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

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Disney+ Just Embraced the Scroll, and That Should Worry Your Attention Span

#Disney+ #Verts #StreamingWars #TechCriticism #AusNews

https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-12-disney-just-embraced-the-scroll-and-that-should-worry-your-attention-span-66017b44

'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

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #CarissaVéliz, author of #Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future—from Ancient Oracles to #AI

"[W]e talk about how both massive and intrusive invasions of privacy at all levels of society and false claims to be able to predict the future erode democracy, are corrosive to #ethics, and undermine people’s ability to think for themselves."

https://speakingoutofplace.com/2026/02/19/bullshit-and-infinity-why-ai-cannot-predict-anything-a-conversation-with-carissa-veliz/

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I’m working on a research paper examining platforms as infrastructural religions and am interested in how Peter Thiel’s recent Paris presentation on the Antichrist may intersect with that framework. I understand the slides were distributed to attendees, but I haven’t seen a public archive. If anyone knows whether copies are accessible for academic research, or if an official source is planned, I’d appreciate the pointer.

#DigitalReligion #PoliticalTheology #TechCriticism

The Absurd Wall Around Picture‑in‑Picture for Music on YouTube

https://jaimedavid.blog/2026/01/17/00/01/40/analysis/jaimedavid327/9061/the-absurd-wall-around-picture-in-picture-for-music-on-youtube/

🛡️ The Quiet Revolution in AI Safety

The transformation is remarkable: AI safety evolved from philosophical thought experiments to engineering frameworks with nuclear-level precision.

Companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, and Microsoft now use concrete thresholds (100 deaths OR $1B damages) and treat model security like protecting launch codes.
Two critical insights:

The real threat isn't "evil AI"—it's AI empowering individuals with nation-state capabilities
Every safety measure is an admission that underlying models retain dangerous potential

Most telling: Companies must deliberately test AI with NO safety constraints to understand maximum risk.

🎧 Listen: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/episodes/17902197

📖 Read: https://helioxpodcast.substack.com/publish/post/174544725

This isn't about preventing Skynet—it's about a species learning to coexist with its own creations.

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