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Why Is There an AI Hype? (theluddite.org)
Lots of skeptics are writing lots of good things about the AI hype, but so far, I’ve encountered relatively few attempts to explain why it’s happening at all. Here’s my contribution, mostly based Philp Agre’s work on the (so-called) internet revolution, which focuses less on the capabilities of the tech itself, as most...
A Response to Mark Rober's Apologia for the Military-Industrial Complex in "Vortex Cannon vs Drone" (theluddite.org)
The video opens with Rober standing in front of a fancy-looking box, saying:...
Mass Protests and the Danger of Social Media (theluddite.org)
In “If We Burn,” Vincent Bevins recaps the mass protests of the 2010s. He argues that they’re communicative acts, but power has no way of negotiating with or interpreting them. They’re “illegible.”...
The TikTok "Ban" and the Missing Leftist Response (theluddite.org)
[UPDATE] Nature's Folly: A Response to Nature's "Loneliness and suicide mitigation for students using GPT3-enabled chatbots" (theluddite.org)
Daylight Savings and the Case for the Pre-Julian Calendar (theluddite.org)
Reddit Will License Its Data to Train LLMs, So We Made a Firefox Extension That Lets You Replace Your Comments With Any (Non-Copyrighted) Text (theluddite.org)
Need, Want, and Agency: Mapping the Digital User Experience (theluddite.org)
A Response to Nature's "Google AI has better bedside manner than human doctors — and makes better diagnoses" (theluddite.org)
Guest post: The Playlist(s) Lie (theluddite.org)
i type ~150wpm. this is how fast the characters show up in facebook chat (imgur.com)
It’s so slow that I had time to take my phone out and take this video after I typed all the letters. How is this even possible?
Digital Public Footpaths: A Policy Proposal for an Internet Right of Way (theluddite.org)
Why are cars getting bigger? A theory. (theluddite.org)
The Pornetariat: The Techno-Optimist Underclass (theluddite.org)
Why Are Cars Getting Bigger? (lemmy.ml)
The Tyranny of Data and Its Digital War on Human Agency (theluddite.org)
Our antidepressant medications have merch (archive.md)
Why Are Teens Using TikTok for Mental Health Self-Diagnosis? (theluddite.org)
A Statement on Technology in War (theluddite.org)
Are Things Getting Worse? We Made A Website That Lets You Decide (theluddite.org)
One Year Update: Is This Thing On? (theluddite.org)
The Fractal Bloat (theluddite.org)
The Researchers Studying AI That Are Actually Producing Anti-Labor Propaganda (theluddite.org)