Coe Douglas
@coedouglas.bsky.social
Speculative Design. More-than-human design. Pataphysics. Futures, Fictions & Fabulations. I lead creative development and teach in a life-centered design & imagination grad program at UW-Madison (MD+I)
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‘Three of the principals at the meeting that led to the creation of OpenAI fell out with Altman. For each of them, the issue was whether he believed what he had said about the importance of safety in developing AI.’
John Lanchester on Nvidia, OpenAI and hypocrisy:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester on Nvidia, OpenAI and hypocrisy:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester · King of Cannibal Island: Will the AI bubble burst?
Nvidia shares are the purest bet you can make on the impact of AI. The leading firms are lending money to one another in...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
‘Three of the principals at the meeting that led to the creation of OpenAI fell out with Altman. For each of them, the issue was whether he believed what he had said about the importance of safety in developing AI.’
John Lanchester on Nvidia, OpenAI and hypocrisy:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester on Nvidia, OpenAI and hypocrisy:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
It’s clear from reading The Empire of AI that Altman will say anything to feed the grift.
December 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It’s clear from reading The Empire of AI that Altman will say anything to feed the grift.
No, we’re not. This is so pathetic. There are endless really good, imagination fueled, potentially world changing ideas that are being crushed by the very machines you’re now pushing on us.
But based on this story, it appears @vox.com is running out of ideas.
But based on this story, it appears @vox.com is running out of ideas.
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
No, we’re not. This is so pathetic. There are endless really good, imagination fueled, potentially world changing ideas that are being crushed by the very machines you’re now pushing on us.
But based on this story, it appears @vox.com is running out of ideas.
But based on this story, it appears @vox.com is running out of ideas.
Great podcast. Great guest. Lent’s writing is really wonderful.
What is an #EcoCivilisation?
What are its values?
Why do we need one and what will the Establishment do to maintain business as usual?
Most importantly, what can each of us do to live an #EcoCivilization into being?
accidentalgods.life/eco-civilisa...
#AccidentalGods #Podcast
What are its values?
Why do we need one and what will the Establishment do to maintain business as usual?
Most importantly, what can each of us do to live an #EcoCivilization into being?
accidentalgods.life/eco-civilisa...
#AccidentalGods #Podcast
Eco-Civilisation: the future we deserve and how we will get there with Jeremy Lent
What is an eco-civilisation? What are its values and what are the frames within which it works? Why do we need it in the first place and what will the Establishment do to maintain business as usual? M...
accidentalgods.life
December 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Great podcast. Great guest. Lent’s writing is really wonderful.
The AI “products” keep getting dumber and more desperate.
The Washington Post is launching a personalized AI podcast, saying users will be able to "shape their own briefing, select their topics, set their lengths, pick their hosts and soon even ask questions using our Ask The Post AI technology."
December 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The AI “products” keep getting dumber and more desperate.
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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You all MUST READ this piece by Kaitlyn Greenidge about the power of art to “exist outside of a tech lord’s algorithm.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
The Artist Who Reminds Us that Another Way Is Possible
The late artist Abigail McGrath cultivated a creative life for herself filled with freedom, joy, and a commitment to beauty. In an age of authoritarianism and algorithms, it’s a kind of life worth pro...
www.harpersbazaar.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
You all MUST READ this piece by Kaitlyn Greenidge about the power of art to “exist outside of a tech lord’s algorithm.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
In other words: we will later learn that it’s cancer for the imagination.
AI firms must be clear on risks or repeat tobacco’s mistakes, says Anthropic chief
AI firms must be clear on risks or repeat tobacco’s mistakes, says Anthropic chief
Artificial intelligence will become smarter than ‘most or all humans in most or all ways’, says Dario Amodei
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Artificial intelligence companies must be transparent about the risks posed by their products or risk repeating the mistakes of tobacco and opioid companies, according to the chief executive of the AI startup Anthropic.
Dario Amodei, who runs the US company behind the Claude chatbot, said he believed AI will become smarter than “most or all humans in most or all ways” and urged his peers to “call it as you see it”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In other words: we will later learn that it’s cancer for the imagination.
This looks delightful—
GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE | Teaser Trailer | February 13 - Only in Theaters
YouTube video by Briarcliff Entertainment
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This looks delightful—
Enshittification at every turn.
November 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Enshittification at every turn.
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
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Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
This Virginia Election Was a Warning for Data Centers
John McAuliff ran his campaign almost entirely on data centers — and won.
heatmap.news
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
So very good. EVIL is one of my favorite TV shows. It is weird and spooky, they portray demons so well, the main villain Leland Townsend is brilliant, the themes and social commentary always hit, and I love the three main characters.
I should rewatch it this winter.
I should rewatch it this winter.
CBS' "Evil" was freaky good for too many reasons to name, but @andreagrimes.com sure gave it her best, anyway:
The Freaky Feminism of 'Evil,' TV's Weirdest Horror Hit
Showrunners Michelle and Robert King surrounded their demons-of-the-week with feminist signifiers, but stopped short of really condemning the patriarchy.
f.mtr.cool
November 6, 2025 at 6:38 AM
So very good. EVIL is one of my favorite TV shows. It is weird and spooky, they portray demons so well, the main villain Leland Townsend is brilliant, the themes and social commentary always hit, and I love the three main characters.
I should rewatch it this winter.
I should rewatch it this winter.
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Feeling inspired by all the winning so far? runforwhat.net - it's not too late to get on the ballot for 2026.
Run for Something
Find offices you can run for
runforwhat.net
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Feeling inspired by all the winning so far? runforwhat.net - it's not too late to get on the ballot for 2026.
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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You gotta think the first AI musical performance on tv is gonna be on Jimmy Fallon and he’s going to make The Roots just sit there and watch that bullshit
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
You gotta think the first AI musical performance on tv is gonna be on Jimmy Fallon and he’s going to make The Roots just sit there and watch that bullshit
Watching and really liking—
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Watching and really liking—
The early Miles Davis electric turn is fun listening.
November 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The early Miles Davis electric turn is fun listening.
Look everyone we can all have an inept AI robot for just $20,000! Oh, it also needs a lot of human intervention behind the scenes and it’s spying on you with a little camera. Great.
The science fiction story we’re all being dragged into really sucks.
The science fiction story we’re all being dragged into really sucks.
October 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Look everyone we can all have an inept AI robot for just $20,000! Oh, it also needs a lot of human intervention behind the scenes and it’s spying on you with a little camera. Great.
The science fiction story we’re all being dragged into really sucks.
The science fiction story we’re all being dragged into really sucks.
This entire series by @marthawells.com is so much fun. Love the books and love the TV series. Really happy to see a new Murderbot book coming out.
Platform Decay, the eighth entry in the Murderbot Diaries series by @marthawells.com , will arrive on May 5, 2026. 🔥
And if you haven't seen it, the first season of the TV adaptation, available since this summer on AppleTV, is very fresh.
And if you haven't seen it, the first season of the TV adaptation, available since this summer on AppleTV, is very fresh.
October 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This entire series by @marthawells.com is so much fun. Love the books and love the TV series. Really happy to see a new Murderbot book coming out.
Weapons. Yeah. 🎃
From the supernatural to the slightly-too-realistic, it's been a banner year for scary movies, many of which are available to stream from home this Halloween. n.pr/47tUD3U
In case 2025 wasn't scary enough, it was a great year for horror, too
From the supernatural to the slightly-too-realistic, it's been a banner year for scary movies, many of which are available to stream from home this Halloween.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Weapons. Yeah. 🎃
The Vintagia Oracle from @acidhorizon.bsky.social is a lot of fun. It hits different than other decks. I dig the different layers of meaning and symbolism - including the Hexagrams from the I Ching.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The Vintagia Oracle from @acidhorizon.bsky.social is a lot of fun. It hits different than other decks. I dig the different layers of meaning and symbolism - including the Hexagrams from the I Ching.
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This. All the damn time.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This. All the damn time.
I mean, we’re already emphasizing the social media post over the actual experience of the world. Now we can just stay home and pretend the whole thing.
This version of Total Recall sucks.
If you can’t afford a vacation, an AI app will sell you pictures of one
Always be manifesting.
www.theverge.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I mean, we’re already emphasizing the social media post over the actual experience of the world. Now we can just stay home and pretend the whole thing.
In the things that, is no surprise category—
At least seven people have complained to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that ChatGPT caused them to experience severe delusions, paranoia and emotional crises, Wired reported.
Several users reportedly complain to FTC that ChatGPT is causing psychological harm | TechCrunch
At least seven people have complained to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that ChatGPT caused them to experience severe delusions, paranoia and emotional crises, Wired reported.
techcrunch.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
In the things that, is no surprise category—