Altman proclaiming the “singularity”; the Guardian publishing blather about possible AI consciousness; OpenAI and Anthropic blaming their cybercrimes on “rogue models”—the nonsense is coming fast and thick. Time for another MAIHT3k livestream with me & @alexhanna.bsky.social: Mon, Aug 3, noon PT

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Twitch account for The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR).

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Tune into the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 live stream @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social take on the latest nonsense: Altman' “singularity”; the Guardian on AI consciousness; OpenAI & Anthropic blame their cybercrimes on “rogue models” Today, noon PT www.twitch.tv/dair_institute

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Twitch account for The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR).

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"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...

AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt

AI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt.

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New on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000!: AI boosters want to hand off emergency services to the bullshit generators. @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social take on the latest automated horrors threatening our collective health and safety. Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...

New! Surveillance Watch now includes a harm index. Each entity's rating reflects the relevant harm tier supported by credible public evidence, weighing both an entity's own activity and the documented real-world use of its tools. Check it out: www.surveillancewatch.io/entities?sor...

@alexhanna.bsky.social joins us to discuss thecon.ai and the many forms of automation that fall under the term “artificial intelligence.” Listen now ✨ Check out her podcast, “Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000,” and @dairinstitute.bsky.social 🔎 #sociology #socialeyepod #publicsociology #ai #automation

CAIL = prerequisite knowledge for a critical perspective, such as to tell apart nonsense hype from true theoretical computer scientific claims. For example, the idea that human-like systems are a sensible or possible goal is the result of circular reasoning and anthropomorphism.

Critical AI

Critical AI Literacy (CAIL) from my perspective.

olivia.science

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 3mo ago

It feels many only know my work pushing back against AI, which is very fair — but I have a broader research interest, which also forms a protective belt against such forces, as well as being what I have been thinking about since discovering "cognitive science" in ~2006: 🍃 metatheory.space 1/

Thrilled to have been awarded the Association for Computational Linguistics 2016 test of time award for my first ever paper, written with/under the guidance of @dirkhovy.bsky.social A couple of cute things about the paper/its genesis/its outcomes

TODAY! Tune in to the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 live stream to hear @emilymbender.bsky.social, @alexhanna.bsky.social and @savasavasava.myatproto.social discuss how “responsible use” of LLMs isn’t a thing & AI “harm reduction” frameworks in edtech. July 6, noon Pacific twitch.tv/dair_institute

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Gonna leave that here to read later. I keep saying our mind is in our entire body, not just some data in our neurons.

Flux@flux.community · last mo.

Beliefs in mind uploading and mechanical immortality are very common within the American tech bro scene. But these are absurd delusions that are not at all supported by biology. We just published a comprehensive rebuttal of this fantasy by biologist and philosopher Johannes Jaeger:

As a right brained, self-taught programmer/developer, I could not agree with this more. My skill and acumen with languages is directly connected to the nights I struggled to make sense of something I didn't understand at first. Because once you get it, it's yours forever. Embrace that friction.

Alex Hanna@alexhanna.bsky.social · last mo.

A message for the class of 2026: We need more friction!

A message for the class of 2026: We need more friction!

"The jury recognizes Data Workers’ Inquiry as a compelling example of how participatory methodologies can interrogate the socio-technical conditions underpinning AI" 👏 Muy merecido reconocimiento al trabajo que realizan @milamiceli.bsky.social y todo el equipazo de @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social ✊

Data Workers’ Inquiry@dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social · last mo.

🏆We got an Award of Distinction at Ars Electronica 2026!! Prix Ars Electronica is the world’s most prestigious awards at the intersection of art, technology, and society, and a huge recognition to our commitment to advancing worker-led, collective knowledge production ➡️ archive.aec.at/prix/319125/

Incredible quote by @alexhanna.bsky.social from our recent conversation about her book, thecon.ai. Episode out next week 👁️ Check out her podcast, “Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000,” and @dairinstitute.bsky.social 🔎 Art by our own Michelle ✨ #sociology #socialeyepod #publicsociology #ai #humanart

“‘AI’ might not be good for xyz, but you can’t deny that it’s helpful for programming” -- sound familiar? In the latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social challenge the bullshit. www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...

"Ok I know about all these harms of generative AI. But what about when their coding tools are actually useful? I built this amazing thing that wouldn't have existed otherwise, what do you think about that?" I've had a lot of these conversations with socially-aware engineers and I have thoughts: 🧵

TODAY: tune in live to Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000! Handing off emergency medical services to the bullshit generator? What could go wrong!? Join @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social for a deep dive on the issues with automated ER tools. Today, noon PT www.twitch.tv/dair_institute

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Twitch account for The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR).

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"By rendering visible the labor that sustains digital systems and fostering technological literacy, the project repositions data workers as central agents in shaping the narratives, ethics, and futures of AI" ✊🔥 Don´t forget to follow @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social data-workers.org

Data Workers' Inquiry

A global, radically participatory research initiative, where data workers themselves become community researchers, identifying urgent issues, formulating their own questions, and choosing the formats ...

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Join us for a full day programme of reimagining and reclaiming AI at London Data Week 2026 on the 8th of July at King's College London Book here: lnkd.in/ekj3dbQ5

The day will end with a community launch event of our most recent collaboration, the AI Resist List: airesistlist.org Created with amazing partners @karenhao.bsky.social @dairinstitute.bsky.social and the University of York Refugee Law Lab and featuring many inspiring initiatives.

The AI Resist List

A living directory of ways communities resist AI harms—and build alternatives worth fighting for.

airesistlist.org

🏆We got an Award of Distinction at Ars Electronica 2026!! Prix Ars Electronica is the world’s most prestigious awards at the intersection of art, technology, and society, and a huge recognition to our commitment to advancing worker-led, collective knowledge production ➡️ archive.aec.at/prix/319125/

Congratulations to the Data Workers' Inquiry team. Incredibly well deserved 🎉🎉🎉

Data Workers’ Inquiry@dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social · last mo.

🏆We got an Award of Distinction at Ars Electronica 2026!! Prix Ars Electronica is the world’s most prestigious awards at the intersection of art, technology, and society, and a huge recognition to our commitment to advancing worker-led, collective knowledge production ➡️ archive.aec.at/prix/319125/

I am incredibly proud and honored by this recognition and look forward to seeing some of our work exhibited at the Ars Electronica Festival. I'll be there to receive the award! 📅 9–13 September 2026 📍 Linz, Austria

Data Workers’ Inquiry@dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social · last mo.

🏆We got an Award of Distinction at Ars Electronica 2026!! Prix Ars Electronica is the world’s most prestigious awards at the intersection of art, technology, and society, and a huge recognition to our commitment to advancing worker-led, collective knowledge production ➡️ archive.aec.at/prix/319125/

Fun to see the Library of Babel Group zine featured on @dairinstitute.bsky.social’s guest zone page. zines.dair-institute.org/guest-zines

The DAIR Zine Library

A collection of zines from the DAIR Institute

zines.dair-institute.org

Our myth-busting document might also be useful! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

2-page AI Mythbusters.docx

AI Mythbusters Myth: AI learns and understands just like people do. Reality: While we often talk about AI “thinking” and “learning,” large language models like ChatGPT or Gemini don’t actually th...

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This is also a really helpful resource from Luddite Labs at @dairinstitute.bsky.social for countering common arguments we hear in the university: labor.dair-institute.org/primers

While this document focuses on K through 12 education, much of this information is also applicable to our situation in higher education. I've heard all of these arguments in workshops and conversations at my university. It's helpful to have counter arguments outlined here with evidence!

Anne Lutz Fernandez@lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI. I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.

and i didn't have this bookmarked so it's not alphabetical but @dairinstitute.bsky.social has a lot of good stuff at dair-institute.org/projects/

Projects

An overview of projects at DAIR.

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by request i'm going to share a quick thread of collections where people have pulled together articles / resources / arguments about ai harms and how to resist them this is by alphabetical order in my bookmarks, it's not comprehensive, feel free to add to the list of lists

The AI Resist List is LIVE 🎉 Co-built w/ @weandai.bsky.social, @dairinstitute.bsky.social, @karenhao.bsky.social, & @refugeelab.ca, this database highlights global efforts to challenge AI, showing how we can resist, refuse, reimagine, and reclaim from Big Tech's dominance. airesistlist.org