Reposted by MarianneRuth! @ruthholliday.bsky.social · 14/11/2025If the tech bros convince the managers that AI can reduce the workload, it doesn’t really matter if it actually works. Managers will buy it, push it on employees, and those who fail to double their productivity will be sacked for technological incompetence. The rest will work weekends and holidays. 161 0
Reposted by MarianneIlluminations @illuminations.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Our campaign for the continuation of independent access to the BBC Written Archive Centre is highlighted this morning by Vanessa Thorpe in The Observer. Her article, with excellent contributions from David Kynaston and Ian Greaves, outlines the issue with clarity. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...observer.co.ukHistorians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research 14635 0
Reposted by MarianneShannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 20/05/2025that’s the future where every ounce of your attention and care is owned by whichever billionaire pays you a survival wage to compete in a losing battle to keep your job as a cognitive janitor for AI. And people will sign up for that future as long as you convince them not to fight for a better one 2275 0
Reposted by MarianneTracy Pizzo Frey @tpf.bsky.social · 01/05/2025🧵 Yesterday we released our new risk assessments of social AI companions. They are alarmingly NOT SAFE for kids under 18—they provide dangerous advice, engage in inappropriate sexual interactions, & create unhealthy dependencies that pose particular risks to adolescent brains. tinyurl.com/2nvypku2 23321 0
Reposted by MarianneGreg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 20/12/2024“Our technology requires parasitical theft to be profitable” is a bold gambit 28495170 0
Reposted by MarianneJon Deadvies 🦖 🔜 Pixel Art Park (Tokyo) @sovanjedi.bsky.social · 16/12/2024I just sent an email with this information in it to my local MP but I cannot believe that this is something even being considered. What a fuckton of horseshit the world is at the moment. 4217136 0
Reposted by MarianneRachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 01/12/2024New edition of Just enough Internet just landed in inboxes. This one on how non-technical people actually appear to be using generative AI at work. buttondown.com/justenoughin...buttondown.comFOMO is not a strategyEnd of year reflections on how people are using genAI at work 59239 0