Taking a break from howling into the void about #AI and concentrating on some #SciFi short stories. I've got a new one out today, I'd really appreciate a sharing it if you have a moment. So here it is, I hope you like it. #MarsNoir #NoirPunk #PunkFi #Ramones open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...

The Digital Enclosures open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...

The first episode from the world of The Transformed is out now! 001 Defection #sci-fi #sciencefiction #transistorpunk #fiction #shortstories open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...

So, about 1/20th of a single day's worth of CO₂? This would need to scale by a factor of 7300 (= 20 x 365) just to keep current atmospheric CO₂ levels *constant*, not even reducing them (we currently emit ~100,000,000 tonnes *per day*). Fail. www.ecoticias.com/en/norway-st...

The Digital Enclosures open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...

The first episode from the world of The Transformed is out now! 001 Defection #sci-fi #sciencefiction #transistorpunk #fiction #shortstories open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...

Taking a break from howling into the void about #AI and concentrating on some #SciFi short stories. I've got a new one out today, I'd really appreciate a sharing it if you have a moment. So here it is, I hope you like it. #MarsNoir #NoirPunk #PunkFi #Ramones open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...

Betelgeuse is a binary! Maybe! A second star has possibly been found orbiting the soon-to-be supernova. It still needs to be confirmed (despite a LOT of breathless articles saying it's real) but if it is it'll have implications for how we study Big B. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-second-s... 🧪🔭

Big Tech is racing to build a sentient god out of duct tape and venture capital, and I'm told I'm the alarmist. So I sat down with @edzitron.com to talk about the hype, the bullshit, and the trillion-dollar delusions behind AI. www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/scre...

yeah i think there's a chance this all ends with Altman claiming they've "made AGI" and they create a vast, expensive mechanical turk style machine that can only be used by one person at once, it'll be demoed to a reporter who will say "waooawww..." and nothing will change

Premium newsletter: Based on my research, the majority of SoftBank and OpenAI’s partnership - Stargate and the $3bn-a-year SB OpenAI Japan - does not appear to exist, and as it stands, SoftBank does not appear capable of funding OpenAI’s $30 billion round. www.wheresyoured.at/softbank-openai/

Newsletter: This is the Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble: genAI is nothing like Uber or Amazon Web Services, there are no profitable genAI companies, agents do not and cannot exist, there is no AI SaaS story, and everything rides - and dies - on selling GPUs. www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...

The current trajectory of LLM development shows they cannot and do not create physical laws from their training data. Instead they make it up. Use with care. #AI #AIHype #LLM #LLMs open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...

I know there's a fair bit of grimness out there in the world, but if you'd allow me a small celebration... Book Launch! The Software Developers’ Guidebook #BookLaunch #MSE #DaveFarley @trishagee.bsky.social @kevlin.bsky.social @davefarley77.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...

Thank you to everyone who supported me already, I've smashed my target! If you were thinking of donating but haven't yet, please donate to Helen's page instead: www.justgiving.com/page/trisha-...

This is not "normal company behaviour" and there is absolutely no company in history - not Uber, not Amazon web services, no enterprise/consumer product - that even resembles the burn behind generative ai. Amazon burned more than the entire cost of founding AWS ($60bn-ish) in 2024 capex ($80bn ish)

Welcome to the age of AI-Feudalism, Digital Enclosures and who will be the New Levellers? @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy #AI #AIFeudalism #TheKnowledgeCage #DigitalEnclosures #Resist bernardmccarty.substack.com/p/digital-en...

FAQ: What’s a @KevlinHenney? One year on, this blog post feels worth resharing #CrowdStrike kevlinhenney.medium.com/faq-whats-a-...

A great video about rooftop farms in Washington DC, the community that goes along with them and more from our stateside solarpunk siblings @solarpunkdc.bsky.social www.solarpunkdc.com/p/tech-wont-... #Solarpunk #UrbanFarming

Here's a short science fiction story, I hope you like it. #solarpunk #ai-punk #climatefiction #sceincefiction open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...

Excellent story and poetry readings at Talking Tales in Bristol last night. I read my #FlashFiction, "Spring Flight": fabulistmagazine.com/spring-flight/

So @helenjoscott.com and I had the crazy idea to run the #LLHM #halfmarathon together next year, because she just had an operation and I'm not injured right now. We're running for @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social, because of my Dad. Please donate! www.justgiving.com/page/trisha-...

My latest newsletter is about why being anti-genAI is to be pro-human. It's about why it's time to fight. Why we need to fight. And it's about the cost of failure. whatwelost.substack.com/p/people-are...

Why is the Government STILL protecting vulture capitalists over us? Louder for those at the back........public ownership NOW! #hosepipeban #sewagecrisis #water

Modern economic structures have led to accelerating ecological collapse, widening inequality, declining public health, and increasing social disconnection. What if the foundational principles of mainstream economics are actually built on false assumptions that obscure the realities of our world?

Is current LLM-style AI development anti-human? I think it is, and here's why: The Knowledge Cage #AI #AGI #AIHype open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...

Learn To LOVE Your Legacy Code | @stevesmithtech.bsky.social 📽️ AVAILABLE NOW Watch: youtu.be/ADpCXly0bsM

Here's this week's Better Offline. I'm joined by @briankoppelman.bsky.social @mikedrucker.bsky.social and @cherlynn.bsky.social to talk about the tech industry, what AI can actually do, and what the world looks like in a year. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r... linktr.ee/betteroffline

Learn To LOVE Your Legacy Code | @stevesmithtech.bsky.social Tomorrow night on the Modern Software Engineering channel at 7pm (UK) 📅 Subscribe to the channel and turn on notifications 🔔➡️ youtube.com/@ModernSoftw...

If👏 Creativity👏 Has👏 No👏 Value👏 In👏 Society👏 Then👏 Why👏 Are👏 So👏 Many👏 People👏 Going👏 To👏 So👏 Much👏 Trouble👏 To👏 Steal👏 It👏

The current trajectory of LLM development shows they cannot and do not create physical laws from their training data. Instead they make it up. Use with care. #AI #AIHype #LLM #LLMs open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...

Special Issue Captures Vibrant Moment in #ComplexityEconomics Editorial team: @jennabednar.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social @maria-drc.bsky.social @doynefarmer.bsky.social @francoislafond.bsky.social +J.Kaszowska-Mojsa, P.Mealy, M.Pangallo & A.Pichler #EconSky www.inet.ox.ac.uk/news/vibrant...

Alternative view: no they're not

Inspired by Wim Carton’s and Andreas Malm’s book “Overshoot“, I recently added a new pathway to the Future Pathways visualization project: the Malm Overshoot Scenario. #ClimateChange #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateOvershoot #Overshoot ‪@wimcarton.bsky.social‬ bernardmccarty.substack.com/p/future-pat...

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We asked our expert presenter's to each give us 5 pieces of advice that Software Engineers can TRY TODAY in order to help them build better software, faster. @kentbeck.com @kevlin.bsky.social @emilybache.com @trishagee.bsky.social @stevesmithtech.bsky.social @stevesmithtech.bsky.social

The Bright Green Futures anthology is out now, featuring my story “What Kind of Bat is This?” about a young person working on a rewilding project who finds something strange in a field. 💙📚 Thanks to @susankayequinn.bsky.social for putting this together! www.amazon.com/Bright-Green...

Is current LLM-style AI development anti-human? I think it is, and here's why: The Knowledge Cage #AI #AGI #AIHype open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...

Like many, I've been thinking a bit about AI and the relentless hype about LLMs. I've put some of my recent thoughts down in some Substack posts. I'd really like to hear what you think, here's the first: Don't Believe the AGI Hype... Just Yet #AGI #AI #AIHype open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...

I have a new #solarpunk short story in TRACTOR BEAM, accompanied by some absolutely incredible artwork by Nina Muro! "What Really Happened in Nightshade" is the story of a man who ends up tangled in the political tensions between two styles of farms. 💙📚 www.tractorbeam.earth/story/what-r...

Just your regular reminder that the vast majority of us want public ownership of our key utilities. Share if you agree 👍🏾

The apocalypse is already here. It's just not evenly distributed. uk.news.yahoo.com/planet-inhab...

"Gee, the lack of humility before nature that's being displayed here, uh... staggers me." youtu.be/SjSl2re_Fm8?...

The apocalypse is already here. It's just not evenly distributed. uk.news.yahoo.com/planet-inhab...

Tax the Super-Rich: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...