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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 12h

This is both fascinating & frightening. There is a demand for images that show and confirm what people already know and believe to be true, and AI slop meets that demand—with visual content that emblematically visualizes what the headlines report. One could call it synthetic hypervisualization
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 16h

That TikTok account has a few fake videos of reporters getting detained. They make these videos because it’s a big story in the news. Real reporters are getting arrested. And so people are making AI videos to get engagement on TikTok.

dontbeonline • 1d ago
Journalist gets detained while doing her job #ForYou, #viral, #foryoupage, #tikto... more
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Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote about Peter Thiel’s lectures on the Antichrist and how the fact that there’s a strong chance Thiel thinks Greta Thunberg is the literal Antichrist isn’t even the weirdest thing about them — at the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon

Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher

www.theguardian.com

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8h

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

www.theverge.com

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 8h

This aerial image from the 1960s shows that the 'yellow line' of Israel's redeployment in Gaza is roughly matching with the border of the area's coastal sand dune, leaving Gaza without the absolute majority of its agricultural areas on the fertile soils in the east.

@forensicarchi.bsky.social

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · 1d

Its like everyone is conspiring to shill for corporations plundering resources & mislead the public

OpenAI plants FOMO in the air
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Mainstream media interviews him about machine god

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · 1d

The Daily show also interviewed "father" of effective altruism William MacAskill & promoted his book.

The billionaires gave him millions to promote his book so a PR person probably got him on the show.

All mainstream media shilling propaganda for the corporations claiming to build machine gods 🙄

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 2d

In this week’s new #TheWeeklyShow episode, Jon & Geoffrey Hinton discuss ⬇️:

>> AI 101
>> AI Threats & Regulation
>> Ping, Ping, Ping
>> Always Angry Trump & Pardons

NEW YouTube video out now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrK3...

AI: What Could Go Wrong? with Geoffrey Hinton | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

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Lorena Jaume-Palasí @lopalasi.bsky.social · 1d

Trump had announced in March 2025 that he was thinking about building alliances with Salvador's dictator Bukele AND María Corina Machado nypost.com/2025/03/03/u...

Trump mulls ‘pivot’ from European conflicts, building Latin American alliances after Zelensky Oval Office blowup

National security adviser Mike Waltz warned Monday ‘the American people’s patience is not unlimited, their wallets are not unlimited, and our stockpiles and munitions are not unlimited.…

nypost.com

Lorena Jaume-Palasí @lopalasi.bsky.social · 1d

The ones celebrating Trump not being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize: a member of his network got it instead

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Lorena Jaume-Palasí @lopalasi.bsky.social · 1d

Maria Corina Machado, Nobel Peace Prize Winner sees her politics aligned with Milei's (see e.g. www.clarin.com/mundo/maria-.... She's signatory of the Charta of Madrid -created by the think tank of Spain's right wing party Vox, whose leader introduced it to Trump. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid_...

Madrid Forum - Wikipedia

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · 1d

What's the latest excuse for bothsidesing colonization and apartheid culminating in a livestreamed genocide?

@BarackObama After two years of unimaginable loss and suffering for Israeli families and the people of Gaza, we should all be encouraged and relieved that an end to the conflict is within sight; that those hostages still being held will be reunited with their families; and that vital aid can start reaching those inside Gaza whose lives have been shattered. More than that, though, it now falls on Israelis and Palestinians, with the support of the U.S. and the entire world community, to begin the hard task of rebuilding Gaza – and to commit to a process that, by recognizing the common humanity and basic rights of both peoples, can achieve a lasting peace.

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Lorena Jaume-Palasí @lopalasi.bsky.social · 2d

AI apocalyptical prophets "warning" about ASI and AGI are not critical or sceptic of "AI". They are just a different flavor of AI hype marketers

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6d

Today in luxury surveillance.

OpenAI and Jony Ive grapple with technical issues on secretive AI device

ChatGPT maker is working with former Apple design boss to launch a palm-sized personal assistant next year

www.ft.com

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 7d

Sick burn. finance.yahoo.com/news/22-old-...

Critics see something different. Suresh Venkatasubramanian, director of the Center for Technological Responsibility, Reimagination, and Redesign at Brown University, said that Friend is clearly an example of a frothy AI company, but that it also bore a “pernicious” resemblance to a mostly forgotten early-20th-century fad: “radium necklaces.”  When Marie Curie’s new glowing discovery first hit the market, jewelers embedded radium in pendants and bracelets and sold them as chic wellness accessories—until decades later, people started dying of cancer.  “I look at Friend and I think, ‘Are we making the same mistake?’” Venkatasubramanian told Fortune. “We’re rushing these intimacy machines into people’s lives with no evidence they’re safe, or even helpful.”

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Lorena Jaume-Palasí @lopalasi.bsky.social · 8d

So back to writing letters …

Signal @signal.org · 8d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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Lorena Jaume-Palasí @lopalasi.bsky.social · 10d

Why are people happy about a library on their doorstep -but not about a data center?
AI ain't a common good

Lorena Jaume-Palasí @lopalasi.bsky.social · 16d

Today my 9 yo child won a children's literature prize here in Germany. When submitting their contribution, my child only gave their German surname and did not disclose their Spanish surname “we don't know who is on the jury, Mom.” Elementary school children with migrant parents in Germany are scared

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Lorena Jaume-Palasí @lopalasi.bsky.social · 16d

Mein Kind hat heute ein Kinder-Literaturpreis gewonnen. Bei der Einreichung gab mein Kind nur den deutschen Nachnamen an, der spanische Nachname wurde verschwiegen "weil wir wissen nicht, wer alles in der Jury sitzt, Mama".

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 16d

Today in luxury surveillance.

We’re Finally Getting a Clearer Look at the Future of Wearables

The tech industry’s new pitch: Put down your phone, and put on all these other gadgets.

nymag.com

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saghira efendi @taalluq.bsky.social · Sep 7

As Palestinian movement rises to more prominence, various actors with other intrrests are trying to piggyback on it -- inc those who are denying Tigray genocide. Important to identify & take a stance against these & not to platform them -- very informative thread by @timnitgebru.bsky.social 👇

Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · Sep 7

So, to recap, a few days ago, I saw someone I respect heavily promoting this conference, "The People's Conference for Palestine" and someone else I respect sending me a screenshot of a number of genocidal being listed as co-organizers & collaborators.

Lets learn more about them🧵

The following organizations are convening the confernece:

Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM)

US Palestinian Community Network

The People's Forum (TPF)

Al-Adwa The Palestinian Right to Return Coaltion.

The People's Forum is circle.d

Collaborators

Party for Socialism and Liberation (pslnational)
Palestinian Youth Movement
ANSWER coalition
People's conference for Palestine

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · Sep 7

So, to recap, a few days ago, I saw someone I respect heavily promoting this conference, "The People's Conference for Palestine" and someone else I respect sending me a screenshot of a number of genocidal being listed as co-organizers & collaborators.

Lets learn more about them🧵

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DennisKBerlin @denniskberlin.bsky.social · Sep 8

Die linksradikale Spinner von EnBW, Betreiber der drei Atomkraftwerke Neckarwestheim, Philippsburg und Obrigheim haben mal was zur Kernenergie geschrieben.

Es ist vorbei.
Endgültig.
Und das ist auch gut so.

Pressemitteilung von EnBW
Das Wichtigste in Kürze
Atomstrom ist die teuerste Form der Stromerzeugung mit bis zu 49 Cent pro kWh.
Die Entsorgung radioaktiver Abfälle kostet bis 2100 voraussichtlich rund 170 Milliarden Euro.
Ein Neustart alter Atomkraftwerke ist technisch kaum möglich und wirtschaftlich nicht sinnvoll. Neubauten sind teuer, dauern lange und behindern den Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien.

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · Sep 5

Continuing on these genocidal organizations trading on Palestine while aiding other genocides, I see ANSWER coalition is in the mix. Another organizer of People's Conference for Palestine. Isn't this great! I also see the so-called "The People's Forum," with the usual suspects, Breakthrough News. 🧵

"Report from Ethiopia" The Untold Story w Eugene Puryear & Hermela Aregawi.

Co Sponsored by New Africa institute and ANSWER Coaltion. Also has logos of The People's Forum, Breakthrough News.

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Lorena Jaume-Palasí @lopalasi.bsky.social · Sep 4

Also: yes, we have historical examples of stupid regulation thinking of machines as entities. Before we had traffic regulation we had regulation of machines considered diabolical entities: cars

Lorena Jaume-Palasí @lopalasi.bsky.social · Sep 4

The implications alone around the idea of machine rights: balancing human rights with machine rights (who has priority when water scarcity?)… also can we incarcerate machines? Consequences: If machines are entities, then you can’t dismember machines from big tech monopolies…

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Lorena Jaume-Palasí @lopalasi.bsky.social · Sep 4

Machine rights erode human and environmental rights. Machine rights are merely hidden privileges for big tech.

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