The Who's Who of AI

“"'The fact that this policy exists at all is due to the enormous work of parents across the city who spoke out against the overreach of A.I. into their kids’ classroom,” @kellyclancy.bsky.social said."”

“Meanwhile in New York www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/n...”

“A good rule of thumb: If the press release (or stenographic news reporting masquerading as journalism) says that an "AI" did something, that's deliberate obfuscation. Software doesn't do anything of its own accord, but folks sure like to talk about it as if…”

“Instead of railing against the latest “I asked Claude” article in a mainstream publication, I’ll just post this.”

“This isn’t the gotcha you think. www.chronicle.com/article/my-s...”

“this piece by @jeffsharlet.bsky.social about what his students have said about AI, why they're using it, and what they think about it. "Nobody used the term “arms race,” but that’s what they described: enormous pressure to use AI or fall behind those who ar…”

“An expanding civic grammar for AI rights #AIBillofRights #DataCenterBillofRights www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...”

“Though President Trump rescinded the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, it is having a second life. As red and blue states draft their own versions, they're drawing on the vocabulary Americans have long reached for to contest power, @alondra.bsky.social wr…”

“I really want to hear from the dozens of journalists who wrote glowing profiles of Alpha School in the last few years. Actually scratch that. I never want to hear from them again.”

“Grateful to @futurism.com for writing this story about what is happening at Alpha School. Includes quotes from the brilliant @audreywatters.bsky.social, described to me today as the "poet laureate" for advocates of our shared humanity. futurism.com/artifici…”

““There is no pleasure or pain for an AI, no skin in the game,” the philosopher Carissa Véliz writes in her recent #book Prophecy. As a result, an AI “cannot care, and therefore cannot value”. #authors www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...”

““But whereas des Esseintes’s withdrawal is an immersion into the subtleties of sensation, Johnson’s ‘Don’t Die’ movement treats the delights of the senses as suspect, even fatal.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...”

““Professors describe the effort as a dystopian academic nightmare, in which ideologues are wielding technology to sideline subject-matter experts.””

““Some say the effort to ferret out forbidden topics is a dystopian academic nightmare.” A Texas University Becomes a Petri Dish for a Conservative Overhaul www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...”

“The findings here and the quotes from the people surveyed are frightening, particularly given how predatory and untrustworthy these companies are.”

“> 1 in 4 US adults now turn to AI chatbots for emotional or personal advice, per a new Elon/WaPo poll. For adults under 50, it jumps to nearly 40%. While half say it helps with loneliness, not everyone knows the privacy stakes. Chat logs are retained and al…”

“Lots to digest here but one piece that sticks out is the proposed regulatory framework is mostly voluntary and opaque. Hinges on voluntary certification and selective safety partnerships & evaluations behind closed doors without clear public oversight mecha…”

“Oh sorry, Canada is kinda in the AI game... but mostly as a spectator 🎟️ (when compared to spending by the US, EU and China) www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...”

“One of them is RLVR, which I’ve written about here as clearly as I could, albeit in a different context: mail.cyberneticforests.com/its-not-just...”

“Not using AI? You must pay an AI company $$$ to certify you, and then accept their AI-generated recommendations for how to not sound like AI.”