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Multiple readings Companies rushed in on AI. Now some are pulling back Questions & unknowns · 4 attributable reactions Reaction converging Statements — AHM Markets & investment · 5 attributable reactions Multiple readings Reclaiming AI as a Theoretical Tool for Cognitive Science - Computational Brain & Behavior Research & technical analysis · 2 attributable reactions +2 more reaction maps further down
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Developing AI business Development 2d ago
⚡ 7 h early
companies pull back from AI rush

Companies rushed in on AI. Now some are pulling back

12 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Opportunity & adoption reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Daniel Solove
“There's no surprise companies that rushed to adopt AI in the workplace are having buyers remorse. Corporate leaders should have appreciated how desperate AI companies are for growth, so of course their claims about the wonders of their AI are exaggerated. w…” evidence ↗
12 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Lauren Klein Olivia Guest Luke Stark Rachel Coldicutt Marielza Erin Kissane Eileen Clancy 🧿 Daniel Solove +4
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 3 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Questions & unknowns

2 experts

What remains unresolved or contested.

“I am sorry, which company is this? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...”

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“Microsoft found that “adding agents to a broken process still leaves a broken process” and “speeding up one step just creates a longer queue at the next” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...”

Research & technical analysis

1 expert

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“You could 've asked any experienced information system/tech researchers, & we could have told you what would happen. ”Companies rushed in on AI. Now some are pulling back. Rapid AI adoption left workers cleaning up a flood of errors and low-quality work." w…”

Primary source theguardian.com ↗
Established AI field signal Development 4d ago
AHM mathematicians issue AI statement

Statements — AHM

11 experts across 5 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Opportunity & adoption reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Jack Stilgoe
“The human mathematicians are not happy with OpenAI. It’s a fascinating argument. Not about capabilities, but about the culture and norms of science. www.ahmath.org/statements” evidence ↗
11 experts 5 communities 1 sources clustered
Abeba Birhane Ethan Mollick Timnit Gebru joao Olivia Guest J. Nathan Matias Scott McGrath Eileen Clancy 🧿 +3
How the network is reacting 3 experts are independently emphasizing markets & investment.
Reaction converging

Markets & investment

3 experts

Capital, companies and commercial impact.

“"Releasing over 700 files at once is not a demonstration of scholarship, but a demonstration of power. We urge mathematicians to discontinue their work with OpenAI and to return to a vision of science that centers human understanding." www.ahmath.org/statem…”

Research & technical analysis

1 expert

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“"OpenAI has indicated total disregard for the norms of scientific research — norms that guarantee that mathematics remains trustworthy, ethically researched, and in the public interest... We reject OpenAI's assertion that this release advances our subject" …”

Opportunity & adoption

1 expert

New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“The human mathematicians are not happy with OpenAI. It’s a fascinating argument. Not about capabilities, but about the culture and norms of science. www.ahmath.org/statements”

2 experts discussed this · 8 posts
Abeba Birhane: "Releasing over 700 files at once is not a demonstration of scholarship, but a demonstration of power. We urge mathematicians to discontinue their work with OpenAI and to return to a vision of scie…
joao: "Releasing over 700 files at once is not a demonstration of scholarship, but a demonstration of power. We urge mathematicians to discontinue their work with OpenAI and to return to a vision of scie…
Olivia Guest: maybe some useful points on this terminological issue here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi85...
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Primary source ahmath.org ↗
Established AI field signal Signal 5d ago

Faster fourier transforms

3 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Opportunity & adoption reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Ben Recht
“OpenAI’s faster Fourier transform is less a mathematical breakthrough and more a malicious exploit of mathematical traditions.” evidence ↗
3 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Ben Recht Olivia Guest Joe Bak-Coleman

“OpenAI’s faster Fourier transform is less a mathematical breakthrough and more a malicious exploit of mathematical traditions.”

4 experts discussed this · 6 posts
Ben Recht: OpenAI’s faster Fourier transform is less a mathematical breakthrough and more a malicious exploit of mathematical traditions.
Suresh Venkatasubramanian: Good analysis, but man why you gotta hate on O() notation. It's such a beautiful tool
Ben Recht: Agree to disagree! Compute your constants, my friend!
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Primary source argmin.net ↗
Established AI research Research 16d ago
⚡ 614 h early
AI theoretical tool cognitive science paper

Reclaiming AI as a Theoretical Tool for Cognitive Science - Computational Brain & Behavior

4 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Opportunity & adoption reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Iris van Rooij
“"no finite set of ‘impressive’ observations about AIs/LLMs establishes that they exhibit a (human) cognitive capacity. (...) if we propose that a machine has a cognitive capacity X, we must also formally charactise X such that the machine’s capacity Y can b…” evidence ↗
4 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Iris van Rooij Olivia Guest Nicole Rust Abstract Tesseract
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Research & technical analysis

1 expert

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“One paper I thought a lot while writing was this by @irisvanrooij.bsky.social et al (linked in my piece; I recommend). There's a role for AI for "assessing whether something is computationally possible or not, in principle and in practice." link.springer.co…”

Opportunity & adoption

1 expert

New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“"no finite set of ‘impressive’ observations about AIs/LLMs establishes that they exhibit a (human) cognitive capacity. (...) if we propose that a machine has a cognitive capacity X, we must also formally charactise X such that the machine’s capacity Y can b…”

2 experts discussed this · 21 posts
Iris van Rooij: Footnote 23 in Reclaiming AI: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Iris van Rooij: "no finite set of ‘impressive’ observations about AIs/LLMs establishes that they exhibit a (human) cognitive capacity. (...) if we propose that a machine has a cognitive capacity X, we must also fo…
Olivia Guest: Footnote 23 in Reclaiming AI: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Primary source link.springer.com ↗
Established AI field signal Analysis 7d ago
⚡ 645 h early
academics reject uncritical AI adoption

Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia

4 experts are actively discussing the implications.

Why this matches Opportunity & adoption reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Olivia Guest
“or if you prefer text: Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2026). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Digital Culture & Education. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...” evidence ↗
3 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Margaret Mitchell Iris van Rooij Olivia Guest
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Research & technical analysis

1 expert

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“See, e.g., Section 4 in our position paper for an overview of how the principles can be applied to 'AI': 📝 @olivia.science , @marentierra.bsky.social et al. (2026). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Digital Culture & Educatio…”

Opportunity & adoption

1 expert

New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“or if you prefer text: Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2026). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Digital Culture & Education. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...”

4 experts discussed this · 112 posts
Olivia Guest: if you hate LaTeX then raw text works too because remember: journals are supposed to typeset stuff for us: we pay them
Olivia Guest: or git, but depends how you work ofc
Olivia Guest: not a fan, but yes, a very good idea
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Primary source doi.org ↗
Established Compute & infrastructure Development 7d ago
⚡ 81 h early
data centers taken to court podcast

- YouTube

2 experts are actively discussing the implications.

Why this matches Opportunity & adoption reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Olivia Guest
“maybe some useful points on this terminological issue here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi85...” evidence ↗
3 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Iris van Rooij Olivia Guest Dr Keith Wilson 🏳️‍🌈
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 3 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“☀️ 📚 Day 1 of the Summer School, we had the inspiring and thought-provoking keynote by @olivia.science, titled: “What is AI, and why is it harmful?” You can watch it here 🎬 🍿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi85... 2/🧵”

Opportunity & adoption

1 expert

New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“maybe some useful points on this terminological issue here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi85...”

Questions & unknowns

1 expert

What remains unresolved or contested.

“For those who are unable to attend, you can find a version of Olivia’s talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi85...”

2 experts discussed this · 5 posts
Dr Keith Wilson 🏳️‍🌈: Excited to hear @olivia.science’s research on what #AI is and why it is harmful at today’s @adaptcentre.bsky.social webinar. (Happening now!) #PhilAI #CogSci
Dr Keith Wilson 🏳️‍🌈: For those who are unable to attend, you can find a version of Olivia’s talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi85...
Olivia Guest: oh you already found it! thank youu 🩵
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Primary source youtube.com ↗
Established AI field signal Development 10d ago
⚡ 4 h early
YouTube AI video unlabeled

- YouTube

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

Why this matches Opportunity & adoption reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Olivia Guest
“if it's not useful nor interesting, please feel free to ignore — but it can also be helpful to understand our place in a complex web spun by so-called AI (sadly) as it has roots within our fields and therefore helps to understand our reactions to it as a (m…” evidence ↗
2 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Iris van Rooij Olivia Guest

“if it's not useful nor interesting, please feel free to ignore — but it can also be helpful to understand our place in a complex web spun by so-called AI (sadly) as it has roots within our fields and therefore helps to understand our reactions to it as a (m…”

Primary source youtube.com ↗
Debates gaining attention

What experts are discussing without an anchoring article

4 experts · 9 posts · 8d ago
Emily M. Bender Olivia Guest Anthony Moser Robin Z
Matches Opportunity & adoption
“the reason "con" is such a useful way to think about tech companies is that it helps you make sense of their playbook, which is the con-man's playbook razzle-dazzle, escalation, claims to authority…” evidence ↗
Anthony Moser: *this is funny actually because professor harold hill says you don't need to practice your instrument to get good, you can "use the think method" which is not terribly dissimilar to the pitch made …
Anthony Moser: and it's important to remember (especially for talking with people who aren't interested in the tech) *you don't need to deeply evaluate or disprove the claims of a con man* you just need to spot t…
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3 experts · 12 posts · 18d ago
Olivia Guest Amy Hoy Dr Keith Wilson 🏳️‍🌈
Matches Opportunity & adoption
“As were many others. And the idea that only those who adopted AI as a term believed in things utterly consistent with today's AI hype is untenable given the literature. The phrase itself may be pro…” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Opportunity & adoption · 1
Dr Keith Wilson 🏳️‍🌈: So stop using them. There are plenty of alternatives.
Olivia Guest: FWIW Simon was quite the booster, sadly, even by today's standards
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3 experts · 10 posts · 15d ago
Olivia Guest Anil Dash tante
Matches Opportunity & adoption
“it's useful for them to pretend that's what it means of course” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Opportunity & adoption · 1 Questions & unknowns · 1
tante: But that's not how any of that works?
Olivia Guest: they have drunk some very specific kool-aid-like drinks
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2 experts · 11 posts · 12d ago
Olivia Guest Matthew Kirschenbaum
Matches Opportunity & adoption
“There's value in zooming out. What's the benefit of deflating the meaning of pain so that now plants feel pain? "Pain" as found in animals for example undergirds movements like veganism. If plants …” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Opportunity & adoption · 1 Questions & unknowns · 1
Matthew Kirschenbaum: My understanding of the LLM pain discourse is that no one is claiming that if the model says, “Ouch, my toe hurts,” it is feeling “pain.” Rather, there are patterns of activity which, —by some inte…
Matthew Kirschenbaum: But perhaps someone like @davidcrespo.bsky.social can correct me if I’m wrong.
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