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@frumbly.bsky.social · yesterday

Google are stuffing AI bollocks in their Google Play Books app with "Book Insights". AI summaries - DON'T! WANT! If authors want to block this for their books, let Google know. Luckily, it hasn't turned up in my copy of "The AI Con" ... Yet? So @emilymbender.bsky.social can breathe easy for now.

@frumbly.bsky.social · 4w ago

If anyone in the UK is racking their brains about why Graham Platner's face popping up on the socials is freaking them out slightly, apart from the obvious, i think i know why. He is the spitting image of the mayor of Trumpton. Same blank stare and general disregard for the community.

Mayor of Trumpton
@frumbly.bsky.social · last mo.

I came across this blogpost in Mastodon, and thought there are a lot of writers here on Bluesky who might need to see this benjaminhollon.com/musings/stop... YOUR writing is important, keep doing it. #writing #art #fuckAI

stop asking writers about "AI"

Every time I tell someone new that I’m a writer, they pause for a moment, then ask the same question: “So, what do you think about AI?” This question has been sapping my motivation to write for years.

benjaminhollon.com

@frumbly.bsky.social · last mo.

My sincere respect and gratitude to @ohthatflo.bsky.social for having the courage to say "Don't buy shit you don't need" in a consumer electronics magazine. We need more people pointing out the emperor has no clothes. www.pcmag.com/news/with-ip...

With iPhone Prices Likely to Climb, Here's How to Avoid Spending $1,000 on a Phone

The memory crunch is forcing phone makers—including Apple—to raise prices, but you don't need to shell out big bucks for a great experience.

pcmag.com

Anthony Moser@anthonymoser.com · 2mo ago

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

@frumbly.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#Kobo tip. If you want to read with white text on a black background, you can activate "invert screen". This can be found by clicking on "settings", then "device information". This is where you can select "developer options" and find the toggle switch for "invert screen". #Reading #eReaders

@frumbly.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Watching governments and corporations piss away BILLIONS on war, grift, and reality-denying machines I never want to hear the phrase "We can't afford it" come out of a politician's/CEO's mouth ever again.

@frumbly.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A huge thank you to @hagenblix.bsky.social and Ingeborg Glimmer for writing "Why We Fear AI". They do an excellent job of explaining how AI is the turbo boost mode for capitalist extraction, which will ultimately fuck everybody up. I really hope Werner Herzog is available to read the audiobook.

@frumbly.bsky.social · 5mo ago

If you need to complete an opinion survey/give a performance rating about another employee in the same organization that you work in* - you DEFINITELY need to get your workplace unionized ASAP *I think this might be quite common practice in higher ed institutions

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It’s one of the easiest things to game if you want to dabble in a little wage theft. And they are fundamentally anti-labor. I get why people feel morally obligated to do them but it’s not great. jacobin.com/2021/04/cust...