André Spiegel
@drmirror.bsky.social
software engineer, writer, musician
It is about time that we replace “to google” with a catchier version of “to chat with AI”. Then again, we have not been able to do anything even close with “phone”, either.
December 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It is about time that we replace “to google” with a catchier version of “to chat with AI”. Then again, we have not been able to do anything even close with “phone”, either.
good literary position on how it's unliterary to oppose AI open.substack.com/pub/commonre...
Is it unliterary to oppose AI?
My "position" on AI
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
good literary position on how it's unliterary to oppose AI open.substack.com/pub/commonre...
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This sign spoke to me.
(apologies for being such a bad photographer that I cut this fellow former Republican’s head out of the photo)
(apologies for being such a bad photographer that I cut this fellow former Republican’s head out of the photo)
October 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This sign spoke to me.
(apologies for being such a bad photographer that I cut this fellow former Republican’s head out of the photo)
(apologies for being such a bad photographer that I cut this fellow former Republican’s head out of the photo)
When more than 3.5% of the population engage in political protest, autocratic regimes can typically not keep themselves in power. This rule was found by political scientist Erica Chenoweth.
October 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
When more than 3.5% of the population engage in political protest, autocratic regimes can typically not keep themselves in power. This rule was found by political scientist Erica Chenoweth.
Let's make it 3.5% of the population. At least! See you at the #nokings protests tomorrow. mobilize.us/s/Gekd87
NO KINGS - City of Newburgh · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
mobilize.us
October 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Let's make it 3.5% of the population. At least! See you at the #nokings protests tomorrow. mobilize.us/s/Gekd87
I honestly don’t know what I’m more afraid of: That he gets the Nobel Peace Prize, or that he doesn’t.
October 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I honestly don’t know what I’m more afraid of: That he gets the Nobel Peace Prize, or that he doesn’t.
Reposted by André Spiegel
Michael Jochum on Facebook:
October 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Michael Jochum on Facebook:
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: "We don’t have the faintest idea what a generalized AI might want, except that it will want to expand in the most mindless, turbo-capitalist way."
September 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: "We don’t have the faintest idea what a generalized AI might want, except that it will want to expand in the most mindless, turbo-capitalist way."
Minutes after Mr. Kirk’s widow, Erika, urged the crowd to love their enemies as her husband did, Mr. Trump said he could not agree. “I hate my opponent and I don’t want the best for them,” he said, adding “Sorry Erika.”
I hope this will be repeated everywhere.
I hope this will be repeated everywhere.
September 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Minutes after Mr. Kirk’s widow, Erika, urged the crowd to love their enemies as her husband did, Mr. Trump said he could not agree. “I hate my opponent and I don’t want the best for them,” he said, adding “Sorry Erika.”
I hope this will be repeated everywhere.
I hope this will be repeated everywhere.
Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. I'm trying to figure out how, when running over it, do I know I've reached the middle.
September 4, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. I'm trying to figure out how, when running over it, do I know I've reached the middle.
That nagging disappointment when running for the first time after a while, and noticing how it’s become more difficult than it ever was, because I’m older than I ever was, and no matter how much I refuse to age, I do – 1/
August 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
That nagging disappointment when running for the first time after a while, and noticing how it’s become more difficult than it ever was, because I’m older than I ever was, and no matter how much I refuse to age, I do – 1/
It’s the week before classes start at Columbia, and judging from what’s going on in my building, nothing is wrong with the world. It’s all full with Asian students who come here to get something that must be shining far to lure them, something they cannot get at home, or so their parents believe.
August 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
It’s the week before classes start at Columbia, and judging from what’s going on in my building, nothing is wrong with the world. It’s all full with Asian students who come here to get something that must be shining far to lure them, something they cannot get at home, or so their parents believe.
Reposted by André Spiegel
Dear journalists:
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
August 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Dear journalists:
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
Bolton says that the verdict of history about Trump will be devastating. That assumes that in history, in the long run, the accidents of humanity are no more than that: accidents. But what if history itself is contaminated? 1/
August 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Bolton says that the verdict of history about Trump will be devastating. That assumes that in history, in the long run, the accidents of humanity are no more than that: accidents. But what if history itself is contaminated? 1/
"Even villains can have tragic flaws, and Trump’s is vanity. Judging from the press conference in Anchorage, Putin understands this very well."
"Nothing that happened in medieval eastern Europe bound future states to make war against each other a thousand years later"
My latest essay: "The myths that made Putin’s war"
www.ft.com/content/9731...
My latest essay: "The myths that made Putin’s war"
www.ft.com/content/9731...
The myths that made Putin’s war
The Alaska summit exposed the flawed history and personal vanity that fuel the conflict with Ukraine, argues Timothy Snyder
www.ft.com
August 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"Even villains can have tragic flaws, and Trump’s is vanity. Judging from the press conference in Anchorage, Putin understands this very well."
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what about your personal history as an author makes you think that getting published is evidence of quality?
August 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
what about your personal history as an author makes you think that getting published is evidence of quality?
8/12 I’d rather not know how fast a six- or ten-year-old could learn these things on the piano that take me weeks. J says I’m so much more disciplined and thorough about it than a child, but I don’t see why this would precisely balance my slower learning. It does not.
August 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
8/12 I’d rather not know how fast a six- or ten-year-old could learn these things on the piano that take me weeks. J says I’m so much more disciplined and thorough about it than a child, but I don’t see why this would precisely balance my slower learning. It does not.
I guess we've all been wondering at what point they'd arrest the comedians. Turns out cancelling their shows is the next step in shifting the Overton window.
July 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I guess we've all been wondering at what point they'd arrest the comedians. Turns out cancelling their shows is the next step in shifting the Overton window.
While my son and I were out watching Jurassic Park, my daughter and wife grabbed some AI music software and generated a whole bunch of songs about our family, hilarious and hitting the nail on the head in all sorts of genres, from Metallica to 80s synth pop.
July 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
While my son and I were out watching Jurassic Park, my daughter and wife grabbed some AI music software and generated a whole bunch of songs about our family, hilarious and hitting the nail on the head in all sorts of genres, from Metallica to 80s synth pop.
Rick Beato says that AI music is bad because a) the person prompting the AI is not doing any actual work, and b) the AI is not doing any actual work, it just takes other people’s ideas and creates songs out of them. The counter-argument is that AI does what every musician does: learn from others.
July 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Rick Beato says that AI music is bad because a) the person prompting the AI is not doing any actual work, and b) the AI is not doing any actual work, it just takes other people’s ideas and creates songs out of them. The counter-argument is that AI does what every musician does: learn from others.
Nobody's work is stolen. Authors have a job to do. This is not it. medium.com/furthermore-...
An Open Letter from Closed Minds: Authors Against AI
Nobody’s work is stolen. Authors have a job to do.
medium.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Nobody's work is stolen. Authors have a job to do. This is not it. medium.com/furthermore-...
One of the voices of millions of Americans right now. (This one happens to be my wife.) threefifths.online/2025/07/08/t...
Truth and Reconciliation for America: A Path Forward
Confronting America’s Current Crisis The ability of American society to rely on care for its most vulnerable members is almost non-existent. The responsibility of societal care has fallen to …
threefifths.online
July 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
One of the voices of millions of Americans right now. (This one happens to be my wife.) threefifths.online/2025/07/08/t...
So that was the first election in my new country where the result is what I myself had hoped, and voted for. Seems appropriate to make a note of it.
June 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
So that was the first election in my new country where the result is what I myself had hoped, and voted for. Seems appropriate to make a note of it.
Americans sure know how to do a parade. This one was deliberately kept as low-profile and boring as possible.
June 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Americans sure know how to do a parade. This one was deliberately kept as low-profile and boring as possible.