Say Yes - Do No

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“They all say ‘yes’, but they do ‘no’. That has to be it. There’s no other way to explain these figures. If they would do ‘yes’, the figures would have improved by now. [sigh] It would be easier if they would just say ‘no’. Then you could have a conversation about it [staring blankly].” 

(Anon.)

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Monday AI Resistance Update #9

A random sampling of stuff I've come across this week... -- Article - A Lo-Fi Rebellion Against A.I. I don't think there's anything revelatory in this, artists have for a while now been valorising their own human jankiness as a counter to the hyper-realist sheen of GAI outputs but the commercialisation of it suggested...
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Monday(ish) AI Resistance Update #8

A random sampling of stuff I've come across this week... -- The kids are alright... A rare feel good moment out of Florida which is doing the rounds to start with as the young ones over at the University Of Central Florida give a heartfelt reaction to the 'revolutionary' nature of AI... Article - Starmer adviser held 16...
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Monday AI Resistance Update #7

A random sampling of stuff I've come across this week... Article - The people building AI think it might be conscious. That’s not the most alarming part A nice contrast in this between the usual fantasies of AI fanatics/profiteers and some blunt cynicism from the redoubtable Emily Bender. Interesting to see the former...
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Monday Resistance Update #6

A random sampling of stuff I've come across this week... Article - Analysis Finds That Google’s AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization The internet, having killed off the fine old tradition of 'a bloke in the pub reckons...' has finally come full...
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Monday Resistance Update #5

Bit of a lightweight contribution this week as I've been buried in paper writing recently (hopefully coming soon!) and not paid much attention to what's going on around the place. More next time no doubt... Resistance - Humanising Musk and 'The Zuck' Pedestrian crossings in California have been hacked to give out...
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(Almost) Monday Resistance Update #4

A short update today as I put out the last one on Thursday. Again, I'm running late, but things have certainly gotten busy recently. Normal schedule is slowly resuming, Tuesday is almost Monday after all... -- Article - Gen Z workers are so fearful AI will take their job they’re intentionally sabotaging their company’s...
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(Not Quite) Monday Resistance Update #3

Having been off for the last week or so on my holiday's I've missed a couple of these so figured a Thursday catch-up would be good. Will be back on schedule next week. -- Event - Low-Tech, Luddism and Liberation: reclaiming technology for the collective good (Latvia) First off an excellent looking, week long summer...
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Monday Resistance Update #2

A roundup of some resistance relevant things I've noticed through the week, a long way from comprehensive. Articles, papers, podcasts, news etc. If anything comes up that you think should be added just get in touch. -- Article - UK Government Backs Down on Opt-Out Nonsense A victory that should never have had to be won,...
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Monday Resistance Update

Going to try to make this a habit, just sharing things I've discovered through the week. Articles, papers, podcasts, news etc. If anything comes up that you think should be added just get in touch. -- Article - ‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI A...
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