Wrote a little thing on #AI, #Deskilling, #Hype, and #Enshitification, and how the concept of speed-accuracy tradeoffs can help us think about AI beyond the question of "is this hype"
Hagen Blix
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Linguist, Cognitive Scientist, Occasional AI Researcher, Immigrant in NYC, Co-Author w/ Ingeborg Glimmer of 'Why We Fear AI' - out now: https://bookshop.org/a/114797/9781945335174
Cory DoctorowToday's threads (a thread)
Inside: AI turns Amazon coders into Amazon warehouse workers; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/05/27/rancid-vibe-coding/
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Timnit Gebru (she/her).Speaking of Shane Legg, co-founder & "chief AGI scientist" 🙄 of Deepmind, here is this gem he co-authored in 2007 titled "Universal Intelligence" where he wonders, as one does,
"Are men on average more intelligent than women? Are white people smarter than black people?" 🤔 Questions white men like to "ask"
https://www.nytimes.com/.../technology/openai-new-gpt4.html
In which we learn that neither GPT-4, nor the New York Times have any idea how Spanish is pronounced
Alex WildPretty fucking bold of these scientists to scrape one of my copyrighted photographs off the internet and then re-release it uncredited under a Creative Commons license because they used it for training data for an algorithm.
Thunderbird: Free Your InboxIn early 2023, #Mozilla will stand up and test a publicly accessible instance in the #Fediverse at Mozilla.Social.
More info here: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/
Kristin KopfIch lese ja dauernd "Zeitenende".
Omer Preminger 
Genuinely infuriating story out of Northeastern University, involving spying on grad student "attendance" en masse without informing or obtaining consent: https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7gwy3/no-grad-students-analyze-hack-and-remove-under-desk-surveillance-devices-designed-to-track-them
This, I'm sorry to say, reflects an attitude I encountered **often** during my years as university faculty. The last paragraph of the piece is especially worth noting, since OF COURSE the same individuals who harbor this pernicious attitude are also the ones who regularly spread brazen anti-union propaganda. Matches my experience 100%.
(h/t @researchfairy)
‘NO’: Grad Students Analyze, Hack, and Remove Under-Desk Surveillance Devices Designed to Track Them
In October, the university quietly introduced heat sensors under desk without notifying students or seeking their consent. Students removed the devices, hacked them, and were able to force the university to stop its surveillance.
Dave 🦔Strike strike baby!
Much of UK higher education (#UKHE) is on #strike today for a lot of reasons. The simplest to explain is that pay has declined in real terms for like 15 years or something and now during a #CostOfLivingCrisis employers are continuing to offer numerical salary increases which are actually decreases when you take into account #inflation. This happens as #universities continue to pursue a #corporate org structure which deprioritises research and education.
Robin LacassinThe Ka or Ca family of Diamond Open Access Journals DOAJ launched by the community:
• Volcanica (are they on the fediverse?)
• Tektonika (soon on the fediverse)
• Seismica @weareseismica
• Sedimentologika just open !
• and soon Geomorphica