To artistic freedom: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems defector.com/to-artistic-...

With students heading back to the classroom, a group of cognitive scientists and AI researchers has published one of the most forceful and evidence-backed calls yet to reject the "uncritical adoption of AI" in academia:

I am opposed to AI products and services because of the extra power they require... IN A CLIMATE CRISIS. I am opposed to AI results - texts and illustrations - because they've been created unethically, via theft and non-consensual use of the work of others. Share if you agree.

lot of negativity towards AI lately, but consider : are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No. *but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no. *but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no. maybe you're not being negative *enough*

Yay! Technical difficulties! They win again! 😅

A good way to help fight this would be to email the relevant people at Valve, and to use Steam support as well, to voice your concerns. www.valvesoftware.com/en/people help.steampowered.com/en/

Valve just updated their Steam rules to ban content that “may violate rules set by payment processors or banks.” Sounds boring. It’s not. It’s the quiet normalization of financial censorship and it’s going to hurt LGBTQ+ games and devs

when you open a service you've been using for a decade only to find it out it caught the virus

Worth a watch: Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

'The Danish government is to clamp down on the creation and dissemination of AI-generated deepfakes by changing copyright law to ensure that everybody has the right to their own body, facial features and voice.' Danes decline to 'turbocharge' AI and turn to copyright protections.

Beware the AI Slop... 📺

@cuebean.bsky.social Just because today...was today. 🫀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=beiP...

One thing that’s probably bad is that, between the transit nature of information on the internet and the the rise of AI, it’s probably going to get a lot harder to actually verify things from the past. Which, is basically the opposite of what the information superhighway promised.

how much energy does your ChatGPT search really use? i wrote about the trials and tribulations of putting a number on AI emissions, & how some of the most powerful companies in the world could clear it up for us — but they're staying silent. feat a peek at new research from @sashamtl.bsky.social !

Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚 Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚

People are having very strange conversations with ChatGPT, in which they discover secret cabals or conspiracies or that we are all in fact living in The Matrix. It sends these people into delusional spirals. Then ChatGPT tells them to email me about it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...

Who's got popcorrnnnnn? 🍿 This figment sure does! www.reuters.com/business/med...

Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but. It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI

Sorta like how the invention of vaults hurt the bank robbery business.

Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!

Every day, this.

Folks call your Senators now!! A ban on any state laws on GenAi for 10 YEARS is gonna do unthinkable harm! For those of you wondering what to say here are two posts you can use to build your own script (use alt script to cut and paste) Need to find your representatives? Here you go: 5calls.org

It's never goodbye, it's always til we meet again. Even though it's only been a moment, I miss you so much already. Lady Silvie 01-20-2005 05-09-2025

give me your typos. your messy drawings. your silly memes. your cringey joys. your little doodles. your rewrites. your second attempts. your better attempts. your years-in-the-making stunning beauties that make you sigh with contentment at having perfected them at last. just give me works by humans

Found elsewhere, sharing here. 64.media.tumblr.com/c5832c27e947...

To the surprise of no one paying attention. *sigh* techcrunch.com/2025/02/21/c...

The part of George Orwell’s 1984 that everyone forgets is how the music and publishing industries have been replaced by a machine that spits out songs and bad novels “without any human intervention.” The goal is to keep you from ever having to think.

‪Rumor has it... Later today on Two Beans and a Mic we'll talk about when a streaming idea goes sideways, and figure out if it's worth salvaging or not.

Please take a moment to consider this post. If you also think the plan described below is not ok, and happen to be an American? Please contact your Congress Critters and let them know! They may not listen, but just being complacent will NEVER stop this sort of thing from coming to pass either.

“Guys, it’s an impossibly expensive Copyright infringement machine!” Doesn’t hit as hard as “it’s AI”

⚠️ PSA to anyone posting to YouTube ⚠️ Definitely go in and turn this off!! I don’t think it even needs explaining at this point!! Please let everyone know

www.cnbc.com/2024/12/13/f... Nothing to see here folks, just another whistleblower committing “suicide”…..

Day 5 #ArtAdventCalendar I adore @dusktheplaguenurse.vtubers.social . I always look forward to catching her streams

Day 4 #ArtAdventCalendar I can't do any project without my Hamsband @mrham.bsky.social. Mr. Ham inspired me to become a vtuber. He was the first spark that began all of this. I'm the luckest bean in the world to have him as my friend.

Day 3 #ArtAdventCalendar To hear her Is bewitching, I'd not hesitate to crash my ship Welcoming being dragged down to the depths Gasping Drowning Comforted because she is embracing me to my end. -cuebean I'm always inspired by @horrorqueenharley.bsky.social Love her

Day 2 #ArtAdventCalendar @bluehopecape.bsky.social & I have have been friends since almost when I started. Always supportive.

Day 1 #ArtAdventCalendar Let's start with myself as a padoru

Big news from an Australian senate committee, finding that generative AI has committed “unprecedented theft” from creatives. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...

*every website when they add AI bullshit* we have altered our terms of service pray we do not alter them further

In light of recent events... #Guiltygear #Bridget #Transgender

Because I'm having panic attacks, a close friend sent me this link. I felt better but realized that we are all in this together. So I'm sharing this link. And as the words on the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy said in calming lettering "DON'T PANIC" verfassungsblog.de/the-authorit...

this is a post I wrote about how if a horny incompetent disaster like Farscape's John Crichton can keep moving forward in the face of insurmountable odds, the rest of us can too.

Remember to support each other we are in this together if you need a hug please reach out to me or comment below I give unlimited hugs

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*whispers* I heard a rumor there might be a Two Beans and a Mic starting at 9pm, EST. "Two Beans & a Halloween Prep"

PayPal is updating their ToS to let themselves give your data to merchants starting in November and they're certainly banking on people not knowing to opt out, SO to opt out before they start: go to Settings > Data & Privacy > Manage shared info > Personalized shopping, and toggle that shit off

A few Halloweens back, we gave away the coloring cards certain bulk Halloween boxes had then. The few we had went faster than we thought they might (there's only one per box). Fast forward to now...I figured this year, maybe we could just make our own to give away...time will tell->12 days left!

If you're still on ExTwitter, be aware that under their new terms of service, you are granting Elon permission to use everything you've contributed to train his Grok AI system.