Pluralistic: A Pascal's Wager for AI Doomers (16 Apr 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/16/pascals-wager/ by @pluralistic
FTA: "In short, I worry that AI is the asbestos we're shoveling into our civilization's walls, and our descendants will be digging it out for generations"
#AISlop #sloperator #cogsucker #tech #BadEconomy #corruption #exploitation
And if that was not bad enough, hospitals and doctors want to be your #AISlop casino dealers. . .
> Americans ask AI for health care. Hospitals think the answer is more chatbots. https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/04/americans-ask-ai-for-health-care-hospitals-think-the-answer-is-more-chatbots/
#ThisIsAmerica #BadEconomy #sloperator #cogsucker #HealthCare #medicine #tech
Meanwhile, in the #BadEconomy. Poll data, so as usual, caveats may apply.
> Americans Turning to AI to Supplement Healthcare Visits https://news.gallup.com/poll/707789/americans-turning-supplement-healthcare-visits.aspx
FTA: "About 14 million adults report skipping a provider visit after using AI."
#HealthCare #ThisIsAmerica #AISlop #sloperator #cogsucker #medicine #poll
> Vance defends Trump posting AI image of him as Jesus: ‘Likes to mix it up’ https://nypost.com/2026/04/14/us-news/jd-vance-defends-trump-posting-ai-image-of-him-as-jesus-likes-to-mix-it-up/
No, he is not being blasphemous; he just likes to "mix it up" in his #SocialMedia.
#PendejoInChief #PartyOfStupid #GOP #CarpetbaggerVance #CouchFucker #AISlop #sloperator #cogsucker
> Meta spins up AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to engage with employees https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/meta-spins-up-ai-version-of-mark-zuckerberg-to-engage-with-employees/
Big bosses are often #assholes who do not want to be anywhere near their employees, but this is a serious effort at being a reclusive asshole.
#AISlop #sloperator #cogsucker #DeleteFacebook #DeleteInstagram #DeleteMeta #SocialMedia
So AP "...one of the world’s oldest and most influential news organizations..." is now saying fuck it to move to "more focused on visual journalism and developing new revenue sources, particularly through companies investing in artificial intelligence..."
https://apnews.com/article/news-industry-buyouts-ap-newspapers-dd790effc6a385514b3323560161ea4f
FFS.
The Associated Press says it will offer buyouts to an unspecified number of its U.S.-based journalists as part of an acceleration away from the focus on newspapers and their print journalism that sustained the company for more than 1½ centuries. The news organization is becoming more focused on visual journalism and developing new revenue sources, particularly through companies investing in artificial intelligence. That's to cope with the economic collapse of many legacy news outlets. Once the lion’s share of AP’s revenue, big newspaper companies now account for 10% of its income. Julie Pace, AP's executive editor, says that “we’re not a newspaper company and we haven’t been for quite some time.
And speaking of #AISlop and #surveillance
> The Palantir Panopticon https://attackthesystem.com/2026/04/03/the-palantir-panopticon/
Michael Rectenwald Apr 03, 2026 In my book Google Archipelago: The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom (2019), I argued that the main danger with AI is not a rogue super-intelligence that might rebel against humanity; the far greater danger is perfect AI obedience. AI could function as the ultimate instrument of authoritarian “elites,”
RE: https://glammr.us/@Anneheathen/116336606391502734
As if I did not have enough reasons to #boycott Harper Collins already.
#AISlop #sloperator #books #reading #tech #Bookstodon
The #boycott statement in case you missed it.
https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2023/03/in-some-books-i-am-not-reading-at-least.html
And #Bluesky #enshittification continues, right on schedule.
> Bluesky Users Respond With Overwhelming Disgust to Platform’s New AI. "Cool! How do we block it?"
Her don't like it don't use is about par for they DGAF about users.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/bluesky-users-disgust-new-ai
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