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Emory Craig

@emorycraig.bsky.social
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Speaker, consultant, and futurist focusing on the human and ethical impact of AI, XR, and Big Tech. How do we learn, work, and live in a world where the magic of GenAI undermines reality? CEO, Digital Bodies Consulting.

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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Historic verdict today: a CA jury just found #Meta & #YouTube liable for designing platforms to addict a child. Not about content - about architecture. Thousands of similar suits to follow. This may be #socialMedia's "Big Tobacco moment." #AI platforms, you're next. www.latimes.com/california/s...
latimes.com
Instagram, YouTube found liable in lawsuit alleging they were designed to addict kids
Jurors handed down a landmark decision in Los Angeles County Superior Court in a civil trial over a lawsuit filed by a Chico woman who charged social media companies built apps to hook young people.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The end result of #AI war games? 95% ended in #nuclear weapons deployment. Not because the machines are evil. Because they don't feel the stakes the way humans do. Now the government is pushing to remove #AIguardrails. What could go wrong? www.newscientist.com/article/2516...
newscientist.com
AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
With #AI everywhere, we can no longer rely on visual evidence in the #IranWar. The Cascade of #AIFakes - from scenes of fake destruction to crying soldiers - is staggering. And no surprise, #socialMedia companies are doing nothing to stop it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
Cascade of A.I. Fakes About War With Iran Causes Chaos Online
The technology has been used to create misleading fakes before. But never at this scale.
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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 12/03/2026
Yeah, man, it’s an absolute mystery why so many people are going all in on AI refusal. Maybe they absolutely do understand the ways in which AI is “useful” to the people hawking AI in the words of those very people.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp thinks his AI technology will lessen the power of
"highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat" while increasing the power of working-class men.
"This technology disrupts humanities-trained-largely Democratic-voters, and makes their economic power less.
And increases the economic power of vocationally trained, working-class, often male, working-class voters," Karp said in a CNBC interview Thursday. "And so these disruptions are gonna disrupt every aspect of our society. And to make this work, we have to come to an agreement of what it is we're going to do with the technology; how are we gonna explain to people who are likely gonna have less
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The world gets stranger by the day. #OpenAI is buying #Promptfoo, a startup that enables large businesses to fix security issues in #AIAgents during their development, helping corporations reduce risks from deploying #AI software. We spend money on tech and tech to protect tech - but not on people.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
AI is polling lower than #ICE and just above the #DemocraticParty. Signs of a growing backlash to #AI? Very possible. Will anything come of it - completely unclear as long as businesses see it as a way to cut labor costs.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Anthropic’s lawsuit matters far beyond #AI. If the #Government can punish firms for refusing to surveil the public or deploy autonomous killing systems, #freespeech becomes conditional on obedience. The stakes are higher than people realize. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Anthropic Sues US Government Over Supply Chain Risk Label
Anthropic PBC sued the Defense Department for declaring that the artificial intelligence giant posed a risk to the US supply chain, further ramping up a high-stakes dispute with the Pentagon over safe...
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Damn, the guy deserves more than 30K for exposing that security risk.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
So many more questions than answers as the #AI deal between @anthropic.com and #DOD fell apart. A clash of headstrong personalities? Real #ethical issues? Sam Altman being opportunistic? The one thing missing in these discussions - our freedoms. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/t...
nytimes.com
How Talks Between Anthropic and the Defense Dept. Fell Apart
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Thoroughly disappointed, but don't want to jump to conclusions. Have to see how this all shakes out. But over 3 years into the #GenAI revolution, #Ethics has clearly taken a back seat if it's even on the bus at all. #AI is going to blow up on us when someone uses it for truly nefarious purposes.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Hey! It’s easy to create a robot army! This guy linked his #Robot vacuum to a #PlayStation controller and accidentally gained control of 6,700 vacuums worldwide with live video, Mics, and Floor plans. Nothing like mixing #AI with bad #security practices. www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
tomshardware.com
User accidentally gains control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while tinkering with their own device to enable control with a PlayStation controller — security flaw reveals floor plans and live video fee...
Did he just unintentionally raise his own robot army?
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I still prefer the term “AI Slop” as it seems more appropriate for the #AI generated garage on the web, but I can see “AI;DR” taking off. We’re being overwhelmed with crap we can easily create on our own - and we don’t need to waste out time reading it. futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com
There's a Grim New Expression: "AI;DR"
The slang is a sign of how overrun the internet is with AI slop — and how the real humans using it are fed up.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
A screenless #laptop may be novel but it’s still a solution looking for a problem. Until our #XRGlasses get light years better than they are now, no one is going to use this. And honestly, you could create the same setup on any laptop and have more flexibility. vocal.media/futurism/the...
vocal.media
The World's First Screenless Laptop Has Arrived. Welcome To The Future Of Computing
Technology
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Will #AI destroy the careers of future #artists. AI will create new forms of creative expression but it’s already destroying the pathways to becoming an artist in any field. Will anyone hire an intern or entry level student when AI can do the job? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
theatlantic.com
The Problem With Letting AI Do the Grunt Work
Artificial intelligence is destroying the career ladder for aspiring artists.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
#NYC usually does security right - hey, we do huge events like #NewYearsEve - but the new mayors inauguration is also banning Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero. WTF? Start banning individual devices and you’re going to have to publish a book of prohibited devices blog.adafruit.com/2025/12/30/n...
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Please support Maya Georgieva's #SXSWedu proposal on Designing for Emergence: Student voices shaping the frontiers of #storytelling. #AI and #XR have already hacked our sense of reality - the call now is to claim agency. Voting ends tonight at midnight! participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
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PanelPicker | SXSW Conference & Festivals
PanelPicker® is the official SXSW user-generated session proposal platform. Enter ideas and vote to help shape Conference programming for SXSW and SXSW EDU.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
#GPT-5 is here — faster, sharper, and already dividing opinion. Built-in personas, software on demand, and a few surprises in the new #LLM model that some critics call “a step back.” Here’s what it really means for #education, policy, and #creative work. www.digitalbodies.net/openai-gpt-5...
digitalbodies.net
OpenAI GPT-5: AI That Thinks, Codes, and Teaches
GPT-5’s launch brings faster reasoning and new AI personas—hailed as a breakthrough, criticized as a step back, and set to disrupt education and policy.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
God, the @newsmedia is pathetic these days. Mexican NAVY training sailing ship hits Brooklyn Bridge in #NYC this evening and media outlets are referring to it as “sailboat” or “party boat.” Have they never even used Wikipedia to check some basic facts? abcnews.go.com/US/mexican-n...
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Mexican Navy sailboat crashes into Brooklyn Bridge, at least 19 injured: Officials
Everyone who was injured was on the boat. Officials said they did not believe the bridge sustained any structural damage.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Too bad Native Americans didn't think of charging asylum seekers a $1,000 each to enter what would become the U.S. They would have wiped up monetarily with the Pilgrims and everyone else. Should have posted a sign on Plymouth Rock - $1,000 to step here. politicalwire.com/2025/04/28/h...
politicalwire.com
House GOP Proposes Charging $1,000 to Claim Asylum
"House Republicans are proposing to charge migrants $1,000 to claim asylum, one of a series of new or increased fees on immigrants seeking to gain legal entry into the United States that is part of
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Apple's reorg of #Siri team might actually result in getting a product out the door. Right now, Siri is an utter embarrassment for #Apple - especially after 2.5 years of #GenAI being around.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
“We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently, you despise it. So it will be just fine here at home.” French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann of the Socialists and Democrats, commenting on America's embrace of dictators, that Lady Liberty should be returned to France. www.politico.eu/article/stat...
politico.eu
Give back the Statue of Liberty, French MEP tells US
French Socialist MEP says Washington’s embrace of dictators negates the values that led France to bestow the iconic statue some 140 years ago.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
The fallout from the protests at #ColumbiaUniversity continues with the gov’t canceling $400 million in grants and contracts. And the #Trump admin said more cuts will follow. #HigherEd has a rough road ahead for the next four years. www.npr.org/2025/03/07/n...
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Trump administration cancels $400 million in federal dollars for Columbia University
The administration said it was cancelling grants and other federal awards for Columbia for an alleged failure to protect Jewish students from antisemitism.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I’ve been waiting for a judge to just come out and say this over the past few months: politicalwire.com/2025/03/06/f...
politicalwire.com
Federal Judge Tells Trump He ‘Is Not a King’
A federal judge reversed the firing of a National Labor Relations Board member by President Donald Trump, with a scathing ruling that said “an American president is not a king,” CNBC reports.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
CNN’s analysis of the amount of time on topics in #Trump’s address to #Congress last night. #Immigrants, #Crime, #Tariffs, #LGBTQ, and the #Election all got prime time. Inflation, the Economy, and Healthcare all got shoved to the sidelines.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Been feeling this way for the past six weeks . . .
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Liz Ahern 🌈🇲🇽🏳️‍⚧️☮️ @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Sad news . . .
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Looks like we're in for a wild ride with #Trump's tariff war. Said Ontario Premier Doug Ford: “If they want to try to annihilate Ontario, I will do everything — including cut off their energy with a smile on my face.” politicalwire.com/2025/03/03/o...
politicalwire.com
Ontario Will Cut Off U.S. Electricity Exports
“As Canada prepares for President Donald Trump to unleash his trade war against Canada on Tuesday, Ontario’s ready to pull the plug,” the Toronto Sun reports. “Speaking Monday at a mining convention i...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/02/2025
“Friday, February 28, 2025, will go into the history books as one of the grimmest days in American diplomacy,” writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social. Now “Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us”: theatln.tc/FHJeRVAj
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One of the Grimmest Days in American Diplomacy
At an Oval Office meeting, the president of the United States ambushed a loyal ally.
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✨Joanna ✨ @ljd1137.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
The idiocalypse if you will 🧟
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
The hypocrisy is off the charts.
Social media post by 'Sarah Ironside' with the text: '“Praise Jesus, we successfully voted to take food and healthcare from poor people to benefit the rich. Amen.”' The post includes a photo of Mike Johnson in a suit with glasses, holding papers and raising his hands in a prayer-like gesture, set against a blue background.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
You can't make this sh*t up. #Trump posts #AI video on his Truth Social account, promoting the transformation of #Gaza into a Gulf state resort with a golden statue of himself, a hummus-eating #Musk, and shirtless American and Israeli leaders lounging on a beach. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAJc...
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Trump shares AI video of vision for Gaza, featuring giant gold statue and him lounging w/ Netanyahu
YouTube video by New York Post
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Perfect #AI based political activism today! An AI-generated video of #Trump kissing Elon #Musk’s feet playing in the federal department of Housing and Urban Development cafeteria this morning with text saying, “Long live the real king.” youtu.be/fkJGpy9mPxQ?...
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Donald Trump KISSING Elon Musk’s Feet ‘LONG LIVE THE REAL KING’
YouTube video by Hottest Trends Daily
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Yes, it's so important to be in the office and not WFH says #Trump . . . as he heads out to the golf course.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The #WashingtonPost backed out of this "Fire Elon Musk" ad bought by Common Cause and the Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund that would run as a wrap on its Tuesday edition. A once-storied #media institution continues to cave into #authoritarian power.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Pin this. Nothing to add but a heartfelt thank you for all the work that went into this.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
This is troubling but hardly a surprise - #Google has long since rejected its “Don’t be evil” ethos since around its corporate restructuring in Oct 2015. Perhaps its new mantra should be “Always bow down to those in power.”
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
News I didn't want to hear: #Musk and others have put in a $97.4 billion bid for the nonprofit that controls #OpenAI. Thankfully, Altman scathingly responded on Musk's X platform: “No thank you, but we will buy Twitter for $9.74 billion if you want.” www.reuters.com/markets/deal...
reuters.com
Elon Musk-led group makes $97.4 billion bid for control of OpenAI, WSJ reports
A consortium of investors led by billionaire Elon Musk is offering $97.4 billion to buy the nonprofit that controls artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
We are rapidly heading to this point again. Never in my life did I think I would read Anne Frank and think of the current conditions of my own world.
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Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Old me: Elon’s contributions to electric cars outweigh his negatives. New me: Elon’s single-minded destruction of the United States in the pursuit of cutting costs outweighs his electric cars.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
What took decades to build up has been destroyed in two weeks. Just shows how fragile our accomplishments can be.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Very apt for today.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Time for us all to start buying Canadian.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Perfectly captured.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Timothy Snyder: "The oligarchs have no plan to govern. They will take what they can, and disable the rest. The destruction is the point. They don’t want to control the existing order. They want disorder in which their relative power will grow." snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
This is brilliant and so needed. Sadly, the #media checked out long ago or like the #WaPo and other sites, became allies in the downfall of our #democracy.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
24 hours after the #DCcrash, the severely understaffed air traffic control workers got an email suggesting they quit their jobs and take the buyout. You can’t make this sh*t up. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/u...
nytimes.com
Official Email Urges Federal Workers to Find ‘Higher Productivity’ Jobs
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Anyone else seeing this on #Facebook - forcing users to follow Trump and hiding Dem hashtags? I don't spend much time on #Meta platforms but nothing would surprise me with #Zuckerberg bowing down to #Trump. www.techspot.com/news/106464-...
techspot.com
Meta denies forcing accounts to follow Donald Trump, claims hiding Democrat hashtags is a bug
Meta's communication director, Andy Stone, responded to the reports on Threads and X. He wrote that people were not made to automatically follow any of the official...
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Delighted to see #Bluesky pushing forward with video. The user base crossed 28 million this weekend and I can't wait until it surpasses X.
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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Billionaires Worth $1.3 Trillion Embrace Trump at Inauguration - in front of his nominated cabinet members. At least we know who is really running the #Trump administration. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Billionaires Worth $1.3 Trillion Embrace Trump at Inauguration
A who’s who of the world’s wealthiest people surrounded President Donald Trump as he took the oath of office — gathering a combined net worth exceeding $1.3 trillion for the occasion.
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