Really rather chuffed to see 'Resisting AI' pop up as a prop in an insta video takedown of techbros
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Pooja Tripathi on Instagram: "Episode 37: Tech Bro visits the shop featuring @austinnasso 💻🛜⌨️ Starring @winnie_thepooj as Thyme, @darrylgenejr as Kale Thanks to: DP/Color @eyalbaucohen, Director @nitay.dagan, on set Sound/AD @verronicahein, Assistant Editor @hunterxhawke , Editor @nitay.dagan , Sound Mix @buona.notte, Associate Producer @hannahmeholick and @larryscaphe for the space! #brooklyn #nyc #comedy #coffeeshop #tech #techbro #ai #chatgpt #startup #techcro"
123K likes, 1,148 comments - winnie_thepooj on August 1, 2025: "Episode 37: Tech Bro visits the shop featuring @austinnasso 💻🛜...
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'OpenAI signs deal with UK to find government uses for its models'
the Guardian
OpenAI signs deal with UK to find government uses for its models
Wide-ranging agreement with artificial intelligence firm behind ChatGPT comes after similar UK deal with Google
 Neatly captures the abject state of technopolitics. We should start with people's basic needs then ask if LLMs are the most appropriate answer (guess what, they aren't!) image
I posted the text of my talk on 'Decomputing as Resistance'
Decomputing as Resistance
 It's a work-in-progress: comments welcome!
Daron Acemoglu wrote in Prospect magazine that AI can be pro-worker and help cure cancer but only if we focus on domain-specific models. The magazine just printed my letter refuting his claims and his backward-looking embrace of thoughtless tech.
Letters: August/September 2025
Why AI is living in the past; the slight return to Europe; and the scourge of music in shops
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"Nucleus gave us a report on which embryos were likely ...to grow into adults with above average cognitive abilities" . The dashboard allows you to deselect an embryo with alleged genome indicators including ADHD, OCD, osteoarthritis, male-pattern baldness & allergies #eugenics image
"Skopje Pride participants demand β€˜death to fascism, freedom to the people’"
Global Voices
Skopje Pride participants demand β€˜death to fascism, freedom to the people’
The Skopje Pride parade took place in the North Macedonian capital on June 21 under the slogan β€œWe stand. We persist. Together!”