I just saw someone promoting an analytic system with "a mechanically accurate map of human emotional architecture". If you describe human emotions mechanically, you are by definition not understanding emotions accurately.

Let's not use euphemisms to describe what Anthropic has done. Anthropic has not loosened its commitment to maintaining ethical guardrails. It has abandoned its ethics in a capitulation to fascism.

A little branding tip to Reddit: When you're dealing with the scandal of Reddit voluntarily handing over information to the federal government to target people who are critical of the President... ... don't choose that time to promote a game on Reddit called Two Spies.

Is generative AI out of time? What are the implications for market research? jonathanccook.medium.com/is-generativ...

The sea snail Micromelo guamensis presents a warning for businesses who believe they can replace human market research with generative AI simulations. jonathanccook.medium.com/market-resea...

Speed kills attention. Enough. Brands don't need to say more. They need to say less. Only what really matters. Constant babble convinces no one. Keep it simple. Find your center. Be what you are. Productivity is not what people trust.

On Darwin Day, I ask what humans are willing to do to support each other through this time of technological revolution. Technology does not determine our society. We have choices to make. jonathanccook.medium.com/darwin-day-d...

Walking through Barnes & Noble, I noticed that the two books on the Business shelves turned outward to face customers both considered business as a religious practice. One described customers as Converted, while the other warned that they are being Hoodwinked by marketing cults.

When we think about technology, we need to think contextually, about the way that text is woven like a textile in our culture to create textures of meaning that cannot be found in digital simulations. Technology was a fabric before it was a machine. medium.com/@jonathancco...

I woke up this morning, and looked at my shadow on the snow, and like a groundhog realizing that spring will soon return, the thought struck me that AI stands for automated imitation. #AI #AutomatedImitation

In an age of promptly dismissed prompts, where might more enduring questions lead us? www.linkedin.com/pulse/asking... #questions

What does good qualtitative market research have in common with baking cookies? Get a sense of the sensory foundation of sensemaking. #sensemaking #mrx #qualitative www.linkedin.com/pulse/findin...

"The word sadness originally meant fullness, to be filled to the brim with some intensity of experience." #emotionalgranularity #sad #emotions www.thedictionaryofobscuresorrows.com

How can market researchers using Anthropic Interviewer or other generative AI platforms know that their research results aren't being manipulated by efforts to monetize the platforms with advertising? How does anyone know what the biases inherent in generative AI are? futurism.com/artificial-i...

The first step in establishing an emotional connection in your marketing strategy is to demonstrate that you are yourself emotionally engaged in other people's lives and what you want to sell to them. Using obviously AI generated images is a great way to show you are emotionally disengaged.

In this moment, we demonstrate our values through what we refuse to automate. Humanity is sacred. That's where I draw the line. #humanism medium.com/@jonathancco...

Targeted marketing in this golden age of automated AI advertising is often surprisingly clunky. I'm not looking for ways to speed up my work. I'd rather make the time I have count. On LinkedIn, I'm open to humans. www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-s...

The artifice of online connection is growing thin. Jonathan Raney addresses me as {FIRST_NAME} and asks me a question about my team's codebase. I don't have a team with a codebase. The facade of automated marketing inevitable falls apart, because it's a symptom of insincerity. That always shows.

What if we made 2026 a year to put humans first? jonathanccook.medium.com/what-if-we-m...

Is your algorithm arousing Antifa? #HumanBusiness #AI www.linkedin.com/pulse/your-a...

What if you did business as if you actually like your customers? #MRX #qualitative www.linkedin.com/pulse/do-you...

I remember watching an interview with a computer scientist the day the first computer virus hit the fledgling Internet. He had tears in his eyes. He couldn’t imagine someone using the Internet for malicious purposes. I remember marveling at his naivety.

Digital platforms have degraded the diversity of online spaces. The time has come to rewild the internet. www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-r...

Generative AI is a fascist project. Try using your brain instead. Don't surrender your creativity.

Generative AI doesn't look like a glowing orb. AI looks like a Terawulf data center of Cayuga Lake that will serve Terawulf's client G42, which helps the government of the UAE spy on and torture its citizens. www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-g...

Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.

Sam Altman says of generative AI: "There's something real happening here." Jeff Bezos says of generative AI: "This is real." When tech tycoons have to begin defending the very idea that a technology is even real, it's a sign of something unreal going on. www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Further innovation in semiconductor chip design or major advances in quantum computing, as hundreds of billions of dollars in data center infrastructure are being deployed, would immediately leave much of that investment useless in the medium to long term." insights.som.yale.edu/insights/thi...

In history you can tell things are about to get really bad when they silence the comedians.

Generative artificial intelligence is an intellectual cholesterol, clogging the channels of human thinking and communication. Large language models don't save time. They waste time.

"A vote for HR 3633 is a vote to give Trump the pen to write the rules that would put more money in his family's pockets." - US Rep Maxine Waters, leading Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee. Why did #Ithaca, #Cortland, & #Binghamton Congressman Josh Riley support Trump on #crypto?

When the ICE gulag is built, the personnel hired and trained, and the machinery for deportations and detentions fine tuned, there’s little possibility of it being dismantled after reaching their targets, not if Trump and his ilk are running things. This is a set up for a police state.

Concentration Camp!

Posted this last night. Worth posting again. It is one thing to read and hear about people being kidnapped, far different to actually see it. These images must be seen, must be shared. The world needs to know how real and rampant it is now in America.

There are only three political positions in America today 1) I like the fascism 2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc) 3) I oppose the fascism The rest is details

They're going all-in on tent camps. The GEO Group & CoreCivic are expanding the number & capacity of their facilities, but that's not enough for Stephen Miller. On May 17, ICE initiated contracts with these 25 companies to provide “emergency detention & related services.” Source: USAspending.gov

It's unnerving how so many heavy users of generative AI don't grasp why it bothers people when they spew computer-generated text instead of speaking in their own voices. Most people like other people. Most people want conversations with people, not bots. Do you hate the sound of your own voice?

Emotion tracking AI companies claim to be able to operationalize your subjective experience. Yet, none of them can detect our shame or guilt. These turbulent, complex inner emotions are the last citadel of our humanity. Do not surrender them to the bots. #emotion www.jonathancook.us/human-resear...

In Ithaca New York today, thousands came out to declare that America has no kings, and it never will. We will not stand by silently as democracy is attacked in the USA.

Wiscasset showing how it's done! ❤️

History has its eyes on us 🇺🇸 ❌👑❌ 🇺🇸 www.midcoastvillager.com/news/politic...

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Find the details on Rockland's #NoKings event here: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1460... #MEPolitics #Resist #Democracy #Maine

Integrating generative AI tools into your work is the easy choice. Is it the right thing to do? An ethics flowchart identifies six key questions every professional should ask before entering any generative AI prompt. #ethicsofai #aiethics www.linkedin.com/pulse/ethics...

No Kings!

If you're using generative artificial intelligence to assess emotional motivation, be Assoured that your Condiseed will make your clients Disappoofed. Seriously, emotion color wheels were problematic even when they were made by humans. Generative AI understands nothing about humanity.

Evidence in the argument that generative AI aligns ideologically with sociopathic behavior in professional settings: A guy calling himself "HR's version of John Wick" says that his generative AI tool "knows me better than most close friends". Generative #AI doesn't know anything. It processes data.

It's only a matter of time before #ICE kills a protester #MePolitics

We are seeing the initial phases of martial law unfolding by the hour. You cannot stay on the sidelines any longer. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...