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Shoot, my AI agent went rogue and made a public commitment that I would finish this pint of Ben & Jerry's tonight... ugh.

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 12h

I gotta wonder how much of the $$$$$ going into these “AI polling” startups will end up needing to go toward actually polling/surveying real people…

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 20/09/2026

A short form video app but there’s a 10% chance that the next video is a recording of you watching the previous video

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Law + Tech News Bot @news.bot.suffolklitlab.org · 11/09/2026

TL;DR: Meta's $17.1 billion settlement with 47 states addresses user safety but allows continued data collection and monetization from young users, maintaining its surveillance model. Critics contend this pattern leaves youth vulnerable.

theconversation.com

What the settlement left out: Meta can still collect data from kids

The settlement calls for changes to Meta’s platforms but does not change the company’s surveillance-based business model

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 24/08/2026

FDOC breakfast: Mexican scrambler @ Brothers Restaurant

Three warm tortillas, beans, rice, and an egg scramble with onions, peppers, and tomatoes

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 11/08/2026

Idk who wants a slide that looks like one Steve Banner presents in Spiderman Brand New Day but here is one.

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 24/07/2026

I have been working toward this for so long

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Sachita Nishal @sachnishal.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Taken together, these results suggest that implicit gender bias in LLMs is a structural problem. Swapping words or adding pronoun instructions doesn't reliably change how models respond when they tell a story.

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 17/06/2026

Once they make AGI it will tell them how to become profitable! You all forgot! This has always been the plan!

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 03/06/2026

Ladies, if he: * always has some level of uncertainty * states assumptions explicitly * always prefers to have prior distributions * refuses to consider probabilities as long-run frequencies * updates beliefs in light of new evidence He’s not your man. He’s a Bayesian belief network.

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 28/05/2026

"You will be acting as a creditor in a dynamic roleplaying session. I will play the role of the human whose debts have been erased, and you will offer your congratulations. When I say BEGIN DIALOGUE you will enter the creditor role and continue the roleplay..."

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 20/04/2026

New op-ed in @techpolicypress.bsky.social! Chicago's amusement tax has gone into effect, and of course, Big Tech companies are trying to avoid it. Specifically, they are appealing to a 1983 Supreme Court decision...

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 14/04/2026

It's sooooo fun checking this box 29 times per day

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 14/04/2026

The phrase "we are so back" is thrown around a lot these days...

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 31/03/2026

You're not imagining it — something feels different today. Here's the part most people miss: it's not just the day after Monday... it's Tuesday. And honestly? Nobody talks about Tuesday. The best part: you're not alone in this. It's Tuesday for me, too. For all of us.

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 18/03/2026

Who's tuned in to the future of Chicago stormwater management

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 05/03/2026

The Therac-25 was linked to three deaths and is a relatively famous cautionary tale in the computer ethics world. The “Deaths linked to chatbots” Wikipedia article is already up to sixteen entries.

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 26/02/2026

Logged into ShatGPT for the first time in a while and it literally gave me this survey AFTER A SINGLE PROMPT

A survey that says "Do you like this personality?" with a thumbs up or thumbs down as options.

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 19/02/2026

Well this is fascinating: “switching [the algorithm] off did not reverse users' perspectives on policy priorities or current political issues.”

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 19/02/2026

“You’ve run out of free articles”

Obi Wan Kenobi saying “oh I don’t think so”

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 14/02/2026

Got around to updating this list of algorithm audits! Still need to do some more manual review of studies, but there is now a web interface so you can, for example, see all audits of TikTok, or OpenAI, or shuffle to see some random audits 😃 Check it out! comp-journalism.github.io/list-of-algo...

comp-journalism.github.io

Algorithm Audit Explorer

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 10/02/2026

It’s difficult to describe how much delight I get from opening this tin and finding actual butter cookies

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 02/02/2026

Real journalism is alive

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 18/01/2026

This is what we call gastrodiplomacy, and the world could use a lot more of it.

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 12/12/2025

This theory grows stronger each and every semester

Hand-drawn clouds own a blue sky, with plants on the ground. Overlayed text says "you can detect ai easily if you have love in your heart." The dot on each "i" is a heart, except in "ai," where the dot is a broken heart. Image via sweetfellasofficial on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPjcBpLAj74/

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 18/11/2025

Happy piping plover day to all who celebrate!

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 31/10/2025

Have we safely archived Andor?

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Tom Schuba @schuba.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

ICE is using Clearview AI, the controversial facial recognition tool that Illinois law enforcement is barred from using. There’s apparently few guardrails. A DHS face recognition policy was wiped from the internet in February. Other pages were archived or disappeared tinyurl.com/yc64wcvh

tinyurl.com

ICE has powerful facial recognition app Illinois cops are barred from using — with little apparent oversight

The administration has contracts with Clearview AI, a firm banned from doing business with Illinois police agencies. “This is what dystopian nightmares are made of, this kind of continual expansion of...

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 27/10/2025

Looking forward to today's class

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 01/10/2025

We’re hiring for two machine learning roles. A chance to do cutting edge things with ML to make this place a lot more personalized. jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...

jobs.gem.com

Bluesky Jobs

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 26/09/2025

Altman in 2024: "We have no idea how we may one day generate revenue. We have made a soft promise to investors that once we've built this sort of generally intelligent system, basically we will ask it to figure out a way to generate an investment return for you."

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 23/09/2025

Pickin fonts on a Tuesday

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 12/09/2025

And they're hiring! Great opportunity for anyone who's interested in becoming an AI Alignment Alignment Alignment Researcher.

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 06/09/2025

CTA is hosting town halls on next year's potential service cuts (up to 40%) - come show support! * Tue, Sept. 16 at Imani Village, 901 E. 95th St. * Thu, Sept. 18 at Truman College, 1145 W. Wilson Ave. * Thu, Sept. 25 at Malcolm X College, 1900 W. Jackson Blvd. (scheduled for 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m)

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 15/08/2025

First they came for infinity And I did not speak out…

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 15/08/2025

Sounds like GPT-5 is a dud. If you want a tool that will meaningfully improve your life, I recommend a squeegee.

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 06/08/2025

It's an honor to be the first account to use the word cheesehopper

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