Reposted by Duncan JonesAstronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 16hNASA has released onboard video of Artemis II's reentry through Earth's atmosphere 🤩 Top speed: about 25,000 mph 301039342
Reposted by Duncan JonesIndie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 03/10/2026‘Be very angry about how the world is being fucked.’ King Guillermo, I adore you. 👑♥️ [Not my video! Saw on Reddit!] 21360518
Reposted by Duncan JonesAndy Mackenzie @andymack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Good morning. 'Batman's aff his Nut' by Robert Florence. 15558194
Reposted by Duncan JonesPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The idea of a "tech industry" has always relied on "computer" being a special kind of medium, akin to alchemy. And if tech demands to be king, AI hype has now elevated LLMs to a king of kings. But the solipsism has hit a dead end. The only way forward is to recognize that computers are not special.productpicnic.beehiiv.comLLMs are just normal technology. But tech is just a normal medium.The more we focus on a particular technology, the more we lose sight of what normal people actually care about. 1034097
Reposted by Duncan JonesKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776502128
Reposted by Duncan JonesDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say 6537751488
Reposted by Duncan JonesDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026If we let the current crop of "AI" people stay in charge, we are not gonna make it; not because of "superintelligent AI," but because of what the MIT study terms "cognitive surrender": offloading and deterioration of critical skills. And it increasingly feels like that's exactly what they want. 931078
Reposted by Duncan JonesFelipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The whole debate about whether the AI execs even grasp what they're doing has been at least partially settled by the released documents in the NYT v. OpenAI suit, which pretty conclusively establishes that 1) Everyone from executives to individual engineers understood they were engaged in mass theftmotherjones.comAI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening. 36335
Reposted by Duncan JonesBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Just gonna light this bag of dogshit on fire and walk away from the doorstep, but the people in media I hear saying AI has made them "more productive" appear to be producing less than ever, and worse things than ever. I wonder if they can even tell. 1255183658
Reposted by Duncan JonesTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026But the actual problem is not who gets the golden ticket this year, but rather why a socially vital sector (do we not think knowledge, about society and about nature, is valuable?) has been eviscerated to the point where a steady job teaching and doing research is a golden ticket in the first place. 115333
Reposted by Duncan JonesBrooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 18/09/2026When I tell you this is one of the most riveting, concise and accurate depictions of the catastrophically defective thought processes behind Effective Altruism and the larger Broligarch Epistemic Universe... Run, don't walk, to read the whole thing (link below), which concludes thus: 7353119
Reposted by Duncan JonesRory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Embedded in any kind of claim that the future of art is AI generated work and you'll be left behind if you don't get onboard with it, is the idea that at some point in time there will only be one acceptable medium and aesthetic that audiences will be interested in, which has never been true before 820239
Reposted by Duncan JonesBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Many "existing peer-reviewed studies that say AI is an effective learning tool are based on flawed methodologies and analyses that rely on misapplied, miscalculated or misinterpreted statistics." Good to see the severe limits of research on AI in education covered in IHE here. 03423
Reposted by Duncan JonesHelen Shin @h-x-s.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Tapping the 1970s IBM training manual’s warning again: 014949
Reposted by Duncan JonesBruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"If LLMs were a toy, they’d be taken off the shelves. If LLMs were a drug, they would be banned." And Zitron argues the end-of-humanity stuff is as overblown as more or less every other AI company promise, which ... scans, actually 38135
Reposted by Duncan JonesAli Rıza Taşkale @alirizataskale.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Superb piece by Richard Seymour on AI “criti-hype”: how warnings of extinction can reinforce the industry’s own mythology of technological power. The real dangers lie not in a god-machine but in labour discipline, ecological damage, and concentrated corporate power. www.patreon.com/richardseymo...patreon.comKill all humans | Richard SeymourIt seems a strange publicity gambit, to say our product could wipe out humanity. In the lingo of our evolving tech empire, though, this is e 49239
Reposted by Duncan JonesDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026OpenAI did not "lose control", the agents did not go "rogue" and there is no "swarm" that "escaped". all control and responsibility remains firmly in the hands of these "frontier" labs. most importantly this "rogue" narrative is an intentional and strategic marketing PR 10606241
Reposted by Duncan JonesRob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Initially I was frustrated with the rise of self-checkout but I appreciated how stores passed the savings on to me rather than pocket the money, fire armies of workers & make me do a job I suck at. It’s also why I’m optimistic about AI! I have been kicked in the head by several horses. 654000787
Reposted by Duncan JonesAlex Winter @alexwinter.com · 08/09/2026RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period. 2415741126
Reposted by Duncan JonesTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The idea that classrooms are chiefly spaces for product testing, and that it is irresponsible pedagogy not to enforce this, is both cynical and vile, and “fuck off” is a cogent response from any professional educator to any non-teaching salescreep or tech-but-not-subject-matter expert who voices it. 141171305
Reposted by Duncan JonesOisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This is set up for laughs, but it’s actually one of the best demonstrations I’ve seen of how being capable of producing convincing sounding language and understanding meaning are two completely different things. A chatbot does not understand you, it just has automated responses based on your words. 4839731481
Reposted by Duncan JonesBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/08/2026If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: pluralistic.net/2026/08/21/w... 2/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. 26110
Reposted by Duncan JonesMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Anybody who’s still advocating putting these tools anywhere near a school is not doing so despite the cognitive collapse they cause, but because of it. dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn... 131224461
Reposted by Duncan JonesAndy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Source: "The Generative AI Learning Penalty: Evidence from Chinese Secondary Education" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comThe Generative AI Learning Penalty: Evidence from Chinese Secondary EducationUsing 30 months of panel data on 26,811 Chinese students in grades 7-12, we study how generative AI affects homework productivity and learning. The data combine 22921
Reposted by Duncan JonesBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Maybe if the AI people yell at me for the 5 millionth time about how I’m not using their dogshit technology that has made everyone’s lives worse I’ll finally start liking it for no conceivable reason. 13681111291
Reposted by Duncan JonesBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 18/08/2026What's most upsetting me as a journal editor is that many papers we receive where AI use is disclosed for editing and language refinement actually appear to have been ruined rather than improved by AI. We get what seem like promising underpinning studies, but totally obscured by over-complex text. 8518116
Reposted by Duncan JonesFoz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 13/08/2026To me, the foundational tension of modern AI is this: If the stated goal is to create a human-level intelligence that can replace human workers but lacks human rights, then the real aspiration is slavery; but if human-level intelligence is impossible, then the industry's stated goal is a lie. 10822282
Reposted by Duncan Jones852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Bro. People are cool as fuck. 274164312322
Reposted by Duncan Jonesjj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 11/08/2026what if i do not want to be optimized. what if i want to make mistakes because that’s how you learn; what if i want to do nothing sometimes, what if i want a world that is weird and challenging and has mysteries left to reveal. what if i like taking the long way 3333551009
Reposted by Duncan JonesNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Every six months a writer goes on parental leave, is driven insane by watching 10,000 hours of Paw Patrol, and writes another one of these articles, and they're always great. 12781991567
Reposted by Duncan JonesOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 08/08/2026exactly 💯 on LLMs: they simulate the output we call language, not the cognitive capacity we call language! 492513702
Reposted by Duncan JonesMartha Wells @marthawells.com · 05/08/2026Because it apparently needs to be said: I have never fucking used the AI/LLM/chatbot/plagiarism machine and I never fucking will. If you use it, I think you're a bad person. 161279258
Reposted by Duncan JonesHildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 05/08/2026If AI disappeared tomorrow, the only change in my life would be that google search suddenly got better again. 1848497
Reposted by Duncan JonesBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/08/2026As a reader, my enjoyment of your novel is the same whether it was dictated, typed on an Underwood Noiseless, keyed into a word processor, or scratched out with a fountain pen: nealstephenson.substack.com/p/writing-by... 5/nealstephenson.substack.comWriting by Hand is Good for your Brain - Here's how to do itBecause I am known to write using a fountain pen on paper, a number of people have pointed me to this post and its underlying research. I won’t rehash what is said in those sources, but the gist of it... 37710
Reposted by Duncan JonesAnn Leckie @annleckie.com · 31/07/2026For writers worried that they won't be able to "prove" their work isn't Spicy Autocomplete--worry not. You thought about every choice and will be able to talk about those choices easily and clearly. Folks who used the slop machine didn't make choices and won't have anything to say about why 221373297
Reposted by Duncan JonesBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/08/2026Neoclassical econ assumes rationality. The corollary of, "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" is "you're rich, so you must be very smart!" Thus, people assume that if powerful, well-compensated CEOs insist that "AI is changing everything," well then, *AI must be changing everything*. 1/ 19774303
Reposted by Duncan JonesBatogato @batogato.bsky.social · 30/07/2026people should be taught situational awareness in schools: don't stop in the middle of a trail/sidewalk if others are around, have your money ready, don't walk abreast a path if you're a slow-ass group, pay attention to the stoplight, etc. 1449097
Reposted by Duncan JonesNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026*Trojan historian watching as the Achaeans break down the gates* Wow, my civilization is undergoing a complex transformation from a heavily centralized and stratified administrative society to a more socially-fragmented modality of living in which material culture is dispersed amidst smaller sites. 241262227
Reposted by Duncan JonesNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026NEW BLOG POST! Some thoughts on Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey, the historical context of the Bronze Age Collapse, the Sea Peoples, and the legends of the Trojan War, and whether Nolan's movie is "historically accurate" or not, and what that even means.nathangoldwag.wordpress.comDid Odysseus Cause the Bronze Age Collapse?We were all set for The Odyssey to be our summer discourse. Battle lines had been drawn, takes had been prepared. Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s 8th century BCE epic poem was… 1423562
Reposted by Duncan JonesAdam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Cities dismantled their tram networks to become “motor cities of the future”. The result? You could travel further within 30 mins via public transport in 1957 than you can in 2026. Cities are seeking billions to rebuild networks. Incredible piece of work this. 11672284
Reposted by Duncan JonesRav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 22/07/2026Quick thinking having a tablecloth handy. I didn’t even notice the twitching from that dead robot. 47759461205
Reposted by Duncan JonesDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 21/07/2026This is kind of an incredible website: Why your stuff stopped lasting, who profited, and what's still built right.worseonpurpose.comWorse on PurposeThe brands you trusted quietly gutted quality to protect margins. Investigative essays on corporate enshittification. Free newsletter. 1824361060
Reposted by Duncan Joneslaperry2.bsky.social @laperry2.bsky.social · 21/07/2026www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-cookw...worseonpurpose.comYour Cookware Got Worse On PurposeOne buyout firm quietly collected Pyrex, Corelle, Instant Pot, and Oneida. Farberware is a name on a 200-year lease. And the pans still worth buying. 511294459
Reposted by Duncan JonesThe Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Thinking about how Osprey, a publishing house almost entirely devoted to publishing military uniform/equipment fetish material disguised as dry but picture heavy non-fiction tomes, put out a book dismantling the right wing mythologization of Sparta with an absolute all-timer table of contents. 382760937
Reposted by Duncan JonesDan Olson @foldablehuman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026It is impressive that AI might actually scale *worse* than Blockchain. 343264902
Reposted by Duncan JonesBona Books 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026We're mainly sharing the link to the rather more digestible blog post, but if you want to jump to the straight our AI report:bona-books.comThe Machines Are Coming For Your Masthead — AI Report — Bona Books🤖📚 *Small Press Publishing in the Age of AI* Bona Books' research reveals the hidden risks of Generative AI in the slush pile. This report exposes how AI fraudsters infiltrate small presses and prov... 419952
Reposted by Duncan JonesMel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Thank you so much for all of your happy birthday wishes. Honestly, I don’t really feel 100. I feel pretty good. I feel like I’m only 98! 1054303643597
Reposted by Duncan JonesDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Ford has rehired hundreds of senior engineers after replacing them with AI backfired and has cost the company billions of dollars. AI adoption is blamed for Ford being the most recalled automaker in the U.S. with 51 recalls covering over 11 million vehicles in the first half of 2026 alone. 340105163960
Reposted by Duncan JonesNashies! YouTube Cooking Show 😺 @nashiez.bsky.social · 16/06/2026"So, if I use ChatGPT you think less of me?" Yep. Hope this helps. 61143195679
