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Multiple readings Did someone wearing Meta Glasses film you today? Are you sure? Concern & critique · 3 attributable reactions
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Established AI field signal Signal 16d ago
⚡ 6 h early

Did someone wearing Meta Glasses film you today? Are you sure?

5 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 2 attributable expert contributions · Lilian Edwards, Dr. Elinor Carmi
“Despite my usual dislike of reactive unnecessary new law, i think there’s a strong case for criminalising deliberate removal of anti-surveillance features in consumer goods. Easily done too by a slight tweak of s 3A Computer Misuse Act 1990 www.theguardian.…” evidence ↗
5 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Olivia Guest Lilian Edwards Dr. Elinor Carmi blair Maggie Harrison Dupré
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Established Culture, work & education Development 15d ago
⚡ 7 h early
Italian brainrot AI art copyright

A battle over 'Italian brainrot' could shape who owns AI art

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Frank Pasquale
“Brainrots have taken “the youth internet by storm. In the game, different brainrot characters come out on a conveyor belt and players pick them up. But they can also steal brainrots from each other. Steal a Brainrot is one of the top games” www.npr.org/2026…” evidence ↗
2 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Lilian Edwards Frank Pasquale

“Brainrots have taken “the youth internet by storm. In the game, different brainrot characters come out on a conveyor belt and players pick them up. But they can also steal brainrots from each other. Steal a Brainrot is one of the top games” www.npr.org/2026…”

“I'm professionally really interested in this story but URL it just makes me feel terribly terribly old www.npr.org/2026/08/19/n...”

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5 experts · 8 posts · 15d ago
Martin Potthast Lilian Edwards James Grimmelmann Nicole Rust Lana Sinapayen
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“Snap. I realise i have still foolishly been forwarding a few of these emails to colleagues who i thought might be more appropriate. I now feel ashamed.” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Research & technical analysis · 2 Concern & critique · 1
Lana Sinapayen: This is genuinely one of the things that break my heart. I'm not famous but apparently chatGPT tells people that they should send me their "papers" and delusional ideas. I used to be the person in …
Martin Potthast: I guess if someone were to sit down and write a letter to you with pen and paper, this would sufficiently stick out to be worthy of note. In an environment of frictionless communication, making the…
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3 experts · 16 posts · 15d ago
Lilian Edwards Andres Guadamuz Stephan Geering
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“So if it's all data centres, are people reduing their web presence? Streaming, cloud storage, social media, email, etc. There are energy concerns as AI uses more energy, but even then the biggest e…” evidence ↗
Andres Guadamuz: I'm baffled by the data centre discourse. Has data centre morphed into AI data centre in most people's minds? I've been doing some research and the total number of AI-dedicated data centres remains…
Andres Guadamuz: So if it's all data centres, are people reduing their web presence? Streaming, cloud storage, social media, email, etc. There are energy concerns as AI uses more energy, but even then the biggest e…
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3 experts · 8 posts · 18d ago
Abeba Birhane Lilian Edwards Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র
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“i’m forced to conclude those who write these policies either lack sufficient knowledge of the technology and the ai industry at large or are intentionally pushing policies that are misleading and n…” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Policy & governance · 1
Abeba Birhane: been reading university/higher-ed policies on the use of genAI in education. most policies propose using genAI safely, ethically, & responsibly, which is an oxymoron. the way current genAI is devel…
Abeba Birhane: imo, you have to choose between using genAI OR cultivating fundamental educational values. you simply can’t have both 🤷🏾‍♀️
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