These are literally just ordinary Japanese words, please stop doing this we’re all begging you

Techbros: AI will kill us all unless we control it, but only we have the special knowledge to do so, and no regulators can touch us FTC: hand over the 'special knowledge' now. Please. Or else. x.com/kevinschawinsk…

Handwritten or typed on air-gapped/offline machines, under invigilation, as a pre-condition of submission. Sorry guys, you've been robbed of the default condition of trust in the authenticity of your communication as humans.

The CEO of OpenAI hoping a movie about the man who made the literal worst thing on earth would inspire kids to be scientists tells you everything you need to know about OpenAI

you’re living in it, baby

An entirely forseeable consequence of tossing Chat-GPT into public use was this - there is now an unavoidable and irrevocable reason (and excuse) to distrust the written expression of humans. Whether it applies or not, the assumption now is against human authenticity.

There are 1,500 empty council homes in Edinburgh. 5,000 people in temporary accommodation. 15 years to wait on a house. Join us tomorrow morning 9am, City Chambers to demand action! livingrent.org/empty_homes_ac…

A.I. will not be able to dig you out from under a landslide, or throw your kids up to safety when the water rises, or get a fire going so your grandpa doesn't freeze. Other people are what people need. Always. Right on, Menju-san!

Graphic novel expert and friend of the shop Nyla AhmAd has curated a list for us of her all-time-favourites - thanks, Nyla! 🎨 Browse her picks here: theportobellobookshop.com/news/nyla-ahma…

Here, a sample of the magical thinking justifying the UK's anti-privacy crusade AGAIN: IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO DEVELOP TECH THAT BOTH SURVEILLS ALL EXPRESSION & MAINTAINS E2E ENCRYPTION, NOW OR EVER Expert consensus doesn't bend to wishes or spell casting bbc.com/news/technolog…

50 years of hip hop 🎶🎤💖 A nice intro to the one of the most pulse-tapping, perpetually moving, art forms out there. bbc.com/news/entertain…

New from 404 Media: AI-generated mushroom foraging books are all over Amazon. This is not a game—if someone eats the wrong mushroom because of a ChatGPT generated book it is life or death. Amazon removed when 404 Media contacted for comment. 404media.co/ai-generated-m…

I am both an American and a Cultural Anthropologist who specializes in semiotics and religion. I do not understand what is going on in this flag. At all.

Seeing denials that Palestine ever existed is wild. If you are in the rare book world, you know how very real Palestine is because, um, there are maps and prints and books and books and books and maps and books and maps and prints about Palestine. As late as 1948.

In Olly’s memory we are making donations Help to support the work of Cornhill Macmillan Centre, and Pris.. Please #donate on @justgiving and RT justgiving.com/crowdfunding/o…

In fact, many brilliant people have thought through negative externalities of LLMs, for years, like Sasha Luccioni, PhD 🦋🌎✨🤗, Abeba Birhane and their colleagues.

Why is divestment considered "political" but investment isn't?