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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.

ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 12/03/2026

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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 · 12/03/2026

Sadly, when you are sitting on top of that many billions of dollars, the stares don't matter. And despite the tragic loss these people have experienced, the addiction to #SocialMedia among youth and the vulnerable continues unabated.

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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 · 09/03/2026

And somehow, we stay fixated on only #AI having hallucinations.

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 · 05/03/2026

Sadly, this is likely the future of every #worker in the service industry - at least until they’re replaced. No supervisor can monitor employees 24/7 but #AI will do it at minimal cost.

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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 · 28/02/2026

Everything has become gambling - including betting on human suffering. Maybe we’ll get some regulation around the edges in the future but I don't think we’ll ever go back now that we've started down this road.

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Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I’m willing to see wait but not long. Remember this is not just about working with the military but being banned from working with any other company that does - those are high stakes. There’s no deal yet and they may still walk away. We should know by Friday but I get your skepticism - and anger.

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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

This is the unspoken issue in AI implementation and it’s impacting much more than the creative fields. AI - amazing as it is - is an easy way to avoid hiring and paying entry level employees and interns. Businesses may save money but graduating students will find closed doors to a career path.

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

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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.

Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

You have to stop the constant podcasts. One help for me was getting the new Shokz Openfit 2+ earbuds. Since they are open ear devices and not noise canceling, I use them more and just have music on in the background of my life.

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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.

Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

LOL Yep, I’m just waiting for the posts on TruthSocial. If not an outright act of war, immigrants must have done it.

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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...

abcnews.go.com

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

Unbelievable, calling it "Workforce management actions."

Emory Craig @emorycraig.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

This is just appalling. But I fear it's only going to get much worse.

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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

A fascinating idea! Clearly, the blowback has been growing - not just to the inadequacies of #AI, but to its potential to upend what we think of as human. AI is hardly going to disappear, but what’s happening with #DOGE may lead to a massive reassessment of its value.

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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...

npr.org

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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But of course Musk would absolutely deny it happened, and failing that, would blame it on DEI.

But your new wi-fi connected washing machine will then be able to text our future AI overlords when you misbehave.

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Staggering amount of stupidity.

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It’s an impressive scam. Sort of the mirror opposite of that iconic line in the movie, the “Usual Suspects:” “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.”

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You’re forgetting that his only “actual business” is to destroy Democracy. And the end of our political system won’t impact him at all - he’ll just pick up the assets at a fire sale and win again.

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Beautiful! And soon after the sun disappears for you, it rises for us over NYC. Hopefully, you’ll also send along some good Irish cheer and the spirit of creativity. We’ve sorely need it, having turned down a dark and coarse path over the past few months.

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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Yep, just wait til Mexico responds this Sunday.

Been feeling this way for the past six weeks . . .

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All too clear. But yes, anyone working in #HigherEd needs to watch this entire speech. We have to walk into this new era with #eyeswideopen.

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Gotta go with the fools. Trump wouldn't even be in office if it wasn't for them. Sadly, too many still think he's doing a bang-up job.

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