Téa Smith
@teasmith.au
I don't accept the T & Cs ◦ I know 3 things ◦ Wholly unimpressed ◦ Human-Centred ◦ I write, talk (& joke) about Tech, Policy, Law & Social Impact of Tech.
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Téa Smith
@teasmith.au
· Oct 13
You just don't understand how AI works, bro
It's been a long couple of years.
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I wrote a quick thing about AI this morning and I figured I should post it. I didn't edit, but I hope you like it.
More coming.
open.substack.com/pub/tealou/p...
More coming.
open.substack.com/pub/tealou/p...
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Lot of interesting things in Hayek's book, but as a reading of Marx this is very wrong. Funnily enough Marx had a pretty similar critique of Mill
December 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Lot of interesting things in Hayek's book, but as a reading of Marx this is very wrong. Funnily enough Marx had a pretty similar critique of Mill
Impossible choice but Alex Karp is up there, as is Altman, and Musk, and Thiel okay literally all of them
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From thirty-two candidates, we’ve now made it to the final round where Elon Musk and Peter Thiel will face off for the crown.
Who will win? You decide!
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/wpit25-final
December 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Impossible choice but Alex Karp is up there, as is Altman, and Musk, and Thiel okay literally all of them
Finally coming up for air, and have quite the backlog to get through, however, this will be the first cab off the rank.
Do go to teasmith.au and subscribe. I've neglected it but want to aim for once a fortnight now I've restored what remains of my prefrontal cortex (as much as ADHD allows).
Do go to teasmith.au and subscribe. I've neglected it but want to aim for once a fortnight now I've restored what remains of my prefrontal cortex (as much as ADHD allows).
December 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Finally coming up for air, and have quite the backlog to get through, however, this will be the first cab off the rank.
Do go to teasmith.au and subscribe. I've neglected it but want to aim for once a fortnight now I've restored what remains of my prefrontal cortex (as much as ADHD allows).
Do go to teasmith.au and subscribe. I've neglected it but want to aim for once a fortnight now I've restored what remains of my prefrontal cortex (as much as ADHD allows).
Looking for a GPU cooling solution for the kid, and the AI says this is the most popular affordable solution.
lol
www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
lol
www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
December 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Looking for a GPU cooling solution for the kid, and the AI says this is the most popular affordable solution.
lol
www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
lol
www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
How it’s done
Man answering his phone on the train: Yes? Correct, I’m not at work (pause) I’m not going to answer that because I am not at work today. No, you’re going to have to ask someone who is. Goodbye.
December 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
How it’s done
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December 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
@theunpopulist.net, edited by @shikhadalmia.bsky.social and @bernybelvedere.bsky.social is a great liberal magazine. It publishes a wide variety of perspectives, including my left liberal one.
Consider supporting them!
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Consider supporting them!
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If the last three days demonstrate one thing, it's that the right (via the media) controls the narrative in this country.
Or, as Matt Golding puts it:
#bondibeach #auspol
Or, as Matt Golding puts it:
#bondibeach #auspol
December 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
If the last three days demonstrate one thing, it's that the right (via the media) controls the narrative in this country.
Or, as Matt Golding puts it:
#bondibeach #auspol
Or, as Matt Golding puts it:
#bondibeach #auspol
New Fallout season ❤️
There’s a reason Bethesda fans put up with all we do ❤️
There’s a reason Bethesda fans put up with all we do ❤️
December 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New Fallout season ❤️
There’s a reason Bethesda fans put up with all we do ❤️
There’s a reason Bethesda fans put up with all we do ❤️
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As @gregsargent.bsky.social points out this gets quite a bit wrong. It falls victim to what Matt Sleat descrbes as the misrepresentation of liberalism that pervades a lot of post-liberal takes. They assimilate all versions of liberalism together and ignore the more egalitarian strands...
Contra Ross Douthat here, a foundational idea of Bidenomics was that Trumpist authoritarianism was partly fueled by legit grievances over neoliberalism. This heavily shaped their industrial policies. As always, Ross erases the last half century of lib egalitarian theory from his diagnosis. So odd.
December 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
As @gregsargent.bsky.social points out this gets quite a bit wrong. It falls victim to what Matt Sleat descrbes as the misrepresentation of liberalism that pervades a lot of post-liberal takes. They assimilate all versions of liberalism together and ignore the more egalitarian strands...
Gotta be honest... a bit emotional. Started and stopped an LLB 4 times since my first degree.
Health problems, frequently feeling like it was all too much, and it's all too fucked.
I got my law degree so I can fight for consumers, employees, users and victims of tech and those who abuse it. :-)
Health problems, frequently feeling like it was all too much, and it's all too fucked.
I got my law degree so I can fight for consumers, employees, users and victims of tech and those who abuse it. :-)
December 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Gotta be honest... a bit emotional. Started and stopped an LLB 4 times since my first degree.
Health problems, frequently feeling like it was all too much, and it's all too fucked.
I got my law degree so I can fight for consumers, employees, users and victims of tech and those who abuse it. :-)
Health problems, frequently feeling like it was all too much, and it's all too fucked.
I got my law degree so I can fight for consumers, employees, users and victims of tech and those who abuse it. :-)
It s always very funny when Americans have a huge epiphany or awakening around the concept that "other people exist" and "Theory of Mind" is a thing. Obviously I hate generalisations, but all of them are such narcissists. lol ...no shit. Too much phone/computer & it's not all about you. Shocking
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
It s always very funny when Americans have a huge epiphany or awakening around the concept that "other people exist" and "Theory of Mind" is a thing. Obviously I hate generalisations, but all of them are such narcissists. lol ...no shit. Too much phone/computer & it's not all about you. Shocking
Hearty laugh in the direction of Suno and Udio.
Maybe these guys should have hired some people over 40 who have worked with the music industry and they wouldn't have encountered such a completely predictable consequences.
Good lord.
Maybe these guys should have hired some people over 40 who have worked with the music industry and they wouldn't have encountered such a completely predictable consequences.
Good lord.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Hearty laugh in the direction of Suno and Udio.
Maybe these guys should have hired some people over 40 who have worked with the music industry and they wouldn't have encountered such a completely predictable consequences.
Good lord.
Maybe these guys should have hired some people over 40 who have worked with the music industry and they wouldn't have encountered such a completely predictable consequences.
Good lord.
Today marks 50 years since the Whitlam dismissal AND Remembrance Day.
Both are a reminder of how every day people pay the price for the whims of a few, who can't seem to just... play fair.
RIP Gough. Lest We Forget. And STFU Fascists.
Both are a reminder of how every day people pay the price for the whims of a few, who can't seem to just... play fair.
RIP Gough. Lest We Forget. And STFU Fascists.
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Today marks 50 years since the Whitlam dismissal AND Remembrance Day.
Both are a reminder of how every day people pay the price for the whims of a few, who can't seem to just... play fair.
RIP Gough. Lest We Forget. And STFU Fascists.
Both are a reminder of how every day people pay the price for the whims of a few, who can't seem to just... play fair.
RIP Gough. Lest We Forget. And STFU Fascists.
Remembering how Mr @actualbenfolds.bsky.social wrote this after the 9/11 hysteria.
Can't help but think about it this week. Like all real Catholics, I know God's not real, but...
Anyway, his uncanny ability to be Téa's inner world in song form...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F5-...
Can't help but think about it this week. Like all real Catholics, I know God's not real, but...
Anyway, his uncanny ability to be Téa's inner world in song form...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F5-...
Ben Folds - Jesusland
YouTube video by BenFoldsVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Remembering how Mr @actualbenfolds.bsky.social wrote this after the 9/11 hysteria.
Can't help but think about it this week. Like all real Catholics, I know God's not real, but...
Anyway, his uncanny ability to be Téa's inner world in song form...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F5-...
Can't help but think about it this week. Like all real Catholics, I know God's not real, but...
Anyway, his uncanny ability to be Téa's inner world in song form...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F5-...
I’m so happy for you, Americans.
You deserve so much better and I’m legit filled with warm feelings of hope that you find your mojo and oust those lunatics.
Love to you all.
You deserve so much better and I’m legit filled with warm feelings of hope that you find your mojo and oust those lunatics.
Love to you all.
November 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I’m so happy for you, Americans.
You deserve so much better and I’m legit filled with warm feelings of hope that you find your mojo and oust those lunatics.
Love to you all.
You deserve so much better and I’m legit filled with warm feelings of hope that you find your mojo and oust those lunatics.
Love to you all.
The hardest part about a new laptop is choosing a new sticker. It seems apt that I picked this one in honour of my JD graduation. Sorry @actualbenfolds.bsky.social you’re stuck on the MacBook. It’s been real.
(Yes no more Mac - what?! - I moved to Linux full time)
(Yes no more Mac - what?! - I moved to Linux full time)
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The hardest part about a new laptop is choosing a new sticker. It seems apt that I picked this one in honour of my JD graduation. Sorry @actualbenfolds.bsky.social you’re stuck on the MacBook. It’s been real.
(Yes no more Mac - what?! - I moved to Linux full time)
(Yes no more Mac - what?! - I moved to Linux full time)
If you get frustrated having to spend years debunking one idiot, try being a Federal Court judge, and kneel before our God.
X Corp v eSafety - the 3 year lawsuit that could've been an email. PS My fave genre is tech being obliterated by Australian judges.
jade.io/article/1145...
X Corp v eSafety - the 3 year lawsuit that could've been an email. PS My fave genre is tech being obliterated by Australian judges.
jade.io/article/1145...
X Corp v eSafety Commissioner [2025] FCAFC 99 - BarNet Jade
The smart way to search, annotate and share Australian legal judgments, decisions and statutes!
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November 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
If you get frustrated having to spend years debunking one idiot, try being a Federal Court judge, and kneel before our God.
X Corp v eSafety - the 3 year lawsuit that could've been an email. PS My fave genre is tech being obliterated by Australian judges.
jade.io/article/1145...
X Corp v eSafety - the 3 year lawsuit that could've been an email. PS My fave genre is tech being obliterated by Australian judges.
jade.io/article/1145...
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Premium newsletter: Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft need $2 Trillion in AI revenue by 2030 or they've wasted their capex. The massive cost of building data centers and constant decay in value of expensive-to-run GPUs may make AI profits impossible to achieve.
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
Big Tech Needs $2 Trillion In AI Revenue By 2030 or They Wasted Their Capex
As I've established again and again, we are in an AI bubble, and no, I cannot tell you when the bubble will pop, because we're in the stupidest financial era since the great financial crisis — though,...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Premium newsletter: Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft need $2 Trillion in AI revenue by 2030 or they've wasted their capex. The massive cost of building data centers and constant decay in value of expensive-to-run GPUs may make AI profits impossible to achieve.
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
Yes please.
China's Xi pushes for global AI body at APEC in counter to US reut.rs/3Jz0lcH
China's Xi pushes for global AI body at APEC in counter to US
Chinese President Xi Jinping took centrestage at a meeting of APEC leaders on Saturday to push a proposal for a global body to govern artificial intelligence and position China as an alternative to the United States on trade cooperation.
reut.rs
November 1, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Yes please.
I refuse to engage with anyone who is detached from reality, evidence, truth and the physical world. I am done with people living in a fantasy land, whether it be AI, parasocial relationships, or religion.
I'm here, in the world, asking/begging you to see things as they are.
I'm here, in the world, asking/begging you to see things as they are.
November 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I refuse to engage with anyone who is detached from reality, evidence, truth and the physical world. I am done with people living in a fantasy land, whether it be AI, parasocial relationships, or religion.
I'm here, in the world, asking/begging you to see things as they are.
I'm here, in the world, asking/begging you to see things as they are.
People really should take the win, because people are now embracing pronouns after years of complaining about it.
I mean, it's for AI singers and not humans, but take the win
(Looking forward to AI bot armies cancelling AI critics for misgendering, though. That's gunna be "fun".)
I mean, it's for AI singers and not humans, but take the win
(Looking forward to AI bot armies cancelling AI critics for misgendering, though. That's gunna be "fun".)
November 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
People really should take the win, because people are now embracing pronouns after years of complaining about it.
I mean, it's for AI singers and not humans, but take the win
(Looking forward to AI bot armies cancelling AI critics for misgendering, though. That's gunna be "fun".)
I mean, it's for AI singers and not humans, but take the win
(Looking forward to AI bot armies cancelling AI critics for misgendering, though. That's gunna be "fun".)
No matter how much you think things are bad, and you intuit what's coming, and you try to warn people, and those people then swarm to attack you... you are never prepared for it all happening.
This is the worst case scenario I have been warning about for years. Stock up on toilet paper.
This is the worst case scenario I have been warning about for years. Stock up on toilet paper.
This is the video. Definitely AI. And Fox News is just... treating it like it's real.
October 31, 2025 at 11:44 PM
No matter how much you think things are bad, and you intuit what's coming, and you try to warn people, and those people then swarm to attack you... you are never prepared for it all happening.
This is the worst case scenario I have been warning about for years. Stock up on toilet paper.
This is the worst case scenario I have been warning about for years. Stock up on toilet paper.
I need to create a Leaderboard of my favourite genres on X, because Woke Right out-Woking the Woke is getting up there, along with Good things as Bad things and Bad Things as Good Things, Zohran Derangement Syndrome, and of course, the Nordic Viking Warrior Nerd Braveheart speeches
October 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I need to create a Leaderboard of my favourite genres on X, because Woke Right out-Woking the Woke is getting up there, along with Good things as Bad things and Bad Things as Good Things, Zohran Derangement Syndrome, and of course, the Nordic Viking Warrior Nerd Braveheart speeches
Can't see how this will be abused at all
Especially on Bluesky
Brilliant idea guys. I was just about to finally move over.... aaaaaaaand hard pass, unless you are also penalising users who downvote en masse as well, no thanks. Pass.
Especially on Bluesky
Brilliant idea guys. I was just about to finally move over.... aaaaaaaand hard pass, unless you are also penalising users who downvote en masse as well, no thanks. Pass.
October 31, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Can't see how this will be abused at all
Especially on Bluesky
Brilliant idea guys. I was just about to finally move over.... aaaaaaaand hard pass, unless you are also penalising users who downvote en masse as well, no thanks. Pass.
Especially on Bluesky
Brilliant idea guys. I was just about to finally move over.... aaaaaaaand hard pass, unless you are also penalising users who downvote en masse as well, no thanks. Pass.
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Jimmy Wales on Elon Musk’s attacks on Wikipedia:
“I don’t think he has the power he thinks he has, or that a lot of people think he has, to damage Wikipedia. We’ll be here in a hundred years and he won’t. As long as we stay Wikipedia, people will still love us.” 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
“I don’t think he has the power he thinks he has, or that a lot of people think he has, to damage Wikipedia. We’ll be here in a hundred years and he won’t. As long as we stay Wikipedia, people will still love us.” 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
The Culture Wars Came for Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales Is Staying the Course.
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Jimmy Wales on Elon Musk’s attacks on Wikipedia:
“I don’t think he has the power he thinks he has, or that a lot of people think he has, to damage Wikipedia. We’ll be here in a hundred years and he won’t. As long as we stay Wikipedia, people will still love us.” 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
“I don’t think he has the power he thinks he has, or that a lot of people think he has, to damage Wikipedia. We’ll be here in a hundred years and he won’t. As long as we stay Wikipedia, people will still love us.” 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...