This must hit different if you no longer believe in material reality

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 3h ago

$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS

in 2016 Elon Musk said he would build a fully automated factory in Fremont, California for the upcoming Model 3 and he then spent on the order of $2 billion on production lines that didn't work, forcing Tesla to assemble cars by hand in a tent but sure, now he's gonna do it on the moon

Our guest this week, algorithmic auditor and author, Cathy O’Neil, wants to remind you that you can’t punch AI in the face. Listen to the full episode now! #ai #datmpodcast #books #author #booktok #future #aiethics @multitudeshows.com @adambecker.bsky.social

happy there will come soft rains day to all those who partake

Elon has never been a libertarian, he's always been dependent on the state.The authors of the book, Muskism, @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com discuss it with @adambecker.bsky.social #ai #datmpodcast #books #author #booktok #future #muskism #wokemindvirus #libertarian @multitudeshows.com

As I've said before: What high-paying long-term jobs do they pretend exist here? A data center isn't a place where execs come and do Big Deals. Go to the server room at your workplace; are there lots of rich people in there spending money?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Hassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."

Is Elon trying to dismantle society or government or is he trying to seek the ultimate exit? #ai #datmpodcast #books #author #booktok #future #mars #muskism #wokemindvirus #society #scifi @quinnslobodian.com @bentarnoff.com @adambecker.bsky.social ky.social @multitudeshows.com itudeshows.com

This is more than the NSF social sciences division - now on the chopping block - awarded in grants last year. Think about that: a single AI company has the money to fund more social science research than the US govt.

Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 5d ago

Anthropic AI research fund offers $5m - $30m for social science research on themes of AI impact on workers; transition initiatives; income support; building worker stakes; and wider evidence on public investments. Total fund of $200m available www.anthropic.com/news/economi...

lol, no, that's not a thing

lol, no, that's not a thing

This week's episode of @dreamingagainstthemachine.com, with guests @bentarnoff.com and @quinnslobodian.com, drops TOMORROW! Check it out wherever you get your podcasts!

DreamingAgainstTheMachine@dreamingagainstthemachine.com · last wk.

The authors of MUSKISM, Quinn Slobidian and Ben Tarnoff are our guests this week, tune in tomorrow! (You won't believe who we talk about on this episode) #ai #datmpodcast #books #author #booktok #future #mars #muskism #wokemindvirus @multitudeshows.com @adambecker.bsky.social

I co-sign this great summary from @dereklowe.bsky.social . The goal is to destroy academic science, and these are the reasons. And all the “gold standard” and “needs reform” and “not high risk” stuff is transparent bullshit to hide the ball on what they are doing.

Derek Lowe@dereklowe.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thoughts on the various Trump administration proposals to revamp US science funding - and what they all have in common:

Guys, Mars isn’t happening and other fun insights from Hugo Award winning author Becky Chambers on this weeks episode. @adambecker.bsky.social @multitudeshows.com #ai #datmpodcast #books #author #booktok #future #mars #sorrynotsorry

Is AI hyperfunding damaging other sciences? @annaleen.bsky.social and @adambecker.bsky.social discuss it on this week’s episode. #ai #datmpodcast #science #politics #booktok @multitudeshows.com

Apparently @annaleen.bsky.social and I have blown @davekarpf.bsky.social's mind with today's episode of @dreamingagainstthemachine.com. Not an easy thing to do.

DreamingAgainstTheMachine@dreamingagainstthemachine.com · 3w ago

Do you know the difference between fiction, nonfiction and propaganda? Author @annaleen.bsky.social is our guest this week! Listen tomorrow morning starting at 5am EST. #datmpodcast #scienceexplained #propaganda #ai @multitudeshows.com

Apparently @annaleen.bsky.social and I have blown @davekarpf.bsky.social's mind with today's episode of @dreamingagainstthemachine.com. Not an easy thing to do.

DreamingAgainstTheMachine@dreamingagainstthemachine.com · 3w ago

Do you know the difference between fiction, nonfiction and propaganda? Author @annaleen.bsky.social is our guest this week! Listen tomorrow morning starting at 5am EST. #datmpodcast #scienceexplained #propaganda #ai @multitudeshows.com

come on let's take a ride on the internet superhighway kids it's rad as hell you can tell from the fonts what's the worst that could happen

Last month, @jackstilgoe.bsky.social interviewed me for @stsucl.bsky.social about my book More Everything Forever. It was so much fun that we decided to air it as this week's episode of @dreamingagainstthemachine.com! Check it out here or wherever you get your podcasts!

Episode 13: More Everything Forever, with Adam Becker

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DreamingAgainstTheMachine@dreamingagainstthemachine.com · 4w ago

This week is a reversal: @adambecker.bsky.social is interviewed by Jack Stilgoe, professor of science and technology studies at University College London. #datmpodcast #ai #MoreEverythingForever #author #london #interview

Are @adambecker.bsky.social and @safiyanoble.bsky.social , corny for believing this? #ai #datmpodcast #love #podcastclips #corny

Effective Altruism is a cognitive hazard that exists somewhere on a spectrum between prolonged lead exposure and a career in the National Football League. www.todayintabs.com/p/over-lever...

Over Leveraged

The inside story of Peter Thiel's MKUltra by someone who thinks it was kind of good, actually.

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Last month, @jackstilgoe.bsky.social interviewed me for @stsucl.bsky.social about my book More Everything Forever. It was so much fun that we decided to air it as this week's episode of @dreamingagainstthemachine.com! Check it out here or wherever you get your podcasts!

Episode 13: More Everything Forever, with Adam Becker

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DreamingAgainstTheMachine@dreamingagainstthemachine.com · 4w ago

This week is a reversal: @adambecker.bsky.social is interviewed by Jack Stilgoe, professor of science and technology studies at University College London. #datmpodcast #ai #MoreEverythingForever #author #london #interview

This, right here, is one of my favorite moments from @dreamingagainstthemachine.com. AI isn't inevitable, and it's not going to take over any industry unless we let other people foist it on us. We can fight them, and win. @susglickman.bsky.social

DreamingAgainstTheMachine@dreamingagainstthemachine.com · 2mo ago

@susglickman.bsky.social tells @adambecker.bsky.social that it's up to students to decide their future not AI...but they have to fight #ai #datmpodcast #politics #students

How does the universe end? @astrokatie.com explains one of her favorite possibilities. #datmpodcast #universe #ai #physics

it’s so funny to imagine a silicon valley striver getting invited to a top-secret “ideas conference” ready to learn the Secrets of the Elites only to get trapped on an understuffed hotel chair for eight hours while a very sweaty billionaire rants about how the Actual Devil lives inside chinese RAM

 "How could you hurt as many people as you have to hurt to make a billion dollars unless you don't really think other people's pain is real." @doctorow.pluralistic.net #ai #datmpod #antiwork

A good thread about the SciAm staff who were let go this week. I wish I could say that I was shocked that anyone would let Meghan and the rest of these great writers and editors go, but sadly this is becoming pretty common. This kind of union busting should be illegal. Shame on Springer Nature.

Meghan Bartels@meghanbartels.bsky.social · last mo.

I’m so sad to share that yesterday was my last day at Scientific American. It was an honor to work alongside my incredible colleagues and to speak with researchers across the sciences. If you’re looking to hire staff or freelance, please consider me and my other laid off coworkers (🧵)

Solidarity forever. This is bullshit. SciAm is amazing and I fear for its future under these new owners (and with the callous disregard of its old owners). And you'd have to be shortsighted indeed to let go of @danvergano.bsky.social and the others who were fired.

Dan Vergano@danvergano.bsky.social · last mo.

Scientific American is being sold to LabX Media, publisher of Discover: group.springernature.com/gp/group/med... They've fired me and other union staff, ahead of June 26 vote ratification. My rates are suddenly more reasonable, if you need editing or reporting - Argonaut2026@gmail.com

ok but HOW is he leaving

FEMA Official Who Claimed He Once Teleported to a Waffle House Is Leaving

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New episode of @dreamingagainstthemachine.com is out NOW with guest @doctorow.pluralistic.net! Check it out here or wherever you get your podcasts: youtu.be/yRH3s2fQTHI?...

Episode 11: Reverse Centaurs and AI, with Cory Doctorow

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Hey I just wanted to show off the Korean edition of your excellent, mind-opening book that came out just this month.