Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo Germanobakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 25/07/2026johnny cab in total recall feels more apt. ugly dangerous crap designed to steal jobs and pretend to have conversations. at no moment do you consider johnny cab to be pondering concepts 32727616
🌋Victor Hugo Germano @victorhg.com · 20/07/2026De programadores indianos fingindo ser IA, motoristas remotos da Waymo, Mechanical Turks e Data Labelers, o mercado é cheio de sonhos de automação, que na verdade são trabalhadores escondidos dos olhos dos consumidores, mal pagos e enfrentando instabilidade geral. www.victorhg.com/post/esperan...victorhg.comEsperando pelos RobôsNão existe robô autônomo, não existe IA que aprenda sozinha. Existe, sim, um exército de mãos humanas contratadas que treinam, verificam, corrigem e imitam sistemas que depois são vendidos como mágica... 065
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 19/05/2026Today’s newsletter reveals the unrestrained and wasteful token burn inside one publicly-traded company (Zillow) and breaks down the cold, hard truth that AI is - for hyperscalers, for AI labs, and for customers - simply too expensive to ever pay off. www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-too-expensive/wheresyoured.atAI Is Too ExpensiveIf you liked this piece, you should subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, or $7 a month, and in return you get a weekly newsletter that’s usually anywhere from 5,000 to 18,000 words, in... 28811194
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoFrançois True-Faux @noonechomsky.bsky.social · 10/05/2026POST A MOTHER 0558
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoNatanael, Tech janitor @natanael.bsky.social · 10/05/2026You see, this is good design because then you don't accidentally drive away with the cable connectedslrpnk.netiCar - SLRPNKYou are seeing this because the administrator of this website has set up Anubis to protect the server against the scourge of AI companies aggressively scraping websites. This can and does cause downtime for the websites, which makes their resources inaccessible for everyone. 1448
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoLana Sinapayen @sinalana.eurosky.social · 06/05/2026The return of runic magic! Golems! The Word made true. If you find the right magic spell, the genie has to obey you. Only you can tame the monkey's paw! It's SCIENCE 310030
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoNolen Gertz @ethicistforhire.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Analytic philosophers = Failed mathematicians Continental philosophers = Failed poets Tech CEOs = Failed adolescents 14011
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoDr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف) @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Palantir's manifesto is not new for us who have been critical of them for years. But a reminder that Anthropic has a partnership with them, so it's crucial that people understand the politics of Anthropic's unsubstantiated AI claims and their relation to fulfilling the manifesto. 19733
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoJB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 19/04/2026I wrote this skeet as a hypothetical and then 24 hours later 🫠 30870345
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 27/04/2026Hahahahagizmodo.comOpenAI's Revolutionary AI Gadget Is... a Phone? A Stinkin' Phone?All roads lead back to the iPhone. 97212
🌋Victor Hugo Germano @victorhg.com · 17/04/2026Os 40+ são uma eterna luta para não se tornar cínico e desacreditado… 130
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 13/04/2026A worker died at an Amazon warehouse in Oregon last week. For more than an hour, workers were instructed to continue working as the man lay dead. One worker wanted to help, but a manager told them to “Just turn around and not look. Let’s get back to work," according to @thewesternedge.bsky.social.thewesternedge.media‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon FacilityA worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away. 998108936248
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 13/04/2026“The coalition wants Meta to scrap the feature entirely. In a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday, it argues that face recognition in inconspicuous consumer eyewear ‘cannot be resolved through product design changes, opt-out mechanisms, or incremental safeguards.’”wired.comMeta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual PredatorsMore than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people. 616068
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoCarapanã @carapanarana.bsky.social · 12/04/2026"Ele disse ao ChatGPT que era um incel nazista que queria morrer; em seguida, perguntou quantas pessoas precisaria balear em sua escola para aparecer no noticiário. O ChatGPT o ajudou a escolher a munição, o alvo e o melhor horário para o massacre e, depois, ensinou-o a manusear a arma." 4431171
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo Germanoonion person @junlper.beer · 12/04/2026this is why there’s been mass revolt and opposition to data centers being built in communities. it is genuinely a health hazard to live this close to something emitting this much sound. these need to stop being built 465112163873
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoTarcizio Silva @tarciziosilva.bsky.social · 07/04/2026IA é teologia política racializada, como apontou Syed Mustafa Ali 0217
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoNate Silver Tweets @natesilver538bot.bsky.social · 05/04/2026These are the Twitter/X accounts with the most engagement so far in 2026. I suppose I had some intuition for how bad it was, but jeez, this is what you get when the ecosystem is broken. Original post 122912270
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 01/04/2026“Experts describe ‘surveillance wages’ as a system in which wages are based not on an employee’s performance or seniority, but on formulas that use their personal data, often collected without employees’ knowledge.”marketwatch.comEmployers are using your personal data to figure out the lowest salary you’ll acceptSurveillance pricing came for your wallet — now it’s coming for your paycheck, too. 8289193
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoTarcizio Silva @tarciziosilva.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Mulheres confiam muito menos na I.A. E agora? Dados mostram um novo hiato de gênero que parece representar um afastamento das mulheres em relação à atual fase da I.A. Como podemos, como homens, agir para superar esse hiato de gênero? desvelar.org/2026/03/24/p... 192
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/03/2026For some reason "AI is just like watching Netflix" is back in my feeds so I took that as a sign to update my data tracking for Netflix. The company's energy use rose 1% from 2021 to 2024. Compare that to: Google: 71% Nvidia: 88% Meta: 96% Microsoft: 119% 151312575
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoTIgra de Zamboja @pernetinha.bsky.social · 19/03/2026quero falar um pouco disso aqui e de toda a bagunça do preço da gasolina e do diesel. Creio q falei sobre isso no twitter láááá atrás mas diante mas acho que vale repetir. 526899
🌋Victor Hugo Germano @victorhg.com · 17/03/2026O mercado de tecnologia de Shenzhen é realmente muito doido. Vi um cara almoçando na frente de uma mesa de solda, com um computador e um celular abertos enquanto fumava… dentro do shopping, sem ventilação e sem exaustor… Dia normal… Fenomenal fenomenal 020
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 13/03/2026Tomorrow's Premium: The Hater's Guide To The SaaSpocalypse. The SaaS business model is collapsing under the weight of private equity greed and the misplaced belief that all software companies can grow forever. Here's $10 off annual. edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo... 1036948
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoAdolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 10/03/2026Repassando: Pesquisa sobre como as ferramentas de GenAI estão impactando a produtividade real nas atividades de desenvolvimento de software. 🔗 Link do formulário: forms.gle/2a96ZKg82j9t... ⏱️ Tempo estimado: 15 minutos.forms.gleInvestigando os impactos das ferramentas de Inteligência Artificial Generativa (GenIA) na produtividade de desenvolvedores de sofwareATENÇÃO: Este questionário deve ser respondido por pessoas desenvolvedoras de software que têm utilizado ferramentas de Inteligência Artificial Generativa (GenIA) nas atividades de desenvolvimento de ... 041
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo Germanojae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 07/03/2026OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying… “Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got” 13770842624
🌋Victor Hugo Germano @victorhg.com · 06/03/2026Você preocupado com IA te substituir, e com os agentes tipo openClaw. Meu projeto no mestrado: prompt injection em mensagens de audio, que pode impactar qualquer agente com voice assist que use o whisper, da openai... 160
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 06/03/2026Make it stick.futurism.comPeople Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses"On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation. 176102052899
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo Germanove, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 06/03/2026Type of guy who cosplays his software having feelings in order to avoid feeling personally responsible for how it was used to murder children is an increasingly common kind of guy in the software industry 09324
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoKoffie Kobold - Gnollsome Adventures! @bemusedbehemoth.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Lmfao this is so fucking sad 😂😂😂 13667991619
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoIda B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Did you know that "young Sammie" and "older Sammie" did a Tiny Desk today? Yep, Miles Caton and Buddy Guy performed together #Sinners youtu.be/m5XxOLdMSS8?...youtu.beBuddy Guy: Tiny Desk ConcertYouTube video by NPR Music 8430203
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoI Am Devloper @iamdevloper.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Debugging feels like trying to find a needle in the haystack. Only, the needle is invisible, the haystack is on fire, and I'm not sure the needle was there in the first place. 141
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoAlex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Absolutely wild. WSJ reporting that some OpenAI staffers thought the Tumbler Ridge shooter's use of ChatGPT raised the potential of real world violence but leadership decided not to alert RCMP. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...wsj.comExclusive | OpenAI Employees Raised Alarms About Canada Shooting Suspect Months AgoThe ChatGPT maker opted against informing Canadian authorities about Jesse Van Rootselaar’s descriptions of violence last June. 321669820
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 19/02/2026news: today capitalist AI did something fucking terrible, just like yesterday some lefties: what the fuck, this capitalist bullshit sucks AI pushers: can't believe the left hates technology 541177
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 19/02/2026Talked to Politico about Sam Altman and Dario Amodei being the same guy www.politico.com/newsletters/... 724523
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoAdolfo Neto @adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com · 19/02/2026A oficina 'Não precisamos aceitar a “IA” como inevitável na educação' está chegando... Coloquei um link para um PDF em construção adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.com/extension/co...adolfoneto.elixiremfoco.comNão precisamos aceitar a “IA” como inevitável na educaçãoElixir and Erlang enthusiast. Associate Professor at UTFPR 124610
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 16/02/2026"Any claims of AI solving for population scale problems must be matched against the reality of the Global South, in which young boys were applying enamel paint on the railings... with their bare hands to prepare for the arrival of Silicon Valley CEOs." www.techpolicy.press/indias-ai-im...techpolicy.pressIndia’s ‘AI Impact Summit’ Promises Little More Than SpectacleThe fourth in a series of convenings that kicked off in Bletchley Park in 2023, the summit is the first held in the Global South, writes Apar Gupta. 220786
🌋Victor Hugo Germano @victorhg.com · 16/02/2026Tem coisa que o Brasil dá um baile! Conto de fadas com torresmo, café e queijo meia cura 🥰🇧🇷 #photography 0160
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 16/02/2026"due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering" <- a lot of linguistic gymnastics to say that "hallucinations" are a feature, not a bug 10464197
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 11/02/2026The primary use case for this product is to erode consent. 422174
🌋Victor Hugo Germano @victorhg.com · 09/02/2026#fantastico faz uma MEGA desserviço à discussão sobre inteligência artificial, multiplica o hype e deixa de discutir claramente o que houve com o moltbook… que bostamedia.tenor.coma man with a beard is making a funny face while wearing ear buds .ALT: a man with a beard is making a funny face while wearing ear buds . 021
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 04/02/2026Here’s this week’s Better Offline, I’m joined by @davidgerard.co.uk for Hater Season to talk about the stupidity of Openclaw, how seemingly smart people keep being “one-shotted” by AI, and why we’ve been headed toward a calamity in the markets since 2008. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...podcasts.apple.comHater Season: Openclaw with David GerardPodcast Episode · Better Offline · 02/04/2026 · 38m 1825945
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo Germanoderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/02/2026crypto wouldn't be falling like this if trump was president 584882413
🌋Victor Hugo Germano @victorhg.com · 05/02/2026Criei uma versão do “Ralph Loop” que roda localmente usando uma instância Ollama. Uma abordagem mega interessante pra executar tarefas autonomamente… o tal #agentic flow Usa bash e python… github.com/victorhg/ralphgithub.comGitHub - victorhg/ralph: Implementation of the Ralph loop for agenticImplementation of the Ralph loop for agentic. Contribute to victorhg/ralph development by creating an account on GitHub. 120
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/01/2026straight up Gestapo shit 19083237010121
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoIntercept Brasil @intercept.com.br · 31/01/2026Janeiro, geralmente ligado a férias e descanso, nos últimos anos têm registrado mais e mais episódios de ataques e tentativas de rupturas institucionais. Coluna de @fabi2moraes.bsky.social 🧵 18110
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoCaroline Haskins @carolinehaskins.bsky.social · 28/01/2026NEW with @makenakelly.bsky.social, ICE is using generative AI from Palantir to sort through immigration enforcement tips and summarize them. Details here: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...wired.comICE Is Using Palantir’s AI Tools to Sort Through TipsICE has been using an AI-powered Palantir system to summarize tips sent to its tipline since last spring, according to a newly released Homeland Security document. 48556
Reposted by 🌋Victor Hugo GermanoMolly White @molly.wiki · 29/01/2026whoever came up with “create the problem, sell the solution” probably didn’t expect someone would figure out how to sell the problem too 656062