“"AI is, above all else, a weapon of class war from above. Whether it’s the state that wields it or corporations does little to change that fact." A nice corrective in Jacobin by @hagenblix.bsky.social and Ingeborg Glimmer jacobin.com/2026/07/ai-n...”
“jacobin.com/2026/07/ai-n... “AI is a machine that takes good jobs and makes them precarious. It’s a machine for turning stable employment into gig work””
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Eugene Vinitsky: I think it's reasonable to ask of a research program that purports to automate away all jobs that it provide a positive vision of the future more confident than "hey, maybe we'll "cure" cancer alon…
Eugene Vinitsky: I've been talking about this a lot lately and it just feels like the moral cases in the field are significantly less developed than they should be and it's eating at me a bit
Juan Diego Rodriguez: This eats at me all the time. I don’t know what to do about it
“We are in the making AI slop against AI data centers hellscape grift now. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Story by @mjgault.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/ai-grifters-...”
“People now hate data centers so much that they're falling for anti-data center AI #slop on Facebook. Can't even say if that's good news or bad news, probably both? www.404media.co/ai-grifters-...”
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Roland Meyer: People now hate data centers so much that they're falling for anti-data center AI #slop on Facebook. Can't even say if that's good news or bad news, probably both? www.404media.co/ai-grifters-...
Olivia Guest: People now hate data centers so much that they're falling for anti-data center AI #slop on Facebook. Can't even say if that's good news or bad news, probably both? www.404media.co/ai-grifters-...
Olivia Guest: This is relevant I think olivia.science/entryism/
“The «Asian Vikings» even made into one of Trump's executive orders: «…one major AI model changed the race or sex of historical figures — including the Pope, the Founding Fathers, and Vikings — when prompted for images because it was trained to prioritize DE…”
“The right loves AI slop. Why? I investigate in @thebulwark.com today: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-slop-d...”
“«AI slop lets the right simultaneously annoy anti-AI liberals, animate divisive stereotypes, and boost tech companies embracing anti-democratic principles, all while increasing social media engagement.» #Slopaganda www.thebulwark.com/p/the-slop-d...”
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Roland Meyer: «AI slop lets the right simultaneously annoy anti-AI liberals, animate divisive stereotypes, and boost tech companies embracing anti-democratic principles, all while increasing social media engagem…
Roland Meyer: Great article, thanks to @alicetiara.bsky.social @thebulwark.com for citing my work
Ben Williamson: «AI slop lets the right simultaneously annoy anti-AI liberals, animate divisive stereotypes, and boost tech companies embracing anti-democratic principles, all while increasing social media engagem…
““Nearly all aspects of the accounts appear to be AI-generated — from the “person” in the video to automated responses to comments, which in some cases attempt to mimic African American vernacular — and experts warn scams like this are growing every day.””
“It's the same as in the Gemini controversy: It's about who can appropriate history, e.g. historical forms and narratives, and who has to be excluded and marginalized humanities.org.au/power-of-the...”
“«… maybe his new airport logo is kind of a perfect use case for AI. The displaying of the US Great Seal is highly restricted, so it’s unlikely that an airport in Florida would be authorized to flaunt it as a logo … But with AI, you can quickly spit out a ch…”
“«One account on Facebook posted numerous videos of a young woman dressed in Army combat camouflage … [The] account [belongs] to a coordinated campaign … that also posted pro-Iran videos and … videos of Israeli soldiers. The accounts seemed to be operated by…”
“Jetzt online: die sechste und letzte Folge von #Slopaganda, meiner Online-Kolumne für die @woz.ch: «Slopaganda von links?» Und natürlich gilt auch hier Betteridges Gesetz: Jede Überschrift, die mit einem Fragezeichen endet, kann, ja muss mit einem Nein bean…”
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