Gisela
@gisela.bsky.social
Lecturer in Leadership and Command & Control, Stockholm. 🇸🇪 Interested in cognition 🧠 at work. IO Psych, organization and leadership. 📚 Book: ”Ostörd - Principer för en skärpt arbetsdag” Natur & Kultur.
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Yet another example of what happens if we allow LLMs to become a form of epistemic grounding for society.
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Yet another example of what happens if we allow LLMs to become a form of epistemic grounding for society.
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"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
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So there is already an ai-generated whitewashing campaign to bury the name of the Muslim man, Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters, and replace his identity with a white guy name and that’s why even a thimble of our potable water powering this tech is too fucking much.
December 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
So there is already an ai-generated whitewashing campaign to bury the name of the Muslim man, Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters, and replace his identity with a white guy name and that’s why even a thimble of our potable water powering this tech is too fucking much.
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What we're seeing here is, I think, capital's instrumental rationality finally turning against science itself. We're seeing capital trying to emancipate itself from the need for human understanding. In this way, AI is anti-intellectualism being turned from a logic of capital into capital itself.
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
What we're seeing here is, I think, capital's instrumental rationality finally turning against science itself. We're seeing capital trying to emancipate itself from the need for human understanding. In this way, AI is anti-intellectualism being turned from a logic of capital into capital itself.
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"One can and should harbor doubts about how successful
models based on the current crop of machine learning techniques will ultimately be—but there is little reason to doubt what the aim is: to embed knowledge in machines—knowledge that previously belonged to the people working in these domains."
models based on the current crop of machine learning techniques will ultimately be—but there is little reason to doubt what the aim is: to embed knowledge in machines—knowledge that previously belonged to the people working in these domains."
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"One can and should harbor doubts about how successful
models based on the current crop of machine learning techniques will ultimately be—but there is little reason to doubt what the aim is: to embed knowledge in machines—knowledge that previously belonged to the people working in these domains."
models based on the current crop of machine learning techniques will ultimately be—but there is little reason to doubt what the aim is: to embed knowledge in machines—knowledge that previously belonged to the people working in these domains."
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It's substituted by correlations in vast n-dimensional spaces. Inputs and outputs are clear, but what's in between is no longer a theory, a form of understanding, but simply constant capital, giant matrices getting multiplied in the vast VRAM world of GPUs. As we write in Why We Fear AI:
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It's substituted by correlations in vast n-dimensional spaces. Inputs and outputs are clear, but what's in between is no longer a theory, a form of understanding, but simply constant capital, giant matrices getting multiplied in the vast VRAM world of GPUs. As we write in Why We Fear AI:
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The internal aim of science is understanding, even if the external one (the reason it gets funded) are to produce competitive advantages (economic, military, etc).
For science, measurements and correlations are tools, used to get at causality as part of that understanding. In AI causality vanishes
For science, measurements and correlations are tools, used to get at causality as part of that understanding. In AI causality vanishes
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The internal aim of science is understanding, even if the external one (the reason it gets funded) are to produce competitive advantages (economic, military, etc).
For science, measurements and correlations are tools, used to get at causality as part of that understanding. In AI causality vanishes
For science, measurements and correlations are tools, used to get at causality as part of that understanding. In AI causality vanishes
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its production the same way capital seeks to industrialize anything, making the workers (in this case, it would be scientists) into appendages of machinery, into gears in a system whose overall working they ought not understand, lest they derive bargaining power from that fact.
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
its production the same way capital seeks to industrialize anything, making the workers (in this case, it would be scientists) into appendages of machinery, into gears in a system whose overall working they ought not understand, lest they derive bargaining power from that fact.
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If only we could remove that dialectical moment of resistance, that possibility for opposition, and keep the advantages that capital derives from science anyway. That is clearly the hope here, rooted both in a drive to shut down inconvenient truths, and to cheapen scientific output, to industrialize
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
If only we could remove that dialectical moment of resistance, that possibility for opposition, and keep the advantages that capital derives from science anyway. That is clearly the hope here, rooted both in a drive to shut down inconvenient truths, and to cheapen scientific output, to industrialize
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Capitalism certainly does not fund science to speak truth to power. But precisely because science cannot make due without a concept of truth, it sometimes cannot help but speak truth to power anyways. An obvious case is climate change, where scientific truth conflicts clearly with the profit motive.
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Capitalism certainly does not fund science to speak truth to power. But precisely because science cannot make due without a concept of truth, it sometimes cannot help but speak truth to power anyways. An obvious case is climate change, where scientific truth conflicts clearly with the profit motive.
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In applying AI to material science, biology, etc, capitalism is trying to shed science.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
In applying AI to material science, biology, etc, capitalism is trying to shed science.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Spoiler: Klimatförändringarna.
Sverige har värmts upp dubbelt så snabbt som det globala genomsnittet. Vi har förlorat 58 dagar av meteorologisk vinter på 40 år. Med vilken rätt?
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/wr...
Sverige har värmts upp dubbelt så snabbt som det globala genomsnittet. Vi har förlorat 58 dagar av meteorologisk vinter på 40 år. Med vilken rätt?
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/wr...
December 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Spoiler: Klimatförändringarna.
Sverige har värmts upp dubbelt så snabbt som det globala genomsnittet. Vi har förlorat 58 dagar av meteorologisk vinter på 40 år. Med vilken rätt?
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/wr...
Sverige har värmts upp dubbelt så snabbt som det globala genomsnittet. Vi har förlorat 58 dagar av meteorologisk vinter på 40 år. Med vilken rätt?
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/wr...
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“This is an agency that demonizes immigrants who have committed no crimes yet it fails to police its own ranks. The hypocrisy is breathtaking, & the threat to public safety is clear.”
This ⤵️ is who is behind the mask, grabbing people off the street.
www.citybeat.com/news/cincinn...
This ⤵️ is who is behind the mask, grabbing people off the street.
www.citybeat.com/news/cincinn...
Cincinnati ICE Leader Accused of Strangling Woman Held on $400k Bond
Prosecutors say the award-winning ICE agent has a history of domestic violence reports as DHS places him on suspension.
www.citybeat.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“This is an agency that demonizes immigrants who have committed no crimes yet it fails to police its own ranks. The hypocrisy is breathtaking, & the threat to public safety is clear.”
This ⤵️ is who is behind the mask, grabbing people off the street.
www.citybeat.com/news/cincinn...
This ⤵️ is who is behind the mask, grabbing people off the street.
www.citybeat.com/news/cincinn...
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I åratal har kvinnan varit aktiv i grupper som sprider vaccinkritik och klimatförnekelse.
2022 besökte hon den stora antivaxx-manifestationen på Plattan i Stockholm.
Nu sitter hon häktad, misstänkt för att ha förgiftat kollegorna på sjukhuset i Uppsala.
Läs Flammans kartläggning:
2022 besökte hon den stora antivaxx-manifestationen på Plattan i Stockholm.
Nu sitter hon häktad, misstänkt för att ha förgiftat kollegorna på sjukhuset i Uppsala.
Läs Flammans kartläggning:
Misstänkt ”giftkvinna” aktiv i högerradikala grupper
Misstänks ha förgiftat kollegorna – spred vaccinkritik och klimatförnekelse
www.flamman.se
December 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I åratal har kvinnan varit aktiv i grupper som sprider vaccinkritik och klimatförnekelse.
2022 besökte hon den stora antivaxx-manifestationen på Plattan i Stockholm.
Nu sitter hon häktad, misstänkt för att ha förgiftat kollegorna på sjukhuset i Uppsala.
Läs Flammans kartläggning:
2022 besökte hon den stora antivaxx-manifestationen på Plattan i Stockholm.
Nu sitter hon häktad, misstänkt för att ha förgiftat kollegorna på sjukhuset i Uppsala.
Läs Flammans kartläggning:
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
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Tbf the learn to code people were the guys who had to pay the programmers, and they’ve gotten what they wanted. Now they are trying to get everyone to into trades to lower their HVAC bills
December 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Tbf the learn to code people were the guys who had to pay the programmers, and they’ve gotten what they wanted. Now they are trying to get everyone to into trades to lower their HVAC bills
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I think a lot of "learn to code" people thought high salaries for programmers were a permanent feature of the world rather than the result of unusual circumstances around supply and demand in the labor market. Over last 20 years, CS went from a niche college major to the most popular major in the US
New CS grads are making less than I made as an accounting graduate straight out of college a decade ago, and I don’t mean inflation adjusted, I mean nominally.
December 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I think a lot of "learn to code" people thought high salaries for programmers were a permanent feature of the world rather than the result of unusual circumstances around supply and demand in the labor market. Over last 20 years, CS went from a niche college major to the most popular major in the US
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Några rader om ett dramatiskt geopolitiskt skifte som knappt tycks ha uppmärksammats i Sverige:
USA:s nya säkerhetspolitiska doktrin slår fast att landet bör motarbeta Ukraina-vänliga regeringar i Europa och stötta EU-kritiska nationalister
arbetet.se/2025/12/05/t...
USA:s nya säkerhetspolitiska doktrin slår fast att landet bör motarbeta Ukraina-vänliga regeringar i Europa och stötta EU-kritiska nationalister
arbetet.se/2025/12/05/t...
Trumps besked: vill avsätta Kristersson och andra EU-ledare
Presidenten slår fast att USA bör stärka nationalistiska och EU-fientliga partier för att få bort europeiska regeringar som stöttar Ukraina. Och Europa vidöppet för amerikansk påverkan, skriver Arbete...
arbetet.se
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Några rader om ett dramatiskt geopolitiskt skifte som knappt tycks ha uppmärksammats i Sverige:
USA:s nya säkerhetspolitiska doktrin slår fast att landet bör motarbeta Ukraina-vänliga regeringar i Europa och stötta EU-kritiska nationalister
arbetet.se/2025/12/05/t...
USA:s nya säkerhetspolitiska doktrin slår fast att landet bör motarbeta Ukraina-vänliga regeringar i Europa och stötta EU-kritiska nationalister
arbetet.se/2025/12/05/t...
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I still find it hard to believe that Republicans are willing to go along with this as the cost of doing business.
Breaking news: A vaccine advisory panel has voted to end the long-standing recommendation that newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine — the most significant change to the childhood immunization schedule under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
CDC panel makes most sweeping revision to child vaccine schedule under RFK Jr.
The panel voted to eliminate a long-standing recommendation for every newborn to receive a hepatitis B shot, excluding those born to mothers testing negative.
wapo.st
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I still find it hard to believe that Republicans are willing to go along with this as the cost of doing business.
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This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year
Almost a quarter of a million more children around the world are projected to die in 2025 than in 2024.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
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Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
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“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Gen Z Shoppers Aren’t Spending Like Retailers Need Them To
More than other generations, 20-somethings are tightening their holiday-season budgets because of economic pressures.
www.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”