Any article observing that the AI bubble is about to burst *but then suggesting AI is too important to our financial systems to be allowed to fail* is missing the point. Generative AI is a massive fraud and a brain drain on humanity, even leaving theft and resource issues aside.

this is all so good but I lost it at the Manischewitz www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

Take a break from the horrors of the news and learn about the weirdest physics there is—entanglement! The team at @veritasium.bsky.social interviewed me for this video & I'm thrilled to see it up. They give a hearty endorsement to my first book, WHAT IS REAL?, which is just lovely. #quantum #physics

Take a break from the horrors of the news and learn about the weirdest physics there is—entanglement! The team at @veritasium.bsky.social interviewed me for this video & I'm thrilled to see it up. They give a hearty endorsement to my first book, WHAT IS REAL?, which is just lovely. #quantum #physics

The real breakthrough of the year -- something that matters far, far more than generative AI ever will.

This is a very hopeful way to close out the year—give it a read.

Scientists are "skeptical" of this the same way I am "skeptical" that the moon is made of green cheese. This is pure hype created to justify pouring more money into the AI bubble.

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

It's not just that we live in hell, it's that we live in a hell that appears to have been crafted to torture me, personally. When a friend sent me this headline, I seriously wondered if it was something he had created to troll me.

Come on, @propublica.org. Putting aside all of its other harms, AI degrades our communal understanding of what truth is. Good journalism relies on that. You're giving up on the actual talented people who do the work you rely on in exchange for something that will ultimately kill your business.

If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...

One of the most useful books I read this year

Just finished More Everything Forever by @adambecker.bsky.social - really thorough and humane joining-of-the-dots between AI, effective altruism, SF, cosmism and plutocracy that arcs, as most things should, toward the inevitable conclusion that Le Guin was right about everything

An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth

Shortly before I finished edits on MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER, an economist warned me against proposing a wealth tax with a cap on maximum net worth. He told me it was too unpopular and people would say I was out of touch with reality. I seriously considered listening to him. I'm really glad I didn't.

Perhaps the greatest possible endorsement of my book

More Everything Forever by @adambecker.bsky.social provides a sorely needed and persuasive debunking of the mad and often toxic fantasies now embedded in Silicon Valley. www.the-tls.com/science-tech...

I have not read @adambecker.bsky.social More Everything Forever YET but I am waiting for my copy!! www.sciencenews.org/article/more...

Ahem hello this is a reminder that books are a great holiday gift. I read a lot fewer science books than usual this year for various reasons, but the ones I did read I loved. And here they are. First, you could buy mine (I didn't read it this year though) www.harpercollins.com/products/pes...

It’s a good book

Best book I've read in a while. Give it to someone for Christmas.

everything is terrible but this will be fun (even if it will be the two people talking about how everything is terrible). @adambecker.bsky.social at the oakland public library wed, feb 4th at 6pm (the main one, by the lake, 125 14th st)

Shortly before I finished edits on MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER, an economist warned me against proposing a wealth tax with a cap on maximum net worth. He told me it was too unpopular and people would say I was out of touch with reality. I seriously considered listening to him. I'm really glad I didn't.

"According to the…annual Harris Poll, for the 1st time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71% believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...

Google's search AI getting it wrong, again. Tech CEO Palmer Luckey absolutely did say that teenage girls should be getting pregnant. Google AI is claiming it was his assistant — but the video it's citing for that claim is satirical commentary on the clip of Luckey saying he wants teens pregnant!

Who did I miss? sherwood.news/tech/the-mos...

when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes

Keeping the servers cool in space is enough to make this a bad idea, and that's not even the hardest part. Bezos and Musk are just unbelievably gullible.

What a good idea. 😁 (Also, if you want to order a signed copy of the book, you can get one from my local bookstore here. Just ask them to have me sign it (and personalize it, if you like) in the order comments and they'll take care of the rest. Signed books make great gifts…) #booksky 📚🎁

@davekarpf.bsky.social did nobody tell you that you have limited time on this earth you could use that time to read something that is Actually Good or at least not Actively Bad don't do this to yourself, Dave

What a good idea. 😁 (Also, if you want to order a signed copy of the book, you can get one from my local bookstore here. Just ask them to have me sign it (and personalize it, if you like) in the order comments and they'll take care of the rest. Signed books make great gifts…) #booksky 📚🎁

We can't really say this enough... > Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate. www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...

Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce" Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI

If you're looking for a good gift to buy today but you want to fight against the power of Big Tech, try my book about the horrible ideas of the Silicon Valley billionaires and how we can fight back. I'm biased, but I think it's pretty good. The NY Times called it "smart and wonderfully readable."

I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.

It happened! The @nytimes.com profiled Paulina! The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years. Gift Link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...

I can't get over this. In response to a kid committing suicide after talking to ChatGPT, OpenAI's response is literally "he prompted it wrong." There's something profoundly broken in these people's hearts.

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

NO NO IT ISN'T STOP IT STOP

Also to situate this in context, a bookstore selling more than 20 copies of my last book means they want to host an event with me for my next one. Each book purchase is hugely influential. If you can give the gift of books this season, do it please. bsky.app/profile/blip...

Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.

Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.

I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.

Sure sure you might say that my client's knife "caused" the victim to stop being able to pump blood to their brain, but Hume's 𝘌𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 really makes it clear that we should all have some reasonable doubt about the concept of "causation" www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

"fun"

Hey Miami! Come see me speak TODAY at the #MiamiBookFair2025. I'll be talking about why tech billionaire promises of superintelligent AI and space colonization are pure fantasies, why claims of AI apocalypse are also wrong, and what we can do to fight back against Big Tech's power. Today at 3PM!

Hey Miami! Come see me speak TODAY at the #MiamiBookFair2025. I'll be talking about why tech billionaire promises of superintelligent AI and space colonization are pure fantasies, why claims of AI apocalypse are also wrong, and what we can do to fight back against Big Tech's power. Today at 3PM!

MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER is one of @sciencenews.bsky.social's 10 favorite books of the year! 🎉😭 Thrilled to be in such excellent company with @sho-walter.bsky.social @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @judithweisenfeld.com @biologycarly.bsky.social @dhbaron.bsky.social @alicelovejoy.bsky.social & more!