Pip Thornton

@pipt.bsky.social

Chancellor’s Fellow & BRAID Fellow @EdinburghUni. Critic of Linguistic Capitalism. @Braid_UK 'Writing the Wrongs of AI' (with @edbookfest) http://www.wwai.info #PATM www.pipthornton.com

Head up to the Scottish Poetry Library and have a shot of these AI machines. Unique poetry receipts! ChatGPT's love rival! Poetry translation problems solved!

Pip Thornton@pipt.bsky.social · last yr.

There's been a robot invasion @byleaveswelive.bsky.social! Do pop in and have a go on the interactive exhibits incl. the LEX-9000 automatic writing machine first debuted at the @edbookfest.bsky.social - now part of Edinburgh Science Festival 🤖

Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators. More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live): 1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇 1/10

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Maybe one of the reasons there are so many unhinged academics is that in order to keep your job, you’re constantly required to tout yourself as a Scholar of World-Historical Significance, even as your office’s ceiling tiles slowly dislodge themselves to fall on your head.

A great example of how no one can find actual uses for LLMs that aren't scams for grifts. Quite literally the LAST thing publishing needs is MORE manuscripts, especially low quality and unedited AI regurgitations. This isn't a problem being solved. www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub...

New publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 alone

A new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence.

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New batch of {poem}.py receipts for an exhibition - it’s startling to see how much G**gle can make from the word ‘Palestine’… 💰 linguistic capitalism is inherently political.

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🔥Next week in Edinburgh - Thomas Dekeyser’s reflections on making a film (@destruct_intl), and writing a book, based on archives of refusal. ALL WELCOME!

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