Ed Cole
@edcole-uk.bsky.social
Socialist philosopher/writer with a science background. Openminded music fan. Caught between communal prepping and the universalist fight.
Will capitalists build AGI, or an out-of-control-bulldozer AI? We are being dehamanised so as to make us swallow both of these results, as well as a generalised chaos. New by me:
Demonic Capitalism Would Build Destructive AI. People Must Be Ready.
On how we’re being dehumanised by others, and potentially ourselves, under the push to AI chaos.
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July 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Will capitalists build AGI, or an out-of-control-bulldozer AI? We are being dehamanised so as to make us swallow both of these results, as well as a generalised chaos. New by me:
Reposted by Ed Cole
July 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Since Modi's government has decided to risk nuclear annihilation for all, I thought I should re-up my manifesto for change, written in 2023.
The Fight for the World is not Over: A “Computopian” Manifesto.
Caring people are more worried than ever about the state of the world. Under the sociopathic, capitalist leaders, things are getting worse…
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May 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Since Modi's government has decided to risk nuclear annihilation for all, I thought I should re-up my manifesto for change, written in 2023.
Loss of empathy means barbarism. How I think it's built:
All Empathy is Compartmentalised.
We should break it out of the walls, but steadily.
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March 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Loss of empathy means barbarism. How I think it's built:
On how loving people are scrambling.
“…Just The End of Love[?]”
I had stupidly thought most others were not just interested in conserving the project of love, but thought that they felt and understood…
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January 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
On how loving people are scrambling.
So difficult to know how to get started posting/reposting on here. What do I want to bring to people?
December 13, 2024 at 4:23 PM
So difficult to know how to get started posting/reposting on here. What do I want to bring to people?
If people might read your non-fiction, then they kind of need to what you are. So I wrote a very short bio:
Me, A Very Short Bio.
I didn’t really want to be pinned down as a non-fiction writer, but I do not play anything or sing particularly well! And now I’m…
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November 25, 2024 at 4:39 PM
If people might read your non-fiction, then they kind of need to what you are. So I wrote a very short bio:
In a very small window that comes up on my browser, I saw the words, "you were built to commune with the gods". Is this a genuine advert/trailer on YouTube or was I hallucinating?.. That's crapitalism I'm seeing!
November 21, 2024 at 3:17 PM
In a very small window that comes up on my browser, I saw the words, "you were built to commune with the gods". Is this a genuine advert/trailer on YouTube or was I hallucinating?.. That's crapitalism I'm seeing!
My latest philosophical musing.
Communication, Perceived as Violence.
CW: foul language
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November 20, 2024 at 1:13 PM
My latest philosophical musing.