#smokeandmirrors — Public Fediverse posts

MIT Tech Review strikes again with their groundbreaking revelation: AI's latest "breakthroughs" are just smoke and mirrors. 🤖✨ But don't worry, 22 nations are here to form a global AI babysitting club! 🌍🍼
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1144910/the-download-dont-believe-ai-hype/ #MITTechReview #AIRevelation #GlobalAIBabysitting #SmokeAndMirrors #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated

🚀🤖 Oh look, Jaron Lanier is here to drop a truth bomb 💣 that AI is just smoke and mirrors, and it's really just people behind the curtain. Who knew? Next, he'll tell us the internet is just a series of tubes! 🙄
https://singjupost.com/startalk-there-is-no-ai-really-its-just-people-w-jaron-lanier-transcript/ #JaronLanier #AITruth #SmokeAndMirrors #InternetHumor #TechInsights #HackerNews #ngated

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The ‘Manosphere’ Isn’t a Movement. It’s a Multibillion-Dollar Grievance Industry

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/the-manosphere-isnt-a-movement-its-a-multibillion-dollar-grievance-industry/

The ‘Manosphere’ Isn’t a Movement. It’s a Multibillion-Dollar Grievance Industry

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/the-manosphere-isnt-a-movement-its-a-multibillion-dollar-grievance-industry/

Synthetic Souls and Silicon Hearts

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I see all the advantages AI could be, and already is used for.... but that it get thrown at us, sold as the holy grail for mankind, and one of the biggest inventions ever, makes me more than sceptical. #ai #uncontrolled #smokeandmirrors

Trump Wants to Be the Hero Vapers Don’t Really Need

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/trump-wants-to-be-the-hero-vapers-dont-really-need/

Trump Wants to Be the Hero Vapers Don’t Really Need

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/trump-wants-to-be-the-hero-vapers-dont-really-need/

‘Thank You for Generating With Us!’ Hollywood's AI Acolytes Stay on the Hype Train

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/thank-you-for-generating-with-us-hollywoods-ai-acolytes-stay-on-the-hype-train/

‘Thank You for Generating With Us!’ Hollywood's AI Acolytes Stay on the Hype Train

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/thank-you-for-generating-with-us-hollywoods-ai-acolytes-stay-on-the-hype-train/

Been playing around with #Claude this evening. Despite the buzz about brute-force building a #C #compiler, I can still confidently say that this thing is as #braindead as the orange guy - even precise links to object definitions cannot be turned into workable code with LOTS OF CORRECTION from my side coming from a working solution in the first place.

It's all #smokeandmirrors, and if it fools you, it will be on YOU in the end.

youtu.be/ndWzqfAw4X0 UNHINGED: Trump goes BALLISTIC in New Year’s Eve MELTDOWN - Trump rages against Colorado in New Years Eve rant 1 January 2026 Brian Tyler Cohen #BreakingNews #ImprisonTrump #Deceit #Deception #SmokeAndMirrors #FOBOFForEver #TrumpLies #PeopleDie #JailTime

UNHINGED: Trump goes BALLISTIC...

Experts share a simple mind shift to stop comparing yourself to others on social media

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/experts-shares-simple-mind-shift-to-stop-comparing-your-life-to-others-on-social-media

But #Trump, having *announced* that the #war is now over, said on Monday #Hamas still had a temporary green light to keep order.

"They do want to stop the problems, & they've been open about it, & we gave them approval for a period of time," he said.

#Israel #Gaza #MiddleEast #geopolitics #Netanyahu #ceasefire #SmokeAndMirrors #Palestinians #HumanitarianCrisis #famine

A summit co-hosted by #Trump in Egypt on Monday ended with no public announcement of major progress towards establishing an international military force for #Gaza, or a new governing body.

#Israel PM #Netanyahu has consistently maintained that the #war cannot end until #Hamas gives up its weapons & ceases to control Gaza, a demand that fighters have rejected, torpedoing all previous peace efforts.

#MiddleEast #geopolitics #ceasefire #SmokeAndMirrors #Palestinians #HumanitarianCrisis #famine

Meanwhile, Israeli drone fire killed 5 people as they went to check on houses in a suburb east of #Gaza City & an airstrike killed one person & injured another near #KhanYounis, Gaza health authorities said.

#Hamas accused #Israel of violating the #ceasefire. The Israeli military said it had fired on people who crossed truce lines & approached its forces after ignoring calls to turn back.

#MiddleEast #geopolitics #Netanyahu #Trump #SmokeAndMirrors #Palestinians #HumanitarianCrisis #famine

#Gaza #ceasefire outlook darkens as #Israel delays #aid & #Hamas tightens grip

Israel delayed aid into Gaza & kept the enclave's border shut on Tuesday, while re-emergent Hamas fighters demonstrated their grip by executing men in the street, darkening the outlook for #Trump’s [ego & the region’s stability]….

#MiddleEast #geopolitics #Netanyahu #SmokeAndMirrors #Palestinians #HumanitarianCrisis #famine
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-fighters-tighten-grip-gaza-clouding-future-ceasefire-2025-10-14/

They say "smoke and mirrors" when the truth is being hidden behind a dazzling illusion. A cinematic look at a classic idiom. #LearnEnglish #Idioms #SmokeAndMirrors #ReviewEng #priyankachopra

learn more idioms and phrases like these @ https://revieweng.com

Dear all tech reviewers breathlessly explaining that a square sensor means that you can have both portrait and landscape images without tilting your phone, please realise that this really means that all your images are cropped from a higher resolution square image. Maybe that would be better?

#iPhone #SmokeandMirrors

@NigelTufnel Much appreciated and yet I give the credit to Ray Ban 🤣 you guys know just how much of a dork I am

#SmokeAndMirrors

Yes but how will #Boeing actually make them in the current US economic conditions?
#smokeandmirrors
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgm2kv2erxlo

The Israel Lobby Keeps Falling Flat on Its Face

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9B1OcyZ-otI

The Israel lobby has long wanted you to believe that being pro-Israel is a prerequisite for holding elected office. But polling trends, Zohran Mamdani's overwhelming win, and the Israel lobby's longer electoral track record suggest otherwise.

#AIPAC #SmokeAndMirrors #PoliticalLiability #Genocide #Gaza #Attitude #Israel #USA #Parties #Ideologies #UnconditionalSupport #Political #Liability

Our demand: ✅ Implement CBD moratorium globally ✅ Ban outdoor experiments ✅ End public funding, patents & carbon market loopholes ✅ Push for a global solar geoengineering non-use agreement It is time for governments to step up! www.ciel.org/govern-geoen... #SmokeAndMirrors #NoGeoengineering

Geoengineering Governance: Res...

🔗Geoengineering is a Dangerous Distraction: bit.ly/458MMYz Governments must ditch techno-fixes and fund #ClimateJustice: 🌍 End fossil fuels 🌍 Defend ecosystems 🌍 Uplift frontline communities #SmokeAndMirrors #NoGeoengineering

Why Geoengineering is a False ...

🤖🚀 AI Dev wannabes heating up their MacBooks faster than their #ambitions - Spoiler: 🕺 cloud's got your back, but your "next-gen" project is still just smoke and mirrors. 🎸🔥 Who knew the future was just a gig at the tech bonfire? 🌲🎶
https://www.funkaey.com/blog/AI-Devs-are-the-new-campfire-guitarists #AIDev #TechBonfire #CloudComputing #NextGenProjects #SmokeAndMirrors #HackerNews #ngated

Conman Trump’s first “trade deal” with the UK took tariffs from 10% to… checks notes 10%. Zero change. Just smoke, mirrors, and a press release. The world deserves better than performative policy. #TrumpWatch #TradeFail #SmokeAndMirrors www.cnn.com/2025/05/09/b...

Trump’s first trade ‘deal’ doe...

#SmokeAndMirrors

US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations | US immigration | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/ice-us-immigration-deportations-google

Meta’s business model relies on collecting as much information as possible about people in order to sell snake-oil to gullible and insecure idiots.

#smokeAndMirrors

@glnews_mirror

wiki: “The terms CCS, CCU, and CCUS often refer to the practice of capturing CO2 and using it for enhanced oil recovery, a process in which CO2 is injected into partially-depleted oil reservoirs in order to extract more oil and then is left underground. As of 2022, around 73% of the CO2 captured annually is used for EOR.”

Decoded: the industry will use this technology to bring up more oil. We will then burn that oil.

#smokeandmirrors #climatechange

William DuVall // #WilliamDuVall //

Smoke and Mirrors
[album One Alone, 2019]

//via // #DVLRecordings //

#brandunbrand #music #bandcamp #WilliamDuVall #OneAlone #SmokeAndMirrors

bandcamp: https://williamduvall.bandcamp.com/track/smoke-and-mirrors

Since the #Reform company is in the news, I'll add my regular reminder that it's a limited company with £1m more in debt than assets https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11694875/filing-history/MzM5NDg5MjY0OWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0. The person with control is whoever lent that debt. #SmokeAndMirrors

@itnewsbot
Serves them right for using this POS platform... UTTER garbage and TOTAL B.S. claiming it "aids collaboration"

#SLACK
#SmokeAndMirrors

DfE Press Release: Age limits introduced to protect children in RSHE - GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/age-limits-introduced-to-protect-children-in-rshe < a notable absence of any quotes from the many teachers apparently seeking detailed guidance, or concerned about the resources being used? #smokeandmirrors

A (Strange) Interview the Russian-Military-Linked Hackers Targeting US Water Utilities - Despite Cyber Army of Russia’s claims of swaying US “minds and hearts,” experts say the c... - https://www.wired.com/story/cyber-army-of-russia-interview/ #security/cyberattacksandhacks #security/nationalsecurity #security/securitynews #smokeandmirrors #security

Mistodon: illusionists and practitioners of legerdemain rejoice, for today is the day for celebration of #smokeandmirrors! There is nothing deceptive about this #ANSIart observance by AdeptApril.

“Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.”
Terry Pratchett; Night Watch
#DiscWorld #ToriesTax #NIReductionDistraction #SmokeAndMirrors #GeneralElectionNow

I've #Suspected #ForSomeTime that this #PlanetMastodon is just #Home to #You, #Me and #ThreeOtherPeople....

#TheRest are just #SmokeAndMirrors; #PoweredBy: #FloofsAndSparkles...

#AlsoAvailable in #PlumAndRusty... With #QuoteToots... #StillQuiteCool, huh...?

🧙⚔️🤖🐺🤖⚔️🧙 | 🪐🦹🚀🦄🚀🦹🪐

Doing #SEO is less straightforward than buying the advertising space labeled "Sponsored" above organic search results; it's more like the Wizard of Oz projecting his voice to magnify his authority.

People doing SEO find loopholes in the algorithm; critics complain about search results; search engines innovate and close the loopholes. Rinse, repeat.

@verge #Bullshit #SmokeAndMirrors
https://www.theverge.com/features/23931789/seo-search-engine-optimization-experts-google-results

@otfrom Heh. I’m fairness, sometimes the greenscreen comes out because my room is a bomb site. The irony is that I then look MORE slick because I then have a branded background. #SmokeAndMirrors

@gerrykelly
For my game BlockZ I used this with two extra printed zeros at the end to give the impression on using a higher number than the max value of 65535 that this method can handle.
#SmokeAndMirrors