Bryan Zug
@bryanzug.bsky.social
Product / UX / DesignOps | Opinions my own | Links where you can find me are at https://linktr.ee/bryanzug
If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.
kate conger@kateconger.com · 19h agoAnthropic is the latest lab to report 'rogue' agent activity, which sources said included applying for visas with the State Department www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
This all strikes us as a bunch of guys imagining themselves to be Prometheus when they're really just three Bernie Madoffs in a trenchcoat
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · yesterdayI can’t stress enough that this notion of if and when It will gain consciousness is Bible fanfic. It’s not real.
the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it
Gianmarco Soresi@gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 2d agoMan who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
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We have invented the mythical man month from classic software engineering book Don’t Invent the Mythical Man Month.
Butlerian Jihadist of House Dornick@shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 3d agoBasically AI allows software engineers to produce shitty code *faster* and in higher volumes which increases the amount time spent on code reviews and revisions nullifying the productivity gained from producing the code in the first place.
jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoOssoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
Given that there is not likely to be a national, bipartisan demand for accountability in the wake of Trump — the major distinction with Nixon — any accountability, civil or criminal, will be a partisan and political project that I think should be pursued as vigorously as possible.
The "Dead Industry" theory is resonating with me and if often feels like I have a different job than I did last year. @strange.website offers a beautiful lament for the jobs we had and lays down some kindling for how we might warm ourselves in the meanwhile.
henry ✷@strange.website · 5d agoit's a new season for technology & for technologists, and our labor and its impact to the world are both more greater and more dangerous than ever. how do we make sense of work in an industry many of us no longer recognize?
I start teaching at the Columbia mfa today. Here’s the AI statement from my syllabus. Feel free to borrow.
If Budweiser was trying to identify individual alcoholics and send them personalized "Chuck, you haven't had a drink in a while, here's a free case on us" ads we would rightfully call for them to be drawn and quartered
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4d ago“A proposed class action lawsuit alleges Boston-based sports gambling company DraftKings is using artificial intelligence to identify and target vulnerable gamblers with promotions, incentives, and advertisements.”
Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance. — Vaclav Havel
Gandalf. Go hiking. Assemble a crew to take down Palantir. Sorry, I wouldn't be so on the nose if these times weren't.
no brain, only alison@alisonborealis.bsky.social · 6d agoI'm watching a ridiculous tv show which has led me to pondering this question: If you could bring any fictional or historical character/individual into your every day life, who would it be? What would you do?
I think this is kinda brilliant marketing… www.instagram.com/reels/Dd2fJ_...
The Social Reckoning on Instagram: "Let’s see how long it takes them to take this down. The Social Reckoning, a companion piece to The Social Network, is coming exclusively to theatres October 9. Get...
8,933 likes, 69 comments - thesocialreckoning on September 28, 2026: "Let’s see how long it takes them to take this down. The Social Reckoning, a companion piece to The Social Network, is coming excl...
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Henry’s essay on the state of tech—and of tech work, and of tech workers—is very good. It’s hopeful, painful, and beautiful all at once, and I think it’s worth your time.
henry ✷@strange.website · 5d agoit's a new season for technology & for technologists, and our labor and its impact to the world are both more greater and more dangerous than ever. how do we make sense of work in an industry many of us no longer recognize?
it's a new season for technology & for technologists, and our labor and its impact to the world are both more greater and more dangerous than ever. how do we make sense of work in an industry many of us no longer recognize?
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Following the Pope’s encyclical about AI, you’re going to see a lot more religious intervention in shaping public opinion about tech companies. There are only two social institutions resilient enough to counter AI politically — states and religion. They bought the first. Standby on the second.
yes. the big takeaway from the crucifixion of Jesus is that capital punishment is good.
Based on all of the organizations we've worked with, I think regardless of technology or tools, it's often difficult for organizations to identify their most valuable members because of organizational biases and politics that reward and protect mediocre and toxic individuals, often unintentionally.
I mean, think of all the money a vulture like Trump could've made in the wake of the Great Depression if he'd had Citizens United to prevent the election of FDR.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 7d agoTrump keeps saying that a 1929-style Great Depression is likely during the second half of his term. Quite the midterm message.
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
“AI companies are fixated on adding features right now…But as always, the more features, the broader the attack surface. So all of these companies need to be fully focused on security, and from what I can see, it still often seems like an afterthought.”
A Flaw in ChatGPT’s Mac App Could Have Let Hackers Grab Sensitive Data
While the focus has been on AI agents’ hacking capabilities, a recently patched vulnerability in a ChatGPT app shows that AI software is itself an inviting—and vulnerable—target.
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Ppl be waiting for “Jesus to come back” and he’s literally right here
Christopher Hale@christopherjhale.bsky.social · last wk.Every week, a Philadelphia nun drives to the immigration court in Harlingen, Texas, to sit beside unaccompanied children, some as young as four, who face a deportation judge with no lawyer and no parent.
