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...

Midcoast #Maine: Download, Print, and Post This Sign! Repost this Message! Saturday 6/14 Noon -- Rally at Chapman Park, 1 PM -- Downtown Democracy Parade All Who are Nonviolent are Welcome No Partisan, Religious, Racial, or National Tests Applied! #MEPolitics #Democracy #Resist #NoKings

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...

Police Chief Tim Carroll to the Rockland City Council: “You either trust what I’m saying or you don’t.” This turns the question of protecting immigrants into a loyalty test & misunderstands trust, which is dynamic and achieved with transparency, good will, & lack of harm in interaction. #MEPolitics

New episode of the podcast Stories of Emotional Granularity focuses on the emotion of being grounded. It's a feeling of connection to a solid foundation. www.jonathancook.us/podcast-stor... #grounded #emotion #emotionalgranularity

"As is the case with reading and writing a language, code is one of those things where if you don’t use it, you lose it. Early studies indicate that humans who use A.I. could become less creative over time." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/o...

Singing in the rain… Join us! #MEPolitics

@reprileyny.bsky.social Have you seen this article? I hope Congress will address the loss of jobs. www.axios.com/2025/05/28/a...

Social media didn't strengthen society. The information superhighway didn't make us more informed. Given this pattern, many now suspect that generative artificial intelligence will not generate more intelligence. #generativeAI #future www.linkedin.com/pulse/genera...

It is exhausting to repeatedly stand up and speak out in sincere conviction, and yet not be heard. Perhaps it is time for activists in the #resistance to develop new tactics, not just to resist Donald Trump and to resist fascism, but to resist despair.

In a Harris/Axios survey on the reputation of prominent business brands, Target fell 9 places. Target's reputation took a hit when it voluntarily renounced programs against sexism, racism & other bigotry. Target's weakest attributes: Character, citizenship & ethics www.axios.com/2025/05/20/a...

Target has had declining foot traffic in its stores and reduced revenue ever since it announced it would no longer support programs against racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry in its workplace. Now it looks like Target is doubling down against diversity. Why?

I saw today that a senior researcher working for Amazon is releasing a book called "Anthropology of AI" that celebrates the idea that corporate AI models will be "partners in dialogue". Whatever this is, it sure as hell isn't anthropology.

In my line of work, I scribble. To scribble is human. www.jonathancook.us/human-resear...

There is no such thing as "AI art." If an AI made it, it is not art. Art comes from human expression, emotion, commentary, or creativity. Things of which artificial intelligence is incapable. It can only mimic.

Europe bans emotion-tracking artificial intelligence… https://www.byteseu.com/717334/ Businesses in Europe must abide by AI misuse guidelines laid out by the EU – (iStock) Artificial intelligence capable of tracking employees’ emotions through webcams and voice recognition systems will be …

In a time of massive social upheaval, re-centering our work on human experience is essential. A new season of the Stories of Emotional Granularity podcast is coming soon. #humanbusiness podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

I don’t care how progressive your politics are, you fill my timeline with AI slop you get blocked. There are millions of images you can use by actual artists who only require credit without using a thief machine. Just stop it.

What if the struggle of human to human market research is a feature, and not a bug? If we think of market research as an exercise, and not a task, then replacing it with generative AI is a path to commercial atrophy. #mrx #fitness #ai #humanbusiness jonathanccook.medium.com/gel-leasy-ai...

Believing in conspiracy theories: The role of emotional granularity and maladaptive emotion regulation edzardernst.com/2024/05/beli... via @edzardernst

The study looked at something called emotional granularity. That’s your ability to clearly identify what emotion you’re actually feeling Not just “bad.” But: “I’m frustrated.” “I feel betrayed.” “I’m ashamed.” Turns out — this skill matters. A lot.