Dan McQuillan

@bcmerchant.bsky.social a funny/not funny t-shirt (via www.instagram.com/p/DM0XtRcx5lN/)

This 'patriot' protesting against immigrants in Manchester is actually Irish far right thug Paul Rock, who got eight years for tying up and robbing a 76 year old woman. But yeah, just concerned parents.

it's trolling us because there's nothing more substantial to generative AI than there is to the Wizard of Oz's magical powers...

A screenshot of the instgram video showing winnie_thepooj holding an open copy of 'Resisting AI' while standing behind the counter in Brooklyn Coffee Shop

Really rather chuffed to see 'Resisting AI' pop up as a prop in an insta video takedown of techbros
instagram.com/p/DM0XtRcx5lN/

great to see! although the dialogue made my head spin 😵‍💫

A screenshot of the instgram video showing winnie_thepooj holding an open copy of 'Resisting AI' while standing behind the counter in Brooklyn Coffee Shop

Really rather chuffed to see 'Resisting AI' pop up as a prop in an insta video takedown of techbros
instagram.com/p/DM0XtRcx5lN/

This has to be one of the most compelling episodes of @techwontsave.us yet.

@danmcquillan.bsky.social societal approach to the current Rot economy (credit to @edzitron.com ), highlights how people in the West have lost the ability to imagine different futures for themselves and communities.

slurpee machine with one crashed screen

I'm drinking the Bios Crash slurpee I hope it crashes my bios I hope I blue screen

- how it started: quote from 'Resisting AI', 2022: "Given the historical alliances between fascism and big business, we should also ask whether contemporary AI corporations would baulk at putting the levers of mass correlation at the disposal of regimes of rationalized ethnocentrism" - how it's going: Photo of tech oligarchs at Trump's inauguration

Not to mention that it will foreclose kids futures via a mix of predictive surveillance and turning future employment into a slopified wasteland.

Decomputing as a response to AI and to the underlying conditions that make AI seem inevitable.

Motability finally hits back at ‘hostile, harmful and inaccurate’ media coverage The disabled boss of the charity that oversees the Motability car scheme has finally hit back at months of “hostile”, “harmful” and inaccurate media reports and online comments about how it is run …

TIL: part of the UKs alt-right, Max Tempers supported by Cummings, have created a website allowing ppl to check individual cars to see if they are funded by the Motability scheme that helps disabled ppl stay mobile

www.disabilitynewsservice.com/motability-f...

www.motabilitycheck.com

It’s always such a pleasure to have @danmcquillan.bsky.social on the show! I was particularly excited to chat about decomputing, the possibilities it offers, and how it can focus our critique of the exploitative tech systems we depend on.

What we need instead of this nonsense is a rigorous approach to convivial technology as part of a wider programme of decomputing.

What we need instead of this nonsense is a rigorous approach to convivial technology as part of a wider programme of decomputing.

OpenAI signs deal with UK to find government uses for its models Wide-ranging agreement with artificial intelligence firm behind ChatGPT comes after similar UK deal with Google

'OpenAI signs deal with UK to find government uses for its models' www.theguardian.com/technology/2... Neatly captures the abject state of technopolitics. We should start with people's basic needs then ask if LLMs are the most appropriate answer (guess what, they aren't!)

YouTube video by Acid Horizon Fanon and Sartre: Rethinking Praxis, Race, and Revolution with Tyrique Mack-Georges

Really interesting episode of the Acid Horizon podcast that really digs into the concept of seriality : 'Fanon and Sartre: Rethinking Praxis, Race, and Revolution with Tyrique Mack-Georges' www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfWg...

In a stunning moment of self-delusion, the Wall Street Journal headline writers admitted that they don't know how LLM chatbots work.

Thoughtful of the European Commission to issue code of practice on GPAI (Genocide Purpose Artificial Intelligence)

As someone actually trained in behavioural psychology—unlike most MPs—I can tell you: financial precarity doesn’t “incentivise” sick people to work. It breaks them. Stress worsens health. Fear doesn’t create productivity. It creates collapse. #TakingThePIP

I'd be grateful for some pointers to other writing on decomputing

Thanks, I'll use that in class

I really enjoyed this chat with @honeypisquared.bsky.social & @darrenmacey.bsky.social . If you're a teacher or in education their webinar take-down of the Department for Education's so-called 'support' materials is a must-watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuFI...

YouTube video by Lucy Rycroft-Smith (research) AI in education: Interview with Dr Dan McQuillan

NEW video: in which @darrenmacey.bsky.social and I had the pleasure of interviewing an (actual, not recently self-proclaimed) AI expert, Dr Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social about #AI in #education (and beyond): youtu.be/R_28Oavw3_8

Thanks! I had some cool slides.

I posted the text of my talk on 'Decomputing as Resistance' danmcquillan.org/decomputing_...
It's a work-in-progress: comments welcome!

Thanks for sharing it around.

"Decomputing is the development of a counter-power to the technopolitical apparatus of AI and its totalising transformations...And this is my final point about decomputing, that it's not a vision for any return to a pre-AI status quo but a deliberate claim on a better world for all." 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

I posted the text of my talk on 'Decomputing as Resistance' danmcquillan.org/decomputing_...
It's a work-in-progress: comments welcome!

AI’s biggest secret: we can shape it Artificial intelligence is poised to transform the world. Tech bros want it to subjugate us—but it doesn’t have to be that way

Acemoglu's article 'AI’s biggest secret: we can shape it' www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno... and my letter for those who don't want to register an email with the magazine archive.ph/WFGcS