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Ken Nickerson

@kcnickerson.bsky.social
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
even with 5G, in space, no one can hear a telco executive scream =O US telcos shed $60bn in value after SpaceX announces spectrum purchase - www.ft.com/content/8c3f...
ft.com
US telcos shed $60bn in value after SpaceX announces spectrum purchase
Elon Musk takes big step towards launching Starlink mobile service for US consumers
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
next time you're having a hard day at the office! =O That self-appendectomy - www.southpolestation.com/trivia/igy1/...
next time you're having a hard day at the office! =O That self-appendectomy - https://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/igy1/appendix.html
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
brilliant! - (SF) What QYDX Keeps Below - youtu.be/Vl-Jnf90E4E
youtu.be
What QYDX Keeps Below (Found Footage Sci fi Horror)
YouTube video by Ulfi Love
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
got bread? - why people have “gluten intolerance” and why the average age of cancer diagnosis has plummeted! @diedsuddenly_
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
AI heal thyself - This Documentary Was Made Entirely by AI + youtu.be/cyeTIEy2qus
youtu.be
This Documentary Was Made Entirely by AI. Including Her.
YouTube video by AI For Humans
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
brilliant! - assuming next-level consciousness and a superego, with a bit of fear, would guess a good indicator would be mass compression of any potential threat, starting with the former apex (humans) arxiv.org/abs/2609.35618
arxiv.org
From cacophony to hierarchy: a principled framework for assessing AI consciousness
The question of AI consciousness is one of the most urgent pre-emptive problems in philosophy and computer science, yet progress is hampered by a cacophony of competing theories that often talk past e...
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
all kids AI dream in 1959 ;> "Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine" - www.newyorker.com/books/second...
newyorker.com
What a Sixty-Five-Year-Old Book Teaches Us About A.I.
Rereading an oddly resonant—and prescient—consideration of how computation affects learning.
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
brilliant! - Lois as Elizabeth Holmes (Family Guy) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSMs...
youtube.com
Family Guy - Lois as Elizabeth Holmes
YouTube video by Glenn Quagmire
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
mistakes were made...
mistakes were made...
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
AI (Parody) - AI CEO Panel - www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlTN... ;>
youtube.com
AI CEO Panel
YouTube video by Kai Lentit
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
lets hope Trump never reads Genesis 2:20! ;> www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
whitehouse.gov
Inaugurating The Era Of Super Intelligence
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home where they ...
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ai gives birth to corporate solipsism - www.ft.com/content/c768...
ft.com
Anthropic warns of ‘existential risks to humanity’ in IPO prospectus
Long-awaited S-1 filing reports Claude maker lost $8bn last year on $4.6bn in revenue
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
attention AI-Mart shoppers! www.ft.com/content/d9de...
ft.com
Corporate America embraces cheaper ‘open’ AI models
US businesses far beyond Silicon Valley are adopting Chinese alternatives to OpenAI and Anthropic’s systems
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
that thing, when you're seriously into coffee =O www.nature.com/articles/s41...
that thing, when you're seriously into coffee =O https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-71526-5
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
exactly! www.hilltimes.com/cartoon-dead...! www.hilltimes.com/cartoon-dead...
exactly! https://www.hilltimes.com/cartoon-deadders-take
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
what happens at the newly renamed "Trump House" stays there ;> @soveyx
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
duh! and the delta is shrinking! with trust, well surpassed - Whatever closed can do today, open does ~4 months later. - The State of Open Source AI v1.1 - stateofopensource.ai
stateofopensource.ai
The State of Open Source AI — v1.1 · September 2026
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Cry havoc! and let slip the drones of war!"
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
well clutch my pearls! ;> www.piratewires.com/p/jacob-coxo...
piratewires.com
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
brilliant (planned obsolescence) - The Life of Death and the Ensh*ttificator - youtu.be/d6SPV4GZp-U A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator - youtu.be/T4Upf_B9RLQ
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The Life of Death and the Ensh*ttificator
YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AI (Code) - bad vibes - Who cleans up after the vibe-coding party? - www.ft.com/content/cec8...
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AI warnings get Harry ;> nypost.com/2026/09/23/u...
nypost.com
Prince Harry returns to the US to cozy up the Clintons and warn of AI — only to be forced offstage
Prince Harry returned to the US stage with a stumble on Wednesday — just weeks after jetting back to the UK with American wife Meghan Markle.
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
great movie moments in AI alignment…
great movie moments in AI alignment…
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
that thing, when inbreeding becomes the path to AI 'genetic collapse' ;) youtu.be/RTuybvHww7Y?...
youtu.be
AI bot contacts professor on its own seeking paid work
YouTube video by CNN
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
irony... on the upside, not a single LLM got this ;>
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
mistakes were (allegedly) made =O cybersecuritynews.com/claude-code-...
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
in other news, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has partnered with Disney to expand the Star Wars franchise into new and "more relevant" stories! ;>
in other news, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has partnered with Disney to expand the Star Wars franchise into new and "more relevant" stories! ;>
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
brilliant! - Tech workers without Claude - youtube.com/shorts/nbcW6...
youtube.com
POV: Tech workers without Claude
YouTube video by Rho
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Do you Xanadu? - 'Canada is waking up now': Xanadu CEO @xanaduai.bsky.social @_cweedbrook www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQpS...
youtube.com
'Canada is waking up now': Xanadu CEO
YouTube video by BNN Bloomberg
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
just as soon as we get these drones adjusting their rotor pitch to play "Ride of the Valkyries" all dual-use (war) drones will be better and more frighteningly be defined as "Drosophila Melanogaster!"
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
PROMETHEUS ONE - it (probably) won't kill you.
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Fei-Fei Li sees "A World in a Grain of Sand" ;> @drfeifei www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn1Q...
youtube.com
Why Fei-Fei Li Is Betting on Spatial Intelligence
YouTube video by a16z
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
nice! - Arxivisual - arxivisual.org - Paste any arXiv paper. Watch as it turns complex papers into digestible and visually appealing video explanations. [e.g. Attention - arxivisual.org/abs/1706.03762 ]
arxivisual.org
arXivisual — arXiv Papers, Visualized
Transform any arXiv paper into an interactive scrollytelling experience with AI-generated Manim animations. One edit: arxiv → arxivisual.
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
the irony of flock caws like a murder ;> www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0KJ...
youtube.com
Flock camera installer calls police: 'I'm getting followed'
YouTube video by Atlanta News First
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
that thing, when you want to grab a quote from KJV but need to get past the 'cloud' first ;> …and who knew so many robots were interested in religion? ;> www.kingjamesbibleonline.org
that thing, when you want to grab a quote from KJV but need to get past the 'cloud' first ;> …and who knew so many robots were interested in religion? ;> https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
that thing, when you use Claude for 'vibe coding' a transportation simulation project, it 'works' so you ship it! ;>
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
live feed(s) of drones honing in on your position for $1.5K ...so only a few times more expensive than Netflix and this show could really save your life! =O @zaruba_store zaruba-store.com/products/por...
live feed(s) of drones honing in on your position for $1.5K ...so only a few times more expensive than Netflix and this show could really save your life! =O @zaruba_store https://zaruba-store.com/products/portable-passive-rf-monitoring-device-zaruba-a3
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
after one day! ;>
shame, buti guess swamps are thicker than water? sure there would be pressure, but this should serve as testament of Google's inner voice @google @Canada  https://www.reuters.com/world/us/google-maps-will-show-lake-america-us-not-lake-ontario-2026-08-30/
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
shame, buti guess swamps are thicker than water? sure there would be pressure, but this should serve as testament of Google's inner voice @google @Canada www.reuters.com/world/us/goo...
reuters.com
Google Maps will show 'Lake America' in US, not 'Lake Ontario'
The president's order does not have ⁠any impact on Canadian naming conventions or how the rest of the world refers to the lake.
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
shame, buti guess swamps are thicker than water? sure there would be pressure, but this should serve as testament of Google's inner voice @google @Canada www.reuters.com/world/us/goo...
reuters.com
Google Maps will show 'Lake America' in US, not 'Lake Ontario'
The president's order does not have ⁠any impact on Canadian naming conventions or how the rest of the world refers to the lake.
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
after one day!
shame, buti guess swamps are thicker than water? sure there would be pressure, but this should serve as testament of Google's inner voice @google @Canada  https://www.reuters.com/world/us/google-maps-will-show-lake-america-us-not-lake-ontario-2026-08-30/
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
shame, buti guess swamps are thicker than water? sure there would be pressure, but this should serve as testament of Google's inner voice @google @canada www.reuters.com/world/us/goo...
reuters.com
Google Maps will show 'Lake America' in US, not 'Lake Ontario'
The president's order does not have ⁠any impact on Canadian naming conventions or how the rest of the world refers to the lake.
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
real evidence that the singularity (AGI) has begun ;>
real evidence that the singularity (AGI) has begun ;>
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
DC expands reuse to 1980s Superhero Sitcom ;>
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
LAWS {detect, select, attack, kill, report} on their own (1K-1M), {authority, accountability, audit} get trumped by ability. no maps for these (moral) territories, and what if, you send out, gets hacked and 'returned to sender' :O smallwarsjournal.com/2026/08/17/f...
smallwarsjournal.com
Fully Autonomous Drones Reportedly Kill in Ukraine
Explore the controversial use of AI drones in Ukraine, raising ethical questions about autonomous lethal systems in warfare.
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
where were these toons on Saturday morning, when i was (still) growing up? ;) youtu.be/ICPg-pMCGq4
youtu.be
WTF Is Happening To SpaceX? (AI Bubble Bursting)
YouTube video by Meerkat Explains
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
but... years ago, Trevor Moore did it better! - Trevor Moore meets The Anunnaki - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlzY...
youtube.com
Trevor Moore meets The Anunnaki (Loop)
YouTube video by T I T O
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
brilliant parody! - #1 on the 2026 summer time play list "Data Center Fornicator" - love the use of "AI" to parody itself (sans-agency because there is no AGI).
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
AI (Porn) - in other news, Claude to be renamed "Trixie" ;) www.wsj.com/tech/ai/clau...
wsj.com
Even Claude Is in the Dark About Dario Amodei’s Wife—and Her Influence at Anthropic
Cami Clark—who started what she called a “revolutionary porn company”—keeps a low profile but is a key adviser to the AI chief. Its coming IPO could top trillions.
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Ken Nickerson @kcnickerson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
trick question? police (and many others) already abuse Flock every day ;> techcrunch.com/2026/08/13/f...
techcrunch.com
Flock says its new tool will help identify police abuse, but hasn’t explained how it works | TechCrunch
The surveillance company announced it's making a tool called "Audit Assistance" mandatory for all customers, claiming it's already helped catch abuse. But the company has yet to explain how the tool w...
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