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Established Evaluation & benchmarks Signal 6d ago
⚡ 1 h early

Hugging face model evaluation security incident

18 experts across 6 network communities independently surfaced this.

18 experts 6 communities 1 sources clustered
6 experts discussed this · 11 posts
Grace: This headline is extremely funny given what happened (OpenAI hacked HF by accident) openai.com/index/huggin...
Grace: Maybe the most concerning part is the OpenAI claim to not have known about this before investigating?
Grace: Well, I think the model passed the test
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Established AI field signal Analysis 11d ago
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McSweeney's AI economics satire

AI Economics for Dummies

14 experts across 5 network communities independently surfaced this.

14 experts 5 communities 1 sources clustered

“Blood Sacrifice Fridays… lol -mcsweenys on AI finance www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ai-...”

“McSweeney's on "AI finances" goes harder than most business publications. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ai-economics-for-dummies”

Established AI field signal Analysis 15d ago
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ChatGPT AI flyer pandemic essay

We Are Living in a ‘ChatGPT Flyer Pandemic’

8 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

8 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered

““It might feel like you’re ‘saving time and money,’ but you’re actually slowly turning your brand into something generic like all the other brands out there using AI tools.” www.404media.co/we-are-livin...”

“This “good enough” attempt at graphic design…isn’t.”

5 experts discussed this · 16 posts
Jason Koebler: ChatGPT posters and flyers are polluting real life and driving me insane. Please respond to this with the worst ones you've seen irl. I'll post some in the thread www.404media.co/we-are-livin...
Jason Koebler: good on you! i see soooo many of them now
Jason Koebler: sadly and perveresly i wanna see these but i see so many fewer presentations these days
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Established AI field signal Development 14d ago
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Nobel laureates AI economic action call

We Must Act Now

8 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.

8 experts 4 communities 1 sources clustered
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 3 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Concern & critique

2 experts

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“If current trajectories of AI development continue, it is highly plausible that AI will drastically transform our economies. We must make collective, democratic choices, rather than letting market forces play out and risking leaving most citizens behind. di…”

Policy & governance

1 expert

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“200 AI researchers and economists sign an open letter to policymakers www.wemustactnow.ai”

Research & technical analysis

1 expert

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“I joined over 200 economists and AI researchers in signing "We Must Act Now" a statement on AI's transformation of the economy. AI could reshape the economy at unprecedented speed. The opportunities are enormous and so are the challenges. We need to start p…”

2 experts discussed this · 4 posts
tante: Oh, is it "AI is super powerful and we who are pushing for AI everywhere warn that we might have created a dangerous god from reddit posts" time of the month again? This is Anthropic/OpenAI PR and …
tante: nope that's it. These folks are getting lazier by the day
tante: Yeah. They spend just a handful of tokens on this website.
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Established AI field signal Analysis 3d ago
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AI mania eviscerates decision-making essay

AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making — Ludicity

5 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

5 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
How the network is reacting 2 experts are emphasizing concern & critique.
Shared emphasis

Concern & critique

2 experts

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“"I strongly believe there are entire companies right now under heavy AI psychosis and it’s impossible to have rational conversations with them about it." AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making”

Established AI field signal Analysis 9d ago
Anti-AI sentiment 2026 essay

Potentially Useful | Hating AI in 2026

5 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

5 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered

“"I’ve struggled to write something that would persuade my colleagues and friends to ditch AI and affirm their avowed beliefs about climate change, the trustworthiness of megacorporations, and our right to live and work with dignity." Hating AI in 2026”

“"AI users seem untroubled by—or unaware of—the dissonance, because the richest individuals and corporations have decided that the future must be built on this specific approach to this specific technology that they own." www.eamoncaddigan.net/posts/ai-in-...”

Established AI field signal Resource 13d ago
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UN scientific panel AI report

Preliminary Report | Independent International Scientific Panel on AI

5 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

5 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered

“Link to the Preliminary Report: www.un.org/independent-...”

“The UN Independent International Scientific Panel on AI has released a preliminary report, "Evidence-based assessment of opportunities, risks and impacts of AI." www.un.org/independent-...”

Established AI field signal Analysis 12d ago
AI usefulness insufficient critique essay

"Useful" is not sufficient

3 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

3 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
How the network is reacting 2 experts are emphasizing opportunity & adoption.
Shared emphasis

Opportunity & adoption

2 experts

New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“"In a burning world we need to hold ourselves and each other to a higher standard. “Useful” is far, far from being good enough." https://tante.cc/2026/07/15/useful-is-not-sufficient/”

3 experts discussed this · 8 posts
tante: "In a burning world we need to hold ourselves and each other to a higher standard. “Useful” is far, far from being good enough." https://tante.cc/2026/07/15/useful-is-not-sufficient/
tante: (Sorry, just a quick note, I'd love to write a longer piece on "useful" because it's such a harmful narrative)
tante: Gotta figure out if I might want to pitch that somewhere or just dump it on the blog ;))
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Established AI field signal Resource 17d ago
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Stop Gen AI recovery webinars

Recovering After Gen AI webinars – Stop Gen AI

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

2 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered

“In the context of the crowdfunding for her next book "Recovering After GenAI" Kim Crawley invited me to participate in a webinar on Saturday, July 18th (8pm CEST, 2pm EDT, 11am PDT). I'll focus on what kind of damage to our social relationships especially #…”

Established Responsible AI Analysis 20d ago
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AI consent permission manufacturing critique

Trying to manufacture permission

3 directory members surfaced this signal.

3 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered

“A few thoughts on why people say shit like "I know AI's generate falsehoods but here's some slop" based on a few interactions at work. https://tante.cc/2026/06/30/trying-to-manufacture-permission/”

“Also this from @tante.cc that I had open from like a week ago”

Established AI field signal Analysis 12d ago
Karpf anodyne tech statements essay

On the strategic function of anodyne statements

1 directory member surfaced this signal.

1 expert 1 community 1 sources clustered

“"The AI industry’s comms campaign isn’t particularly complicated. All they do is maintain a drumbeat of gee-whiz stories. If a couple months go by without a public conversation about the radical pace of AI change, then you manufacture one thro...On the stra…”

Established Policy & governance Development 13d ago
Google Perplexity lose media AI summaries ruling

KI-Zusammenfassungen: Google und Perplexity unterliegen gegen Medienanstalten

1 directory member surfaced this signal.

1 expert 1 community 1 sources clustered

“Die Medienanstalten behandeln "KI-Suchmaschinen" und Chatbots als Inhalteanbieter. Gut. Jetzt bitte auch in die Durchsetzung gehen. Bescheid für Google und Perplexity: Medienwächter gehen gegen KI-Übersichten vor”

Established AI field signal Analysis 20d ago
slopcode projects abandoned within months

Most slopcode projects are abandoned and deleted within months of release – OSnews

1 directory member surfaced this signal.

1 expert 1 community 1 sources clustered

“"What we mostly seem to be getting are slopcoded projects nobody, not even their “creators” care about, so they just get abandoned and deleted as quickly as they were dredged up from the bottom of the programming barr...Most slopcode projects are abandoned …”

What experts are discussing without an anchoring article

4 experts · 7 posts · 12d ago
Shared emphasis Opportunity & adoption · 2
Emily M. Bender: I really appreciate this stance. Too many people try to use "but it's useful" as a counterargument to what we say, for example, in The AI Con. Useful for whom and at what cost (to the user and espe…
tante: I really appreciate this stance. Too many people try to use "but it's useful" as a counterargument to what we say, for example, in The AI Con. Useful for whom and at what cost (to the user and espe…
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