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In a way, AI isn't new. It's just advanced computational statistics, which (as @emilymbender and @alex point out in "The AI Con") has powered everyday things like spellcheck for decades.
What's new is that the current AI tools want us to abdicate, to give up our senses and minds, in favor of what the platforms tell us to think - to do - to feel.
The compulsion to give up our humanity is what we should be resisting (along with the environmental effects and all the other harms).
in 2017 a popular twitter game was to type a partial phrase then see what your phone auto-completes it with.
this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US.
"A federal law is about to increase the amount of data your car can gather about you. It will soon require American car companies to install infrared biometric cameras"...
wait WHAT?!
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260513-your-car-is-spying-on-you-its-about-to-get-worse
"Young users are the perfect target for Big Tech, as they’re vulnerable and, if properly addicted, can serve as long-term sources of revenue and data."
New from me: protecting kids from Big Tech.
https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/protecting-kids-from-big-tech/
Great conversation on Techtonic with Julie Scelfo, founder of MAMA - Mothers Against Media Addiction.
Share this episode with any parents you know!
Full episode:
https://techtonic.fm/episodes/2026-05-04-julie-scelfo-founder-of-mothers-against-media-addiction-mama/
RE: https://mastodon.social/@markhurst/116504914247654797
"Sysco won’t change. This is what the system produces continuously, by design, because the cost structure rewards exactly this kind of corner-cutting. Fines, settlements, and now whistleblower verdicts are all priced into the operation. The corner-cutting is worth more than the cost of getting caught."
#CapitalismKills
RE: https://mastodon.social/@markhurst/116504914247654797
i'm glad people are finally talking about this. I did like 17 years in the restaurant industry before moving to the farm and saw it way back then; watching the sysco, us foods, shamrock trucks, and variety of smaller independent and regional distributors, become just the sysco trucks working their way up the alley from your competitors' rear doors to yours.
I did time in a wide variety of restaurants from turn 'n burn family digs, to $300 per plate, hours long, fine dining experiences in boutique eateries, and all the food came from the same damn truck.
I'm organizing a community gathering in a few months for anyone who is tired of AI's intrusions and hopeful about new ways of creating, resisting, and living: we'll spotlight those people and projects.
It's called Gel. Hope you'll be with us!
https://gelconference.com
Jennifer 🍄
Gogs
PeachMcD
Bumper Harvest