#aianxiety — Public Fediverse posts

Weekly output: Clarus the dogcow, Pixel feature drop, trust in AI, WiFi hotspots

I’m in the middle of one of my shorter pauses between trips this year–I got home Sunday evening from visiting Los Angeles for Cranky Dorkfest, my second trip to that excellent avgeek meetup, and Monday afternoon I start my journey to Amsterdam for the HumanX AI conference there, where I’m moderating two panels and having my airfare and lodging covered by the organizers.

Patreon readers got an extra post Saturday, inspired in part by my Dorkfest travel logistics: how the major hotel operators, Hyatt in particular, have convinced me that it’s not particularly worth trying to earn elite status better than whatever tier is above general membership.

9/14/2026: Apple Hid a Legendary ’80s Mac Mascot Inside Its New OSes. Here’s How to Find It, PCMag

After reading a report about this Easter egg in 9to5Mac, I felt obliged to write it up myself as a Mac user old enough to remember seeing this printer-settings mascot in everyday use.

9/15/2026: Latest Pixel Feature Drop Expands Access to Scam-Text Detection, PCMag

This was one of Google’s skimpier sets of updates to its Pixel devices.

9/16/2026: Trust in AI Eroded Significantly Over Past Year, Even Among Those Who Use It, PCMag

A survey with surprising results will always get my attention.

9/16/2026: The Best Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wirecutter

This update was supposed to have been published months ago. But right as I was about to file my revisions, I learned that AT&T had discontinued the hotspot we’d picked as the best option for most people. Then I learned of new hotspots coming to all three carriers, which required me to request loaner units and reboot my hardware testing for this piece–after which I also had to update our information about hotspot-data plans on the market because those, too, had changed a bit.

Weekly output: Clarus the dogcow, Pixel feature drop, trust in AI, WiFi hotspots

I’m in the middle of one of my shorter pauses between trips this year–I got home Sunday evening from visiting Los Angeles for Cranky Dorkfest, my second trip to that excellent avgeek meetup, and Monday afternoon I start my journey to Amsterdam for the HumanX AI conference there, where I’m moderating two panels and having my airfare and lodging covered by the organizers.

Patreon readers got an extra post Saturday, inspired in part by my Dorkfest travel logistics: how the major hotel operators, Hyatt in particular, have convinced me that it’s not particularly worth trying to earn elite status better than whatever tier is above general membership.

9/14/2026: Apple Hid a Legendary ’80s Mac Mascot Inside Its New OSes. Here’s How to Find It, PCMag

After reading a report about this Easter egg in 9to5Mac, I felt obliged to write it up myself as a Mac user old enough to remember seeing this printer-settings mascot in everyday use.

9/15/2026: Latest Pixel Feature Drop Expands Access to Scam-Text Detection, PCMag

This was one of Google’s skimpier sets of updates to its Pixel devices.

9/16/2026: Trust in AI Eroded Significantly Over Past Year, Even Among Those Who Use It, PCMag

A survey with surprising results will always get my attention.

9/16/2026: The Best Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wirecutter

This update was supposed to have been published months ago. But right as I was about to file my revisions, I learned that AT&T had discontinued the hotspot we’d picked as the best option for most people. Then I learned of new hotspots coming to all three carriers, which required me to request loaner units and reboot my hardware testing for this piece–after which I also had to update our information about hotspot-data plans on the market because those, too, had changed a bit.

Weekly output: Clarus the dogcow, Pixel feature drop, trust in AI, WiFi hotspots

I’m in the middle of one of my shorter pauses between trips this year–I got home Sunday evening from visiting Los Angeles for Cranky Dorkfest, my second trip to that excellent avgeek meetup, and Monday afternoon I start my journey to Amsterdam for the HumanX AI conference there, where I’m moderating two panels and having my airfare and lodging covered by the organizers.

Patreon readers got an extra post Saturday, inspired in part by my Dorkfest travel logistics: how the major hotel operators, Hyatt in particular, have convinced me that it’s not particularly worth trying to earn elite status better than whatever tier is above general membership.

9/14/2026: Apple Hid a Legendary ’80s Mac Mascot Inside Its New OSes. Here’s How to Find It, PCMag

After reading a report about this Easter egg in 9to5Mac, I felt obliged to write it up myself as a Mac user old enough to remember seeing this printer-settings mascot in everyday use.

9/15/2026: Latest Pixel Feature Drop Expands Access to Scam-Text Detection, PCMag

This was one of Google’s skimpier sets of updates to its Pixel devices.

9/16/2026: Trust in AI Eroded Significantly Over Past Year, Even Among Those Who Use It, PCMag

A survey with surprising results will always get my attention.

9/16/2026: The Best Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wirecutter

This update was supposed to have been published months ago. But right as I was about to file my revisions, I learned that AT&T had discontinued the hotspot we’d picked as the best option for most people. Then I learned of new hotspots coming to all three carriers, which required me to request loaner units and reboot my hardware testing for this piece–after which I also had to update our information about hotspot-data plans on the market because those, too, had changed a bit.

Weekly output: Clarus the dogcow, Pixel feature drop, trust in AI, WiFi hotspots

I’m in the middle of one of my shorter pauses between trips this year–I got home Sunday evening from visiting Los Angeles for Cranky Dorkfest, my second trip to that excellent avgeek meetup, and Monday afternoon I start my journey to Amsterdam for the HumanX AI conference there, where I’m moderating two panels and having my airfare and lodging covered by the organizers.

Patreon readers got an extra post Saturday, inspired in part by my Dorkfest travel logistics: how the major hotel operators, Hyatt in particular, have convinced me that it’s not particularly worth trying to earn elite status better than whatever tier is above general membership.

9/14/2026: Apple Hid a Legendary ’80s Mac Mascot Inside Its New OSes. Here’s How to Find It, PCMag

After reading a report about this Easter egg in 9to5Mac, I felt obliged to write it up myself as a Mac user old enough to remember seeing this printer-settings mascot in everyday use.

9/15/2026: Latest Pixel Feature Drop Expands Access to Scam-Text Detection, PCMag

This was one of Google’s skimpier sets of updates to its Pixel devices.

9/16/2026: Trust in AI Eroded Significantly Over Past Year, Even Among Those Who Use It, PCMag

A survey with surprising results will always get my attention.

9/16/2026: The Best Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wirecutter

This update was supposed to have been published months ago. But right as I was about to file my revisions, I learned that AT&T had discontinued the hotspot we’d picked as the best option for most people. Then I learned of new hotspots coming to all three carriers, which required me to request loaner units and reboot my hardware testing for this piece–after which I also had to update our information about hotspot-data plans on the market because those, too, had changed a bit.

https://www.europesays.com/ie/675973/ Bill Gates warns of AI risks at Telluride Film Festival #AI #AiAnxiety #AiRisk #ArtificialIntelligence #ArtificialIntelligence #AzaRaskin #BillGates #China #Control #Development #DireWarning #Éire #hour #HumanityDilemma #IE #Ireland #PowerfulAi #Technology #Telluride #TristanHarris #year

https://www.europesays.com/people/211094/ Sam Altman admits AI models ‘scare’ him and he understands why world is anxious; but wants everyone to take responsibility #AIAnxiety #AICapabilities #AIModels #AISafety #OpenAI #SamAltman

Our recent preprint is available on arXiv:
exposure to narratives of AI-over-human control raises job replacement anxiety. The more useful people found AI, the more anxious they were, but perceived ease of use played no role.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.14609

#AI #AIanxiety #AIpsychology #AIpsych #futureOfWork #AIResearch

Our recent preprint is available on arXiv:
exposure to narratives of AI-over-human control raises job replacement anxiety. The more useful people found AI, the more anxious they were, but perceived ease of use played no role.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.14609

#AI #AIanxiety #AIpsychology #AIpsych #futureOfWork #AIResearch

Our recent preprint is available on arXiv:
exposure to narratives of AI-over-human control raises job replacement anxiety. The more useful people found AI, the more anxious they were, but perceived ease of use played no role.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.14609

#AI #AIanxiety #AIpsychology #AIpsych #futureOfWork #AIResearch

Our recent preprint is available on arXiv:
exposure to narratives of AI-over-human control raises job replacement anxiety. The more useful people found AI, the more anxious they were, but perceived ease of use played no role.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.14609

#AI #AIanxiety #AIpsychology #AIpsych #futureOfWork #AIResearch

@evedazzle

Yep.

After calling the police about the threatening phonecalls she was getting, and they told her the calls were coming from inside the house, the babysitter experienced some anxiety.

As Russian tanks poured across the border, many surviving Ukrainians felt some anxiety.

As Trump bombed Iran, may people realised anxiety didn't quite cover the stark multi-level threats faced.

'AI anxiety' doesnt quite cover the threat AI presents.

#ai #aianxiety

@evedazzle

Yep.

After calling the police about the threatening phonecalls she was getting, and they told her the calls were coming from inside the house, the babysitter experienced some anxiety.

As Russian tanks poured across the border, many surviving Ukrainians felt some anxiety.

As Trump bombed Iran, may people realised anxiety didn't quite cover the stark multi-level threats faced.

'AI anxiety' doesnt quite cover the threat AI presents.

#ai #aianxiety

@evedazzle

Yep.

After calling the police about the threatening phonecalls she was getting, and they told her the calls were coming from inside the house, the babysitter experienced some anxiety.

As Russian tanks poured across the border, many surviving Ukrainians felt some anxiety.

As Trump bombed Iran, may people realised anxiety didn't quite cover the stark multi-level threats faced.

'AI anxiety' doesnt quite cover the threat AI presents.

#ai #aianxiety

https://www.europesays.com/people/86121/ Sundar Pichai says AI anxiety is understandable, but students will find new opportunities #AIAndEmployment #AIAnxiety #AICareerOpportunities #AIDisruption #AIFutureOfWork #AIGraduates #AIImpactOnStudents #AiJobs #AIOpportunities #AIReplacingJobs #AIWorkforceChanges #ArtificialIntelligenceJobs #GoogleAI #GoogleCEO #HardForkPodcast #StanfordCommencementSpeech #StanfordUniversity #SundarPichai #SundarPichaiAIComments #TechnologyJobs

https://www.europesays.com/people/21350/ OpenAI’s Sam Altman links ‘AI anxiety’ to Molotov cocktail attack on his home #AIAnxiety #OpenAI #SamAltman

FYI: Young people find digital marketing "meh" - and that's the industry's real problem: IAB Polska's Point of Youth report finds under-30s view digital marketing as neutral territory - creative but losing to IT in the talent war, complicated by AI anxiety. https://ppc.land/young-people-find-digital-marketing-meh-and-thats-the-industrys-real-problem/ #DigitalMarketing #YouthEngagement #MarketingTrends #AIAnxiety #TalentWar

FYI: Young people find digital marketing "meh" - and that's the industry's real problem: IAB Polska's Point of Youth report finds under-30s view digital marketing as neutral territory - creative but losing to IT in the talent war, complicated by AI anxiety. https://ppc.land/young-people-find-digital-marketing-meh-and-thats-the-industrys-real-problem/ #DigitalMarketing #YouthEngagement #MarketingTrends #AIAnxiety #TalentWar

FYI: Young people find digital marketing "meh" - and that's the industry's real problem: IAB Polska's Point of Youth report finds under-30s view digital marketing as neutral territory - creative but losing to IT in the talent war, complicated by AI anxiety. https://ppc.land/young-people-find-digital-marketing-meh-and-thats-the-industrys-real-problem/ #DigitalMarketing #YouthEngagement #MarketingTrends #AIAnxiety #TalentWar

ICYMI: Young people find digital marketing "meh" - and that's the industry's real problem: IAB Polska's Point of Youth report finds under-30s view digital marketing as neutral territory - creative but losing to IT in the talent war, complicated by AI anxiety. https://ppc.land/young-people-find-digital-marketing-meh-and-thats-the-industrys-real-problem/ #DigitalMarketing #YouthEngagement #AIAnxiety #MarketingTrends #CreativeIndustry

ICYMI: Young people find digital marketing "meh" - and that's the industry's real problem: IAB Polska's Point of Youth report finds under-30s view digital marketing as neutral territory - creative but losing to IT in the talent war, complicated by AI anxiety. https://ppc.land/young-people-find-digital-marketing-meh-and-thats-the-industrys-real-problem/ #DigitalMarketing #YouthEngagement #AIAnxiety #MarketingTrends #CreativeIndustry

ICYMI: Young people find digital marketing "meh" - and that's the industry's real problem: IAB Polska's Point of Youth report finds under-30s view digital marketing as neutral territory - creative but losing to IT in the talent war, complicated by AI anxiety. https://ppc.land/young-people-find-digital-marketing-meh-and-thats-the-industrys-real-problem/ #DigitalMarketing #YouthEngagement #AIAnxiety #MarketingTrends #CreativeIndustry

Young people find digital marketing "meh" - and that's the industry's real problem: IAB Polska's Point of Youth report finds under-30s view digital marketing as neutral territory - creative but losing to IT in the talent war, complicated by AI anxiety. https://ppc.land/young-people-find-digital-marketing-meh-and-thats-the-industrys-real-problem/ #DigitalMarketing #MarketingTrends #YouthEngagement #AIAnxiety #TalentWar

Young people find digital marketing "meh" - and that's the industry's real problem: IAB Polska's Point of Youth report finds under-30s view digital marketing as neutral territory - creative but losing to IT in the talent war, complicated by AI anxiety. https://ppc.land/young-people-find-digital-marketing-meh-and-thats-the-industrys-real-problem/ #DigitalMarketing #MarketingTrends #YouthEngagement #AIAnxiety #TalentWar

Young people find digital marketing "meh" - and that's the industry's real problem: IAB Polska's Point of Youth report finds under-30s view digital marketing as neutral territory - creative but losing to IT in the talent war, complicated by AI anxiety. https://ppc.land/young-people-find-digital-marketing-meh-and-thats-the-industrys-real-problem/ #DigitalMarketing #MarketingTrends #YouthEngagement #AIAnxiety #TalentWar

AI Anxiety Shifts Career Plans Amidst Workplace Transformation

Worried about AI taking jobs? Many are changing career plans and learning new skills. See how AI anxiety affects jobs and what people are doing about it.

#AIAnxiety, #FutureOfWork, #CareerChange, #Upskilling, #WorkplaceTransformation

https://newsletter.tf/ai-anxiety-causes-people-to-change-career-plans-in-2026/

AI Anxiety Shifts Career Plans Amidst Workplace Transformation

Worried about AI taking jobs? Many are changing career plans and learning new skills. See how AI anxiety affects jobs and what people are doing about it.

#AIAnxiety, #FutureOfWork, #CareerChange, #Upskilling, #WorkplaceTransformation

https://newsletter.tf/ai-anxiety-causes-people-to-change-career-plans-in-2026/

Nearly 1 in 4 workers feel they are losing skills due to AI. This anxiety is making people rethink their careers and learn new skills.

#AIAnxiety, #FutureOfWork, #CareerChange, #Upskilling, #WorkplaceTransformation

https://newsletter.tf/ai-anxiety-causes-people-to-change-career-plans-in-2026/

Nearly 1 in 4 workers feel they are losing skills due to AI. This anxiety is making people rethink their careers and learn new skills.

#AIAnxiety, #FutureOfWork, #CareerChange, #Upskilling, #WorkplaceTransformation

https://newsletter.tf/ai-anxiety-causes-people-to-change-career-plans-in-2026/

AI might not be taking jobs at the moment — but many people already fear it.

In our new preprint (experiment + large panel study), we examine why.

Drawing on Integrated Fear Acquisition Theory and the Technology Acceptance Model, we show that simply framing AI as being “in control” increases job replacement anxiety — especially when AI is seen as highly useful (ease of use didn’t matter).

Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/exg7t_v1

#AI #FutureOfWork #AIAnxiety #NewResearch #IOPsych #IOpsychology

AI might not be taking jobs at the moment — but many people already fear it.

In our new preprint (experiment + large panel study), we examine why.

Drawing on Integrated Fear Acquisition Theory and the Technology Acceptance Model, we show that simply framing AI as being “in control” increases job replacement anxiety — especially when AI is seen as highly useful (ease of use didn’t matter).

Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/exg7t_v1

#AI #FutureOfWork #AIAnxiety #NewResearch #IOPsych #IOpsychology

AI might not be taking jobs at the moment — but many people already fear it.

In our new preprint (experiment + large panel study), we examine why.

Drawing on Integrated Fear Acquisition Theory and the Technology Acceptance Model, we show that simply framing AI as being “in control” increases job replacement anxiety — especially when AI is seen as highly useful (ease of use didn’t matter).

Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/exg7t_v1

#AI #FutureOfWork #AIAnxiety #NewResearch #IOPsych #IOpsychology

AI might not be taking jobs at the moment — but many people already fear it.

In our new preprint (experiment + large panel study), we examine why.

Drawing on Integrated Fear Acquisition Theory and the Technology Acceptance Model, we show that simply framing AI as being “in control” increases job replacement anxiety — especially when AI is seen as highly useful (ease of use didn’t matter).

Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/exg7t_v1

#AI #FutureOfWork #AIAnxiety #NewResearch #IOPsych #IOpsychology

We fear AI like every great technology before it. But what if fear isn’t a stop sign, but a signal that progress and new levels of thought lie ahead? https://hackernoon.com/why-ai-anxiety-may-outlast-every-past-wave-of-technophobia #aianxiety

We fear AI like every great technology before it. But what if fear isn’t a stop sign, but a signal that progress and new levels of thought lie ahead? https://hackernoon.com/why-ai-anxiety-may-outlast-every-past-wave-of-technophobia #aianxiety

We fear AI like every great technology before it. But what if fear isn’t a stop sign, but a signal that progress and new levels of thought lie ahead? https://hackernoon.com/why-ai-anxiety-may-outlast-every-past-wave-of-technophobia #aianxiety

We fear AI like every great technology before it. But what if fear isn’t a stop sign, but a signal that progress and new levels of thought lie ahead? https://hackernoon.com/why-ai-anxiety-may-outlast-every-past-wave-of-technophobia #aianxiety

👷🤖💼 Workers are sweating bullets. Jobs are scarce, bosses push machines, and AI’s shadow creeps bigger every day. Folks fear they’ll be cut loose while execs brag about trimming heads. The market’s shaky, and the future? A lousy guess at best. #AIAnxiety https://www.axios.com/2025/09/07/ai-job-anxiety-ceo

Anxious over AI? One way to cope is by building your uniquely human skills
#AI #AIAnxiety #FutureOfWork #HumanSkills #JobDisruption #GenerativeAI #Creativity #AIImpact #AutomationAnxiety #FutureOfWork #Adaptability #Work #Anxiety #Workplace #Skills
https://the-14.com/anxious-over-ai-one-way-to-cope-is-by-building-your-uniquely-human-skills/

Anxious over AI? One way to cope is by building your uniquely human skills
#AI #AIAnxiety #FutureOfWork #HumanSkills #JobDisruption #GenerativeAI #Creativity #AIImpact #AutomationAnxiety #FutureOfWork #Adaptability #Work #Anxiety #Workplace #Skills
https://the-14.com/anxious-over-ai-one-way-to-cope-is-by-building-your-uniquely-human-skills/

Anxious over AI? One way to cope is by building your uniquely human skills
#AI #AIAnxiety #FutureOfWork #HumanSkills #JobDisruption #GenerativeAI #Creativity #AIImpact #AutomationAnxiety #FutureOfWork #Adaptability #Work #Anxiety #Workplace #Skills
https://the-14.com/anxious-over-ai-one-way-to-cope-is-by-building-your-uniquely-human-skills/

Anxious over AI? One way to cope is by building your uniquely human skills
#AI #AIAnxiety #FutureOfWork #HumanSkills #JobDisruption #GenerativeAI #Creativity #AIImpact #AutomationAnxiety #FutureOfWork #Adaptability #Work #Anxiety #Workplace #Skills
https://the-14.com/anxious-over-ai-one-way-to-cope-is-by-building-your-uniquely-human-skills/

To sum up my first experience with #aianxiety, I’m not anxious for myself. I’ll be safe, my experience will be necessary to judge when the #ai is being stupid.

I will retire comfortably, I think. But the kind of tech sector that comes after me will be very different.

There will be new gatekeepers to being successfull: They will be able to grant and take away powers equalling magic or even godhood eventually.

Material resources, compute, will bestow power like never before in human history.

To sum up my first experience with #aianxiety, I’m not anxious for myself. I’ll be safe, my experience will be necessary to judge when the #ai is being stupid.

I will retire comfortably, I think. But the kind of tech sector that comes after me will be very different.

There will be new gatekeepers to being successfull: They will be able to grant and take away powers equalling magic or even godhood eventually.

Material resources, compute, will bestow power like never before in human history.

To sum up my first experience with #aianxiety, I’m not anxious for myself. I’ll be safe, my experience will be necessary to judge when the #ai is being stupid.

I will retire comfortably, I think. But the kind of tech sector that comes after me will be very different.

There will be new gatekeepers to being successfull: They will be able to grant and take away powers equalling magic or even godhood eventually.

Material resources, compute, will bestow power like never before in human history.

To sum up my first experience with #aianxiety, I’m not anxious for myself. I’ll be safe, my experience will be necessary to judge when the #ai is being stupid.

I will retire comfortably, I think. But the kind of tech sector that comes after me will be very different.

There will be new gatekeepers to being successfull: They will be able to grant and take away powers equalling magic or even godhood eventually.

Material resources, compute, will bestow power like never before in human history.

I think today I’m first time dealing with #AIanxiety: My job is perfect for being replaced by AI.

Sure, it will do a much shittier job than I do, but all the problems will be in time manageable by engineering.

Sure, I will pick up new skills and become a director of AI assistants instead. I’ll get paid less and less per line of code though.

But what I do will become a curiosity. Hand-written code will still be needed when the machine does something stupid, but that will be the exception.

I think today I’m first time dealing with #AIanxiety: My job is perfect for being replaced by AI.

Sure, it will do a much shittier job than I do, but all the problems will be in time manageable by engineering.

Sure, I will pick up new skills and become a director of AI assistants instead. I’ll get paid less and less per line of code though.

But what I do will become a curiosity. Hand-written code will still be needed when the machine does something stupid, but that will be the exception.

I think today I’m first time dealing with #AIanxiety: My job is perfect for being replaced by AI.

Sure, it will do a much shittier job than I do, but all the problems will be in time manageable by engineering.

Sure, I will pick up new skills and become a director of AI assistants instead. I’ll get paid less and less per line of code though.

But what I do will become a curiosity. Hand-written code will still be needed when the machine does something stupid, but that will be the exception.

I think today I’m first time dealing with #AIanxiety: My job is perfect for being replaced by AI.

Sure, it will do a much shittier job than I do, but all the problems will be in time manageable by engineering.

Sure, I will pick up new skills and become a director of AI assistants instead. I’ll get paid less and less per line of code though.

But what I do will become a curiosity. Hand-written code will still be needed when the machine does something stupid, but that will be the exception.

Wired: Meet Pause AI, the Protest Group Campaigning Against Human Extinction https://www.wired.com/story/pause-ai-existential-risk/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Business/ArtificialIntelligence #artificialintelligence #extinction #AIAnxiety #Business #protests #ethics #risk

Wired: Meet Pause AI, the Protest Group Campaigning Against Human Extinction https://www.wired.com/story/pause-ai-existential-risk/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Business/ArtificialIntelligence #artificialintelligence #extinction #AIAnxiety #Business #protests #ethics #risk

Wired: Meet Pause AI, the Protest Group Campaigning Against Human Extinction https://www.wired.com/story/pause-ai-existential-risk/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Business/ArtificialIntelligence #artificialintelligence #extinction #AIAnxiety #Business #protests #ethics #risk