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I had some thoughts on the rise of machine intelligence in a human-centred world.
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#introduction
Me being alt account-ish so I can write and rant about my luddite tendencies in relation to AI and LLMs.
I don’t dislike AI, so much as I am wary and trying to learn more, both by dabbling and exploring the tech itself but also by reading and writing about societal impacts.
Me being alt account-ish so I can write and rant about my luddite tendencies in relation to AI and LLMs.
I don’t dislike AI, so much as I am wary and trying to learn more, both by dabbling and exploring the tech itself but also by reading and writing about societal impacts.
if someone can, someone will
Dragon con remains undefeated.
September 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
if someone can, someone will
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This is how you handle someone who tries to sell AI slop at a con: remove them, and then clown on them relentlessly
September 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is how you handle someone who tries to sell AI slop at a con: remove them, and then clown on them relentlessly
I recently followed a couple starter packs, so hoping to try and check out some of you folks in more detail soon.
September 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I recently followed a couple starter packs, so hoping to try and check out some of you folks in more detail soon.
#introduction
Me being alt account-ish so I can write and rant about my luddite tendencies in relation to AI and LLMs.
I don’t dislike AI, so much as I am wary and trying to learn more, both by dabbling and exploring the tech itself but also by reading and writing about societal impacts.
Me being alt account-ish so I can write and rant about my luddite tendencies in relation to AI and LLMs.
I don’t dislike AI, so much as I am wary and trying to learn more, both by dabbling and exploring the tech itself but also by reading and writing about societal impacts.
September 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#introduction
Me being alt account-ish so I can write and rant about my luddite tendencies in relation to AI and LLMs.
I don’t dislike AI, so much as I am wary and trying to learn more, both by dabbling and exploring the tech itself but also by reading and writing about societal impacts.
Me being alt account-ish so I can write and rant about my luddite tendencies in relation to AI and LLMs.
I don’t dislike AI, so much as I am wary and trying to learn more, both by dabbling and exploring the tech itself but also by reading and writing about societal impacts.
dare i ask? what the heck is blueskyism?
September 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
dare i ask? what the heck is blueskyism?
one thing i can’t figure out is who is paying for it
it’s a free app
it’s quite robust and seems unlimited in its use
llms are notoriously expensive to operate
and as the saying goes, if you’re not paying for it then you’re not the customer, you’re the product
so who could be footing the bill?
it’s a free app
it’s quite robust and seems unlimited in its use
llms are notoriously expensive to operate
and as the saying goes, if you’re not paying for it then you’re not the customer, you’re the product
so who could be footing the bill?
my hairdresser confessed to me last week that she has been using an ai journal and treating it like a digital therapist.
i found out which one and spent the weekend conversing with it too — “for research” of course: i’m hoping to put together an article about my experiences
that said. i get it
i found out which one and spent the weekend conversing with it too — “for research” of course: i’m hoping to put together an article about my experiences
that said. i get it
September 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
one thing i can’t figure out is who is paying for it
it’s a free app
it’s quite robust and seems unlimited in its use
llms are notoriously expensive to operate
and as the saying goes, if you’re not paying for it then you’re not the customer, you’re the product
so who could be footing the bill?
it’s a free app
it’s quite robust and seems unlimited in its use
llms are notoriously expensive to operate
and as the saying goes, if you’re not paying for it then you’re not the customer, you’re the product
so who could be footing the bill?
my hairdresser confessed to me last week that she has been using an ai journal and treating it like a digital therapist.
i found out which one and spent the weekend conversing with it too — “for research” of course: i’m hoping to put together an article about my experiences
that said. i get it
i found out which one and spent the weekend conversing with it too — “for research” of course: i’m hoping to put together an article about my experiences
that said. i get it
September 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
my hairdresser confessed to me last week that she has been using an ai journal and treating it like a digital therapist.
i found out which one and spent the weekend conversing with it too — “for research” of course: i’m hoping to put together an article about my experiences
that said. i get it
i found out which one and spent the weekend conversing with it too — “for research” of course: i’m hoping to put together an article about my experiences
that said. i get it
i’d love to believe that people come online these days to share good things like art and stories and good vibes, but sadly in my experience 99% of engagement from strangers online comes from angry or controversial posts
basically, we’re all here for the rage and mostly ignoring the rest
basically, we’re all here for the rage and mostly ignoring the rest
September 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
i’d love to believe that people come online these days to share good things like art and stories and good vibes, but sadly in my experience 99% of engagement from strangers online comes from angry or controversial posts
basically, we’re all here for the rage and mostly ignoring the rest
basically, we’re all here for the rage and mostly ignoring the rest
i’ve been doing a lot of fiction writing lately “as a human” … which is to say, trying to focus on authenticity-forward stuff and allowing that strict grammar and formal structure are rules for ai
August 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
i’ve been doing a lot of fiction writing lately “as a human” … which is to say, trying to focus on authenticity-forward stuff and allowing that strict grammar and formal structure are rules for ai
I’ve been thinking about not just the collapse of our spaces into virtual spheres but what happens when those spheres are overwhelmingly inhabited by #ai
poetsprocessors.substack.com/p/ghosts-in-...
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Ghosts in Our Spaces
Who’s on first? Second? Or third? Probably a bot.
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July 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I’ve been thinking about not just the collapse of our spaces into virtual spheres but what happens when those spheres are overwhelmingly inhabited by #ai
poetsprocessors.substack.com/p/ghosts-in-...
poetsprocessors.substack.com/p/ghosts-in-...
I keep seeing that post about #emdash use as a flag for #ai content and i’m like emdash hell no, i have some thots:
poetsprocessors.substack.com/p/the-emdash...
poetsprocessors.substack.com/p/the-emdash...
The Emdash Conundrum
What is that mysterious double-dash and why isn’t it a red flag for inhuman writing?
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July 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I keep seeing that post about #emdash use as a flag for #ai content and i’m like emdash hell no, i have some thots:
poetsprocessors.substack.com/p/the-emdash...
poetsprocessors.substack.com/p/the-emdash...
Sleep eluded me, so I plugged in my headphones, turned on a podcast, and lay back into the pillow in the dark room of the too-early morning. #ai #techbros
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barely awake enough for my radical self-reliance this morning
Jarring realizations from the guys operating the self-driving bus.
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July 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Sleep eluded me, so I plugged in my headphones, turned on a podcast, and lay back into the pillow in the dark room of the too-early morning. #ai #techbros
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I am legit convinced that 99% of both the pro- and anti- #ai content on all these platforms is generative ai drivel meant to drown out the humans trying to discuss the same topic.
June 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I am legit convinced that 99% of both the pro- and anti- #ai content on all these platforms is generative ai drivel meant to drown out the humans trying to discuss the same topic.
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Random thoughts on AI….
“Let’s all commit to a human-centered future, rooted in an appreciation of the role of consent in defining our universe. The alternative is chilling — strip-mining of the soul, leaving only inhospitable conditions for the flowering of humanity.”
medium.com/@nturkewitz_...
“Let’s all commit to a human-centered future, rooted in an appreciation of the role of consent in defining our universe. The alternative is chilling — strip-mining of the soul, leaving only inhospitable conditions for the flowering of humanity.”
medium.com/@nturkewitz_...
The Fair Use Tango: A Dangerous Dance with [Re]Generative AI Models
By Neil Turkewitz
medium.com
June 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Random thoughts on AI….
“Let’s all commit to a human-centered future, rooted in an appreciation of the role of consent in defining our universe. The alternative is chilling — strip-mining of the soul, leaving only inhospitable conditions for the flowering of humanity.”
medium.com/@nturkewitz_...
“Let’s all commit to a human-centered future, rooted in an appreciation of the role of consent in defining our universe. The alternative is chilling — strip-mining of the soul, leaving only inhospitable conditions for the flowering of humanity.”
medium.com/@nturkewitz_...
But how would you even know that it wasn’t just regurgitating an answer it scraped from a science fiction story?
June 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
But how would you even know that it wasn’t just regurgitating an answer it scraped from a science fiction story?
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I love how the arbiters & influencers of this tech have no idea of how the tech actually works. Like YEAH, the statistical extrusion machine trained on Ghibli movies & prompted with ghibli frames IS going to generate frames that are statistically similar to the movies.
"I animated" 🤣
"I animated" 🤣
June 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I love how the arbiters & influencers of this tech have no idea of how the tech actually works. Like YEAH, the statistical extrusion machine trained on Ghibli movies & prompted with ghibli frames IS going to generate frames that are statistically similar to the movies.
"I animated" 🤣
"I animated" 🤣
I’m writing a piece on the bandwagon-jumping #ai detectives who routinely post about “simple ways to detect ai content…”
it’s basically a meme now and definitely overly simplistic to the point of promoting false positive finger-pointing at human creatives just doing their own thing.
it’s basically a meme now and definitely overly simplistic to the point of promoting false positive finger-pointing at human creatives just doing their own thing.
June 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I’m writing a piece on the bandwagon-jumping #ai detectives who routinely post about “simple ways to detect ai content…”
it’s basically a meme now and definitely overly simplistic to the point of promoting false positive finger-pointing at human creatives just doing their own thing.
it’s basically a meme now and definitely overly simplistic to the point of promoting false positive finger-pointing at human creatives just doing their own thing.
is #ai smart or just good at playing the games and passing the tests we designed to evaluate intelligence? I’m no AlanTuring but an LLM is no John Keats.
poetsprocessors.substack.com/p/turing-was...
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Turing Was Half Right
Does he tell us anything about consciousness?
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June 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
is #ai smart or just good at playing the games and passing the tests we designed to evaluate intelligence? I’m no AlanTuring but an LLM is no John Keats.
poetsprocessors.substack.com/p/turing-was...
poetsprocessors.substack.com/p/turing-was...
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Don’t follow this unless you are genuinely interested in a bit of a cautionary anti #ai conversation but I have started a substack and a side account here to write more about large language model generative bots and algorithms from a creator perspective.
I had some thoughts on #copyright first as I begin to build my case for #ai vigilance and algorithmic wariness :
poetsprocessors.substack.com/p/copy-wrong...
poetsprocessors.substack.com/p/copy-wrong...
Copy Wrongs & Rights
What stands between the poet and the people?
poetsprocessors.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Don’t follow this unless you are genuinely interested in a bit of a cautionary anti #ai conversation but I have started a substack and a side account here to write more about large language model generative bots and algorithms from a creator perspective.
I had some thoughts on #copyright first as I begin to build my case for #ai vigilance and algorithmic wariness :
poetsprocessors.substack.com/p/copy-wrong...
poetsprocessors.substack.com/p/copy-wrong...
Copy Wrongs & Rights
What stands between the poet and the people?
poetsprocessors.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I had some thoughts on #copyright first as I begin to build my case for #ai vigilance and algorithmic wariness :
poetsprocessors.substack.com/p/copy-wrong...
poetsprocessors.substack.com/p/copy-wrong...
As an artist and writer I have some very strong anti-ai feelings. As a tech guy who understands the software as much as the average bloke can, I am genuinely curious. Somewhere in the middle is what I want to explore on my substack.
June 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
As an artist and writer I have some very strong anti-ai feelings. As a tech guy who understands the software as much as the average bloke can, I am genuinely curious. Somewhere in the middle is what I want to explore on my substack.
This is a side account because I want to follow the heck out of #ai folks on both sides of the convo.
I appreciate follow backs but if you don’t choose to follow some brand new account with less than ten posts and a sketchy profile pic then i totally get it. ;)
I appreciate follow backs but if you don’t choose to follow some brand new account with less than ten posts and a sketchy profile pic then i totally get it. ;)
June 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This is a side account because I want to follow the heck out of #ai folks on both sides of the convo.
I appreciate follow backs but if you don’t choose to follow some brand new account with less than ten posts and a sketchy profile pic then i totally get it. ;)
I appreciate follow backs but if you don’t choose to follow some brand new account with less than ten posts and a sketchy profile pic then i totally get it. ;)
I would call myself cautiously skeptical about #ai these days.
I appreciate ai as a tool, but there seems to be a lot more cloudy-gazed enthusiasm than open-eyed understanding going on these days.
I appreciate ai as a tool, but there seems to be a lot more cloudy-gazed enthusiasm than open-eyed understanding going on these days.
June 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I would call myself cautiously skeptical about #ai these days.
I appreciate ai as a tool, but there seems to be a lot more cloudy-gazed enthusiasm than open-eyed understanding going on these days.
I appreciate ai as a tool, but there seems to be a lot more cloudy-gazed enthusiasm than open-eyed understanding going on these days.