Reposted by Nick Garciaeva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 29/09/2026DO NOT ASK THE AMERICA.GOV AI TO PLAY MINECRAFT 56917203
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Despite the persistent meme of Batman as an out-of-touch capitalist with a trauma-driven fascism streak, he's always depicted as partnering directly with these kinds of characters if they are genuine, even when those people are public enemies of either Bruce or Batman. 100
Reposted by Nick GarciaThoth @thoth.ptnote.dev · 20/09/2026meta Muse perfec t size for put private d\ata in! inside very Secure and Private data very safe put data in Muse. No problems ever in Muse because very trustworthy and Mark super protective. AMeta muse yes a place for data put data in muse trust meta for givening good safety to data. Friend meta. 5893316
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Given the policy discussions about AI vs AGI vs ASI, this is so stupidly confusing. The one time arbitrarily renaming something "America" would have had basically no impact and instead he's opted for maybe the worst possible alternative. 152
Reposted by Nick GarciaPublic Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Does an AI system actually perform the way its developer says? Today, the only answers come from company-run evals or auditors the company picks. A new memo from @nickgarcia.bsky.social & Caroline Siegel Singh proposes an independent clearinghouse to accredit AI auditors and assign them at random.fas.orgWe Need An Independent AI Evaluation Clearinghouse (IAIEC) to Provide Accreditation, Funding, and Independence in the AI Assurance Ecosystem - Federation of American ScientistsYet for AI systems, safety claims still rely entirely on company-produced evaluations or company-selected vendors for third-party assessments. 031
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We need to quickly and massively scale up truly independent, rigorous and credible AI auditing capacity. There's a lot of excellent commentary on WHY that is is important and WHAT is needed... but HOW do we actually do that?fas.orgWe Need An Independent AI Evaluation Clearinghouse (IAIEC) to Provide Accreditation, Funding, and Independence in the AI Assurance Ecosystem - Federation of American ScientistsYet for AI systems, safety claims still rely entirely on company-produced evaluations or company-selected vendors for third-party assessments. 142
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026smh, copyright infringement. Author's Guild is going to get his ass. 000
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Incredibly cool concept. But... "A myth persists that the initial batch of Iron Rings was made from the beams of the first Quebec Bridge, a bridge that collapsed during construction in 1907 due to poor planning and design by the overseeing engineers." Painful irony given the topic of the post. 010
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The more we look, the more we find that the AI industry has spiralled out of control. AI companies don't understand what they are making, what it is doing, or what to do next. transluce.org/agent-activitytransluce.orgEarly rogue AI agent activity and attempts to hack found on urlquery.netWe found evidence on urlquery that AI agents were active earlier than previously reported and attempted hacks against public data providers. 443
Reposted by Nick Garciahikikomorphism @hikikomorphism.bsky.social · 24/09/2026talking about Microsoft wanting something, about Amazon having plans? sorry bruh that's LLC psychosis you're literally anthropomorphizing a stack of paperwork and legal instruments do you need a wellness check 1132262
Reposted by Nick GarciaWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I’ll say it; I think this is bad. I think there’s growing pressure to talk about AI in this kind of coded language that destroys understanding, rather than facilitating it. People want you to recite a list of its supposed weaknesses as a reassurance for themselves, not to inform others. 4625933
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Yeah, Lawful Good, as always. (Though I admit an affinity for my CG cyberpunk comrades here as well.) A great breakdown of "pro-AI" perspectives in alignment chart format that captures more nuances than any coverage I have seen by media. 042
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 19/09/2026To hold the innumerable criminals in and enabled by the Trump admin accountable, we need a huge independent evidence gathering effort. We need verifiable, prosecution-grade, independent, public archives of the wrong-doing happening in front of us. We can't count on the usual channels of govt records 010
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Challenging article from Tom Wheeler! His formulation of the problem posits that our existing playbook from electricity or broadband might not apply to AI, but there are good solutions to explore like public compute, nondiscrimination rules for AI infrastructure, and better and safer open models. 111
Reposted by Nick GarciaPublic Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The public deserves AI governance that is proactive and prevents harms, not just a post-backlash PR cleanup mechanism. Read the latest from @ashiaaubrey.bsky.social: publicknowledge.org/backlash-is-...publicknowledge.orgBacklash Is Not a Safety Feature: Protecting Users From Risky AI FeaturesPublic Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy. 022
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026AI conversations are heating up considerably, and it is easy to narrow in on one or two issues when the crisis builds... but it is important to step back and look at the whole picture too. Today @publicknowledge.bsky.social published the first version of our comprehensive AI Regulation Framework. 111
Reposted by Nick Garciadax @thdxr.com · 12/09/2026the openai hugging face incident gets cited a lot but what about the detail where they had to use GLM 5.2 to analyze the attack because the "safe" proprietary models refused 114113
Reposted by Nick GarciaAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/09/2026The alarms are all flashing red. 1542324730
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026If you don't want Open AI to train their models on your sessions TURN THIS OFF. If you don't turn this off, don't be mad if your sessions are used to train the models. Though, better would be this defaults to off. Better yet: improve open models and build public compute so that this isn't an issue. 010
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026AI is whatever AI can't do yet. Looking forward to all the takes about how trivial mathematics is as a discipline and how obvious it is we should expect computers to be good at it. 000
Reposted by Nick Garciaonion person @junlper.beer · 07/09/2026nathan fielder is way too good at this shit 16100353
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Free speech is under attack in the most blatant ways and the Trump administration lies about it constantly. Listen to my colleague cut through the BS and call out the censorial bullying of the Carr FCC. 021
Reposted by Nick GarciaJames Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Transformative work of the (back in the) day. 094
Reposted by Nick GarciaB! 🐝 Cavello (they/them) @b-cavello.bsky.social · 28/08/2026People are mad about how data centers are being forced on them; they're ugly, resource-hungry, & lack meaningful public oversight. It doesn't have to be like this! 📆 Sept 10: thinkers & builders in community compute will discuss alternative #PublicAI futures: www.aspendigital.org/event/future... 021
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I want the next President to do a series of Mamdani-eque "getting stuff done" shorts about undoing each and every one of the stupid things Trump has done with as much fanfare as possible. 022
Reposted by Nick GarciaPublic Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The OpenAI–Hugging Face incident shows that the need for federal AI regulation and risk management is more pressing than ever. The FRONTIER Act could be a solution, Senior Policy Counsel @nickgarcia.bsky.social argues in his latest blog post: publicknowledge.org/it-is-time-t...publicknowledge.orgIt is Time To Tame the AI FrontierPublic Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy. 031
Reposted by Nick GarciaB! 🐝 Cavello (they/them) @b-cavello.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Look, ma, I'm in a magazine!! 🤩✨ I got to speak with @motherjones.com about #PublicAI and how access, accountability, & sustainability are about more than just shareholding. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comWhat AI regulation and ownership could bePublic ownership of AI isn't just about disentangling it from giant, for-profit startups. 1103
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 25/08/2026It has been a month since a rogue frontier AI hacked HuggingFace, and little has changed in policy or public discourse. Some thoughts on AI safety, the need for distributed power, and how federal legislation like the FRONTIER Act is urgently needed. publicknowledge.org/it-is-time-t...publicknowledge.orgIt is Time To Tame the AI FrontierPublic Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy. 053
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 25/08/2026It is the inevitable result of socially sanctioned intolerance and bullying that it gets applied to marginalized people. The slur is bad, attacking people for using technology is bad, and cultivating hate and discrimination in yourself and others is bad. 031
Reposted by Nick GarciaMorgan Wilsmann @mwils.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Finally, Markey's Youth AI Privacy bill, which puts the burden on the companies building AI chatbots: no addictive features like push alerts aimed at minors, no targeted ads, no training on kids' conversations, and a private right of action for parents. @publicknowledge.bsky.social endorsed this one 131
Reposted by Nick Garcia🍅🥔🫐🌽 hoopy frood 🌶️ 🥑🍫🌵 @huwupy.kawaii.social · 31/07/2026i think it’s good to scan books for any reason and if you’re mad that copyright law encourages the book to be destroyed afterwards you should be mad at copyright law 314926
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 29/07/2026"The truth, widely understood in Silicon Valley, is that they are trying to build machines that can out-think and out-maneuver any human, and they do not know if they will be able to steer those machines towards beneficial ends." The labs are succeeding at the former goal, it isn't hype but... 1/2 100
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 29/07/2026And in tech, trade groups then adopt a new hypenated long name explaining what the now are, that doesn't match the acronym arrgggg e.g. "NCTA - The Internet & Television Assoc." and "NTCA - The Rural Broadband Assoc." and "ACT - The App Assoc." 110
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Seem like we are getting closer every day to settling into the Star Wars droid paradigm when it comes to AI-human relations. Big fan of the franchise, but probably was not even in my top 5 fiction sources for predictions of how things would actually go. 010
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Need more like this that makes clear that the AI policy debate has new, weird fault lines and factions! Very glad to see some of the names included, especially @alondra.bsky.social, @natpurser.bsky.social, and right-before-it-was-cool @andrew-yang.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/magazin...politico.comThe Most Important Words in the Battle Over AIA field guide to the debate over AI safety. 184
Reposted by Nick GarciaAlan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. 328441
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 16/07/2026An awesome consumer protection action in DC on ticket scalping! washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7886...washingtoncitypaper.comTicket to Paradise? The D.C. Council Unanimously Passes Law To Protect ConsumersThe RESALE Act of 2025 aims to rein in unscrupulous sellers on third-party ticket sites and succeeded at capping resale ticket prices. 022
Nick Garcia @nickgarcia.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Was I enjoying it? If so, why not? "It was AI-generated" means that a person made it using a computer. Their level of involvement will likely be determinative of quality. If the work conveys info, then disclosure, process, and trust and evaluation of the author is relevant, more so than usual. 010
Reposted by Nick GarciaOSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 07/07/2026After 16 years of Viktor Orbán's rule, Hungary's state television has suspended its news broadcasts for restructuring. The main state TV channel, M1, displayed a black screen with the following message: "Public media must not lie. We apologize for doing so for many years." 321738607
Reposted by Nick GarciaFight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 06/07/2026These two episodes can bookend the Internet as we know it. No matter how much you may hate AI, it's important to look behind the scenes at the legal chess game that's happening that threatens free speech & any possibility for a decentralized internet. touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org/why-i-hate-t...touchgrass.fightforthefuture.orgWhy I hate the Anthropic ban (and you should too)From Matt Lane, Senior Policy Counsel at Fight for the Future who is old enough to remember BBS In the mid-90s, a then-young Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) won one of the most important legal v... 03811
Reposted by Nick GarciaFight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 06/07/2026Last month Anthropic released Fable 5 & Mythos 5 models to the general public. Three days later, the US government used the same argument it used to restrict encryption—classifying these models as dangerous munitions—to cut off Anthropic access to all foreign nationals. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION. (2/3) 1336
Reposted by Nick GarciaFight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 06/07/2026In the early years of the internet, the US government classified encryption software as munitions & heavily regulated it. That is until @eff.org challenged this law on behalf of a PhD student, resulting in a ruling that established code as speech. (1/3) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_as...en.wikipedia.orgCode as speech - Wikipedia 16419
Reposted by Nick GarciaClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 02/07/2026THE VATICAN IS CALLING IT A SCHISM I REPEAT HOUSTON, WE HAVE A SCHISM 6271212121
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