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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 56 - AGI: "Imminent", "Inevitable", and Inane
Emily and Alex pore through an elaborate science fiction scenario about the "inevitability" of Artificial General Intelligence or AGI by the year 2027 - which rests atop a foundation of TESCREAL nonsense, and Sinophobia to boot.
References:
Fresh AI Hell:
AI persona bots for undercover cops
Palantir heart eyes Keir Starmer
Anti-vaxxers are grifting off the measles outbreak with AI-formulated supplements
The cost, environmental and otherwise, of being polite to ChatGPT
Actors who sold voice & likeness find it used for scams
Addictive tendencies and ChatGPT (satire)
You can check out future streams at on Twitch, and send us any AI Hell you see for future episodes.
Our book, 'The AI Con,' is out! Get your copy now.
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Music: Toby Menon.
Production: Christie Taylor.
Graphic Design: Naomi Pleasure-Park.
Regrets: Actors who sold AI avatars stuck in Black Mirror-esque dystopia
Is $1,000 worth being the AI face of obvious scams? Rueful actors say no.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
For Silicon Valley, AI isn’t just about replacing some jobs. It’s about replacing all of them
"...I recently found myself at a dinner in an upstairs room at a restaurant in San Francisco hosted by a venture capital firm. The after-dinner speaker was a tech veteran who, having sold his AI company for hundreds of millions of dollars, has now turned his hand to investing. He had a simple message for the assembled startup founders: the money you can make in AI isn’t limited to the paltry market sizes of previous technology waves. You can replace the world’s workers – which means you can capture their salaries. All of them...."
#AI #aipocalypse #capitalism #jobs #labor
For Silicon Valley, AI isn’t just about replacing some jobs. It’s about replacing all of them
AI will do the thinking, robots will do the doing. What place do humans have in this arrangement – and do tech CEOs care? says Ed Newton-Rex, founder of Fairly TrainedEd Newton-Rex (The Guardian)
What on earth, SoundCloud??
"In the absence of a separate agreement that states otherwise, You explicitly agree that your Content may be used to inform, train, develop or serve as input to artificial intelligence or machine intelligence technologies or services as part of and for providing the services."
https://soundcloud.com/terms-of-use
via @sarahdal https://crispsandwi.ch/@sarahdal/114477755873097160
#soundcloud #AI #copyright #musicians #AITraining
SoundCloud new T&Cs - your uploaded music will be used to train AIhttps://soundcloud.com/terms-of-use
from https://bsky.app/profile/theflightmusic.bsky.social/post/3loqazjjayk2u
The statement “why would I bother to read something someone couldn't be bothered to write?” almost perfectly captures so many peoples’ feelings about #AI.
And it evokes @pluralistic’s reminder that although AI probably can’t do your job, an AI salesman can probably convince your boss that it can.
In the end, this technology (or rather the market for this tech) is aimed squarely at its least noble use: cheapening and degrading human labor that doesn’t fit neatly into a balance sheet.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15q5qzdjqxo
The people refusing to use AI
Worried about the environment and the loss of skills, some people are resisting the rise of AI.Suzanne Bearne (BBC News)
When you are using AI, you are sacrificing knowledge for speed.
https://lucianonooijen.com/blog/why-i-stopped-using-ai-code-editors/
Why I stopped using AI code editors · Luciano Nooijen
In the past I used AI code editors for all of my programming, but I stopped using it and recommend others to consider this as welllucianonooijen.com
Public service announcement for artists: starting on 30 April 2025, Pinterest will start to use any image it finds on its platforms to train their AI slop machine.
You artwork might have been added to their platform without you knowing about it, because everyone can pin images from around the web.
If you want to remove your art from Pinterest, follow this guide (no account necessary):
(I'm in the process of this too and yes it's a pain.)
New AI bullshit artists have to put up with - spring 2025 edition & how to protect your art against AI | Julia Bausenhardt
Are you as tired of AI bullshit as I am? They always come up with more, the fun never stops. Today we’ll have a roundup of new AI features that nobody asked for…Julia (Julia Bausenhardt)
I want to give #Mastodon a proper go this time, but it's hard to connect with people when no-one follows you, and hashtags only get you so far. 😞
So, if you like one of the hashtags below, please consider following me, and if you do, I'll follow you back! Thank you. 💗
#retrocomputing #msdos #windows #vintagecomputing #ai #lego #scifi #amiga #linux #doctorwho #drwho #startrek #starwars #space #uk #lgbtq #3dprinting #woodworking #discworld #reading
Ugh, Python got over 500 #GSoC applications this year and so many of them are absolutely trash, didn't follow any of the instructions. Most years about half of our applications are like this. But usually we have a lot fewer applicants and the submissions were blank files not plausible AI nonsense.
So I'm stuck reading hundreds of incredibly low quality nonsensical submissions today in hopes to take some workload off my other unpaid volunteer mentors. This is not the volunteer gig I signed up for 15 years ago when it was mostly working with new contributors and not their AI chatbots and I'm grumpy.
#AI #Python #OpenSource
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 53 - Linguists Versus 'AI' Speech Analysis (with Nicole Holliday)
OpenAI declares AI race “over” if training on copyrighted works isn’t fair use
National security hinges on unfettered access to AI training data, OpenAI says.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
Die Infrastruktur von FOSS wird von "KI"-Firmen angegriffen:
"LLM Scraper zerstören die Infrastruktur von FOSS-Projekten, und es wird immer schlimmer."
https://thelibre.news/foss-infrastructure-is-under-attack-by-ai-companies/
#OpenSource #FOSS #LLM #KI #AI
FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies
LLM scrapers are taking down FOSS projects' infrastructure, and it's getting worse.Niccolò Venerandi (LibreNews)
Generative AI isn’t delivering on its promises, but that hasn’t stopped governments from turning it into a geopolitical football.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with @timnitGebru to discuss the state of AI in 2025 and how it continues to sustain the hype.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/267_ai_hype_enters_its_geopolitics_era_w_timnit_gebru
#tech #ai #generativeai #politics
AI Hype Enters Its Geopolitics Era w/ Timnit Gebru - Tech Won’t Save Us
A left-wing podcast for better technology and a better world.Tech Won't Save Us
A *very* interesting in-depth article about how the #russian #propaganda infiltrates machine analysed (#search) and learned (#AI) content.
What I'm missing is the AI used to identify these and filter from learn material/negatively score them in LLM.
https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-funded-moscow-based-global
A well-funded Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western artificial intelligence tools worldwide with Russian propaganda
An audit found that the 10 leading generative AI tools advanced Moscow’s disinformation goals by repeating false claims from the pro-Kremlin Pravda network 33 percent of the timeNewsGuard (NewsGuard's Reality Check)
European Open Source AI Index
https://osai-index.eu/the-index?type=text&view=grid
The Index
A community-driven public resource on open-source generative AI systems in the European Union.European Open Source AI Index
#Research finds 12,000 ‘Live’ #API Keys and ßPasswords in #DeepSeek's #Training Data
#ai #technology #security #privacy #fail #password #Problem #cybersecurity #news #Software
Research finds 12,000 ‘Live’ API Keys and Passwords in DeepSeek's Training Data ◆ Truffle Security Co.
We scanned Common Crawl - a massive dataset used to train LLMs like DeepSeek - and found ~12,000 hardcoded live API keys and passwords. This highlights a growing issue: LLMs trained on insecure code may inadvertently generate unsafe outputs.trufflesecurity.com
Elon Musk’s AI said he and Trump deserve the death penalty
#AI
https://www.theverge.com/news/617799/elon-musk-grok-ai-donald-trump-death-penalty
Elon Musk’s AI said he and Trump deserve the death penalty
Musk’s xAI is investigating why its Grok AI chatbot suggested that President Donald Trump and Musk deserve the death penalty.Jay Peters (The Verge)
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM
hey help me out, is it good or bad that ai garbage has persuaded thousands of ppl to show up at an IRL location at least twice in the last three months?
#ai #capitalism #latecapitalism #surveillance #enshittification #aislop
Dublin Halloween parade hoax dupes thousands into packing Ireland capital's streets for nothing
Large crowds that gathered in central Dublin for a Halloween parade were tricked, not treated, by an apparent online hoax.Emmet Lyons (CBS News)
@Friendica Support
#fediAdmin #fediVerse #AI #KI
Text for robots.txt to disallow access for known AI crawlers:
User-Agent: GPTBot
User-Agent: ClaudeBot
User-Agent: Claude-Web
User-Agent: CCBot
User-Agent: Applebot-Extended
User-Agent: Facebookbot
User-Agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
User-Agent: diffbot
User-Agent: PerplexityBot
User-Agent: Omgili
User-Agent: Omgilibot
User-Agent: ImagesiftBot
User-Agent: Bytespider
User-Agent: Amazonbot
User-Agent: Youbot
Disallow: /AI / LLM User-Agents: Blocking Guide
Find out how to block your content from being used for AI/LLM training with robots.txt. Created by ex-Google engineer Fili.robotstxt.com
My partner regularly receives similar Request For Proposals (RFP), so she created template responses that she validated with Legal in order to speed up the processing of RFP forms. Now her boss is suggesting her to use a custom ChatGPT integration fed with these template responses in order to ask the chatbot to regurgitate them later, in a form that needs to be vetted by Legal again, before filling in the same RFP forms. In order to "improve efficiency". 🤯
Now, I do get why unscrupulous bosses want to use AI to commodify intellectual work. I despise it, but I get it, it makes sense to me, even if every fiber of my being is against it. On the other hand, I don't understand this particular use other than ChatGPT being a hammer and everything is made into nails. This leads me to believe that the core market of OpenAI is simply stupid people wooed by a chatbot that sounds smarter than they are. It's brilliant, the scaling potential is infinite!
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 45 - Billionaires, Influencers, and Ed Tech (feat. Adrienne Williams)
The rise of GodGPT: Religions are using bots for spiritual formation
I went to confession with an Episcopalian chatbot. It wasn't very helpful.John Brandon (Business Insider)
"To all my writer friends that use MS Word - Microsoft has turned their Al bits and bots on to automatically go through anything done via Word. Here's how to turn it off. File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > Privacy Settings > Connected Experiences"
On the Mac I found it under Word/Excel/Etc > Preferences > Privacy, and near the bottom was the checkbox for "Turn on optional connected experiences" which of course was on by default.
Open Source AI has been defined, and we think that's something to celebrate! 🧠
It is an important milestone for the Open Source movement, for AI, and for users — helping you choose the right #AI tools for your needs.
Read our opinion for details:
https://nextcloud.com/blog/open-source-ai-is-here/
Open Source AI is here - Nextcloud
Today, the Open Source Initiative has released its first official definition of Open Source AI. Find out why this is an important milestone.Jos Poortvliet (Nextcloud)
This really disgusts me, and it confounds me. What is he thinking?
Certainly a smart, well-informed writer like Thom Hartmann knows all the problems caused by so-called artificial intelligence. Asking AI to create artwork is a *huge* waste of valuable resources — water and energy — not to mention probable infringement on the rights of original image creators. Plus it feeds right into the hands of thieving capitalist mega-corporations, the kind that a liberal like Hartmann presumably opposes.
Using AI in this way is indefensible. It’s wrong, and it must be condemned.
I’ve stopped following Hartmann (@ThomHartmann) and I hope you will too.
#AI #Capitalism
Google is absolutely cooked as a web search engine, thanks to the current crop of LLM chatbot AI.
The scope of the harm it will do while slowly sinking into irrelevance is immeasurable, though.
#AI #Google #StochasticParrots #LLM #ChatBot
cool cool cool. https://bsky.app/profile/singingpigs.online/post/3l63woonobj2l
