argenos.bsky.social @argenos.bsky.social · 12hI will add this to my list, and my adhd will do the rest. By the time I get to read it, I won’t remember I know what happens. The twist will be saved, don’t worry! 080
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialJ. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 21hshoutout to the guest artists for my new book, including Sarah's Scribbles! Get the book HERE ❤️ kickstarter.com/projects/mrlovenstein/mr-lovenstein-presents-fun 84913692
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 10/10/2026the latest anthropic cry abt "cruelty" & "abuse" of ai is truly stupid. i beg journalists to stop parroting amodei we wrote why dehumanisation of ai is impossible & 6+ yrs later, everything in this paper holds Robot Rights? Let’s Talk about Human Welfare Instead dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... 8252110
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This is a disaster. The ethics committee in Denmark that approved the Guinea-Bissau study which will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine “had never considered medical studies before but it changed the rules in order to vote on this one”. Four members of the committee have resigned in protest.theguardian.comControversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-BissauRecommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers 721722822
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialChokely Carmichael🥋 @stewartcoles.bsky.social · 23hThis is one reason why you shouldn’t upload work into LLMs during the peer review and grading processes. That work is confidential, and you have no right to share it without permission. You are taking someone’s intellectual property and giving it to the entire world without their consent. 8554210
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialUnited Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 09/10/2026❗Attention, union supporters ❗ We're asking Wizards and Hasbro to voluntarily recognize our union—and you can help! Sign our petition today and show our leadership that you want change in the gaming industry. actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp... 7903537
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialGavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 09/10/2026You know the xkcd strip about how all modern internet architecture is eventually built on something a hobbyist maintains for free? Someone went out and found them all. sheets.works/data-viz/hol... 12510258
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026an ai system doesn't have a will, intention or feelings. nor the capacity to want or care. a neural network does not go rogue, escape, or rebel. just tech bros' narratives projected onto machines. and pls, don't mansplain my post to me 9659147
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialKevin Fox @michigrim.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A Korean king ordered a bunch of linguists to come up with a written language to increase literacy due to the difficulty of chinese and they came up with one of the easiest to read languages in existence. 10597185
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialRyan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 09/10/2024Happy Hangul Day! It's a Korean holiday honoring the best and easiest alphabet in the world! Everyone in Korea gets the day off work to contemplate it, but it only takes fifteen minutes to learn! So today, learn to read Korean in 15 minutes! 17850258
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026You don’t have to give Anthropic credit for protecting its machine from mean humans. Or for any other reason as long as they organizationally threatening the wellbeing of actual humans. I don’t care what they do to T&C but it’s absurd to take them at their word about why or how. 212716
argenos.bsky.social @argenos.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Trying to frame “being mean to my program” as quality control and not as their weird cultish AI-doomer propaganda is, again, disingenuous. Don’t give them a pass, on this or on the environment. 0110
argenos.bsky.social @argenos.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Settling a law suit after you stole a bunch of training data doesn’t seem prosocial to me. In fact it’s part of the reason why they have the biases that they “try” to remove, they indiscriminately train on basically any data, regardless of biases. 1100
argenos.bsky.social @argenos.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Trust me, I am mad as hell about those too. I just don’t get your argument. 010
argenos.bsky.social @argenos.bsky.social · 09/10/2026That doesn’t answer my question though. It’s all focused on the users. What about them? 140
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities 206125503111
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialRosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 09/10/2026Halloween costumes for birders. This is from last year and someone actually did the sexy owl pellet one. 15722181
argenos.bsky.social @argenos.bsky.social · 09/10/2026There are enough asocial behaviours at AI companies that it’s disingenuous to focus on “users are mean to my computer program”. 1141
argenos.bsky.social @argenos.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I don’t get this. Why do they get a pass at being prosocial? If we want them to be prosocial, shouldn’t that start by them not stealing all their training data? Or by them removing the racist, gendered, and homophobic biases in their models? Why start by “don’t be mean to my word salad”? 19011
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 09/10/2026This is unsurprising because ai generated code *is* ai generated text. Code is text. People think code is different because you can test to see if it runs. But that just tells you if it runs (or passed the tests defined in the code) It does not and *cannot* tell you if it makes sense 10674171
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 09/10/2026One of the handful of articles telling it like it is instead of misinforming the public. By @saragoud.bsky.social for @thebulletin.org Yes. Its bad science based on numbers out of various behinds, but that's not how most of the rest of the media is discussing it. thebulletin.org/2026/09/how-...thebulletin.orgHow the bad science of AI doomerism is good for big businessThere is no clear path showing that today’s AI systems will lead to superintelligence, much less a basis for calculating the probability of doom. 6283112
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialJosh Luke Davis 🏳️🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 09/10/2026this is nice! from a low of about 1,000 animals, there are now over 180,000 giant tortoises on the Seychelles! there are more tortoises than people! 🎉🐢 www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comScientists discover 180,000 giant tortoises on one Seychelles islandFree-roaming Aldabra population far exceeds human population of Seychelles after decades-long recovery programme 17717
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialJacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Academia distilled. 4934170
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialOmar Rafael Regalado Fernández @mathchaos.bsky.social · 09/10/2026At some point it does make a dent in my psyche how much Europe is normalising speech against immigrants. Because all of that, all of it, was made up by the US first in the 1850s after they invaded and occupied half of Mexico and then in the 1930s as Mexicans were blamed for the Great Depression. 152
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialMary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Reminder that Spotify's CEO is a straight up villain.latimes.comSpotify boycott: Artists leave 'garbage hole' platform after CEO invests in AI weaponsDaniel Ek's investments in AI dronemaker Helsing have unnerved artists. One called Spotify a "violent armageddon portal." 214945
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialMary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The same company that doesn't pay artists seems to always find the money to pay this jackass. If you're still using Spotify... why? Pretty much every alternative is better in every way.variety.comJoe Rogan Renews Nine-Figure Spotify DealSpotify and Joe Rogan have entered into a new multiyear licensing agreement, continuing a relationship that began in 2020 for his hugely popular podcast. 30875287
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 08/10/2026Such a good thread both for letting you know what's going on in Paris and for showing standard police tactics. Telling protesters to disperse while blocking all the exits, singling people out with the intent to harm, and using tools that we know cause serious bodily harm? That's the cop playbook. 2507201
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialStephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Anticipating that student protests in France may spread. Will add here 🧵 1249
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026this is the funniest thing i've seen in a looooong time. city passes new rule allowing prayer before city council meetings. satanist prays. city council then debates proper time to "undo the curse that was just put on our city" www.404media.co/it-is-done-h... 712071503
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.social🎃👻🧙♀️ Vio the VVitch 🧙♀️👻🎃 @viothevvitch.myatproto.social · 08/10/2026this is so fucking sad 883118071437
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialAntonio E. Porreca 🐳 @aeporreca.org · 07/10/2026The Association for Human Mathematics (AHM) statement on OpenAI’s October 6 release of mathematical documents just dropped! www.ahmath.org/statements 14436201
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialcara giaimo @cjgiaimo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026i was fortunate enough to profile Margaret Hamilton in 2019. A really kind and curious person. This was my favorite story she told me: 141882546
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialButlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf 10164812529
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Software engineering could and should be done with the same care as any other type of engineering. This is a post in honor of Margaret Hamilton (and also a subtweet of all vibe-coders everywhere). 141038323
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialbryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 102143444725
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialUnited Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...unitedwizardsofthecoast.comDungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWAToday, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli... 10875872768
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 10894822978
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialtante @tante.cc · 03/10/2026So the "I left $AILab for ethical reasons" grift is starting up: I understand wanting that bag, wanting to be in on a big thing. But if you thought OpenAI or Anthropic were okay a year ago or so, I really am not willing to give you any credit for leaving now. theatlantic.comI Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken - The AtlanticThe industry’s approach to safety will guarantee more failures unless something changes. 1225654
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I joined many, many other experts on campus sexual violence to talk about the Cornell case with @chronicle.com. This piece is an excellent overview of how Title IX—and society—has changed over the past decade to make it harder for survivors to come forward.chronicle.comAt Cornell, a Rape Case Defines an EraA new generation of college students has reason to be both fatalistic and fed up. 08329
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialLoish @loish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Dang yall, thanks so much for the support 😭 Usually I ignore the random AI accusations but I wanted to take the chance to talk about how important it is to do your research in times like these. Didn't expect to get soooo many kind comments though! We gotta stick together, my beloved art community ♥️ 452717469
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialGianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Personally I’m starting to doubt the consciousness of people who work for Anthropic 858542
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 03/10/2026Anyway if we want to talk about restorative justice in rape cases, we have to make...a shitload of changes to the culture first. Because at this point, it feels like a bunch of people pointing at gun at a woman and saying "WELL WHAT MINIMAL CONSEQUENCE DO YOU ACCEPT? DON'T RUIN HIS LIFE." 241564
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialTyler King @tyleraking.com · 03/10/2026Meta has enabled Muse to build extensive and ever-growing profiles on the orbit of people in a user’s life. Based on user input but also “publicly available information.” Whether that means a web search, Facebook’s own extensive data, or buying data broker info…we don’t know? And we can’t opt out.wired.comMuse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and FamilyMillions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs. 381195690
Reposted by @argenos.bsky.socialCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/10/2026I have absolutely wondered about this. Amazing. 311800322
argenos.bsky.social @argenos.bsky.social · 03/10/2026We can start by people still calling this “AI” instead of what they are (an LLM). And then completely ignoring the underlying math of what an LLM does (not math). 020
argenos.bsky.social @argenos.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Even if that were true, couldn’t you make the exact same argument about pro “AI” bros? They all seem to get their info almost exclusively from the propaganda spit out by the AI companies 130
