Reposted by AnnemcxEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 06/10/2026Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Oracle's entire future growth stories depend on Anthropic and OpenAI being able to pay them $500bn+ in the next three years, and Broadcom has existentially tied itself to $161bn in Anthropic leases. This is not sustainable. www.wheresyoured.at/credit-crunch/ 1657
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Rachel, that’s why I make what I do. We are makers, not consumption units. 100
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think there will be casualties, I have no idea to what degree. As with climate casualties. We are headed towards turbulent times. 000
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The church created massive norms around the way and on what basis people connect, so did Pharoahs, so have big brands(Coke). I don’t expect this to change. People buy into stories, sometimes quite stupidly. I just hope we drop the idea of winning races and focus on outcomes. 010
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Maybe it’s naive to say this, but I was interested in Xi’s take on it - that it’s not about winning or losing the AI race, it’s about everyone realising the benefit of elevating humanity through it. 100
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The whole AI horizon seems as scary as hell rn imo, this is maybe the least scary out of all the scaries, but I get your point. Lowest common denominator thinking may well be our collective undoing. 100
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Have you seen this Naomi? It’s the one thing I’ve read in years that really could be an alternative way forward. institute.deepmind.com/essays/artif...institute.deepmind.comArtificial symbiotic intelligence: Agents, AGI and the orchestration of many mindsAGI may arrive not as a single general-purpose mind, but rather through societies of agents whose collective capacities exceed those of any one model. We must learn how to orchestrate, govern, and liv... 020
Reposted by AnnemcxNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I just saw a film about the AI-enabled apocalypse. Only it's not science fiction. It's not even in the future. It's in the present. The film is called NAZA. See it. @theguardian.com @us.theguardian.com youtu.be/98xLCdc7t7Eyoutu.beApocalypse is hereYouTube video by Naomi Klein 12419151
Reposted by AnnemcxIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes. 330189903987
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Maybe, but it’s made by a total weirdo who can’t keep his nose out of people’s business. 000
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026@rhappe.bsky.social in case you haven’t seen it yet. A point of view like this gives me hope. 200
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This. This is the most important thing. institute.deepmind.com/essays/artif...institute.deepmind.comArtificial symbiotic intelligence: Agents, AGI and the orchestration of many mindsAGI may arrive not as a single general-purpose mind, but rather through societies of agents whose collective capacities exceed those of any one model. We must learn how to orchestrate, govern, and liv... 120
Reposted by AnnemcxMicah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026you know what? I agree with him my moral and ethical story about how we live together in this moment is we throw all of these assholes out of office and then we put them in jail 522375283
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 26/09/2026‘The company did not learn until recently’ ? Well that’s encouraging. 010
Reposted by AnnemcxKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 6078382204
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Beautifully written and insightful. And I think digital life curation gives us all an opportunity to tell our stories. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe makers of the 7 Up series set out to prove a point about class. What they achieved is far more profound | Jonathan FreedlandThe epic documentary series reveals much about the shifting social attitudes of the last 60 years – and much more about the quiet mystery of human life, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland 000
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Jeez MZ is the biggest reason I would never touch one of his creepy products. 000
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026When you’re the actual brother of the woman who actually died and left two sons without a mother who were left struggling to deal with the public glare and private palace politics, feel free to comment. You’re not though and your arrogance is ridiculous. 000
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026That Piers Morgan, the one who’s big buddies with Camilla? Hmmm 🤔 010
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026First, Brexit hasn’t worked and second, it was delivered by Russian agents, that’s the point that matters to me here. 020
Reposted by AnnemcxNicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Social contagion is relevant to phenomena as diverse as public goods production, inequality, technology adoption, economic productivity, political mobilization, misinformation, violence, emotional experience, health behavior, and epidemic disease. 19/ 162
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It’s certainly my response. Are humans going to continue to be makers on a march of progress, or are we becoming consumption units? 000
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 19/09/2026In years to come I hope we’ll look back and realise how badly young people today have been failed. The lack of housing, employment and educational and environmental security they have is verging on criminal. 010
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A tax resident of Monaco has absolutely zero right to comment on the socioeconomic state of the UK. I have no fucks to give about him or his sense of entitlement. #hypocriticalpos www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 000
Reposted by AnnemcxHassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes 4059832392
Reposted by AnnemcxDan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I don't know if AI is going to destroy humanity. Neither do you. But here's what I do know: It's very difficult to have a sober conversation about this when there's so much money at stake. www.axios.com/2026/09/11/d...axios.comDollars and doomers in the AI safety debateIt's hard to have a sober conversation when there's so much money at stake. 153
Reposted by AnnemcxNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026First excerpt from End Times Fascism! So happy The Guardian went for the part of the book about the wonder of THIS world, and the people doing everything to commit to it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comThe end times fascists are plotting their escape from our world. Our mission is clearAn unholy alliance is working toward an apocalyptic future from which only a chosen few will emerge unscathed. It’s becoming clear how we stop them 13522182
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I hope one day these billionaires and others like them, who willingly step on the heads of others to get rich, are seen as socially dysfunctional. In a connected world we need to be able to live together, and not flushed down the pan by a few oligarchs. 0110
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A £72 million pound bung totally disregards any idea of democracy. How can it be two rich men get to play rotten boroughs with our country? 000
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 13/09/2026‘They would genuinely rather reign in hell than share in heaven. And they have all the money to make sure they get there’ www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...theguardian.comNaomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui... 000
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Straightforward bribery www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBen Delo: Reform receives record £36m donation from cryptocurrency billionaireBen Delo's donation, the biggest single sum ever given to a political party in the UK, comes amid scrutiny of Reform's finances. 001
Reposted by AnnemcxBenjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This essay is brilliant and everyone should read it. When you're done, might I persuade you to then read my interview of @melaniemitchell.bsky.social from earlier this year, wherein she talks about the history of AI, cultural and embodied cognition, Oliver Sacks, and AI agents? More brilliance.buildcognitiveresonance.substack.comReflections on AI from Melanie Mitchell, thinking humanMy conversation with one of AI's "OG" researchers and theorists 1207
Reposted by AnnemcxAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/09/2026The alarms are all flashing red. 1542323730
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Kudos to @Channel4 for blowing this open. We know Reform is full of crypto criminals and horrendous bigotry and it’s about time they went down. 000
Reposted by AnnemcxLaura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This is a fascinating conversation about recent discoveries in archaeology about autocracy. The research contradicts a lot of common beliefs, including that farming and large populations lead to autocracy. knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...knowablemagazine.orgWhat archaeology reveals about the rise of all-powerful rulersAutocracy wasn’t inevitable in early civilizations — many were more egalitarian. But when riches were there to monopolize, strongmen and inequalities emerged. 27538
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This isn't about the algorithm, it's about tech companies pushing their crap onto people far too hard. I spent a large part of my career in advertising and would never have sanctioned the amount of advertising ppl have to deal with today. It creates burnout and repulsion. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...bbc.com'Good to have choice': Australians on opting out of social media algorithmsThe BBC spoke to people in Sydney about Australia's plans to force social media companies to allow users to easily opt in or out of personalised algorithms. 001
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 28/08/20261000% www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAn $18bn settlement – and Zuckerberg barely blinked. The tech titans must be stripped of their power, and soon | Jonathan FreedlandThose who said Meta harms children struck a blow, but the ability of big tech to gouge profits and cause harm is barely diminished. That’s the battle to come, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedlan... 020
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 27/08/2026....and ceramics. www.theguardian.com/money/2026/a...theguardian.comAI-proof? Younger workers desert the digital world for traditional craftsIn a disrupted job market people are turning to heritage crafts such as bookbinding, metalwork and boatbuilding 010
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Sobering. www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-powe...currentaffairs.org“AI-Powered” Surveillance Networks are Worse Than You KnowIn New Orleans, everyone is being watched with facial recognition cameras and police drones—and your hometown might be next. 000
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Bin men are going to be picking up loads of eclipse glasses tomorrow when this morning prople were queuing for hours to buy some for £7 a pop… which makes my mind boggle slightly at our weird and somewhat fucked up relationship with the universe. #solareclipse 000
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 12/08/2026If Martin Parr were still alive he’d have had a field day with all the photo opportunities of British people wearing weird glasses on the beach and parking everywhere in fields. #solareclipse 100
Reposted by AnnemcxSean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 10/08/2026How is it possible that every time I call a company they are experiencing greater than normal call volumes? 7858994930
Annemcx @annemcx.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Of course, but maybe a little less dubious than they are now. 100