Abstract Tesseract
@abstracttesseract.bsky.social
(sometimes-computational) linguist, AI/ML unenthusiast, Luddite, they/he
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The truth is, organizers are not magical people whisperers, and we can't indulge that fantasy in the name of empowerment or motivation.
Some places and people are ready to be approached, some places and people aren't.
Some places and people are ready to be approached, some places and people aren't.
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The truth is, organizers are not magical people whisperers, and we can't indulge that fantasy in the name of empowerment or motivation.
Some places and people are ready to be approached, some places and people aren't.
Some places and people are ready to be approached, some places and people aren't.
I don't have any particular goodwill for anyone at OpenAI, but if I did, the kindest thing I could wish for them is that their company and products be dismantled, and that they find a way to spend the rest of their careers making reparations for the evil they've done
“OpenAI’s court filing argued that the harms in this case were at least partly caused by Raine’s ‘failure to heed warnings, obtain help, or otherwise exercise reasonable care,’ as well as the ‘failure of others to respond to his obvious signs of distress.’”
OpenAI denies allegations that ChatGPT is to blame for a teenager's suicide
Adam Raine's family sued the AI company in August. On Tuesday, OpenAI said in a new court filing that it isn't responsible for the teen's death.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I don't have any particular goodwill for anyone at OpenAI, but if I did, the kindest thing I could wish for them is that their company and products be dismantled, and that they find a way to spend the rest of their careers making reparations for the evil they've done
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Shoutout to food. Yall ever had food? stuff is spectacular.
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Shoutout to food. Yall ever had food? stuff is spectacular.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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I'm thrilled to see this piece in the world. Through it, Dr. Milagros Miceli and her team have put some language to the worker-led methodology which they have developed.
📣New paper!
Thrilled to share the methodological recipe for @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social in this article co-authored with @adiod.bsky.social @krystalkauffman.bsky.social Camilla Salim Wagner, Laurenz Sachenbacher @alexhanna.bsky.social & @timnitgebru.bsky.social
👉 ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...
Thrilled to share the methodological recipe for @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social in this article co-authored with @adiod.bsky.social @krystalkauffman.bsky.social Camilla Salim Wagner, Laurenz Sachenbacher @alexhanna.bsky.social & @timnitgebru.bsky.social
👉 ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...
November 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I'm thrilled to see this piece in the world. Through it, Dr. Milagros Miceli and her team have put some language to the worker-led methodology which they have developed.
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isaac chotiner came to my house and tricked me into admitting we weren’t out of ice cream in front of my five year old daughter
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
isaac chotiner came to my house and tricked me into admitting we weren’t out of ice cream in front of my five year old daughter
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pronouns expert here! this made me leave my desk and lie down on the floor
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
pronouns expert here! this made me leave my desk and lie down on the floor
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Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
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hey #linguistics peeps! have you ever taken (or taught) a syntax class? we want to hear your opinions (good or bad) about it! We're doing focus group interviews (on zoom, or in person at select conferences) - if you're at all interested, you can fill out our interest form: forms.gle/nhBtz78hQXNA...
SynTeach Focus Group Interest Form
SynTeach is a project researching peoples' experiences teaching and learning syntax in higher education. We have conducted surveys of the field including syntax instructors and students, and we are pl...
forms.gle
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
hey #linguistics peeps! have you ever taken (or taught) a syntax class? we want to hear your opinions (good or bad) about it! We're doing focus group interviews (on zoom, or in person at select conferences) - if you're at all interested, you can fill out our interest form: forms.gle/nhBtz78hQXNA...
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frame: it's a crime fighting tool
negation: it doesn't actually work
kirby: THE GOAL OF SURVEILLANCE IS TO EXERT POWER AND CONTROL. it isn't about "preventing crime" it's about defining a class of presumptive criminals, and *it doesn't have to be accurate to be effective for that purpose*
negation: it doesn't actually work
kirby: THE GOAL OF SURVEILLANCE IS TO EXERT POWER AND CONTROL. it isn't about "preventing crime" it's about defining a class of presumptive criminals, and *it doesn't have to be accurate to be effective for that purpose*
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
frame: it's a crime fighting tool
negation: it doesn't actually work
kirby: THE GOAL OF SURVEILLANCE IS TO EXERT POWER AND CONTROL. it isn't about "preventing crime" it's about defining a class of presumptive criminals, and *it doesn't have to be accurate to be effective for that purpose*
negation: it doesn't actually work
kirby: THE GOAL OF SURVEILLANCE IS TO EXERT POWER AND CONTROL. it isn't about "preventing crime" it's about defining a class of presumptive criminals, and *it doesn't have to be accurate to be effective for that purpose*
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one of the things that makes me most mad about genAI (and there are many) is we've been told there's not enough money for hiring. but there's billions poured into ai.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
one of the things that makes me most mad about genAI (and there are many) is we've been told there's not enough money for hiring. but there's billions poured into ai.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
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My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
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I think everyone from political scientists to extremism researchers should be all over this and try to draw out a more critical reflexive view on what right wing media *doesn’t* tell us, as opposed to taking the presence of rw claims at face value as a source of evidence about collective beliefs.
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I think everyone from political scientists to extremism researchers should be all over this and try to draw out a more critical reflexive view on what right wing media *doesn’t* tell us, as opposed to taking the presence of rw claims at face value as a source of evidence about collective beliefs.
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Discovered an anarchist i knew who worked at the pizza shop was already in his 40s but he was much younger both in look and vibe than 25 year olds I'd gone to college with who had gotten "serious" corporate jobs and I thought: if work is your life you immediarely start dying
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Discovered an anarchist i knew who worked at the pizza shop was already in his 40s but he was much younger both in look and vibe than 25 year olds I'd gone to college with who had gotten "serious" corporate jobs and I thought: if work is your life you immediarely start dying
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Feeling queasy now I've learned that Google is not only now offering Gemini ambassador certificates to teachers but also awarding students and *children* to be corporate AI mascots. Coercive normalization of commercialized digital education. blog.google/outreach-ini...
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Feeling queasy now I've learned that Google is not only now offering Gemini ambassador certificates to teachers but also awarding students and *children* to be corporate AI mascots. Coercive normalization of commercialized digital education. blog.google/outreach-ini...
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we don't want to know and will not be looking into it further
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
we don't want to know and will not be looking into it further
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Anyone using chatbots for education needs to stop now.
They spew Jim Crow levels of racism and hate that get even worse with scaling not better.
Reminder: "AI" has never been about education or intelligence..it is about power, surveillance and control.
They spew Jim Crow levels of racism and hate that get even worse with scaling not better.
Reminder: "AI" has never been about education or intelligence..it is about power, surveillance and control.
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Anyone using chatbots for education needs to stop now.
They spew Jim Crow levels of racism and hate that get even worse with scaling not better.
Reminder: "AI" has never been about education or intelligence..it is about power, surveillance and control.
They spew Jim Crow levels of racism and hate that get even worse with scaling not better.
Reminder: "AI" has never been about education or intelligence..it is about power, surveillance and control.
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i’m t4t (tit for tat). i want revenge
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
i’m t4t (tit for tat). i want revenge
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*banging a metal pot with a wooden spoon very loudly*
people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!
*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*
STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO
www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!
*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*
STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO
www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
*banging a metal pot with a wooden spoon very loudly*
people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!
*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*
STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO
www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!
*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*
STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO
www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
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i don't agree with the attitude of some faculty that their job is to train people who can run the code, even if they don't understand the underlying physics
i want a society of people who are trained to be curious about the code they're being asked to run and capable of understanding it, actually
i want a society of people who are trained to be curious about the code they're being asked to run and capable of understanding it, actually
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
i don't agree with the attitude of some faculty that their job is to train people who can run the code, even if they don't understand the underlying physics
i want a society of people who are trained to be curious about the code they're being asked to run and capable of understanding it, actually
i want a society of people who are trained to be curious about the code they're being asked to run and capable of understanding it, actually
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"we should shit in the pool"*
"no we shouldn't"
"let's be reasonable and compromise. we'll only shit in that part of the pool, where it's most effective"
*add ai to this process
"no we shouldn't"
"let's be reasonable and compromise. we'll only shit in that part of the pool, where it's most effective"
*add ai to this process
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
"we should shit in the pool"*
"no we shouldn't"
"let's be reasonable and compromise. we'll only shit in that part of the pool, where it's most effective"
*add ai to this process
"no we shouldn't"
"let's be reasonable and compromise. we'll only shit in that part of the pool, where it's most effective"
*add ai to this process
This is just a guess, but I think we're in for a few months of "the bubble was just because people saw this amazing technology and got a little too excited", followed by "OK yeah 'AI' is dogshit, but it was a necessary step on the way to [small LMs or quantum or whatever the fuck]"
November 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This is just a guess, but I think we're in for a few months of "the bubble was just because people saw this amazing technology and got a little too excited", followed by "OK yeah 'AI' is dogshit, but it was a necessary step on the way to [small LMs or quantum or whatever the fuck]"
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The grok stuff is pathetic but it’s also a perfect and undeniable illustration of chatbots as ideology. It’s no less true for chatgpt or other bots, but sometimes not as visible.
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The grok stuff is pathetic but it’s also a perfect and undeniable illustration of chatbots as ideology. It’s no less true for chatgpt or other bots, but sometimes not as visible.
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