Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 10hcourthousenews.comAI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third CircuitUsing someone else's "creative spark" to start a competing business runs afoul of copyright law, the panel found. 000
Reposted by Devin AndersonBaldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 06/10/2026"Software developers are not okay" www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/05-soft... The software industry is becoming increasingly hostile to those who work in it. The uncertainty is affecting even those who believe in the promises of tech. Direct link to the essay: www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/05-soft...baldurbjarnason.comSoftware developers are not okayWriting at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland 1718377
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 05/10/2026iankduncan.comSex, AI, and the Apocalypse - Ian DuncanHow a community devoted to thinking clearly incubated salvation stories, abusive experiments, race science, and an affection for autocracy, and why that history matters now that its alumni are asking ... 000
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Pope has a firmer grip on reality than folks that lead Big Tech companies. 000
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It sounds like many of the folks that lead Anthropic are mentally ill.nytimes.comReligious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them.In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious. 100
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026LLMs won't destroy humanity; however, people that outsource their thinking to LLMs just might destroy humanity.theguardian.comForget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M BenderThe risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals 000
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026theguardian.comCalifornia rushes to prepare for massive ‘Kelvin’ wave and predicted sea level riseWave nearing southern California expected to reach San Francisco Bay Area by October as it crawls toward Alaska 000
Reposted by Devin AndersonGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 297113114106
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I strongly suspect this has a lot to do with the meeting the first ministers of the SNP, Plaid Cymru, and Sinn Féin had a couple weeks back regarding independence from the UK and rejoining the EU. 020
Reposted by Devin AndersonThe Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 30/09/2026I really do think tech crossed a line at some point between "helping you do the things you want to do" on the one hand, and "helping you do the things tech wants you to do" on the other. At this point, we're all contorting ourselves to live how the tech industry thinks we should be living. 411328347
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Metroid Prime is *so* good. There's a remaster on the Switch that is both fantastic and faithful to the original. I hope you enjoy playing it. 110
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 30/09/2026engadget.comMcDonald's is reportedly using AI to "dynamically" price its burgers - EngadgetIts food isn't the only thing leaving a bad taste in customers' mouths. 000
Reposted by Devin AndersonJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026New from 404 Media: a surveillance company is telling cops it wants to add facial recognition to Flock cameras. Flock doesn't do face rec, but that doesn't stop other companies doing it. "This is the way the world is going, the way the world will have to be" www.404media.co/surveillance...404media.coSurveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock CamerasA surveillance company wants to "close the gap" that Flock won't do, by pitching facial recognition on its cameras. 78956
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026politico.com‘Pink Slime’ Is Infecting AI Chatbots Ahead of the MidtermsPartisan websites disguised as independent, local news outlets are shaping chatbots’ responses about key races. 000
Reposted by Devin AndersonJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes. 17092973070
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I've looked at some of the discourse on taking iced coffee to interviews, and have come to the conclusion that taking an iced coffee to interviews is an excellent way to filter out companies that have terrible internal work culture. 095
Reposted by Devin AndersonEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 26/09/2026When Coxon was suddenly ALL OVER the media, it felt to many like that was because his story deserved that much interest i.e. that the media was doing its job informing the public of an important threat. The wall-to-wall media coverage wasn't organic though, it was orchestrated: >>piratewires.com 618082
Reposted by Devin Andersonevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Listen, I just think it's weird that the same people who are saying they're worried that AI is going to wipe out humanity are also eager for military contracts that will give AI control of weapons. 431433341
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 26/09/2026santafenewmexican.comSanta Fe jury finds 43 million violations by Meta in state's second court winThe verdict could, "in theory," result in an award of about $219 billion in civil penalties, Attorney General Raul Torrez said in a news conference Friday. 000
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is an interesting take. I've been reading that European culture and thought around generative models isn't anywhere near as "doomy/horny" as in the US, and wonder how much that has to do with healthier politics (with exceptions) and more action on climate change (also with exceptions). 010
Reposted by Devin AndersonBWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is an important point. AI is not going rogue. It is behaving as it was designed to behave. The ones going rogue are the companies themselves who have violated norms, and are committing crimes daily from stealing IP to cybercrime. It did not have to be this way, but... Techbros. 214447
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 22/09/2026technologyreview.comDon’t be fooled by this summer of AI hypeBreathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny. 000
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 22/09/2026LLMs won't destroy humanity; however, people that outsource their thinking to LLMs just might destroy humanity.gizmodo.comPentagon Investigators Say Overreliance on Palantir AI Tech Contributed to U.S. Strike That Killed 123 Iranian ChildrenAn unreleased Pentagon probe investigated the kill chain that hit a school in Minab. 000
Reposted by Devin AndersonBaldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 21/09/2026“The System From Nowhere” mail.cyberneticforests.com/the-syst… > But the first question to ask isn't "why did the model do that?" The question is: what human decisions optimized the model to do that?mail.cyberneticforests.comThe System From NowhereWhen Accountability Goes Rogue 💡I recently spoke with Dr. Zena Assaad for her podcast, Responsible Bytes. Video is above, below is an essay adapted from the conversation. "The system from nowhere" i... 0132
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 20/09/2026med.stanford.eduHuman brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research findsStanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more. 000
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 20/09/2026cnn.comExclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN PoliticsThe episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war 001
Reposted by Devin AndersonEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19/09/2026And every day there is more Fresh AI Hell. What's worse than polluting the information ecosystem with synthetic text dressed up to look like news? Dressing it up further as the work of fake Indigenous journalists: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.ca‘Very harmful’: website uses AI to generate northern Indigenous news ‘correspondents’ | CBC NewsThe website WE NEWS has three northern Indigenous 'AI correspondents.' Their profiles say they are 'a member of Yukon First Nation,' 'of Dene heritage,' and 'an Inuk raised in the North.' Experts in t... 10552255
Reposted by Devin AndersonJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026OpenAI and Microsoft admitted LLMs are predatory tech built on “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said AI has created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...404media.co‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions." 401523708
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I hate it here.npr.orgU.S. acknowledges for the first time that it has deployed weapons in spaceThe remarkable revelation comes after previous warnings about countries such as Russia possibly weaponizing a global frontier long agreed in treaties to be used for only peaceful purposes. 000
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 17/09/2026youtu.beEasy Way to Stop Dangerous AI - No, ReallyYouTube video by Internet of Bugs 000
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 16/09/2026404media.coHackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and PeopleWhile people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too. 000
Reposted by Devin AndersonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I don’t believe the U.S. taxpayer should continue to arm Netanyahu’s government with deadly military equipment. I believe Netanyahu is a war criminal and that his government has committed genocide in Gaza. This doesn't make me antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)washingtonpost.comTrump’s planned sale of controversial bombs to Israel is largest in yearsThe pending transfer of the 2,000-pound munition, involved in scores of incidents resulting in civilian casualties, sets 44479272615
Reposted by Devin AndersonFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/09/2026The U.S. AI industry is being run by a batshit rationalist sex cult, and no, I am not being hyperbolic - they’re genuinely Like That: 28860751589
Reposted by Devin AndersonJason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I invented a time machine. Banks lent me $1.5 trillion to build it. Right now it only travels forward in time at roughly 1 second per second. All I need is another $1.5 trillion to make it go much faster forward into the future, where we'll find the solution to making that possible. 1248
Reposted by Devin AndersonGhost in the Machine @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The wait is finally over! Ghosties get involved @pbs.org Also airing tonight on your local PBS station 7PM PT, 10PM ET! "The one documentary with the power to burst the AI bubble" - The Wrap www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLQz...youtube.comGhost in the Machine | What is Artificial Intelligence? | Full DocumentaryYouTube video by PBS Documentaries 67854
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 15/09/2026thebeaverton.comTech oligarchs agree calling AI "too dangerous" way cooler than just admitting it doesn't workSILICON VALLEY - The CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, and GrokAI have released a statement agreeing that claiming artificial intelligence "could potentially kill all humans" sounds much more awesome than ju... 000
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 15/09/2026404media.coCops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’The EFF found cops writing “idiot,” “WEIRD KID,” "blah," "leave me alone," and button mashing in Flock's 'reason' box. 053
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 12/09/2026sciencealert.comScientists Create a New Form of Ice at More Than 2,000 °CWater is one of the most commonplace, essential substances in the human world. 100
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Yesterday, I re-posted a post about Talarico's appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel show. At the time, I didn't realize he'd said ignorant things about trans folks. I apologize for re-posting that post.texastribune.orgJames Talarico reverses stance on trans student-athletesTalarico’s comments on Fox News came in contrast to positions he took in the Texas House opposing GOP restrictions on trans student-athletes. 000
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 11/09/2026theguardian.comClimate ‘feedback loops’ could worsen global warming by 30%, study findsEmissions of planet-heating methane and CO2 from natural sources are worsening the climate crisis, paper says 000
Reposted by Devin AndersonBaldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 10/09/2026All this engineering and all this money and both tech and software just get less and less interesting by the day. All this energy; so little imagination. 15610
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 08/09/2026404media.coA Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime. 000
Reposted by Devin Andersongabby @fullmoon.id · 08/09/2026This makes me so fucking angry. It’s bad enough that LLMs have trashed the field of software engineering but now they want to trash the field of math and kill all collegial spirit and open collaboration just to score a few marketing points 15410
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I'm also terrified of needles. During most blood tests, I end up loudly humming something irrationally happy in an attempt to ignore the needle in my arm, sometimes with a chorus of expletives. There are exceptions; a good phlebotomist can make a world of difference. 110
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 05/09/2026As part of the marketing for 'Coyote vs. Acme', Ketchup Entertainment launched a phone service for the firm suing Acme. The phone number is: +1 833-819-2039 I called. I LOLed. You should call too. 030
Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It's a good start.abcnews.comNew York City Public Schools banning AI use through middle school starting this yearStudents in the nation's largest school district return to classrooms next week. 000