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C. Pineda

@crispy404.bsky.social
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📚🚀👨🏼‍🚀🤖💻🌌 Curious observer on the intersects of human affairs and science/technology. Curiosity is also resistance. Computing and IT | Psychology My astro account: @spacecris.bsky.social‬

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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Whatever is happening to us nowadays, I'll describe it in a Jamiroquai song: VIRTUAL INSANITY. If you haven't heard of the song, give it a go.
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Same exact worries as well.
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A reminder for all of us.
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Same worries - the centralization of power amongst the few.
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
uk.pcmag.com/security/167... Although, 3 US states were mentioned in the article. It is still a big question here in the UK but I am hoping we still got sane heads in the government and question this kind of encroachment to the user's privacy.
uk.pcmag.com
Your Computer Might Demand Your Age Soon, No Matter Where You Live
New state laws are pushing age verification into macOS and Windows. By 2027, logging in might require a facial scan or government ID.
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Sadly, its not available in the UK. ☹️ Would love to watch this one.
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I thought that if you are taking up Computing and IT will make you stare at so many screens because coding, building etc. It turned out the opposite for me as the academic years go on - I , now tend to read more books, like more than in my previous psych degree, 20 odd ish years ago.
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
youtu.be/OYwJz-Pypvo?...
youtu.be
The AI Resistance is Forming
YouTube video by Cal Newport
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026
The only person in public service who has consistently made 100% sense on issues of "AI," which is why they hate her so much.
Law enforcers already have authority to charge companies and their CEOs for creating and releasing dangerous, unvetted, or defective products. We shouldn’t let discussions about new legal regimes distract from the fact that there’s no AI exemption from laws already on the books — a point 
@FTC
 emphasized repeatedly during my tenure.

1. There is an extensive set of laws that govern dangerous and defective products. For example, releasing unvetted AI models or agents can violate consumer protection laws. Shipping flawed AI tools without implementing adequate measures to detect and stop rogue or defective AI agents can be an “unfair or deceptive” act or practice under the FTC Act (and analogous state laws). And some state AGs are already exploring holding AI firms and their CEOs criminally liable when their models participate in criminal activity.

2. Existing laws also prohibit “unfair methods of competition.” This covers instances where AI firms appropriate the competitively sensitive information of their customers, including through tracking their use of various tools. It can also cover instances where firms pursue dangerous behavior, aware that doing so may compel rivals to do the same.As the Supreme Court has noted: “A method of competition which casts upon one's competitors the burden of the loss of business unless they will descend to a practice which they are under a powerful moral compulsion not to adopt, even though it is not criminal, was thought to involve the kind of unfairness at which the [unfair methods of competition] statute was aimed."

3. The highly concentrated and interconnected structure of these markets could be creating major risks and conflicts of interest. We had started investigating these partnerships and cross-investments across the stack (and released a preliminarily overview of some findings: https://ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/01/ftc-issues-staff-report-ai-partnerships-investments-study). 

Both federal and state enforcers should be scrutinizing these opaque relationships and inter-dependencies. We are already seeing how these relationships could undermine accountability. For example, OpenAI could face liability given the Hugging Face incident, but Hugging Face being bought up by Nvidia means that we’re unlikely to see it file a lawsuit over this — given Nvidia’s strong incentive to see OpenAI continue full speed ahead.4. As AI tools dramatically change the landscape of cybersecurity risks and hacks, all businesses should be doubling down on having core security protections in place. Firms that fail to invest in adequate data security measures or fix known vulnerabilities can also be breaking the law. A recent analysis showed that around 1/3 of Fortune 100 companies do not even have a way to notify them about security issues. During my 
@FTC
 tenure, we sued firms for poor data security practices and held CEOs liable when they were personally responsible.

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/dozens-of-americas-largest-companies-have-no-simple-way-to-report-security-flaws/

https://ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/10/ftc-takes-action-against-drizly-its-ceo-james-cory-rellas-security-failures-exposed-data-25-million

5. As policymakers consider new legal regimes, we should be looking to lessons from prior efforts to govern major sectors, such as banking and other networks, platforms, and utilities. Tools like structural separations, nondiscrimination, and supervision could be key, and there’s a rich history of what works and what doesn’t. But we can and must pursue any new efforts alongside enforcing existing laws.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Since it can be hard to believe that political and corporate elites would actively give up on our shared future on this singular planet, we made a short film so folks can hear from the end timers and judge for themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascism
In a new video, Klein and Taylor outline a ominous evolution taking shape on the far right – and how to stay loyal to this planet and each other
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
youtu.be/5GDKpDkieh0?... An enlightening discussion about how technologies and political ideologies intersect and accelerate apocalyptic agendas. Naomi Klein's books are highly recommended.
youtu.be
Is the End of the World Now on the Table? | The Interview
YouTube video by The Interview
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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Took one second of research to prove this article is utter rubbish www.csis.org/analysis/wha...
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What to Know About Chinese AI Models
Chinese AI models are rapidly closing the gap with U.S. frontier systems. This analysis examines what their growing capabilities, lower costs, and open-weight strategy mean for global AI competition a...
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Not that surprised because it has been a race towards doom.
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Read Kate Crawford's Atlas of AI as a companion book for my major subject in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (TM358) last academic term. (1/7)
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 06/08/2026
Sending this out to whoever needs to see it: It's okay if you read slowly, there's no great victory in being able to read quickly, everyone kind of has their own reading speed, and that's perfectly fine. I'm just really happy you're reading. I hope it gives you joy at any pace. Thank you!
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Longitudinal effect of early social media use on standardized learning outcomes during school career - Nature Human Behaviour
Analysing data from 5,227 students from northern Italy, this article finds causal evidence that early engagement with social media adversely affects learning outcomes.
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
My family couldn't afford one because it was so expensive back then in the Philippines. But a couple who lives next door have their own encyclopedia. Whenever we come over, I promptly ask to have a browse in their set. I make sure to spend some good time there. I also do this in the school library.
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Reading up on AI companies, specifically Anthropic, buying books by the pallet, especially the rare ones. And then do the most horrible form of cultural murder by chopping off book spines, scan the pages then ditch them. Utmost disrespect to the humanity and the trees that made up its pages.
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
If there is any true winner here, that will be Homer. It has been more than 2000 years and yet, we are still talking about his work. 😅
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The Open University @openuniversity.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We know you're having trouble accessing StudentHome to view results. We're fixing it fast! Updates at 12:00. More info: status.open.ac.uk
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Tomorrow's Results Day at @openuniversity.bsky.social Waiting for my results in my two modules - TM358 (Machine Learning and AI) and TM354 (Software Engineering). I am just as anxious as the other students and I must say, I have that ball in my throat for a few days now. LOL
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Studying under this kind of heat surely makes me doze off.
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Cat Cooling Off with Fan on a Hot Day
ALT: Cat Cooling Off with Fan on a Hot Day
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Misinformation exploits outrage to spread online | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Misinformation exploits outrage to spread online
We tested a hypothesis that misinformation exploits outrage to spread online, examining generalizability across multiple platforms, time periods, and classifications of misinformation. Outrage is high...
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/an...
foxglove.org.uk
Sign the petition to Andy Burnham: If you become our next Prime Minister, please get Palantir out of our NHS.
ADD YOUR NAME NOW!
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Ever since I studied Computing and IT, I consumed more philosophy material than ever before. Jared Henderson's philosophy channel comes highly recommended. Here's an episode discussing the new Luddites. youtu.be/vhYS1diXZMM?...
youtu.be
The Revolt Against Technology
YouTube video by Jared Henderson
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
youtu.be/2jJeSgO_MGo?...
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Is it Possible to Block Childrens' Access to Social Media? - Computerphile
YouTube video by Computerphile
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good
Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
This is furthering mass surveillance and invasion of privacy rights. Why penalize the users when you can penalize social media companies like X and Meta for dishing out manipulative algorithms, harvesting data from users, enabling disinformation and misinformation and encouraging riots.
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
ai-project-website.github.io/AI-assistanc...
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AI Assistance Reduces Persistence and Hurts Independent Performance
Causal evidence that AI assistance reduces persistence and impairs unassisted performance across math reasoning and reading comprehension tasks.
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
X, as a platform should be banned and dismantled. Far right and folks with extreme and violent nationalist ideas should be deplatformed. What Musk and other figures like Yaxley-Lennon is basically enabling domestic terrorism.
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Happy to take on a month-long rest for June, after a gruelling EMA and remote exam on my last 2 modules. This will be my first proper rest since 2023. Looking forward to do non-computing stuff for the meantime!
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
An insightful list - see how can we define our futures as people. The AI resist list is headed by Karen Hao, author of Empires of AI airesistlist.org#resist-list
airesistlist.org
The AI Resist List
A living directory of ways communities resist AI harms—and build alternatives worth fighting for.
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Pope Leo's Magnifica Humanitas, an encyclical letter on the advent and development of AI. Read from this link: www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)
ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [ Multimedia ] ___________________________
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
youtu.be/TTppvBU2rU4?... So nice to see Jaron Lanier on this episode.
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There Is No AI Really (It’s Just People), with Jaron Lanier
YouTube video by StarTalk
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
youtu.be/_7otmig_7Co?... New episode from Open University's Beyond the Books series.
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Why People Believe Misinformation: The Psychology of Fear | Beyond the Books
YouTube video by The Open University
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Ministers are exploring triggering the break clause in Palantir's NHS contract. I've signed the open letter to Wes Streeting calling on him to get Palantir out of the NHS. www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/we...
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Wes Streeting: Trigger the break clause and get Palantir out of the NHS - Foxglove
Wes Streeting: trigger the break clause and kick Palantir out of our NHS. ADD YOUR NAME NOW!
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
New issue from the TMB (Technology, Mind and Behavior), Volume 7, Issue 1. Open access articles as well. Link here: psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES...
Cover of the Technology, Mind and Behavior, 2026 - American Psychological Association (APA) journal
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
youtu.be/Z1B__Efqacc?...
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Naomi Klein & Karen Hao: The Empire of AI and the Fight for Our Future | Chan Centre Insights
YouTube video by Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
youtu.be/I967o8DCpH8?... I am glad that Open University has started doing this kind of content. :)
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Is Ai Just Predictive Text on Steroids? | Beyond the Books
YouTube video by The Open University
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
NO TO PALANTIR. nopalantir.org.uk
nopalantir.org.uk
No Palantir in our NHS
Add your name now to call for US data company Palantir to be dropped from the NHS – and for the future of health data to keep faith with patient trust.
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
www.youtube.com/live/CyyL0yD...
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This is not the AI we were promised | The Royal Society
YouTube video by The Royal Society
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
The world today is so overwhelming. The internet is enshittified. We are bombarded constantly and it is intentionally done by bad actors. So its okay to step out of this chaos once in a while - to save some dose of sanity and escape. Fascism wants you to be overwhelmed so resist.
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Further proof that despite having tons of money, it just cannot buy: 1. Class 2. Principles 3. Happiness
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
youtu.be/rJrhtZjNWto?... Another insightful video from Adam Conover.
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How to Reclaim Your Attention with D. Graham Burnett and Peter Schmidt
YouTube video by Adam Conover
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Kristen Radtke @kristenradtke.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Fascism implemented using AI enabled technologies. Technofascism, that is.
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C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
It is okay to disconnect, to collect yourself and reflect. The last few days / weeks have been really heavy. We are bombarded by the constant stream of violence, hate and idiocy from people with disconnected, apathetic realities. We cannot allow this flooding to hijack our nervous systems.
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