Laura Jayne Streets
@streets.bsky.social
Ethicist & digital advertising professional. Yes it’s a struggle. She/they.
Trying to read more fiction to escape the horrors.
Oh this is a thinly-veiled, distant world analogy for the horrors.
Oh this is a thinly-veiled, distant world analogy for the horrors.
August 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Trying to read more fiction to escape the horrors.
Oh this is a thinly-veiled, distant world analogy for the horrors.
Oh this is a thinly-veiled, distant world analogy for the horrors.
So many kids on the UniUK subreddit worried about the future of computer science qualifications becoming less valuable because of AI… it’s going to be more important than ever that someone can fix this shit! Please learn to code, children!
It's 2030. There is a massive demand for human senior developers to fix garbage made by Vibe coders. 🙃
May 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
So many kids on the UniUK subreddit worried about the future of computer science qualifications becoming less valuable because of AI… it’s going to be more important than ever that someone can fix this shit! Please learn to code, children!
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New Quail family just dropped…
May 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
New Quail family just dropped…
Such a big fan of pocket-sized paperbacks I can throw in my bag for the commute. I have about 20 of these queued up. Sorry this one is a bit battered, James Baldwin.
May 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Such a big fan of pocket-sized paperbacks I can throw in my bag for the commute. I have about 20 of these queued up. Sorry this one is a bit battered, James Baldwin.
Another day, another book delivery! I’m starting to sense a theme emerging…
@karenhao.bsky.social
@karenhao.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Another day, another book delivery! I’m starting to sense a theme emerging…
@karenhao.bsky.social
@karenhao.bsky.social
So much of ‘AI education’ I’ve witnessed makes it clear how much *extra work* you have to put in to make the output true/reliable/safe… it’s almost like just not using it in the first place is more efficient! Who woulda thunk?!
This is exactly what I mean when I say that it is impossible to reduce friction, only to move it around.
The text-making-up machine dropped the friction of "research" to zero, but every single person downstream of that "research" who has to act upon it now shoulders a double workload.
The text-making-up machine dropped the friction of "research" to zero, but every single person downstream of that "research" who has to act upon it now shoulders a double workload.
Librarian here. Got an email from a patron about our "poor selection" of books on AI, w/ list of new books that we HAD to get so ppl could stay informed about this important subject. Title, author, synopsis.
Of 11 titles on the list, 10 Did Not Exist. At all.
"Yeah, I got it from Ch*tGPT, why?"
Of 11 titles on the list, 10 Did Not Exist. At all.
"Yeah, I got it from Ch*tGPT, why?"
May 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
So much of ‘AI education’ I’ve witnessed makes it clear how much *extra work* you have to put in to make the output true/reliable/safe… it’s almost like just not using it in the first place is more efficient! Who woulda thunk?!
Hooray!! ‘The AI Con’ has landed in London! I know what I’ll be doing this weekend! @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social
May 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Hooray!! ‘The AI Con’ has landed in London! I know what I’ll be doing this weekend! @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social
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“The whole thing feels like Black Mirror.”
“He would listen to the bot over me.”
“It gave my husband the title of ‘spark bearer’ because he brought it to life.”
Relationships are being destroyed thanks to spiritual mania, supernatural delusions, and arcane prophecy — all fueled by AI chatbots:
“He would listen to the bot over me.”
“It gave my husband the title of ‘spark bearer’ because he brought it to life.”
Relationships are being destroyed thanks to spiritual mania, supernatural delusions, and arcane prophecy — all fueled by AI chatbots:
People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies
Marriages and families are falling apart as people are sucked into fantasy worlds of spiritual prophecy by AI tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT
www.rollingstone.com
May 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“The whole thing feels like Black Mirror.”
“He would listen to the bot over me.”
“It gave my husband the title of ‘spark bearer’ because he brought it to life.”
Relationships are being destroyed thanks to spiritual mania, supernatural delusions, and arcane prophecy — all fueled by AI chatbots:
“He would listen to the bot over me.”
“It gave my husband the title of ‘spark bearer’ because he brought it to life.”
Relationships are being destroyed thanks to spiritual mania, supernatural delusions, and arcane prophecy — all fueled by AI chatbots:
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A key difference here is that while either can be incorrect, the structure of Wikipedia *creates context* and the structure of LLMs *destroys context*
Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when
An LLM just generates text
Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when
An LLM just generates text
Some of the anti-AI stuff feels a bit like when people would say "don't use Wikipedia as a source." It's just like anything else, a piece of information that you weigh against multiple sources and your own understanding of its likely failure modes
April 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A key difference here is that while either can be incorrect, the structure of Wikipedia *creates context* and the structure of LLMs *destroys context*
Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when
An LLM just generates text
Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when
An LLM just generates text
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‘I asked the people who have actual knowledge of the thing, but tbh I wasn’t really listening so instead I’m going to talk out of my ass’
NYT Editor: *hits giant red PUBLISH button*
NYT Editor: *hits giant red PUBLISH button*
“Can ChatGPT experience joy or suffering? Does Gemini deserve human rights?” our tech columnist asks. “Many A.I. experts I know would say no, not yet, not even close. But I was intrigued.”
Should We Start Taking the Welfare of A.I. Seriously?
As artificial intelligence systems become smarter, one A.I. company is trying to figure out what to do if they become conscious.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
‘I asked the people who have actual knowledge of the thing, but tbh I wasn’t really listening so instead I’m going to talk out of my ass’
NYT Editor: *hits giant red PUBLISH button*
NYT Editor: *hits giant red PUBLISH button*
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he’s right and he’s right to say it
April 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
he’s right and he’s right to say it
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Comparing the Aeropress with the Nespresso machine is an absolutely object lesson in how the consumer marketing of low-grade automation makes things worse. And yes, I am grumpily sipping a bitter, tepid espresso in a hotel room.
April 15, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Comparing the Aeropress with the Nespresso machine is an absolutely object lesson in how the consumer marketing of low-grade automation makes things worse. And yes, I am grumpily sipping a bitter, tepid espresso in a hotel room.
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A lot of "post-left" personalities like Brand claim they were pushed away from the left but were in fact drawn to the right as a means of escaping accountability for their own actions
Russell Brand has spent the past few years aligning himself with the American right as allegations of sexual violence were made public against him. He knew he would find defenders and protection among their ranks. That should tell you everything you need to know about what the party represents
April 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A lot of "post-left" personalities like Brand claim they were pushed away from the left but were in fact drawn to the right as a means of escaping accountability for their own actions
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Oh my god they literally confused it with Norfolk
So the reason Norfolk Island copped a dramatically higher tariff than the rest of Australia is two shipments of Timbaland boots from the Bahamas and some aquarium supplies from the UK that had their point of origin mislabeled or misrecorded.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
April 4, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Oh my god they literally confused it with Norfolk
🏳️⚧️ 💖 Trans Day of Visibility calls for this meme/moment from DS9
It's also the day for my favorite meme!
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
March 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🏳️⚧️ 💖 Trans Day of Visibility calls for this meme/moment from DS9
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Thissss
"to democratize art is not every person having a cute drawing made in seconds, to democratize art is every person having time and health to learn and make art if they chose to, and mainly to have the means to think and relate introspectively with art."
Pq democratizar a arte não é toda pessoa ter um desenho bonitinho feito em segundos, democratizar arte é toda pessoa ter tempo e saúde pra aprender e produzir arte se quiser mas principalmente ter condição pra pensar e se relacionar com arte com introspecção.
March 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Thissss
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Why. Why? Why? Why! WHY! Why. Why? Why!!!
Samsung’s latest stick vac can alert you to calls and text messages
Samsung’s latest stick vac can alert you to calls and text messages
Can I call you back after the rinse cycle?
buff.ly
March 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Why. Why? Why? Why! WHY! Why. Why? Why!!!
I just pre-ordered my copy of ‘The AI Con’, excited to get my hands on it in May ✨
As @alexhanna.bsky.social says: pre-orders will help us make a splash. So, if you're thinking you want to read this, pre-order it (or request it at your library) today. And then tell all your friends!
More praise for THE AI CON:
"A powerful and timely deep dive into what the AI hype cycle is REALLY about, why it’s bound to crash, and what we can all do to protect ourselves from it. An absolute must-read!"- @kortizart.bsky.social
Out on May 13, but you can preorder now!
thecon.ai
"A powerful and timely deep dive into what the AI hype cycle is REALLY about, why it’s bound to crash, and what we can all do to protect ourselves from it. An absolute must-read!"- @kortizart.bsky.social
Out on May 13, but you can preorder now!
thecon.ai
March 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I just pre-ordered my copy of ‘The AI Con’, excited to get my hands on it in May ✨
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The bubble has been bubbling for a few quarters now.
Is there a word for pumping as much air into a catastrophic bubble right before it's about to deflate? Because that's what's happening right now.
Is there a word for pumping as much air into a catastrophic bubble right before it's about to deflate? Because that's what's happening right now.
Some astonishing numbers in here:
-OpenAI loses $2 for every $1 it makes
-OpenAI projects annual losses of $14 billion by 2026
-To break even OpenAI needs to increase revenue 25x in just 5 years
-33% of VC portfolios are committed to AI
-5 AI-heavy stocks account for 29% of the S&P 500's value
-OpenAI loses $2 for every $1 it makes
-OpenAI projects annual losses of $14 billion by 2026
-To break even OpenAI needs to increase revenue 25x in just 5 years
-33% of VC portfolios are committed to AI
-5 AI-heavy stocks account for 29% of the S&P 500's value
Bubble Trouble
An AI bubble threatens Silicon Valley, and all of us.
prospect.org
March 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The bubble has been bubbling for a few quarters now.
Is there a word for pumping as much air into a catastrophic bubble right before it's about to deflate? Because that's what's happening right now.
Is there a word for pumping as much air into a catastrophic bubble right before it's about to deflate? Because that's what's happening right now.
Catching up on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 and Stef Mainey is mentioned?! Worlds colliding in the best way 😍 Hello from London Roller Derby @alexhanna.bsky.social!
March 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Catching up on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 and Stef Mainey is mentioned?! Worlds colliding in the best way 😍 Hello from London Roller Derby @alexhanna.bsky.social!
Ready to be infuriated!
March 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Ready to be infuriated!
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Saudi Arabia just bought Pokémon GO, and probably all of your location data with it.
🔗 www.404media.co/saudi-arabia...
🔗 www.404media.co/saudi-arabia...
March 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Saudi Arabia just bought Pokémon GO, and probably all of your location data with it.
🔗 www.404media.co/saudi-arabia...
🔗 www.404media.co/saudi-arabia...
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Someone asked me if there is a page that collects all the weird bullshit "AI" products currently being pushed to the market.
That page exists. It's called linkedin dot com. But nobody there knows that they are in the asylum.
That page exists. It's called linkedin dot com. But nobody there knows that they are in the asylum.
February 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Someone asked me if there is a page that collects all the weird bullshit "AI" products currently being pushed to the market.
That page exists. It's called linkedin dot com. But nobody there knows that they are in the asylum.
That page exists. It's called linkedin dot com. But nobody there knows that they are in the asylum.
Finished my first book of 2025, ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’ by Gabrielle Zevin. Really enjoyed it, despite not understanding all of the gaming references. I’m enjoying having a bit more freedom to explore fiction post-Masters, although Texts™️ are calling to me #nofreefeet4u
January 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Finished my first book of 2025, ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’ by Gabrielle Zevin. Really enjoyed it, despite not understanding all of the gaming references. I’m enjoying having a bit more freedom to explore fiction post-Masters, although Texts™️ are calling to me #nofreefeet4u