bossk baby @bonnnt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It is so mentally corrosive to try to ascertain, every day, whether the images I am seeing or the texts I am getting or the phone calls I am receiving are real - produced by a human who is trying to communicate something with me, even indirectly. It makes me feel insane and paranoid all the time3:16 AM · Sep 14, 2026 6616153
bossk baby @bonnnt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It SEEMS like a lot of the technology I used to use fairly seamlessly is now failing regularly. I swear to God three years ago I could say "hey Google play ween" and it would, with no issue, 90% of the time. Now it's down to like 64%. Am I misremembering? Was that real? 81296
Ewan @ewannic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026↪ Replying to @bonnnt.bsky.socialYup, saw a clip of an 80s film on Instagram yesterday, loads of comments underneath it saying things like it was their favourite, pretty certain the whole thing was AI as I'd never seen it before, none of the comments named the film, and it was just weird. 040
DepressedClown @lizardunicorn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026↪ Replying to @bonnnt.bsky.socialAnother thing that bothers me is AI-induced uniformity. All images promoting local events, like gigs, markets, town festivals all look the same, they are all genAI replicating some cursed training data. Menus in takeaways are terrible frankensteinifications of food, all the same style and garish. 1273
Sarah Richards @sarahrichards.bsky.social · 14/09/2026↪ Replying to @bonnnt.bsky.socialInsanity may be AI’s top ambition for humanity…. This is wild: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comCan chatbots feel – or even dream? Meet the man leading the fight for AI rightsCattle rancher and tech CEO Michael Samadi is convinced these artificial minds are far from just tools. Has he glimpsed digital consciousness – or simply been seduced by an algorithm? 020
Anatta Mouse @mooklyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026↪ Replying to @bonnnt.bsky.socialThank you for articulating, I’m in the same situation. I’m a computer person, and It’s very disorienting. If there’s a counter to this, I’ve become more appreciative of people and experiences in meatspace. I find actual humans more interesting and the effort of empathy fulfilling. I cry now. Wild. 050
Jawless fish 🗣️🐟🐠🐡 @jawless-fish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026↪ Replying to @bonnnt.bsky.socialThis article i found a few days ago makes a lot of ur same points productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/ai-hypervi...productpicnic.beehiiv.comAI hypervigilance is now an omnipresent cognitive load for your usersAI may make your job easier, but that effort has just been shifted onto your users. They are noticing it and they hate it. 051