Hope no bad side effects

TRUE.

Brilliant essay about writing and AI-induced existential dread. "If I didn't hope that an appreciative reader would be unable to miss the scent of my sweat equity—my humanity—in my writing, I never would have toiled so obsessively, or for so long."
time.com/7293926/ai-t...

Opinion | Students Hate Them. Universities Need Them. The Only Real Solution to the A.I. Cheating Crisis.

"Even the good students" use AI to cheat. The solution so far is handwritten/oral exams (remember blue books?), and increased emphasis on interactive classwork. I guess AI has bombed us back to the stone ages. Thanks @srobyn.bsky.social for the interesting article! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...

Despite the hype, generative AI hasn't outshined humans in creative idea generation Despite widespread claims that artificial intelligence has surpassed human creativity, a new meta-analysis provides no evidence to support this belief. The findings, published by researchers in the Ne...

Apparently ChatGPT is 1000 days old today. (HBD CGPT.) In other news, this is one of the cheeriest thing I've read in 1000 days. www.psypost.org/despite-the-...

Stop pretending you know what AI does to the economy Alarmism is everywhere, but a lot of it is just brainworms.

“In other words, the GOOD scenario for the labor market is that we continue to exist in a perpetual state of anxiety about whether or not we’re all about to be made obsolete." www.noahpinion.blog/p/stop-prete...

So this is an AI-generated meme from Cursed AI on FB. The other AI-generated memes I've seen have been either extremely incoherent or super-generic/unfunny, but this one... this one is disquieting. (Does AI know something we should really know?) What other AI memes have you seen?

I couldn't agree more. Knowing that AI-writing capabilities came out first because they're on-screen and involve less barriers to implementation (vs. AI doing our laundry and dishes, which would require hardware/infrastructure)... doesn't help! Go do my laundry, AI, and don't forget to fold it.

"Clankers": the first slur for AI. But somehow it hits different when the receiving end isn't alive enough to care it's being insulted 🤷‍♀️

It's kind of creative writing/fanfiction if you think about it

AI 'deadbots' are persuasive — and researchers say they're primed for monetization The digital afterlife industry may near $80 billion in a decade, fueled by AI "deadbots." Tech firms see profit. But experts warn of troubling consequences.

"There is powerful rhetoric with a deadbot because it is tapping into all of that emotional longing and vulnerability." www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...

"Generative AI is a kind of psychosis-as-a-service." (No-paywall link to "AI is a Mass Delusion Event" article from the Atlantic.)
archive.is/2025.08.24-1...

Ever use AI to edit a message, and it literally changes the meaning (even slightly)? And you try so many times to get it to say what you actually mean? And finally you're like "OK AI, have it your way" and just send it? Like your way... just wasn't meant to be. 🤔

The O.G. meme that started this journey for me

The Gen X Career Meltdown Just when they should be at their peak, experienced workers in creative fields find that their skills are all but obsolete.

"The cruel irony is, the thing I perceived as the sellout move is in free-fall." (On creative professionals and AI. No-paywall version) web.archive.org/web/20250330...

I so love this

PBS News Hour | How AI-generated models are shaking up the fashion industry | Season 2025 AI-generated models shake up the fashion industry and raise concerns

“AI has crossed over the uncanny valley where we can understand that it isn’t real… There’s unique areas for exploitation to occur here… I call them digital cultural appropriation.” www.pbs.org/video/ai-in-...

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Thanks for your comment! Well, I don't mind when a human does it, but with AI, the soulless nature of the way it's summarized really gets to me. What I posted may not have been the best example. I was looking around for examples and go figure, just when I wanted to make a point, I couldn't find one!

Honestly? One thing that really grinds my gears about AI writing are those little, reductive, patronizing, bolded subheadings that precede each point. They're the style element I love to hate. (You can't put all of human behavior into neat boxes, AI!)

AI therapy is here. What does it mean for you? w/ Dr. Alison Darcy and Brian Chandler The TED AI Show · Episode

"AIs can never be human. And they shouldn't pretend to be. Because they're best when they're not pretending to be." open.spotify.com/episode/1OQP...

Remember the narcissists in YOUR life, and behold their excellent support system.

This Generation Is Secretly Using AI at Work Every Day—And Not Telling Their Bosses It’s no secret that AI is changing the way people work. What is hidden, from many managers at least, is just how many employees are turning to AI to get their work done.

Friends, let's say all the unsaid thoughts about working with AI. Admittedly, this is new and bizarre. Let's not keep it a little secret. Let's verbalize the thoughts, articulate the emotions, put words to the subconscious reactions... so we can better understand this crazy thing shorturl.at/FAPwp

:) Well, if by niche you mean mainstream, widespread, and totally predominant…

It just feels really processed, though, right? It feels like AI-writing is to writing what Doritos are to grain.

Since AI uses a lot of “given that,” “I’m happy to,” and “this approach” (in emails anyway), I’m wondering if that’s how we’re all going to start phrasing our emails, in a life-imitates-art(ifice) effect.

Stop the presses, I’ve got it. “Bleats.”

Thanks! And then the noun could be “skylines” 😎

Version control: how I combat the rise of generative AI in the classroom I was worried that ChatGPT was composing my students’ essays. Looking at the writing process step by step can combat this and has other benefits, too.

Interesting use of Version History! (to combat AI use/cheating.) I always suspected it would make the perfect spy tool. www.nature.com/articles/d41...