#techcriticism — Public Fediverse posts

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #QuinnSlobodian & #BenTarnoff to talk about their book #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.

'We see a mind that is profoundly troubled by any contagion spreading into seemingly closed systems—it can take the form of racial others, transpeople, “woke” populations, or most generally and dismissively, “Non-Player-Characters.” '

https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/19188391-muskism-its-roots-nature-and-how-to-fight-it-a-conversation-with-quinn-slobodian-and-ben-tarnoff

#Musk #ElonMusk #tech #BigTech #SiliconValleyRight #techFutures #techCriticism #techOligarchs #books @bookstodon

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #QuinnSlobodian & #BenTarnoff to talk about their book #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.

'We see a mind that is profoundly troubled by any contagion spreading into seemingly closed systems—it can take the form of racial others, transpeople, “woke” populations, or most generally and dismissively, “Non-Player-Characters.” '

https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/19188391-muskism-its-roots-nature-and-how-to-fight-it-a-conversation-with-quinn-slobodian-and-ben-tarnoff

#Musk #ElonMusk #tech #BigTech #SiliconValleyRight #techFutures #techCriticism #techOligarchs #books @bookstodon

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #QuinnSlobodian & #BenTarnoff to talk about their book #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.

'We see a mind that is profoundly troubled by any contagion spreading into seemingly closed systems—it can take the form of racial others, transpeople, “woke” populations, or most generally and dismissively, “Non-Player-Characters.” '

https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/19188391-muskism-its-roots-nature-and-how-to-fight-it-a-conversation-with-quinn-slobodian-and-ben-tarnoff

#Musk #ElonMusk #tech #BigTech #SiliconValleyRight #techFutures #techCriticism #techOligarchs #books @bookstodon

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #QuinnSlobodian & #BenTarnoff to talk about their book #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.

'We see a mind that is profoundly troubled by any contagion spreading into seemingly closed systems—it can take the form of racial others, transpeople, “woke” populations, or most generally and dismissively, “Non-Player-Characters.” '

https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/19188391-muskism-its-roots-nature-and-how-to-fight-it-a-conversation-with-quinn-slobodian-and-ben-tarnoff

#Musk #ElonMusk #tech #BigTech #SiliconValleyRight #techFutures #techCriticism #techOligarchs #books @bookstodon

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #QuinnSlobodian & #BenTarnoff to talk about their book #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.

'We see a mind that is profoundly troubled by any contagion spreading into seemingly closed systems—it can take the form of racial others, transpeople, “woke” populations, or most generally and dismissively, “Non-Player-Characters.” '

https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/19188391-muskism-its-roots-nature-and-how-to-fight-it-a-conversation-with-quinn-slobodian-and-ben-tarnoff

#Musk #ElonMusk #tech #BigTech #SiliconValleyRight #techFutures #techCriticism #techOligarchs #books @bookstodon

Fighting Fascism pod welcomes Sarah Myers West, "who lays out why #AI, as it's currently structured, is all about the consolidation of power among a handful of #oligarchs, but also how that's not how it needs to be."

https://www.redcircle.com/shows/de5dbe33-63b3-4d3e-a545-07791baa168c/ep/ff3fc067-f081-427b-82f7-9e635533c95d

(v. her co-authored piece, "The Great AI Grift": https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/ai-crony-capitalism-grift/)
#tech #artificialIntelligence #BigTech #techFutures #techCriticism #techOligarchs

Fighting Fascism pod welcomes Sarah Myers West, "who lays out why #AI, as it's currently structured, is all about the consolidation of power among a handful of #oligarchs, but also how that's not how it needs to be."

https://www.redcircle.com/shows/de5dbe33-63b3-4d3e-a545-07791baa168c/ep/ff3fc067-f081-427b-82f7-9e635533c95d

(v. her co-authored piece, "The Great AI Grift": https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/ai-crony-capitalism-grift/)
#tech #artificialIntelligence #BigTech #techFutures #techCriticism #techOligarchs

Fighting Fascism pod welcomes Sarah Myers West, "who lays out why #AI, as it's currently structured, is all about the consolidation of power among a handful of #oligarchs, but also how that's not how it needs to be."

https://www.redcircle.com/shows/de5dbe33-63b3-4d3e-a545-07791baa168c/ep/ff3fc067-f081-427b-82f7-9e635533c95d

(v. her co-authored piece, "The Great AI Grift": https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/ai-crony-capitalism-grift/)
#tech #artificialIntelligence #BigTech #techFutures #techCriticism #techOligarchs

Fighting Fascism pod welcomes Sarah Myers West, "who lays out why #AI, as it's currently structured, is all about the consolidation of power among a handful of #oligarchs, but also how that's not how it needs to be."

https://www.redcircle.com/shows/de5dbe33-63b3-4d3e-a545-07791baa168c/ep/ff3fc067-f081-427b-82f7-9e635533c95d

(v. her co-authored piece, "The Great AI Grift": https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/ai-crony-capitalism-grift/)
#tech #artificialIntelligence #BigTech #techFutures #techCriticism #techOligarchs

Fighting Fascism pod welcomes Sarah Myers West, "who lays out why #AI, as it's currently structured, is all about the consolidation of power among a handful of #oligarchs, but also how that's not how it needs to be."

https://www.redcircle.com/shows/de5dbe33-63b3-4d3e-a545-07791baa168c/ep/ff3fc067-f081-427b-82f7-9e635533c95d

(v. her co-authored piece, "The Great AI Grift": https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/ai-crony-capitalism-grift/)
#tech #artificialIntelligence #BigTech #techFutures #techCriticism #techOligarchs

‘Just looping you in’: why letting AI write our emails might actually create more work
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Workplace #EmailCulture #Productivity #BigTech #FutureOfWork #DigitalLife #Email #Work #Automation #TechCriticism
#Communication #Offices
https://the-14.com/just-looping-you-in-why-letting-ai-write-our-emails-might-actually-create-more-work/

‘Just looping you in’: why letting AI write our emails might actually create more work
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Workplace #EmailCulture #Productivity #BigTech #FutureOfWork #DigitalLife #Email #Work #Automation #TechCriticism
#Communication #Offices
https://the-14.com/just-looping-you-in-why-letting-ai-write-our-emails-might-actually-create-more-work/

‘Just looping you in’: why letting AI write our emails might actually create more work
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Workplace #EmailCulture #Productivity #BigTech #FutureOfWork #DigitalLife #Email #Work #Automation #TechCriticism
#Communication #Offices
https://the-14.com/just-looping-you-in-why-letting-ai-write-our-emails-might-actually-create-more-work/

‘Just looping you in’: why letting AI write our emails might actually create more work
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Workplace #EmailCulture #Productivity #BigTech #FutureOfWork #DigitalLife #Email #Work #Automation #TechCriticism
#Communication #Offices
https://the-14.com/just-looping-you-in-why-letting-ai-write-our-emails-might-actually-create-more-work/

‘Just looping you in’: why letting AI write our emails might actually create more work
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Workplace #EmailCulture #Productivity #BigTech #FutureOfWork #DigitalLife #Email #Work #Automation #TechCriticism
#Communication #Offices
https://the-14.com/just-looping-you-in-why-letting-ai-write-our-emails-might-actually-create-more-work/

Grimes calls AI "more influential than Jesus" — and also "the most dangerous thing coming."

She warns about military AI, names OpenAI and Grok as particularly risky, and criticizes Silicon Valley's pursuit of a "digital god."

Her new album Psy Opera is mostly human-made — except one track, "DeepSeek," with lyrics by open-source DeepSeek.

She backs decentralized AI, not lab control.

#Grimes #AI #DeepSeek #OpenAI #TechCriticism

Grimes calls AI "more influential than Jesus" — and also "the most dangerous thing coming."

She warns about military AI, names OpenAI and Grok as particularly risky, and criticizes Silicon Valley's pursuit of a "digital god."

Her new album Psy Opera is mostly human-made — except one track, "DeepSeek," with lyrics by open-source DeepSeek.

She backs decentralized AI, not lab control.

#Grimes #AI #DeepSeek #OpenAI #TechCriticism

Grimes calls AI "more influential than Jesus" — and also "the most dangerous thing coming."

She warns about military AI, names OpenAI and Grok as particularly risky, and criticizes Silicon Valley's pursuit of a "digital god."

Her new album Psy Opera is mostly human-made — except one track, "DeepSeek," with lyrics by open-source DeepSeek.

She backs decentralized AI, not lab control.

#Grimes #AI #DeepSeek #OpenAI #TechCriticism

Grimes calls AI "more influential than Jesus" — and also "the most dangerous thing coming."

She warns about military AI, names OpenAI and Grok as particularly risky, and criticizes Silicon Valley's pursuit of a "digital god."

Her new album Psy Opera is mostly human-made — except one track, "DeepSeek," with lyrics by open-source DeepSeek.

She backs decentralized AI, not lab control.

#Grimes #AI #DeepSeek #OpenAI #TechCriticism

Grimes calls AI "more influential than Jesus" — and also "the most dangerous thing coming."

She warns about military AI, names OpenAI and Grok as particularly risky, and criticizes Silicon Valley's pursuit of a "digital god."

Her new album Psy Opera is mostly human-made — except one track, "DeepSeek," with lyrics by open-source DeepSeek.

She backs decentralized AI, not lab control.

#Grimes #AI #DeepSeek #OpenAI #TechCriticism

"We have come to this cultural agreement that convenience is so important that it trumps everything else, forgetting that anything that matters in life is inconvenient [...] I think we should re-value difficulty, overcoming difficulty, and take pleasure in gaining mastery, because it is a form of empowerment"

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #CarissaVéliz, author of #Prophecy

https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/18709720-bullshit-and-infinity-why-ai-cannot-predict-anything-a-conversation-with-carissa-veliz

#AI #tech #artificialIntelligence #techCriticism #techFutures #BigTech #books @bookstodon

"We have come to this cultural agreement that convenience is so important that it trumps everything else, forgetting that anything that matters in life is inconvenient [...] I think we should re-value difficulty, overcoming difficulty, and take pleasure in gaining mastery, because it is a form of empowerment"

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #CarissaVéliz, author of #Prophecy

https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/18709720-bullshit-and-infinity-why-ai-cannot-predict-anything-a-conversation-with-carissa-veliz

#AI #tech #artificialIntelligence #techCriticism #techFutures #BigTech #books @bookstodon

"We have come to this cultural agreement that convenience is so important that it trumps everything else, forgetting that anything that matters in life is inconvenient [...] I think we should re-value difficulty, overcoming difficulty, and take pleasure in gaining mastery, because it is a form of empowerment"

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #CarissaVéliz, author of #Prophecy

https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/18709720-bullshit-and-infinity-why-ai-cannot-predict-anything-a-conversation-with-carissa-veliz

#AI #tech #artificialIntelligence #techCriticism #techFutures #BigTech #books @bookstodon

"We have come to this cultural agreement that convenience is so important that it trumps everything else, forgetting that anything that matters in life is inconvenient [...] I think we should re-value difficulty, overcoming difficulty, and take pleasure in gaining mastery, because it is a form of empowerment"

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #CarissaVéliz, author of #Prophecy

https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/18709720-bullshit-and-infinity-why-ai-cannot-predict-anything-a-conversation-with-carissa-veliz

#AI #tech #artificialIntelligence #techCriticism #techFutures #BigTech #books @bookstodon

"We have come to this cultural agreement that convenience is so important that it trumps everything else, forgetting that anything that matters in life is inconvenient [...] I think we should re-value difficulty, overcoming difficulty, and take pleasure in gaining mastery, because it is a form of empowerment"

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #CarissaVéliz, author of #Prophecy

https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/18709720-bullshit-and-infinity-why-ai-cannot-predict-anything-a-conversation-with-carissa-veliz

#AI #tech #artificialIntelligence #techCriticism #techFutures #BigTech #books @bookstodon

Make macOS consistently bad (unironically)

https://lr0.org/blog/p/macos/

#HackerNews #Make #macOS #consistently #bad #unironically #techcriticism #macOS #discussion #softwareengineering #HackerNews

Make macOS consistently bad (unironically)

https://lr0.org/blog/p/macos/

#HackerNews #Make #macOS #consistently #bad #unironically #techcriticism #macOS #discussion #softwareengineering #HackerNews

Make macOS consistently bad (unironically)

https://lr0.org/blog/p/macos/

#HackerNews #Make #macOS #consistently #bad #unironically #techcriticism #macOS #discussion #softwareengineering #HackerNews

Make macOS consistently bad (unironically)

https://lr0.org/blog/p/macos/

#HackerNews #Make #macOS #consistently #bad #unironically #techcriticism #macOS #discussion #softwareengineering #HackerNews

Make macOS consistently bad (unironically)

https://lr0.org/blog/p/macos/

#HackerNews #Make #macOS #consistently #bad #unironically #techcriticism #macOS #discussion #softwareengineering #HackerNews

Software Harm Reduction | 🔗 https://brennan.day/software-harm-reduction/

#TechCriticism #DigitalCulture #OpenSource #AIEthics #SoftwareEthics #DigitalSovereignty #Community

Software Harm Reduction | 🔗 https://brennan.day/software-harm-reduction/

#TechCriticism #DigitalCulture #OpenSource #AIEthics #SoftwareEthics #DigitalSovereignty #Community

Software Harm Reduction | 🔗 https://brennan.day/software-harm-reduction/

#TechCriticism #DigitalCulture #OpenSource #AIEthics #SoftwareEthics #DigitalSovereignty #Community

Software Harm Reduction | 🔗 https://brennan.day/software-harm-reduction/

#TechCriticism #DigitalCulture #OpenSource #AIEthics #SoftwareEthics #DigitalSovereignty #Community

Software Harm Reduction | 🔗 https://brennan.day/software-harm-reduction/

#TechCriticism #DigitalCulture #OpenSource #AIEthics #SoftwareEthics #DigitalSovereignty #Community

'As the higher brain functions of society fade, what remains gradually starts to look like an economic creature moving on instinct—a zombie, mostly brain-dead, reacting only to immediate stimuli and driven by an insatiable hunger. [...] Not the “new industrial revolution” promised by #AI leadership, but weak productivity, low-value workslop, and a massive bubble of unprofitability.'

https://brooklynrail.org/2026/02/field-notes/social-debraining/
#tech #techCriticism #labour #artificialIntelligence #SiliconValley

'As the higher brain functions of society fade, what remains gradually starts to look like an economic creature moving on instinct—a zombie, mostly brain-dead, reacting only to immediate stimuli and driven by an insatiable hunger. [...] Not the “new industrial revolution” promised by #AI leadership, but weak productivity, low-value workslop, and a massive bubble of unprofitability.'

https://brooklynrail.org/2026/02/field-notes/social-debraining/
#tech #techCriticism #labour #artificialIntelligence #SiliconValley

'As the higher brain functions of society fade, what remains gradually starts to look like an economic creature moving on instinct—a zombie, mostly brain-dead, reacting only to immediate stimuli and driven by an insatiable hunger. [...] Not the “new industrial revolution” promised by #AI leadership, but weak productivity, low-value workslop, and a massive bubble of unprofitability.'

https://brooklynrail.org/2026/02/field-notes/social-debraining/
#tech #techCriticism #labour #artificialIntelligence #SiliconValley

'As the higher brain functions of society fade, what remains gradually starts to look like an economic creature moving on instinct—a zombie, mostly brain-dead, reacting only to immediate stimuli and driven by an insatiable hunger. [...] Not the “new industrial revolution” promised by #AI leadership, but weak productivity, low-value workslop, and a massive bubble of unprofitability.'

https://brooklynrail.org/2026/02/field-notes/social-debraining/
#tech #techCriticism #labour #artificialIntelligence #SiliconValley

'As the higher brain functions of society fade, what remains gradually starts to look like an economic creature moving on instinct—a zombie, mostly brain-dead, reacting only to immediate stimuli and driven by an insatiable hunger. [...] Not the “new industrial revolution” promised by #AI leadership, but weak productivity, low-value workslop, and a massive bubble of unprofitability.'

https://brooklynrail.org/2026/02/field-notes/social-debraining/
#tech #techCriticism #labour #artificialIntelligence #SiliconValley

Crítica al alarmismo tecnológico: Análisis del discurso sobre el apocalipsis de la IA y su uso como herramienta de distracción frente a problemas estructurales de 2026. 🧠👾 🔗 https://www.glitchmental.com/2026/02/apocalipsis-ia-verdad-incomoda.html #AIEthics #TechCriticism #DigitalTrends #GlitchMentalMX

Crítica al alarmismo tecnológico: Análisis del discurso sobre el apocalipsis de la IA y su uso como herramienta de distracción frente a problemas estructurales de 2026. 🧠👾 🔗 https://www.glitchmental.com/2026/02/apocalipsis-ia-verdad-incomoda.html #AIEthics #TechCriticism #DigitalTrends #GlitchMentalMX

Crítica al alarmismo tecnológico: Análisis del discurso sobre el apocalipsis de la IA y su uso como herramienta de distracción frente a problemas estructurales de 2026. 🧠👾 🔗 https://www.glitchmental.com/2026/02/apocalipsis-ia-verdad-incomoda.html #AIEthics #TechCriticism #DigitalTrends #GlitchMentalMX

Crítica al alarmismo tecnológico: Análisis del discurso sobre el apocalipsis de la IA y su uso como herramienta de distracción frente a problemas estructurales de 2026. 🧠👾 🔗 https://www.glitchmental.com/2026/02/apocalipsis-ia-verdad-incomoda.html #AIEthics #TechCriticism #DigitalTrends #GlitchMentalMX

Crítica al alarmismo tecnológico: Análisis del discurso sobre el apocalipsis de la IA y su uso como herramienta de distracción frente a problemas estructurales de 2026. 🧠👾 🔗 https://www.glitchmental.com/2026/02/apocalipsis-ia-verdad-incomoda.html #AIEthics #TechCriticism #DigitalTrends #GlitchMentalMX

An ‘AI afterlife’ is now a real option – but what becomes of your legal status?
#Tech #AI #AIEthics #DigitalAfterlife #GriefTech #TechCriticism #TechAndLaw #PrivacyRights #TechEthics #DataOwnership #AIRegulation #DigitalIdentity #GriefBots #HumanRights
https://the-14.com/an-ai-afterlife-is-now-a-real-option-but-what-becomes-of-your-legal-status/

An ‘AI afterlife’ is now a real option – but what becomes of your legal status?
#Tech #AI #AIEthics #DigitalAfterlife #GriefTech #TechCriticism #TechAndLaw #PrivacyRights #TechEthics #DataOwnership #AIRegulation #DigitalIdentity #GriefBots #HumanRights
https://the-14.com/an-ai-afterlife-is-now-a-real-option-but-what-becomes-of-your-legal-status/

An ‘AI afterlife’ is now a real option – but what becomes of your legal status?
#Tech #AI #AIEthics #DigitalAfterlife #GriefTech #TechCriticism #TechAndLaw #PrivacyRights #TechEthics #DataOwnership #AIRegulation #DigitalIdentity #GriefBots #HumanRights
https://the-14.com/an-ai-afterlife-is-now-a-real-option-but-what-becomes-of-your-legal-status/

An ‘AI afterlife’ is now a real option – but what becomes of your legal status?
#Tech #AI #AIEthics #DigitalAfterlife #GriefTech #TechCriticism #TechAndLaw #PrivacyRights #TechEthics #DataOwnership #AIRegulation #DigitalIdentity #GriefBots #HumanRights
https://the-14.com/an-ai-afterlife-is-now-a-real-option-but-what-becomes-of-your-legal-status/

An ‘AI afterlife’ is now a real option – but what becomes of your legal status?
#Tech #AI #AIEthics #DigitalAfterlife #GriefTech #TechCriticism #TechAndLaw #PrivacyRights #TechEthics #DataOwnership #AIRegulation #DigitalIdentity #GriefBots #HumanRights
https://the-14.com/an-ai-afterlife-is-now-a-real-option-but-what-becomes-of-your-legal-status/