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And I would just add that each of us is making the decision right now about what we will accept as norms. If you stop to think about it, you may decide that whatever convenience you’re deriving from gen AI today is not worth the collective impact of accepting this technology in this way at this time

I would just add: the implicit *pro-AI* premise of generational AI is that doing something much faster and only somewhat worse is better than doing it with current speed and quality. It can only be true when accuracy / correct results don't matter, and even then, is really worth the energy and jobs?

Writing in AOC on my primary ballot even harder and citing this post specifically

The men involved in writing and promoting minor criticisms of women in political life (while ignoring high treason in men) should be dragged relentlessly by other men *cough, hint, cough* until it stops.

So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.

YouTube video by Global Cycling Network This Is The Real Reason We Can't Have The Cities We Dream Of

youtu.be/y4pO1vS0gkc?... Traffic calming always hits the same wall: status quo bias and the predictable “hill of hysteria.” Every bike lane or speed limit sparks outrage first, evidence later. What we need are bold political visions to prioritize people over cars and make cities truly livable.

Who does it benefit to speed the pace at which decisions are made and work is produced? by default speed as a value and way of working favors outcomes that are made in haste, and disfavors outcomes that require more thought, relational work, and layers of consent

do we need AI to do our work for us? it's a question about the speed with which we want to live and are expected to complete meaningful work. it should be very obvious to everyone that speeding up work is not creating leisure, or better work. it is creating more stress and fewer jobs

The best case for AOC in 2028 is she'll crush a Gavin Newsom candidacy in the primaries.

if AOC runs (and up until the point she decides what to do) there will be armies of trolls posing as good faith posters wondering if a woman can win. a woman can win, but that's not the question. this election is a referendum on pedo nazi billionaires

we don’t actually need to do that work for them by talking about it or using the frame or feeding the beast. focus on organizing and organize

The other worst case scenario for an AOC potus run is that she keeps the presidential discourse rooted in popular reality throughout a long ass primary, which I would argue we simply cannot afford not to do

People of all ages and abilities wearing regular attire ride sturdy, upright bicycles on the streets of central Osaka.

People of all ages and abilities wearing regular attire ride sturdy, upright bicycles on the streets of central Osaka.

People of all ages and abilities wearing regular attire ride sturdy, upright bicycles on the streets of central Osaka.

People of all ages and abilities wearing regular attire ride sturdy, upright bicycles on the streets of central Osaka.

Lastly, Osaka shaped an environment where the sturdy, upright city bike—especially the famed mamachari or "mom's bike"—is universal and ubiquitous. These practical machines include accessories like fenders, baskets and child seats, making biking a more efficient form of walking—not sport, transport.

There. Is. In. Fact. A. Database.

It’s literally what Palantir does, and why they have a billion dollar contract with our government.

why not let AI help with writing, we don't mind when machines help with building?

well, buildings are downstream of thinking right. this is a different use case for the idea of tools!

What does this mean we should do? Everything.

We just have to do everything we can to protect people, pressure the other 2 branches of govt, and build society and community differently - and not rely on santa court daddy to sort everything out for us. It hasn't so far and it will continue not to.

Legal attempts to claw back at abuses are important. They do slow things down, help some people, force a formal record.

It will never ever be enough. Individual humans cannot litigate out from under an $85 bil avalanche.

We all know this but gently cultivate our judicial branch fantasies anyway

to answer that question you have to recognize your inherent worth, even if flawed, as an animal on this earth in this mysterious universe. we do not really even know it means to be legit made of stardust but over and over we see that what matters is our human ability to love and practice compassion

i also feel it. but i own that after 2-3 covid infections i got very serious symptoms that couldn't be ignored and now by brain works different. but i am trying to keep critical thinking and long form narrative building as part of my life even though its harder now

there is also just this question at play: do i want to live in a world where humans think critically and create their own reality, or do i want to live in a world where massive resource guzzling super computers owned and controlled by fascists squat in the margins and run everything in our society

I hear my own friends talking about how they use ai at work because they just can’t think quickly enough anymore oh well must just be aging (we’re not that old)

it might be that if you lose the ability to produce coherent narratives with your mind because you outsource that kind of thinking to datacenters, that you will also forfeit the ability to think critically about other people’s narratives, or the robot narratives populating the “content” you consume

it might be that forcing your brain to produce coherent narratives out of jumbled thoughts helps you keep and build the capacity to do just that

Their "more efficient" process than having writers write:

• AI identifies possible stories
• Reporters do further reporting and produce notes
• Another person uses AI to generate a story from the notes, then rewrites/"tweaks"
• Another person fact-checks/edits
• Reporter reviews

we are also using AI to stay in denial about the reality of covid brain fog and how it doesn’t necessarily ever go away

we will truly sell our souls and the future of our societies to avoid minor inconveniences, but only when it’s socially acceptable, and that is still in play with AI

choose wisely!

at least in my field, the way to get more (human) written work products out faster is to hire or contract a human.

I’m not sure if many of us have thought through the consequences of uncritical adoption and acceptance of AI for writing at work

I am not using AI to write anything for work. no emails, memos, reports. that way, when I write something, you know who I actually am

if I were a mayor or councilor of a US city I would be focused entirely on my transit & protected micromobility networks. no one is coming to save us but we have some lanes to work in (and set aside for buses and bikes)

“The Trump administration “is telling American manufacturers, ‘You guys go build gasoline cars again,’” he said. “The Chinese government is telling its manufacturers, ‘You go build the advanced vehicles that are going take over the world.’”