And the marketing buzzwords of “AI” signals to me that it comes with a huge price tag of horrendous collateral damage. When are companies going to realize that announcing they’re using AI isn’t the selling point they think it is? That saying that a product has AI in it immediately signals that their product is […]
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Shadowbanning is happening and communities are definitely messed with on social media.
This is not just about shitposting. Do not rely on one platform for communicating with people who you would like to stay in touch with. Will Sam Altman and His AI Kill Us All? The Bulwark May 23, 2025 Karen Hao: “she consistently felt like she was being shadowbanned and when I talked with um researchers […]
Comparing “AI companions” to “traditional relationships” is bunk PR.
To frame this as “non-traditional” relationship is wrong, because it’s not a relationship, because it’s an LLM chatbot.
AI is shoddy, and it’s used as a shadowbanning assist.
I decided to read this book “Empire of AI” after an interview with the author Karen Hao on the Better Offline podcast, which covers the technical and financial no there there of AI. And in this interview by Tim Miller at the Bulwark with Karen Hao, they talk about environmental impacts, but I think this […]
Nothing efficient about blockchain, so when someone invokes the blockchain to defend crypto, it’s also a trick.
Cryptocurrency is bad, and it’s not bad despite “the blockchain” but also because of the blockchain, which is actually not some great newfangled thing after all.
AI therapy doesn’t exist because it misses the point of therapy, which is a relationship.
Chatbot therapy is a good way to make yourself a sitting duck for political abuse of psychiatry.
Maybe a lot of stuff called AI can be called just another quack pseudoscience snake oil.
Pseudoscience pushing unproven medical remedies and health treatments with no basis also usually has some “maybe in the future” assertion.
We all need to get up to speed on what AI really is AND what it ISN’T.
“What we have right now are self-driving cars that are monitored remotely in Mexico and get confused if you put an orange cone on their hood.” – Emily Bender on the podcast Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 podcast, AGI: “Imminent”, “Inevitable”, and Inane, 2025.04.21 We need to pull back the curtain for everyone on the […]
Elon Musk’s “temporary” (but actually permanent) AI power burner ruining the air in Memphis.
These data center power plants exist for no other purpose than to power the AI, or just cryptocurrency like in the case of Panther Creek in Pennsylvania.
Chatbot use is frowned upon, regardless of the hype.
Study: Your coworkers hate you for using AI at work – David Gerard – 10 May 2025 Today in science discovering the obvious, if you use chatbots to pump out the AI slop at work, your coworkers think you’re an incompetent and lazy arse. And they are absolutely judging you for it. [PNAS] This also […]
Others see the new pope and a potential ally in defending against AI hype.
Maybe it’s not as important that the pope understands what AI is…
Republicans attempt to mandate deregulation of AI for tech tycoons and fossil fuel.
They want to stop all the protections and oversight of automation completely in the country, and handcuff state and local efforts to protect communities and save lives.
Cancer treatment books shouldn’t be written with a chatbot.
This shouldn’t even have to be said.
Pope Leo XIV throws down the gauntlet against AI hype.
At his first “working meeting”, the pope outlined his priorities to include defending “human dignity” against the threat of AI, citing the dehumanizing effects of the industrial revolution.
Claims about pivoting from crypto to AI may actually be false promises too.
Is it even possible for Panther Creek to just “pivot” to anything else?
It’s imperative to inform politicians about tech scams that target their ideological hopes with false promises.
Crypto mogul donors lure politicians to betray their communities by saying they’re doing it to benefit their communities. It’s a trick.
Crypto-printing power plant in PA poised to “pivot to AI”
Bitfarms bought the bitcoin printing power plant in Pennsylvania and now there’s speculation that it’s part of the so-called “AI revolution” while Bitfarms is accused of misleading. This news came out the day after my last post about this Panther Creek facility. Data Center Dynamics – Bitfarms gets $300m debt facility from Macquarie for Bitcoin and […]
Crypto-printing power plant in Pennsylvania changes hands.
These cryptocurrency operations with their data centers and power plants contribute NO POWER TO THE GRID, provide nothing to the community other than various forms of pollution and higher prices.
AI generated fossil fuel pollution must be opposed.
The air pollution from power plants dedicated to noise pollution generating data centers are currently running roughshod over communities already.
Democratic Governor Tim Walz does Trumpian Return To Office.
This is NOT a progressive move and Walz should be shamed harshly by Democrat voters in Minnesota for acting like a right-winger on telework.
Outrageous data center bullying.
People are being asked to destroy the value of their property by putting huge power lines through them, claiming it’s akin to an eminent domain issue or “community” when really it’s about one utility company catering to just one customer – a data center. Big Take: When a Small Town Gets a Big Data Center Feb […]