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Reaction converging Apocalypse Now and Then • EQUATOR Concern & critique · 5 attributable reactions Reaction converging Elias in the Lighthouse, Again? Diagnosing Low Diversity in LLM Stories Research & technical analysis · 5 attributable reactions Shared emphasis Entryism Policy & governance · 2 attributable reactions
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New AI field signal Analysis 5h ago
AI bot midterm fact-checking lessons

I Built an AI Bot to Fact-Check the Midterms. Here's What I've Learned.

3 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

3 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Renee DiResta Eryk Salvaggio Luis Villa

“I built an AI Community Notewriter. And here's why I think X's Community Notes is going to fail when election rumors about "rigged machines" and "illegal voters" start flying. agentsofinfluence.substack.com/p/i-built-an...”

“Really interesting hands-on digging from @noupside.bsky.social on some ways Notes has gone sideways on X: agentsofinfluence.substack.com/p/i-built-an...”

Primary source agentsofinfluence.substack.com ↗
Developing AI field signal Analysis 1d ago
AI apocalypse framing essay

Apocalypse Now and Then • EQUATOR

10 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

10 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Abeba Birhane Justin Hendrix Olivia Guest Eryk Salvaggio AI Now Institute Tamara Kneese Joris van Hoboken Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র +2
How the network is reacting 3 experts are independently emphasizing concern & critique.
Reaction converging

Concern & critique

3 experts

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“From the promises and catastrophic musings of tech CEOs to extraction from the earth and from human creativity to AI's inevitable end → read the full essay: www.equator.org/articles/aru...”

Markets & investment

1 expert

Capital, companies and commercial impact.

“Artificial intelligence is capitalism’s final destination -- Arundhati Roy www.equator.org/articles/aru... 🧵”

Questions & unknowns

1 expert

What remains unresolved or contested.

“"It feels a little like that moment before the tsunami in 2004. Remember how, in Thailand and Indonesia, the ocean drew back from the coastline? ... We’re in that moment now. A towering wall of stupidity is about to inundate us."”

2 experts discussed this · 2 posts
Justin Hendrix: "It feels a little like that moment before the tsunami in 2004. Remember how, in Thailand and Indonesia, the ocean drew back from the coastline? ... We’re in that moment now. A towering wall of stu…
David Kaye: i had to scroll to the end for this modest, "arundhati roy is a writer"
Eryk Salvaggio: "It feels a little like that moment before the tsunami in 2004. Remember how, in Thailand and Indonesia, the ocean drew back from the coastline? ... We’re in that moment now. A towering wall of stu…
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Primary source equator.org ↗
Established Models & releases Research 6d ago
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LLM story diversity diagnosis paper

Elias in the Lighthouse, Again? Diagnosing Low Diversity in LLM Stories

5 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

5 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Ted Underwood David Mimno Eryk Salvaggio Grace Sil Hamilton
How the network is reacting 5 experts are independently emphasizing research & technical analysis.
Reaction converging

Research & technical analysis

5 experts

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“In the "Limitations" section they acknowledge that their study was monolingual, but say a multilingual generalization would be interesting. arxiv.org/abs/2605.26492”

2 experts discussed this · 2 posts
Ted Underwood: was reading this and enjoying it — and then enjoyed it more when it turned out to be a paper by Sil Hamilton and @dmimno.bsky.social
David Mimno: was reading this and enjoying it — and then enjoyed it more when it turned out to be a paper by Sil Hamilton and @dmimno.bsky.social
David Mimno: The preprint is arxiv.org/abs/2605.26492, and @srhm.ca is working on a post!
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Primary source arxiv.org ↗
Established AI field signal Analysis 6d ago
AI entryism critique essay

Entryism

4 experts are actively discussing the implications.

3 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Iris van Rooij Olivia Guest Eryk Salvaggio
How the network is reacting 2 experts are emphasizing policy & governance.
Shared emphasis

Policy & governance

2 experts

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“Also see: Baba, A., Cook, D. M., McGarity, T. O., & Bero, L. A. (2005). Legislating “sound science”: the role of the tobacco industry. American Journal of Public Health, 95(S1), S20-S27. doi.org/10.2105/AJPH... For examples of extreme entryism: olivia.scien…”

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Emily M. Bender: Is there something in the water this week? It seems like the "AI" stans are more upset than usual at the thought that their chatbot idols are no more than interactive fiction and a large dollop of …
Olivia Guest: confirming it; seeing it from my account too
Iris van Rooij: Is there something in the water this week? It seems like the "AI" stans are more upset than usual at the thought that their chatbot idols are no more than interactive fiction and a large dollop of …
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Primary source olivia.science ↗
Established AI field signal Analysis 6d ago
digital tech control dystopia essay

The Digital Hands Around Our Throat

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

2 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Eryk Salvaggio Benjamin Riley

“BlueSky world, I'm looking for: -- US-based creatives (illustrators, film, art, but *not just writing*) -- Who radically oppose AI intrusion into education & schools -- And have created something(s) demonstrating their resistance Is that you? Know someone? …”

Primary source joemorse.substack.com ↗