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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 04/09/2025

Page Against the Machine @pipt.bsky.social looks at a project exploring “creative ways to demonstrate the power that human words, poetics & writing might have in resisting the influence of artificial intelligence in the literary sphere & beyond” www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2025/09/page...

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Page Against The Machine: On the Poetics of AI Refusal

This essay by artist and researcher Pip Thornton documents and debates some of the outputs of ‘Writing The Wrongs of AI’ (WWAI), a project which explored creative ways to demonstrate the power that hu...

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

😂 are you able to DM me?

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

@atomcrowley.bsky.social give me shout if you want to talk more about this ✊

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Kevin Williamson @kevwilliamson.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Head up to the Scottish Poetry Library and have a shot of these AI machines. Unique poetry receipts! ChatGPT's love rival! Poetry translation problems solved!

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

The LEX-9000 Human Verses Machine and the Machine Whispers poetry translator are outputs of @braiduk.bsky.social project Writing the Wrongs of AI in collab with @edbookfest.bsky.social and supported by @designinf.bsky.social @edcdcs.bsky.social @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

There's been a robot invasion @byleaveswelive.bsky.social! Do pop in and have a go on the interactive exhibits incl. the LEX-9000 automatic writing machine first debuted at the @edbookfest.bsky.social - now part of Edinburgh Science Festival 🤖

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Kind of ironic that my Critique of Linguistic Capitalism was stolen to train a Large Language Model 🤯

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators. More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live): 1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇 1/10

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I’m convinced. It’s a mashup of #slowhorses, #loveactually, #lockstock and maybe a bit of #spooks. They asked ChatGPT or Claude to make it into a 6 part drama. Only explanation.

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

#blackdoves was written by an algorithm. There’s no other explanation.

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 06/12/2024

Maybe one of the reasons there are so many unhinged academics is that in order to keep your job, you’re constantly required to tout yourself as a Scholar of World-Historical Significance, even as your office’s ceiling tiles slowly dislodge themselves to fall on your head.

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

A great example of how no one can find actual uses for LLMs that aren't scams for grifts. Quite literally the LAST thing publishing needs is MORE manuscripts, especially low quality and unedited AI regurgitations. This isn't a problem being solved. www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub...

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New publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 alone

A new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence.

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

He’s looking at the man in the mirror 🕺🏻

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Lynda Clark @lyndac.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Had a great time with @pipt.bsky.social this afternoon talking to students about the fact that while they technically *can* use AI to automate some of their processes, that doesn't necessarily mean they *should*.

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Please could I be added! 🙏

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M. Beatrice Fazi @mbfazi.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

The Journal of Continental Philosophy has just published my latest article, “The Computational Search for Unity: Synthesis in Generative AI”. I address the representational reality of LLMs through the philosophical concept of synthesis. Online First PDF here: www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf...

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Anna Jobin @annajobin.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

« AI does not simply fall from the sky » I like the title of my interview for the Swiss Young Academy a lot. Because it’s true 😉 ➡️ swissyoungacademy.ch/en/uber-uns/...

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Anna Jobin | Swiss Young Academy

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Hurrah for first interaction with @amoorelouise.bsky.social on here! That is was a moan about GenAI and language - even better! 💥 🎉 🤗

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Which is why its poetry is shit. (Unless you wanted synthetic, structured, representational poem-shit)

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

PAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE ✊ AI RESISTANCE @ EDINBURGH BOOK FESTIVAL 19TH AUG 6PM 2024 www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival... m.youtube.com/watch?v=5SI7...

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

We built a writing machine to parody ChatGPT. The LEX-9000 was launched at the Edinburgh Book Festival but got a bit overwhelmed when @ianrankin1.bsky.social tried it out…. Rankin 1 : Robot 0

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 15/09/2024

New batch of {poem}.py receipts for an exhibition - it’s startling to see how much G**gle can make from the word ‘Palestine’… 💰 linguistic capitalism is inherently political.

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

Aw thanks Stuart- what a nice thing to say ! 🤗

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

We built a writing machine to parody ChatGPT. The LEX-9000 was launched at the Edinburgh Book Festival but got a bit overwhelmed when @ianrankin1.bsky.social tried it out…. Rankin 1 : Robot 0

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

PAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE ✊ AI RESISTANCE @ EDINBURGH BOOK FESTIVAL 19TH AUG 6PM 2024 www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival... m.youtube.com/watch?v=5SI7...

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 10/08/2024

I’ll be discussing Writing the Wrongs of AI at @edbookfest at 5.30pm today. Also don’t miss out on the product launch of our LEX-9000 automatic writing machine! More info: wwai.info/hvm/ #PATM ✊

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 21/03/2024

🔥Next week in Edinburgh - Thomas Dekeyser’s reflections on making a film (@destruct_intl), and writing a book, based on archives of refusal. ALL WELCOME!

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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

Putting my career on the line to make a run at Goliath: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... Please share.

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

AMAZING! I was going to invite her over too 😀

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

I’m doing a show at the Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh on Weds evening. Details - www.thestand.co.uk/performance/...

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 23/08/2023

Hello blue people, Anyone In Edinburgh tomorrow (Weds 23rd Aug)? I’m doing a fringe show 😬 1.30 New Town Theatre. Details and tickets 👇 www.thestand.co.uk/performance/...

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