DocConnor
@docconnor.bsky.social
Gamer, wine w*nker, foodie, dad, sport, emotion and military culture academic. C₈H₁₀N₄O₂ addict. My (co-authored) book on abuse within the ADF is out now https://www.mup.com.au/books/warrior-soldier-brigand-paperback-softback
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GenAI is increasingly a cuckoo attempting to occupy the nest of human relationships, human art and human workforces. The uncanny valley response to the intruder is a warning signal
December 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
GenAI is increasingly a cuckoo attempting to occupy the nest of human relationships, human art and human workforces. The uncanny valley response to the intruder is a warning signal
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“Let them eat cake!”
December 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
“Let them eat cake!”
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me waiting for AI to solve climate change and cure cancer
December 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
me waiting for AI to solve climate change and cure cancer
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Everyone’s boss thinks A.I. is cool and I can’t think of anyone cooler, smarter, or more in touch than everyone’s boss. kotaku.com/mcdonalds-ai...
McDonalds Got Bullied So Badly It Deleted Its AI Christmas Ad
The hated holiday ad apparently took weeks of crunch to generate, according to the studio behind it
kotaku.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Everyone’s boss thinks A.I. is cool and I can’t think of anyone cooler, smarter, or more in touch than everyone’s boss. kotaku.com/mcdonalds-ai...
Fab, so far today is one of those days where nothing has worked as it should have, resulting in yet more annoyance for me. Huzzah.
a man wearing a vest and a white shirt says huzzah
ALT: a man wearing a vest and a white shirt says huzzah
media.tenor.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Fab, so far today is one of those days where nothing has worked as it should have, resulting in yet more annoyance for me. Huzzah.
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this piece is really good
Teach like a Luddite - Kappan Online
Embracing new technologies that don’t advance teaching and learning is a mistake. Educators must ask questions — and resist when necessary.
kappanonline.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
this piece is really good
Raisins are dried blowflies and no creature should eat them ever.
Seasonal reminder that raisins are extremely toxic to dogs and cats, just a few of them will kill your pet.
Christmas-themed food, which is often packed with raisins, and then handed to small children, *will* end up in a pet's belly.
Christmas-themed food, which is often packed with raisins, and then handed to small children, *will* end up in a pet's belly.
December 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Raisins are dried blowflies and no creature should eat them ever.
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If you banned private schools, state schools would have to be better, because rich parents would make the government make them better, having no other recourse.
December 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
If you banned private schools, state schools would have to be better, because rich parents would make the government make them better, having no other recourse.
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Absolutely stunning to see Australia's teen social media ban rushed through while every single government, educational institution and probably a huge number of parents are frantically force-injecting chatbot slop into the mind of every single child in the country without a second's hesitation
‘I feel it’s a friend’: quarter of teenagers turn to AI chatbots for mental health support www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘I feel it’s a friend’: quarter of teenagers turn to AI chatbots for mental health support
Experts warn of dangers as England and Wales study shows 13- to 17-year-olds consulting AI amid long waiting lists for services
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Absolutely stunning to see Australia's teen social media ban rushed through while every single government, educational institution and probably a huge number of parents are frantically force-injecting chatbot slop into the mind of every single child in the country without a second's hesitation
Tonight’s dinner wine is Rockford’s Moppa.
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Tonight’s dinner wine is Rockford’s Moppa.
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Some thoughts on One Nation, middle-aged men, and Barnaby, that only had to be *slightly* reviewed by legal:
What’s going on with Gen X men and One Nation? I'm sick of being told to feel sorry for them
One Nation is not going to help rural Australians nor furious Gen X men, both unable to see an end to their housing, financial or energy strife. But hey, neither were the Nationals.
www.crikey.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Some thoughts on One Nation, middle-aged men, and Barnaby, that only had to be *slightly* reviewed by legal:
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"No one at school gives a shit about my interests, they say I'm gay and bash the fuck out of me, my parents don't understand anything about my life. Great mate, thanks, good chat."
📢 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is encouraging children to catch up face-to-face ahead of the under-16s social media ban.
PM Albanese delivers message to kids ahead of social media ban
www.smh.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
"No one at school gives a shit about my interests, they say I'm gay and bash the fuck out of me, my parents don't understand anything about my life. Great mate, thanks, good chat."
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Pretty infuriating: King Gizzard quit Spotify over ethical concerns -- and now Spotify is letting AI knockoffs of its music (with all the lyrics copied verbatim) proliferate on its platform
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
King Gizzard Pulled Their Music From Spotify in Protest, and Now Spotify Is Hosting AI Knockoffs of Their Songs
An impersonator appears to be using generative AI to poorly clone rock band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's iconic sound on Spotify.
futurism.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Yeah, look, I realize I just wrote something, but the NYT has managed to annoy me enough to get me to write something else.
othermeans.io/p/reforms-of...
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Reforms of the Reckless
On The New York Times Losing Their Minds
othermeans.io
December 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Yeah, look, I realize I just wrote something, but the NYT has managed to annoy me enough to get me to write something else.
othermeans.io/p/reforms-of...
othermeans.io/p/reforms-of...
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The social media ban will leave young Australians in the dark on news and politics. It’s not fair
"So many teenagers learn about the big stories through TikTok and Instagram. They won’t suddenly turn to newspapers and TV bulletins"
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"So many teenagers learn about the big stories through TikTok and Instagram. They won’t suddenly turn to newspapers and TV bulletins"
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The social media ban will leave young Australians in the dark on news and politics. It’s not fair | Leo Puglisi
So many teenagers learn about the big stories through TikTok and Instagram. They won’t suddenly turn to newspapers and TV bulletins
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The social media ban will leave young Australians in the dark on news and politics. It’s not fair
"So many teenagers learn about the big stories through TikTok and Instagram. They won’t suddenly turn to newspapers and TV bulletins"
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"So many teenagers learn about the big stories through TikTok and Instagram. They won’t suddenly turn to newspapers and TV bulletins"
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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What the everloving fuck is this
They wonder why people think government is a sick joke
Nah, we won't stop funding fossil fuels, or stop gambling ads, or regulate AI. We'll do an unworkable and idiotic social media ban for kids...
Oh and here's a pile of cash for private equity because Tim Tams.
They wonder why people think government is a sick joke
Nah, we won't stop funding fossil fuels, or stop gambling ads, or regulate AI. We'll do an unworkable and idiotic social media ban for kids...
Oh and here's a pile of cash for private equity because Tim Tams.
December 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
What the everloving fuck is this
They wonder why people think government is a sick joke
Nah, we won't stop funding fossil fuels, or stop gambling ads, or regulate AI. We'll do an unworkable and idiotic social media ban for kids...
Oh and here's a pile of cash for private equity because Tim Tams.
They wonder why people think government is a sick joke
Nah, we won't stop funding fossil fuels, or stop gambling ads, or regulate AI. We'll do an unworkable and idiotic social media ban for kids...
Oh and here's a pile of cash for private equity because Tim Tams.
Hmm… @davesag.bsky.social
I thoroughly recommend reading all of Cory Doctorow's recent speech on AI skepticism, it's crammed with new arguments and interesting new ways of thinking about these problems pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
Pluralistic: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (05 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
December 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Hmm… @davesag.bsky.social
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This is fucked 👇
More on the destruction of MqUni Arts. Every PoC in Sociology has been sacked or pushed into teaching only. Only 1 woman left in Politics & Intl Relations, & 1 in Sociology. At least 3/9 sacked academics are neurodiverse. Several successful researchers have been sacked or made teaching only. 2/2
December 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
This is fucked 👇
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In Greek we say "my tongue has grown hair from repeating this" but I'll keep doing it: guardrails are literally a lie.
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cool pincer movement if you truly grasp:
AI & any concept relating to it like so-called guardrails are a scam in the deepest sense like a perpetual motion machine or a quija board — and not only a scam like a pyramid scheme which is a possible way to make money if you are first in first out
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AI & any concept relating to it like so-called guardrails are a scam in the deepest sense like a perpetual motion machine or a quija board — and not only a scam like a pyramid scheme which is a possible way to make money if you are first in first out
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"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
December 5, 2025 at 6:24 AM
In Greek we say "my tongue has grown hair from repeating this" but I'll keep doing it: guardrails are literally a lie.
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A disrespect for me as an educator means that a basic piece of sociality and trust has been broken and so I don’t owe anyone generous feedback. But I don’t need to be punitive either. That’s what those who are selling these products want. They want to exhaust us into resignation.
December 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A disrespect for me as an educator means that a basic piece of sociality and trust has been broken and so I don’t owe anyone generous feedback. But I don’t need to be punitive either. That’s what those who are selling these products want. They want to exhaust us into resignation.
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Just a thought… but maybe let’s not have massive data centres sucking up water, gutsing on electricity and destroying the social fabric. Could be an option?
December 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Just a thought… but maybe let’s not have massive data centres sucking up water, gutsing on electricity and destroying the social fabric. Could be an option?
Excellent piece (as usual) from @jennaprice.bsky.social www.canberratimes.com.au/story/912684...
Poor men. They're not getting murdered every week. But what a terrible year for them
The behaviour of many men is not changing. So who's going to call it out?
www.canberratimes.com.au
December 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Excellent piece (as usual) from @jennaprice.bsky.social www.canberratimes.com.au/story/912684...
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It’s no accident that foreign streaming services do little to promote Australian music and podcasts to Australians…and it’s no accident that our governments have chosen not to do more to fix it. Local content matters more in the digital age than ever
thepoint.com.au/news/251204-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251204-...
Why your Spotify Wrapped probably doesn’t have any new Australian music on it
If you don't have Australian artists on your Spotify Wrapped, you're not alone - it's the result of a structural, not individual, problem.
thepoint.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It’s no accident that foreign streaming services do little to promote Australian music and podcasts to Australians…and it’s no accident that our governments have chosen not to do more to fix it. Local content matters more in the digital age than ever
thepoint.com.au/news/251204-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251204-...
Sigh, give a ‘security guard’ a high vis vest with SECURITY across their back and get a fascist wanna be wanker.
December 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Sigh, give a ‘security guard’ a high vis vest with SECURITY across their back and get a fascist wanna be wanker.
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Even if you ignore the insane power usage, and the IP theft, and the workforce damage, the amount of fraud and abuse that gen ai enables is inexcusable and inextricable from the technology as long as it exists.
December 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Even if you ignore the insane power usage, and the IP theft, and the workforce damage, the amount of fraud and abuse that gen ai enables is inexcusable and inextricable from the technology as long as it exists.