Alex White
@alexwhite.bsky.social
Novelist: The Salvagers Trilogy, The Starmetal Symphony, Every Mountain Made Low, Alien and Star Trek Games: Alien: Rogue Incursion and Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 (consultant) No AI in my work, ever.
Alas, that time seems over. My tie-in novels are by far the lowest "advances" I receive, and I collect no royalties. The new attitude seems to be, "It's a career builder. It'll get your name out there. You're lucky to be attached to us." That being said...
John Wiswell@wiswell.bsky.social · yesterdayHistorically, such publishers were supposed to pay you much more for this. After all, you are deprived of all rights to your work.
2. But Anthropic researchers say they see patterns that suggest that Claude can. The employees at Anthropic are telling themselves stories based on the words they input into the software and the words that come back out. >>
NEW: Staff at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette told @adamm0rgan.bsky.social AI is infiltrating their workplaces, from generating cover art and back cover copy, to publicity materials, to rejection emails, as execs tell junior staff to "champion" the tech. www.wired.com/story/book-p...
Book Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting
Workers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.
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Since apparently I don't talk about it enough, did you know I have two novels published? WEAVER'S FOLLY is a cyberpunky urban fantasy for fans of Shadowrun and Kim Harrison's Hollows series; WHEN THE STARS BLEED is a space opera for fans of Mass Effect and Firefly! Links below.
You should read this. Timnit Gebru is one of the most important voices in AI, so the recommendation goes a long way.
Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 3d agoOne of the handful of articles telling it like it is instead of misinforming the public. By @saragoud.bsky.social for @thebulletin.org Yes. Its bad science based on numbers out of various behinds, but that's not how most of the rest of the media is discussing it. thebulletin.org/2026/09/how-...
I like how my doctor's office intake form has a "date started" and "date ended" for allergies. I (obviously) know those dates well and celebrate them every year in the traditional fashion.
Please remember that for every VE Schwab and Stephen King, there are a lot of banned Black, queer, and POC writers you've never heard of, to whom it is maybe not a badge of honor but a denial of their voice. Being banned is not a marketing opportunity, unless one is already rich.
Kate Tuttle@katekilla.bsky.social · 6d agoIt's Banned Books Week. Please read widely and bravely.
Is this true? Does anyone know anything about it?
M Meerkat@kackbro.bsky.social · 2w agoGo For It Ladies.......
Am I weird? I don't trust free to play games at all. I won't even install one.
This is exactly the situation employers and insurance companies want. You can't quit. You'll either have to move or you'll die.
Chris Adams@brick-fedora.bsky.social · 2w agoYeah. Meanwhile Huntsville has turned into a single-provider city - the "non profit" megacorp Huntsville Hospital bought their only competitor, Crestwood, as well as almost every other hospital in 100 miles. So if HH doesn't like your insurance, you're screwed.
Because it can. Because they figured out it's a cost we will "tolerate." Bad teeth will stop your heart. Tooth health is heart health. Some people only find out they have life-threatening cancers at the optometrist. Eye health is life.
Chris Adams@brick-fedora.bsky.social · 2w agoAnd why does "health" insurance mean "everything but teeth and glasses" - being able to eat and see properly is rather critical to health. I'm so sorry y'all had to go though this. Special needs folks should get MORE care, not less!
Our local hospital system, @wellstarhealth.bsky.social, has decided to discontinue dental services within its hospital system. As a result, one of the only special needs dentists in the greater Atlanta metro area had to cancel all appointments. It took us a year to get that appointment.
AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
“Everything is 40% more expensive because of AI” is a great line for an opposition party trying to unseat the AI-supported incumbents, if any Democratic consultants wanted to take a short break from dehumanizing trans kids to actually try winning a contested election.
IGN@ign.com · 3w agoThe Steam Frame starts at $1,059, but it was probably supposed to cost about $750, as the RAM crisis continues to raise prices. https://t.co/Oq9XUHM630
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This book is from 2017, and took Silicon Valley by storm. Everyone in the grift was well aware they were perpetuating racism and wealth inequality *the whole time they were doing it.* www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/241363...
Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil: 9780553418835 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A former Wall Street quant sounds the alarm on Big Data and the mathematical models that threaten to rip apart our social fabric—with a new afterword...
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Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 3w agoThe AI industry wants you to say "the AI just did that thing on its own!" Like, United Health's AI that's denying a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate? They wanted you to think it's just the AI.
EVERY MAKER LEAVES THEIR MARK. No tool created by humans, trained on our data, can escape its inevitable human corruption. They want you to think it's logical like a pair of calipers or something so you fail to designate responsibility. It was created to deny, and thus, kill.
Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 3w agoThe truth was that if United Health had an AI that was accepting a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate, United Health would stop using the AI in about 0.2 seconds.
Hi! Suggestion. Ask the President why people think "Supreme Intelligence" is smarter than he is. He'll start trying to outlaw it within a month.
Comfortably Boo@numb.comfortab.ly · 3w agoAs a stupid mf, get a stupid answer.
The little frame holds before cuts are perfect
gamera obscura october edition@ohrobin.bsky.social · 3w agoincredibly well-done resident evil teaser from a movie theater
My books are on sale! There's never been a better time to get into Salvagers. Book one is $6.99, but books two and three are $1.99! a.co/d/0bzz2miQ
A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy (The Salvagers Book 2)
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Overheard: "Daggerheart is an indie, and it's half the price of other books." No shade to Daggerheart, but they're able to get printing wholesale on a scale other publishers can never match. Its first month sales beat many games' lifetime records. Maybe it's not an indie?
These tech bros still aren't over learning that Work From Home is great for workers because it allows for flexibility AND the ability to find jobs nearly anywhere that pay more and treat them better. I'm convinced the power gained by workers during COVID played a part in radicalizing tech bros.
ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 4w agoway to go, you fucking morons. I hope you're happy with how things are going
Free newsletter: The idea that we're nearing the creation of AI systems that we can't control and that pose an existential threat to humanity is a lie and a distraction from the tangible harms and problems caused by LLMs and AI labs' near-unlimited resources. www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-alread...
https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-already-in-dangerous-hands/
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People of Portland, we hope to see you tonight at @powells.bsky.social in Cedar Hills! I am just enjoying the heck out of your fine city, from a great Weezer concert to a great @rosecitycc.bsky.social to this morning's zoo adventure. Let's keep it going!
TELL YOUR DOCTOR TO TURN OFF AI RECORDINGS. If you have not spoken to your doctor, they may be doing this without your consent. All of my doctors have been feeding my information into these systems, and I can't find ones who aren't. Blame insurance.
PM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Each Year Worldwide@tkovach.bsky.social · 4w ago"OpenAI is hiring hundreds of contractors who read a massive stream of real users’ ChatGPT prompts, with the prompts sometimes including sensitive personal information, 404 Media has learned. The prompts these people review can include whole conversations between users and the chatbot."
