By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/09/2026It's the most fundamental difference between a sculpture of a tree and a tree: the tree grew all on its own, while the sculpture was made, on purpose, by another person with another mind. 1270
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/09/2026This reflex to attribute intention explains why AI is so controversial, compelling and *eerie*. Mark Fisher defines eeriness as "when there's something present where there should be nothing, or if there is nothing present when there should be something": www.programmablemutter.com/p/large-lang...programmablemutter.comLarge Language Models are UncannyLike capitalism, LLMs are haunted: voids that seem to speak 2408
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/09/2026To look upon an AI-generated text or image is to look upon a thing that was *extruded*, not chosen. You *can* slip and prompt an AI-generated image of a sunset, and it will embody no intentionality on anyone's part. 1404
Sarah Richards @sarahrichards.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Results of actions without intentionality may, however, inflict very real, very animal, consequences for overwhelmed “safeguarders” and their species. If you’re outpaced & overrun by a predator, understanding the shortcomings of its ‘otherness‘ may prove a redundant luxury. bsky.app/profile/rowl...@rowlandmanthorpe.bsky.social@rowlandmanthorpe.bsky.socialIf you haven't been following the AI hack story in minute detail - I envy you. Honestly, you're better off But if you feel like you have been sleeping too soundly at night then here's my primer on the situation youtu.be/INpVD65s8mA?...youtu.beThe AI hacks are so much worse than you thinkYouTube video by Sky News 010
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