Cory Birdsong

@cbirdsong
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I make-a the web sites.

Currently working with:
- deepsouthtoday.org
- @thecurrentla

Websitehttps://birdsong.dev
Githubhttps://github.com/cbirdsong
Blueskyhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbi.rds.ong
Cory BirdsongApr 22
tanteApr 22

"AI" as we use the term today is a construct built on fascist ideas and reasoning.

In order to fight fascism we need to get rid of those patterns, not normalize them.

(Original title: AI as a Fascist Artifact)

https://tante.cc/2026/04/21/ai-as-a-fascist-artifact/

AI as a Fascist Artifact

(This is a bit of a merger of two talks I recently gave about fascism and AI. One was in German at the Cables Of Resistance conference, one in English at the Milton Wolf Seminar on Media and Diplomacy. I added some shots of the slides I used as a structure for the text which […]

Smashing Frames
Cory BirdsongMar 24
Show threadmhoyeMar 24

To put this differently: without robust privacy safeguards there is _no such thing as a free market_.

None.

If everyone can be specifically, individually targeted then everyone can be maximally extracted and competition that materially drives prices downwards for end-of-chain humans doesn't exist. The only competition that exists is in the profile-and-extract arms race. Everyone else gets bled out.

Cory BirdsongMar 4
Show threadmhoyeMar 4

I will say this again: if the actual people who build these systems, those comfortable, very well paid engineers, managers, directors responsible for their design and operation, if they all had to spend one week every quarter and maybe one day a month doing the work they foist off on people paid pennies an hour in underdeveloped, overexploited countries on the far side of the planet, Facebook would not exist in a year.

And they all fucking know it.

Cory BirdsongFeb 16
James ThomsonFeb 16

Writers: Generative AI models were built on our stolen works, are deeply unethical, and risk devaluing our entire profession.

Artists: Generative AI models were built on our stolen works, are deeply unethical, and risk devaluing our entire profession.

Developers: Wheeeeeeeeee!

Cory BirdsongFeb 13
tanteFeb 13

So. Everybody knows that "AI" is the future and inevitable and everyone loves it.

That is why Microsoft and Google are paying influencers between 400K and 600K to sell their AI products:

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/google-microsoft-pay-creators-500000-and-more-to-promote-ai.html?ref=aftermath.site

But hey, those are very serious businesses, they must have done their research and run their cost-benefit analyses to ensure they spend their money wisely, right? Quote:

"Creators can charge up to $100,000 per post, Eckstein said.
“Some of these bigger companies have so much money to spend,” he said, “that they don’t care to negotiate.”"

#totallyNotABubble #dontsayAIisabubble

Cory BirdsongSep 30, 2025
Chris EnnsSep 30, 2025
If you'd like a code editor without AI being forced along with it, Nova is worth checking out:
https://social.panic.com/@panic/115295135562037071
Panic (@[email protected])

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Panic Social
Cory BirdsongSep 23, 2025
@11ty seems like the import plugin ought to be here?
Cory BirdsongJun 9, 2025
Baldur BjarnasonJun 9, 2025
Trusting your own judgement on 'AI' is a huge risk: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/trusting-your-own-judgement-on-ai/
Trusting your own judgement on ‘AI’ is a huge risk

Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland

Cory BirdsongMar 19, 2025
DennisLMar 19, 2025
A must read for web developers: "Who's Afraid of a Hard Page Load?" https://unplannedobsolescence.com/blog/hard-page-load/ #webdev #webdevelopment #spa #ux #browsers
Who's Afraid of a Hard Page Load?

Single-Page Applications (SPAs) are a worse user experience.

Unplanned Obsolescence
Cory BirdsongDec 28, 2024
GusDec 28, 2024

"Throughout the history of software development, employers have consistently preferred to fund tools that deskill and attempt to abstract expertise away over tools that genuinely improve productivity and the quality of the output, but also happen to require expertise and skill.

This has worked so far because the software industry is usually flooded with money."

- Catching up with @baldur's essay from earlier this year: *"React, Electron, and LLMs have a common purpose: the labour arbitrage theory of dev tool popularity"*

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/react-electron-llms-labour-arbitrage/

React, Electron, and LLMs have a common purpose: the labour arbitrage theory of dev tool popularity

Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland