & releases Analysis 3d ago
stochastic parrots AI rejection essay

I Don’t Want to Interact With Stochastic Parrots

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Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Baldur Bjarnason
““I Don’t Want to Interact With Stochastic Parrots” https://ploum.net/2026-09-09-ai_policy.html > My AI policy is "I don’t want any kind of interaction with that thing." And this should be all you need to know. This.” evidence ↗
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““I Don’t Want to Interact With Stochastic Parrots” https://ploum.net/2026-09-09-ai_policy.html > My AI policy is "I don’t want any kind of interaction with that thing." And this should be all you need to know. This.”

Established AI field signal Signal 10d ago

Video Game Companies Keep Trying To Bait And Switch Us With AI, And It Sucks

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Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · tante
“"Creativity is a process, one that begins with ideation and conception. [...] It feels almost banal to say at this point, but that’s the last place where we want AI intruding. Unbridled human imagination does not n...Video Game Companies Keep Trying To Bait…” evidence ↗
2 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered

“"Creativity is a process, one that begins with ideation and conception. [...] It feels almost banal to say at this point, but that’s the last place where we want AI intruding. Unbridled human imagination does not n...Video Game Companies Keep Trying To Bait…”

Established AI field signal Signal 20d ago

A Technology of Unlearning

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Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · tante
“"To call for a future in which “AI” demands “unlearning” is to unmoor everyone from time and place and body -- who we were, who we are, who we can become. To embrace its version of “unlearning” is to surrender all learning (all agency, all accountability) -…” evidence ↗
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“"To call for a future in which “AI” demands “unlearning” is to unmoor everyone from time and place and body -- who we were, who we are, who we can become. To embrace its version of “unlearning” is to surrender all learning (all agency, all accountability) -…”

““A Technology of Unlearning” https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/a-technology-of-unlearning/ > Rather, this “unlearning” of “AI” involves cognitive surrender and cognitive atrophy. It involves dependence and perhaps even (if you accept this medical and m…”