Anthony Moser
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Anthony Moser
@anthonymoser.com
· Aug 27
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
ironically the word "slop" is contextual, communicative, and evocative, which is the opposite of what it describes
The American Dialect Society's Word of the Year is SLOP!
“Slop isn’t a new word. It has moved from the pig sty, to the algorithm, and now forms newcompounds such as sloppunk, slopification, and friend slop,” Dr. Kelly Elizabeth Wright said. “This productivity has no end in sight.” 🧵
“Slop isn’t a new word. It has moved from the pig sty, to the algorithm, and now forms newcompounds such as sloppunk, slopification, and friend slop,” Dr. Kelly Elizabeth Wright said. “This productivity has no end in sight.” 🧵
January 11, 2026 at 6:11 AM
ironically the word "slop" is contextual, communicative, and evocative, which is the opposite of what it describes
kid asked me this week if there was going to be a world war 3 while they were growing up and i would very much prefer to start next week with some ambiguity around this question still intact
January 11, 2026 at 3:44 AM
kid asked me this week if there was going to be a world war 3 while they were growing up and i would very much prefer to start next week with some ambiguity around this question still intact
me watching him have no object permanence or memory of what he's doing: so wait what's the gimmick
January 11, 2026 at 3:25 AM
me watching him have no object permanence or memory of what he's doing: so wait what's the gimmick
remake of memento where he doesn't actually have amnesia or get tattoos he's just always talking to chatgpt
January 11, 2026 at 3:16 AM
remake of memento where he doesn't actually have amnesia or get tattoos he's just always talking to chatgpt
Reposted by Anthony Moser
made a helpful tiktok/reel/short of @anthonymoser.com’s brilliant improv comedy group thread to share on your non-bsky socials
original thread here ☞ bsky.app/profile/anth...
original thread here ☞ bsky.app/profile/anth...
January 10, 2026 at 11:26 PM
made a helpful tiktok/reel/short of @anthonymoser.com’s brilliant improv comedy group thread to share on your non-bsky socials
original thread here ☞ bsky.app/profile/anth...
original thread here ☞ bsky.app/profile/anth...
When I say AI is a rhetorical technology
January 10, 2026 at 8:39 PM
When I say AI is a rhetorical technology
absolutely going to think of this as "selling ratchets" from now on
Incredible that people have careers based around telling those who are struggling to keep their chin up and not react because "They're clearly [doing worse thing than the last thing] to bait an excuse to [do even worse thing]."
It's a ratchet. You're describing a ratchet. You are selling ratchets.
It's a ratchet. You're describing a ratchet. You are selling ratchets.
January 10, 2026 at 8:20 PM
absolutely going to think of this as "selling ratchets" from now on
Can't spell cop without op
pUbL1C aCcOuNtAb1liTy
"The project is funded by private donors that Lightfoot would not disclose."
blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/08/f...
"The project is funded by private donors that Lightfoot would not disclose."
blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/08/f...
Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot Launches ICE Accountability Project To Document Agent Abuses
Lightfoot's project will collect and vet alleged wrongdoing by federal agents on a new website to eventually help "someone with a grand jury subpoena."
blockclubchicago.org
January 10, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Can't spell cop without op
Lol i was going to say
January 10, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Lol i was going to say
Roughly 100% of them in fact
January 10, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Roughly 100% of them in fact
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Trying out the Kirby thing:
Frame: we need to strip money from blue states to make sure there is no safety-net fraud
Negation: there is very little fraud relative to the benefit these services provide
Kirby: the administration wants to destroy the safety net and harm people it benefits
Frame: we need to strip money from blue states to make sure there is no safety-net fraud
Negation: there is very little fraud relative to the benefit these services provide
Kirby: the administration wants to destroy the safety net and harm people it benefits
Federal officials are targeting Democratic-led states over alleged safety-net fraud. Critics worry a drumbeat of unfounded accusations could undermine public trust.
Influencer, White House welfare fraud claims are distorted, but the system has risks
Federal officials are targeting Democratic-led states over alleged safety-net fraud. Critics worry a drumbeat of unfounded accusations could undermine public trust.
n.pr
January 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Trying out the Kirby thing:
Frame: we need to strip money from blue states to make sure there is no safety-net fraud
Negation: there is very little fraud relative to the benefit these services provide
Kirby: the administration wants to destroy the safety net and harm people it benefits
Frame: we need to strip money from blue states to make sure there is no safety-net fraud
Negation: there is very little fraud relative to the benefit these services provide
Kirby: the administration wants to destroy the safety net and harm people it benefits
even if local police aren't actively part of the ice raids, they suppress protest and protect ice agents from retaliation. ice can attack and local cops will run defense
January 10, 2026 at 3:37 PM
even if local police aren't actively part of the ice raids, they suppress protest and protect ice agents from retaliation. ice can attack and local cops will run defense
there's a reason they call it sun BLOCK
January 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
there's a reason they call it sun BLOCK
is there a name for this fallacy?
There needs to be a term for the mistake of thinking that understanding a threat is adequate for overcoming it. if you show someone with a gambling problem all of the ways that the game is stacked against them, they will gamble even more bc they now think they can beat the odds
Propaganda doesn't work by logic, it works by repeated exposure.
"Oh i know how uv rays work, I won't get sunburned" friends you will still get crispy
"Oh i know how uv rays work, I won't get sunburned" friends you will still get crispy
January 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
is there a name for this fallacy?
Reposted by Anthony Moser
Propaganda doesn't work by logic, it works by repeated exposure.
"Oh i know how uv rays work, I won't get sunburned" friends you will still get crispy
"Oh i know how uv rays work, I won't get sunburned" friends you will still get crispy
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Propaganda doesn't work by logic, it works by repeated exposure.
"Oh i know how uv rays work, I won't get sunburned" friends you will still get crispy
"Oh i know how uv rays work, I won't get sunburned" friends you will still get crispy
Reposted by Anthony Moser
Just a reminder: propaganda works by pervasive repetition, not logical consistency
I think I’ve mentioned it before but discovering Jacques Ellul’s writing on propaganda as the creation of a totalizing information space where a message is reflected in all mediums and all forms to imply unassailability, as opposed to just “biased messages” was really what clicked for me
September 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Just a reminder: propaganda works by pervasive repetition, not logical consistency
Is this a video interview
January 10, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Is this a video interview
Reposted by Anthony Moser
Three short paragraphs, and you've got the whole mind-bending mess that is #UKHE finance & governance neatly laid out.
This is why it's all so exhausting: our managers declare there's only one static frame, while we know their framing is part of the issue.
💡 www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/01/10/w...
This is why it's all so exhausting: our managers declare there's only one static frame, while we know their framing is part of the issue.
💡 www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/01/10/w...
January 10, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Three short paragraphs, and you've got the whole mind-bending mess that is #UKHE finance & governance neatly laid out.
This is why it's all so exhausting: our managers declare there's only one static frame, while we know their framing is part of the issue.
💡 www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/01/10/w...
This is why it's all so exhausting: our managers declare there's only one static frame, while we know their framing is part of the issue.
💡 www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/01/10/w...
taps the sign
once you know pete buttigieg was a mckinsey consultant you can stop learning new things about him
January 10, 2026 at 3:51 AM
taps the sign
we now go to chuck schumer
January 10, 2026 at 3:47 AM
we now go to chuck schumer
But the guy on the scene is just asking them like they're real questions, which is to say he lets the protestor answer
Hannity: ask isn't he WORRIED about how SHE WAS TRYING TO RUN HIM OVER
Reporter: are you worried about if she was trying to hit him?
Protestor: no that's not what happened
Hannity: ask isn't he WORRIED about how SHE WAS TRYING TO RUN HIM OVER
Reporter: are you worried about if she was trying to hit him?
Protestor: no that's not what happened
January 10, 2026 at 3:38 AM
But the guy on the scene is just asking them like they're real questions, which is to say he lets the protestor answer
Hannity: ask isn't he WORRIED about how SHE WAS TRYING TO RUN HIM OVER
Reporter: are you worried about if she was trying to hit him?
Protestor: no that's not what happened
Hannity: ask isn't he WORRIED about how SHE WAS TRYING TO RUN HIM OVER
Reporter: are you worried about if she was trying to hit him?
Protestor: no that's not what happened
This really is an instructive clip, bc the other thing it illustrates is how bad faith questions aren't meant to be questions
If hannity had somebody as a guest on his program, he'd ask these as an attack, and then he wouldn't really let them answer. He'd talk over them or keep pushing
If hannity had somebody as a guest on his program, he'd ask these as an attack, and then he wouldn't really let them answer. He'd talk over them or keep pushing
January 10, 2026 at 3:33 AM
This really is an instructive clip, bc the other thing it illustrates is how bad faith questions aren't meant to be questions
If hannity had somebody as a guest on his program, he'd ask these as an attack, and then he wouldn't really let them answer. He'd talk over them or keep pushing
If hannity had somebody as a guest on his program, he'd ask these as an attack, and then he wouldn't really let them answer. He'd talk over them or keep pushing
"Well what do *you* think we should do with people who are here illegally"
"I think they have a right to be here"
"Uh... what instrument are you playing"
"I think they have a right to be here"
"Uh... what instrument are you playing"
January 10, 2026 at 3:29 AM
"Well what do *you* think we should do with people who are here illegally"
"I think they have a right to be here"
"Uh... what instrument are you playing"
"I think they have a right to be here"
"Uh... what instrument are you playing"
Unsurprisingly a random protester has much better framing than nearly all politicians. And handles the bad faith questions easily
Hannity has a Fox reporter in Minneapolis talk to a random protester walking through the city who goes on to spit bars for 2 minutes
January 10, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Unsurprisingly a random protester has much better framing than nearly all politicians. And handles the bad faith questions easily