Mastodawn

@cshlan @GossiTheDog little bit column A, little bit column B.
As dementia starts to progress, it is important that the sufferer’s surroundings are both familiar and clearly labelled.

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Edric 1d ago

@GossiTheDog
By ‘unfiltered’ presumably they mean complied and read entirely by a chatbot.
I love the way he’s had the name of the Oval Office written outside it in gold, so it looks more like a golf hotel. Presumably this makes him feel more at home.

Edric Apr 5

Leaning heavily on @pluralistic I wrote a thing about how the intertwined enshittification of our public and private sectors requires us to think hard about what we mean by ‘progress’.
https://savemefromwhatiwant.blogspot.com/2026/03/progression.html

Progression

What does the word ‘progress’ mean to you? What do you think of when you hear that word? Does it conjure up a relentless march of technology...

Edric Apr 5

In which @Rushkoff gets AI pilled, anthropomorphises a next word guessing machine and falls for the “Anthropic are the good guys” line whilst their LLM is actively being used by the US military for target selection in Iran.
Finally he seems to think that when the luddites understood the harms of the automated loom, they used one to weave some slacks for their friends and family.
Needless to say this is not my favourite episode of Team Human.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/team-human-with-douglas-rushkoff/id1140331811?i=1000758793475

The Internet Felt Like This in 1994. AI Might Be Our Last Chance.

Podcast Episode · Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff · 2 April · 22min

Apple Podcasts

Edric Mar 29

Molly White Mar 29

the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology has more All-In podcast hosts than professors

Edric Mar 29

RE: https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/116313265332639169

The thing I keep coming back to with this is what did they spend all that money on? Were there thousands of very highly paid developers just playing pong all day? Are there data centres the size of small towns sitting unused? Are there 7,000 tonnes of Horizon Worlds branded stationary in a landfill somewhere? Where did all that money go??
So much money, just so the most boring man alive could try and buy the future.

Edric Mar 3

My friend created this new internet radio station. It only plays Swann’s Way at the moment, but the plan is for all books of the Scott Moncrieff translation to be on there eventually. I swapped out one of my usual tech doom podcasts for a spot of ‘Combray’ last night and it was like a balm to the soul. Give it a try…
https://proustfm.com/

Proust FM

Edric Feb 25

Oh dear god. The stock markets are now reacting to science fiction.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/24/feedback-loop-no-brake-how-ai-doomsday-report-rattled-markets?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

‘A feedback loop with no brake’: how an AI doomsday report shook US markets

Shares in Uber, Mastercard and American Express fall on back of apocalypse scenario posted on Substack

The Guardian

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Edric Feb 11

@corin_ja the deskilling is part of the process. It is vital to the business model, as people will only pay the real price for generative AI if they have lost the ability to do stuff themselves.
It is a fascist’s wet dream because it couples active dumbing down of the population with total control over their activities (whilst charging them for the privilege).

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Edric Feb 11

@corin_ja bit early for me.
Let’s try and arrange a suitable time in another channel.