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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 5h

This was brought on by me watching The Descent (Neil Marshall, 2005), which I find genuinely scary until the (sort of silly) monsters show up. Just being in the cave was enough.

Image from The Descent (Neil Marshall, 2005)

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 5h

It's a great genre!

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 5h

This was brought on by me watching The Descent (Neil Marshall, 2005), which I find genuinely scary until the (sort of silly) monsters show up. Just being in the cave was enough.

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 5h

Okay, okay, but what about cave horror? Caves are terrifying to me and the idea of getting stuck in one is my worst nightmare.

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 13h

The eugenics element to ai discourse is the idea that poor people can be replaced by machines; not criticisms of ai.

Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · 15h

A someone who has written extensively about the eugenic roots that permeates those who claim to be building so-called artificial general intelligence, I'm here to tell you to please NOT compare criticism against corporations claiming to build a machine god, with eugenics. The audacity.

if you're writing a sentence that sounds like eugenics but you go "oh that's fine to say because it's not a real person" (whatever that means) you may want to consider what made you okay with saying that.

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 14h

I find the idea that he's the future of the democratic party all too plausible and frightening. Anyways, I don't trust people who look like the character from The Man Who Laughs.

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 7h

Yes!

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 7h

If I can toot my own horn, I do write about these connections (including theories of management) in The Celluloid Specimen.

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 7h

Absolutely!

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 7h

I'm biased, but I think behaviorism, as an important precursor to information theory and cybernetics, would be a good inclusion.

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 9h

Me when running into my students outside of class

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 9h

Me when running into my students outside of class

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 15h

me off to the kitchen to eat some chocolate biscuits at 3am

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 11h

Something I write about in The Celluloid Specimen is that eugenics has always had a futurist bent, one that often involves replacing human workers. I feel as though this aspect isn't discussed as much in how the general public uses of the term.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 10h

And the fact that ‘AI’ is envisioned by technofascists as accelerating a eugenicist agenda against the most vulnerable in the world

Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 13h

The eugenics element to ai discourse is the idea that poor people can be replaced by machines; not criticisms of ai.

Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · 15h

A someone who has written extensively about the eugenic roots that permeates those who claim to be building so-called artificial general intelligence, I'm here to tell you to please NOT compare criticism against corporations claiming to build a machine god, with eugenics. The audacity.

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 11h

Seems like the initial post may be over stating things. I still stand by my dentures comment, though.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 15h

Hi, I'm a trans Californian who reported on the CA bills. This headline is misleading at best. You haven't noted that he has until the 12th to sign the other bills, leaving that out is irresponsible and fearmongers.

People can and should still pressure him on those bills.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 15h

He hasn't signed the other bills yet, but he still has days to do so
This headline is misleading for not mentioning that.

The gender education veto is bad, but far from the most important trans rights bill on his desk.

There's still time to contact Newsom for the rest!

www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 11h

Gotcha!

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 11h

Right, I'm talking about Charles Davenport's definition.

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 11h

From Davenport's initial definition of eugenics as a science for "breeding a better man" to today, there's always been this promise of ushering in a rationally organized, hierarchical society that exists just over the horizon.

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 11h

Something I write about in The Celluloid Specimen is that eugenics has always had a futurist bent, one that often involves replacing human workers. I feel as though this aspect isn't discussed as much in how the general public uses of the term.

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 13h

The eugenics element to ai discourse is the idea that poor people can be replaced by machines; not criticisms of ai.

Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · 15h

A someone who has written extensively about the eugenic roots that permeates those who claim to be building so-called artificial general intelligence, I'm here to tell you to please NOT compare criticism against corporations claiming to build a machine god, with eugenics. The audacity.

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 15h

Fuck this guy

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 15h

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 13h

Yes!

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 14h

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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