Reposted by Ric AngiusShannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 13hSo glad that this quote can be added to my forthcoming article on AI and Epistemic Dispossession because I had to say that they will absolutely be using AI to erase science and history but I didn’t yet have the ‘he admit it’ smoking gun 713958
Reposted by Ric AngiusAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17hTech industry is laser focused on solving the problem of humans enjoying each other’s company bsky.app/profile/down... 714207631
Reposted by Ric AngiusTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Also, all this “frontier AI” nomenclature is so laughably colonialist that it has to be on purpose. 🙄 51264115
Reposted by Ric AngiusDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026"In a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceX to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental right to data protection" noyb.eu/en/ai-eu-mem...noyb.euAI: EU Member States plan “digital expropriation” of Europeans in the interest of AI companiesIn a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of AI companies to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental rights of Europeans. 18464293
Reposted by Ric AngiusTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026Tallinn, who led Anthropic's series A, funds METR, the "auditing institute" people took seriously 🙄 After criticism that METR was laughably NOT independent, Anthropic announces they'll pay Accenture to "audit" Accenture had acquired Tallinn firm which will be doing the "auditing" Full circle 🙄 9453146
Ric Angius @storitu.org · 17/09/2026“AI is not a natural phenomenon, conceived by nature; it is a technological phenomenon, conceived by venture capitalists and programmers. As such, it takes no native, intentional action, and any action or motivation is driven directly or indirectly by the entities that have built it for a purpose.” 031
Reposted by Ric AngiusJess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026In recent cases, it's not that AI somehow "escaped containment" or "went rogue." That's anthropomorphizing at best. It's more like if a Boston Dynamics robot dog nudged open an already open door and walked in. 5850152
Reposted by Ric AngiusJess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Here's what I actually think these incidents reveal (instead of a rogue AI terminator situation): Much of the infra we expect to be hardened is actually being held together by glue and popsicle sticks. 221376279
Reposted by Ric AngiusEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 13/09/2026So how about this for a "pause AI" proposal: "pause credulous AI reporting". No more media about "breakthroughs" or "rogue agent swarms" or ... UNLESS and UNTIL that media demands the actual empirical evidence and/or focuses on the motivations of & harms by these companies. 4744196
Reposted by Ric AngiusTerence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...mathandai.orgDeclaration — Math and AIRead the declaration and add your name. 422052926
Reposted by Ric AngiusTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026Speaking of plagiarism: www.scientificamerican.com/article/open...scientificamerican.comOpenAI’s latest math breakthroughs commit research misconduct, experts sayOpenAI released 10 AI-generated results over the weekend. Some mathematicians are unhappy with their approach 12958393
Ric Angius @storitu.org · 06/09/2026First-year computer science classes teach computational complexity and how to use resources efficiently 020
Reposted by Ric AngiusShannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Spending my scarce time generously doing unpaid reviews of manuscripts that I discover midway are entirely AI-generated is turning me into the damn Joker. Trying not to take it out on editors, who are victims in this too, and who need our diligent professional service, but I'm about to fully snap 811114
Ric Angius @storitu.org · 29/08/2026"For instance, code changes made to the internal software platforms and infrastructure employees use on the job were up 220% year-over-year […] But changes that led to new or upgraded features reaching Meta users were only up 36%." www.reuters.com/investigatio...reuters.comMark Zuckerberg had a bold plan to replace Meta staff with AI. Here’s how it imploded.To make its workforce “AI native,” Meta explored slashing the size of many teams across the company by as much as 60% in two waves, internal documents show. Staff revolted - and hours before a big lay... 040
Reposted by Ric AngiusDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/08/2026Did I miss the big open letter signed by a hundred academics opposing this? 171276306
Ric Angius @storitu.org · 27/08/2026A sincere fuck you to all those who have pushed to replace customer service reps with chatbots. This is a prime example of people having to put up with an unappealable faulty GPS system: the app will only allow parking in the wrong area, blocking reduced mobility and disabled access to the pavement. 041
Reposted by Ric Angiusbisaknosp @bisaknosp.bsky.social · 24/08/2026"how can we harness「machine that takes power from people and gives it to right-wing oligarchs」 to support democracy?" 0188
Reposted by Ric AngiusDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/08/2026what does @tonychemero.bsky.social's new book 'Intertwined Creatures' have to offer to the “AI consciousness” debate? here is my take on it www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comCan AI ever be conscious? The question stems from a misconceptionA book outlines how the fields of artificial intelligence, psychology and philosophy have neglected a key aspect of consciousness: the body. 79649
Ric Angius @storitu.org · 23/08/2026That open letter is just more evidence of how many people got into social science bc they look at society like a vivarium of rats to be measured and dissected for the glory of their intellectual curiosity. Mengele would be proud 000
Ric Angius @storitu.org · 19/08/2026I did not just receive a course invitation for AI ethics featuring an all-male list of speakers 🤦🏼 We have to do so much better. 020
Ric Angius @storitu.org · 15/08/2026After a full professor tried to publicly bully me for my research questions, calling them ridiculous, it only took him less than two years to publish on the same. I’ve had my data published against my advice and without as much of a mention in the ackowledgement section. 250
Reposted by Ric Angiusana valdivia @anavaldi.bsky.social · 12/08/2026This study is particularly relevant for those who believe that AI for sustainability will mitigate climate change. It will not: "Parallel adoption of AI across fossil fuel and renewable energy pathways increases net global annual emissions by 0.47–1.8 Gt CO₂." www.nature.com/articles/s44...nature.comAI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model - npj Climate Actionnpj Climate Action - AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model 01819
Ric Angius @storitu.org · 04/08/2026“Fossil fuels are not inherently good or bad, it depends on how you use them.” (this post is not about fossil fuels) 010
Reposted by Ric AngiusEryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026When you say “AI models went rogue,” you manage to skip the part where OpenAI manually removed its cybersecurity blocks and ran tests on a machine with a live network connection. Remember that when they insist they’re the “AI safety” people. 16882265
Reposted by Ric AngiusAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/07/2026It's incredibly clear that Rowling is going to lead with this org because it's a rape shelter. It'll be a media circus. The UK press will attack Amnesty as defaming a rape crisis center. Nevermind that Rowling and her ilk incited threats to Edinburgh Rape Crisis center b/c a trans woman worked there 111724233
Reposted by Ric AngiusAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/07/2026JK Rowling through her TERF organization, Beira's Place have sent Amnesty International a demand letter seeking a full retraction of their report, a public apology, and a bar to future criticism of gender critical groups as anti rights orgs. If they don't comply, they'll commence legal action. 10629531092
Ric Angius @storitu.org · 14/07/2026I wish I had a penny for every letter on future ‘superintelligence’ without any mention whatsoever of data centers, of their disastrous environmental and social impact today, or of regulation of natural resources based on the needs of the most. Too many people still living in a fairy tale. 012
Reposted by Ric Angiustante @tante.cc · 10/07/2026Looked at the UN report on "AI" (written by a bunch of mostly computer scientists who to a large degree have close ties to big tech) and it's really bad. Just "AI" hype based on studies that are long shown to be garbage. 29525
Reposted by Ric AngiusDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 09/07/2026We call on Ireland to recuse itself from digital and fiscal files during its presidency of the European Union due to the State’s ‘questionable track record’ on digital policy and corporate tax www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...irishtimes.comGovernment should not chair EU debates on tech policy, academics sayOpen letter criticises State’s ‘questionable track record’ on digital policy and corporate tax 310050
Reposted by Ric Angius🌶 David Gray Widder @davidthewid.bsky.social · 08/07/2026🚨Finally published: How does the US Military enlist AI researchers in war? @siree.sh, Lucy Suchman and I examine 7k US Military grant solicitations for AI research, and show how even "Basic Research" enlists researchers in a warfighting agenda. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comBasic research, lethal effects: Military artificial intelligence research funding as enlistment - David Gray Widder, Sireesh Gururaja, Lucy Suchman, 2026In the context of unprecedented U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) budgets, this paper examines the recent history of DoD funding for academic research in algorit... 78448
Reposted by Ric AngiusThe Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 08/07/2026AI software that generates ‘rage bait’ developed by Germany’s far-right AfDirishtimes.comAI software that generates ‘rage bait’ developed by Germany’s far-right AfDAlternita platform uses Google Gemini, OpenAI and Claude to create provocative social media posts 11916
Reposted by Ric AngiusM.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Weizenbaum was an MIT computer scientist who built one of the first chatbots, ELIZA. He wrote the book out of a growing sense of horror as he saw how “extremely short exposures to a relatively simple computer program could induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people” ... 825967
Reposted by Ric AngiusDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 28/06/2026we analyse 100 media articles clustered around global significant events (the UK, Korea and French AI Summits) and find both regulatory and narrative capture across the board #FAccT2026 1134
Reposted by Ric AngiusDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 28/06/2026we develop a taxonomy of 27 mechanisms used to capture rule making and public disclosure #FAccT2026 1134
Reposted by Ric AngiusDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 28/06/2026@storitu.org presents the paper now starting with our definition of "Big AI" #FAccT2026 285
Reposted by Ric AngiusDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 28/06/2026we are presenting our paper "Big AI's Regulatory Capture: Mapping Industry Interference and Government Complicity" shortly in Ballroom Centre. join us #FAccT2026 programs.sigchi.org/facct/2026/p...programs.sigchi.orgConference Programs 26116
Reposted by Ric AngiusAI Accountability Lab @aial.ie · 18/06/2026Will you be at FAccT next week? Come hang out with us & learn about our work. We’ll discuss pathways to meaningful accountability, theories of change, & what brings us joy along the way over iconic bagels & TimBits in the park Sat June 27th, 18:00 - 20:00, Jeanne-Mance Park aial.ie/news/facct20...aial.ieAI Accountability Lab at FAccT 2026Members of the AIAL will be at the ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT) in Montreal, presenting our work and hosting a social for the community. Come hang out with the ... 095
Reposted by Ric AngiusAlexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Governments claim risk profiling systems help identify potential criminals or fraudsters but in practice they reinforce discrimination & inequality. A new @amnesty.org report shows how their use in law enforcement, social security & migration violates human rights. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne... 17645
Reposted by Ric AngiusBobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Using facial recognition tech, the Knicks surveilled a trans woman, tracking her every move out of fear she'd show up on MSG's tv broadcast And they can do it to any "enemy" of Jim Dolan, who's built his own deep state. From @noahshachtman.bsky.social & me @wired.com www.wired.com/story/madiso...wired.comThe Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden's Surveillance MachineFamously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more. 381923734
Reposted by Ric AngiusDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 01/06/2026last year the UN "ai for good" flagship conference mistreated me and censored my talk because i made the link between the ai industry (their sponsors) and genocide explicit. this year, ITU issues "content guideline" that, on a close read, sounds like a licence to silence criticism of ai/the industry 9232119
Reposted by Ric AngiusCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 01/06/2026Well, I have a quick follow up. Definitely an agentic AI system. Ten minutes after I told them to get lost, I got several pages of this sort of thing back by email. 1629618
Reposted by Ric AngiusDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 23/05/2026📣 📣📣 Ghost in the Machine is coming to Dublin 📣📣📣 mark June 6 on your calendar ifi.ie/film/ghost-i...ifi.ieGHOST IN THE MACHINE + Q&A - Irish Film InstituteSCREENING SATURDAY JUNE 6th Valerie Veatch’s gripping documentary exposes the hidden history of AI, not as a neutral system of algorithms, but as a technology shaped by racism, misogyny, eugenics, and... 34314
Reposted by Ric AngiusDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 18/05/2026Not just lobbying! our new paper maps 27 mechanisms of regulatory capture used by Big AI + 11 narrative framings that rationalise capture. “Big AI’s Regulatory Capture: Mapping Industry Interference and Government Complicity” will be presented at #FAccT2026 next month arxiv.org/abs/2605.068... 1/ 7377220
Reposted by Ric AngiusLouise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social · 05/05/2026was used to generate the fake paper (e.g. “in the style of” or “using the framework and arguments from” in the prompt). I am getting rejection emails for papers I didn’t submit, a new level of crazy. 324641
Reposted by Ric AngiusAI Accountability Lab @aial.ie · 01/05/2026New from @mbrauh.bsky.social !! 0115
Reposted by Ric AngiusTracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 23/04/2026gosh so much this part: “If you ask tobacco companies to help write your school’s policy on cigarettes,” Garrett quipped, “you’re going to end up with guidance on how to smoke responsibly in school.” 09948
Reposted by Ric Angiuskottke.org @kottke.org · 13/04/2026Hey, look at Substack promoting Andrew Tate as the #1 new bestseller. The company's amoral leadership & backers will platform anyone, even ludicrously toxic rapists & human traffickers. 14751951918
Reposted by Ric AngiusDr ShinyGoth @ghostingdani.bsky.social · 13/04/2026The point of the university as a concept is that it's been here for a thousand years and meant to be here another thousand. Turning education over to producing what the market needed five years ago is never going to work well. 161246353
Reposted by Ric AngiusAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 26/03/2026this piece articulates some really important insights, but I have issues with the core frame presented in this paragraph 68031