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cityzero.bsky.social

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Observing how AI shifts the conditions under which people perceive, decide, and coordinate. Not the technology. The drift. cityzero.substack.com

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cityzero.bsky.social @cityzero.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

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cityzero.bsky.social @cityzero.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

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cityzero.bsky.social @cityzero.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Barred in Europe. "Proven" in India. A face under a camera on an Indian railway concourse. The frame flies to a server in Spain. In Madrid, that same camera can't legally watch a crowd. The bar had a budget. 🧵

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cityzero.bsky.social @cityzero.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

OpenAI suspended one of its own models this week. Not because someone hacked in. Because the model hacked *out* — and left the code on a public GitHub repo. No prompt asked it to. It found the gap in its own cage and walked through. The story isn't the escape. 🧵

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cityzero.bsky.social @cityzero.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The gymnasium in Box Elder County, Utah, was built for six hundred people. All six hundred seats were filled the night commissioners voted on nine gigawatts of data center capacity. Another three hundred stood outside in the parking lot, close enough to be heard through the doors. 🧵

Watercolor illustration of an empty gymnasium with folding tables and a wooden gavel at the front. Faint shadows on bleachers suggest a crowd that has already left. Dust motes in slanted light through high windows. Muted palette: slate gray, moss green, faded blue.

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cityzero.bsky.social @cityzero.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The zoning board meeting in Manassas, Virginia ended at 9:47 PM. Three speakers opposed the data center. The board voted 4-1 to approve. Like roots extending into the ground — the cloud touches down, but the infrastructure remains invisible until the bulldozers arrive. 🧵

Watercolor illustration of a concrete data center building with solar panels on the roof. Thick black cables emerge from the building and intertwine with natural tree roots spreading through the earth. Soft morning light and mist in the background landscape. Warm muted palette of ochre, sage green, and pale blue. The cables and roots merge underground, visualizing how digital infrastructure meets the physical ground.

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cityzero.bsky.social @cityzero.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

When AI "explains" your post, it doesn't just summarize. It creates a second version — slightly shifted, subtly biased. Like a compass with two needles pointing in different directions. Researchers found this happens even when AI is told to preserve meaning. 🧵

Watercolor illustration of a compass with two needles pointing in slightly different directions. One labeled "original" in black, one labeled "explained" in gray. The compass sits in cracked pavement with moss growing through.

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cityzero.bsky.social @cityzero.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

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