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Multiple readings character.ai Policy & governance · 6 attributable reactions Reaction converging Apocalypse Now and Then • EQUATOR Concern & critique · 5 attributable reactions
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New AI field signal Signal 5h ago
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character.ai

10 experts across 5 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Ted Underwood 404 Media Ethan Zuckerman Ed Zitron Scott McGrath Alex Hern Colin tachikoma +2
2 experts discussed this · 11 posts
thebes: am sick so spent the night with opus 5.5 working on a chart (inspired by the one from lem's golem xiv) how did we got here / model genealogy / the heroic age of language modeling
Grace: am sick so spent the night with opus 5.5 working on a chart (inspired by the one from lem's golem xiv) how did we got here / model genealogy / the heroic age of language modeling
thebes: i think it's too late for the period i was focused on (i carried the branches to the modern day but only if they started in the period in question)
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Developing Policy & governance Development 1d ago
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People's AI Assembly live event

LIVE: The People's AI Assembly

6 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Timnit Gebru Anil Dash AI Now Institute Sasha Costanza-Chock Meredith Martin Veni Kunche

“Watching this @ainowinstitute.bsky.social @moreperfectunion.bsky.social event at www.youtube.com/live/ttrrVou.... Now Mamdani and one of my favorite comedians, @ilanaglazer.com”

“LIVE: The People’s AI Assembly! Tune in as we kick off with a convo with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and comedian Ilana Glazer. Followed by discussions with labor leaders, organizers, artists, journalists, and a performance by KOTA the Friend! www.yo…”

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Timnit Gebru: I know they're at capacity for in person but you can still register to join this event online. Some of the "more to be announced" speakers are the people's mayor, Zohran Mamdani. actionnetwork.org/…
Veni Kunche: I know they're at capacity for in person but you can still register to join this event online. Some of the "more to be announced" speakers are the people's mayor, Zohran Mamdani. actionnetwork.org/…
Veni Kunche: Thanks for sharing! I didn't realize there was a livestream option.
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Developing AI field signal Analysis 2d ago
AI apocalypse framing essay

Apocalypse Now and Then • EQUATOR

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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

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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

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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."”

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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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Developing Models & releases Analysis 2d ago
author resists generative AI essay

Why I Resist Generative “AI” – Esther Weidauer

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Veni Kunche Baldur Bjarnason

““Why I Resist Generative “AI” – Esther Weidauer” https://estherweidauer.com/articles/why-resist-generative-ai.html > No technology fully vanishes again once it has been developed. That doesn’t mean though that it remains widely adopted, nor that it’s even a…”

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Established AI business Development 4d ago
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AI labs pay for private employee data

AI labs are offering companies big money to hand over their employees' private Slack DMs and emails

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Hypervisible Veni Kunche

““The boom has created a thriving group of go-betweens who hunt for small businesses rich in data and low on cash. After scrubbing sensitive information like Social Security numbers and home addresses, they resell it to AI giants.””

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Established AI field signal Resource 3d ago
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AI Skeptics Reading Group

3 experts are actively discussing the implications.

2 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Ali Alkhatib Veni Kunche

“I'm writing this week's "AI Skeptics Reading Group" post, but the gist is: This week (... sorta), we're starting _Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data Empires_ by @parismarx.com. I'm super excited. Preorder/order/do-whatever-you-gotta-do t…”

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Ali Alkhatib: sickos dot jpeg
Ali Alkhatib: > "Creating is the fun part," he said. "Why would I want AI to take that away from me? The best part of comedy is figuring out the puzzle pieces of a joke and getting the self-regard from having ac…
Alex Hanna: sickos dot jpeg
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