Gustavo Ferreira
@gustavoferreira.bsky.social
He/him. Brazilian, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream at uoft.bsky.social . Audio Media, Culture, Music and (questions of) Recommender Systems and technology.
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Most read on Tech Policy Press in 2025: "The problem is that those of us outside of the AI industry don’t know what rules they are following. That’s not a black box. It’s just a policy decision." — Eryk Salvaggio.
The Black Box Myth: What the Industry Pretends Not to Know About AI | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press fellow Eryk Salvaggio says it's a problem is that those of us outside of the AI industry don’t know what rules they are following.
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January 2, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Most read on Tech Policy Press in 2025: "The problem is that those of us outside of the AI industry don’t know what rules they are following. That’s not a black box. It’s just a policy decision." — Eryk Salvaggio.
Meu senhor, como eu tô com vontade de ir pra casa. Sdds casa
December 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Meu senhor, como eu tô com vontade de ir pra casa. Sdds casa
a vida presta
Zambelli apanha na cadeia e muda de cela www.brasil247.com/brasil/zambe...
Zambelli apanha na cadeia e muda de cela
Ex-deputada presa na Itália teve de mudar de andar em presídio na Itália
www.brasil247.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
a vida presta
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It's like all of these hucksters and charlatans aren't actually technologists.
You don't have to threaten people to adopt a technology. If you do, it's worthless. You don't have to say "OH NO. YOU'LL BE LEFT BEHIND!"
It's all a con. People looking to make a ton of money and get out fast.
You don't have to threaten people to adopt a technology. If you do, it's worthless. You don't have to say "OH NO. YOU'LL BE LEFT BEHIND!"
It's all a con. People looking to make a ton of money and get out fast.
December 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It's like all of these hucksters and charlatans aren't actually technologists.
You don't have to threaten people to adopt a technology. If you do, it's worthless. You don't have to say "OH NO. YOU'LL BE LEFT BEHIND!"
It's all a con. People looking to make a ton of money and get out fast.
You don't have to threaten people to adopt a technology. If you do, it's worthless. You don't have to say "OH NO. YOU'LL BE LEFT BEHIND!"
It's all a con. People looking to make a ton of money and get out fast.
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We do not have to offer and I believe indeed should not offer any benefit of the doubt: Anything sold as "AI" should be presumed ineffective, exploitative, environmentally ruinous, bigotry-amplifying and otherwise until proven otherwise.
/fin
/fin
December 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We do not have to offer and I believe indeed should not offer any benefit of the doubt: Anything sold as "AI" should be presumed ineffective, exploitative, environmentally ruinous, bigotry-amplifying and otherwise until proven otherwise.
/fin
/fin
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You know, some days I sit and think about how absolutely wild it is that we've built a society where we don't provide a place for people to even sleep at night without having to pay for it, and that we've somehow made it seem like that's normal.
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
You know, some days I sit and think about how absolutely wild it is that we've built a society where we don't provide a place for people to even sleep at night without having to pay for it, and that we've somehow made it seem like that's normal.
The answer? Capitalism
How a Brazilian meat tycoon accused of bribery and deforestation became a key player in regional diplomacy
How a Brazilian meat tycoon accused of bribery and deforestation became a key player in regional diplomacy
Joesley Batista is credited as a major force behind the reconciliation between Trump and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The answer? Capitalism
E @fantasticoglobo.bsky.social não vai cobrir nada sobre os protestos de hoje? Nada na escalada.
December 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
E @fantasticoglobo.bsky.social não vai cobrir nada sobre os protestos de hoje? Nada na escalada.
Se Deus quiser
Mourão afirma que Bolsonaro pode morrer "de um dia para o outro"
www.brasil247.com/brasil/moura...
www.brasil247.com/brasil/moura...
Mourão afirma que Bolsonaro pode morrer "de um dia para o outro"
Senador afirma que saúde do ex-presidente é grave e cita avaliação levada ao STF
www.brasil247.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Se Deus quiser
Eu admiro muito quem faz a luz das novelas da globo
December 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Eu admiro muito quem faz a luz das novelas da globo
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No @jnoficial.bsky.social , São Paulo nao tem prefeito nem governador. Apenas "poder público".
Lembrando que São Paulo está com falta de água.
Ah, e as companhias aéreas não tem nome tb, não. Nem pessoas para serem entrevistadas.
O capital é contra o jornalismo.
Lembrando que São Paulo está com falta de água.
Ah, e as companhias aéreas não tem nome tb, não. Nem pessoas para serem entrevistadas.
O capital é contra o jornalismo.
December 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
No @jnoficial.bsky.social , São Paulo nao tem prefeito nem governador. Apenas "poder público".
Lembrando que São Paulo está com falta de água.
Ah, e as companhias aéreas não tem nome tb, não. Nem pessoas para serem entrevistadas.
O capital é contra o jornalismo.
Lembrando que São Paulo está com falta de água.
Ah, e as companhias aéreas não tem nome tb, não. Nem pessoas para serem entrevistadas.
O capital é contra o jornalismo.
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OTD in 1950, Judy Wajcman was born. A pioneering sociologist and feminist theorist, Wajcman reshaped the philosophy and sociology of technology by showing how technological systems are deeply entwined with gender, power, and social organization.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
OTD in 1950, Judy Wajcman was born. A pioneering sociologist and feminist theorist, Wajcman reshaped the philosophy and sociology of technology by showing how technological systems are deeply entwined with gender, power, and social organization.
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Cultura do cancelamento é igual indústria da multa, só reclama disso quem vive cometendo infração
December 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Cultura do cancelamento é igual indústria da multa, só reclama disso quem vive cometendo infração
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Some really unsavory figures hedging their bets.
When this "AI" bubble pops, the men pretending they weren't pushing the hype, like "critics" whose position is "AGI is real but LLMs aren't the way," who were in eugenicist and "AI existential risk"🙄 circles, will get specials discussing what they saw coming, when its the women who told you so.
December 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Some really unsavory figures hedging their bets.
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The Blue Jays losing the World Series felt like they shot my friend in the face in front of me
December 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The Blue Jays losing the World Series felt like they shot my friend in the face in front of me
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I want to thank the Raptors for sucking recently. I couldn't become emotionally invested in another sport.
December 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I want to thank the Raptors for sucking recently. I couldn't become emotionally invested in another sport.
Ok. So it’s not just me!
I am forever explaining assignments which, to me, feel fairly basic. I do offer some creative options, which need a bit more context. But so many of my students seem unable to follow instructions, even when I return to them multiple times, write them down, or turn them into games or quizzes.
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Ok. So it’s not just me!
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We're seeing possibly the worst attendance in history. Even in creative writing classes, where students generally want to participate and have their voice heard--they're not showing up, ignoring guidelines and feedback, and either describing expectations as "unclear" or simply refusing to comply.
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
We're seeing possibly the worst attendance in history. Even in creative writing classes, where students generally want to participate and have their voice heard--they're not showing up, ignoring guidelines and feedback, and either describing expectations as "unclear" or simply refusing to comply.
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Mas agora, qual dos sorteios da @sound3vision.bsky.social que vai tá valendo?
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Mas agora, qual dos sorteios da @sound3vision.bsky.social que vai tá valendo?
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Absolutely.
It replicates biases under the guise of neutrality but is a eugenicist backed project.
Gebru was fired for pointing out Google did not have an AGI.
Lust for AGI -> TESCREAL tech cults -> 2nd wave eugenics
youtu.be/P7XT4TWLzJw
It replicates biases under the guise of neutrality but is a eugenicist backed project.
Gebru was fired for pointing out Google did not have an AGI.
Lust for AGI -> TESCREAL tech cults -> 2nd wave eugenics
youtu.be/P7XT4TWLzJw
SaTML 2023 - Timnit Gebru - Eugenics and the Promise of Utopia through AGI
YouTube video by Nicolas Papernot
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Absolutely.
It replicates biases under the guise of neutrality but is a eugenicist backed project.
Gebru was fired for pointing out Google did not have an AGI.
Lust for AGI -> TESCREAL tech cults -> 2nd wave eugenics
youtu.be/P7XT4TWLzJw
It replicates biases under the guise of neutrality but is a eugenicist backed project.
Gebru was fired for pointing out Google did not have an AGI.
Lust for AGI -> TESCREAL tech cults -> 2nd wave eugenics
youtu.be/P7XT4TWLzJw
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Yet again: can we accept that the current technology of generative AI is an inherently fascistic product, and should be treated as such?
Just as fascism is not inevitable, neither is the invasion of genAI into every aspect of society - especially education and academia.
Just as fascism is not inevitable, neither is the invasion of genAI into every aspect of society - especially education and academia.
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Yet again: can we accept that the current technology of generative AI is an inherently fascistic product, and should be treated as such?
Just as fascism is not inevitable, neither is the invasion of genAI into every aspect of society - especially education and academia.
Just as fascism is not inevitable, neither is the invasion of genAI into every aspect of society - especially education and academia.
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The university is not a factory.
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The university is not a factory.
Melhor que a classe média performe brasilidade do que performe Francesidades
Realmente entendo a saturação mas acho melhor do que quando eu era moleque e toda boate se chamava tipo Ecos de Berlim
caralho não aguento mais classe média performando BRASILIDADES
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Melhor que a classe média performe brasilidade do que performe Francesidades
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The smartest thing a politician can do in 2026 is to come up with a bold plan for shoring up and EXPANDING public libraries. Call it Project 2050. It's a way to reintroduce the grammar of commoning and the commons to a new generation in a way they can easily grasp. Such low hanging fruit.
November 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The smartest thing a politician can do in 2026 is to come up with a bold plan for shoring up and EXPANDING public libraries. Call it Project 2050. It's a way to reintroduce the grammar of commoning and the commons to a new generation in a way they can easily grasp. Such low hanging fruit.