It Didn’t Start Online—But It Spread Fast

Extremist ideas used to stay small. The internet made them easier to find, grow, and reinforce. The full episode breaks down how platforms shape what we see and believe.

Watch: youtu.be/6n1fQqdu5Gw

#TechCritique #Disinformation #OnlineCulture

𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.
#AI #AIEconomy #TechCritique #Technology #FutureOfWork
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This week: Your data tells a story. Just not to you.

Listen now: youtu.be/6n1fQqdu5Gw

#TheInternetIsCrack #DataPower #TechCritique #Surveillance #DigitalRights #AliceMarwick #Podcast

A screenshot of Excel’s Microsoft Copilot confidently asserting that 1 + 2 + 3 = 15.

Why an Ask Me Anything session works with human experts but fails with LLMs—and why treating AI as an AMA is a mistake.

#LLM #AskMeAnything #HumanExpertise #TechCritique #post

www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/te...

A screenshot of Excel’s Microsoft Copilot confidently asserting that 1 + 2 + 3 = 15.

Why an Ask Me Anything session works with human experts but fails with LLMs—and why treating AI as an AMA is a mistake.

#LLM #AskMeAnything #HumanExpertise #TechCritique

www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/te...

۝ Elon Musk & Harry Eccles.

#Grok #XAlgorithm #AIBias #ElonMusk #TechCritique #HarryEccles #ostroumni

A screenshot of Excel’s Microsoft Copilot confidently asserting that 1 + 2 + 3 = 15.

Why an Ask Me Anything session works with human experts but fails with LLMs—and why treating AI as an AMA is a mistake.

www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/te...

#LLM #AskMeAnything #HumanExpertise #TechCritique #newpost

A screenshot of Excel’s Microsoft Copilot confidently asserting that 1 + 2 + 3 = 15.

Why an Ask Me Anything session works with human experts but fails with LLMs—and why treating AI as an AMA is a mistake.

#LLM #AskMeAnything #HumanExpertise #TechCritique #newpost

www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/te...

A screenshot of Excel’s Microsoft Copilot confidently asserting that 1 + 2 + 3 = 15.

Why an Ask Me Anything session works with human experts but fails with LLMs—and why treating AI as an AMA is a mistake.

www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/te...

#newpost #LLM #AskMeAnything #HumanExpertise #TechCritique

A screenshot of Excel’s Microsoft Copilot confidently asserting that 1 + 2 + 3 = 15.

Why an Ask Me Anything session works with human experts but fails with LLMs—and why treating AI as an AMA is a mistake.

www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/te...

#LLM #AskMeAnything #HumanExpertise #TechCritique

A screenshot of Excel’s Microsoft Copilot confidently asserting that 1 + 2 + 3 = 15.

Why an Ask Me Anything session works with human experts but fails with LLMs—and why treating AI as an AMA is a mistake.

#newpost #LLM #AskMeAnything #HumanExpertise #TechCritique

www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/te...

Galaxy S26 AI 카메라가 재앙이라 불리는 3가지 결정적 이유 - 기술 덕후 한가닥 2026년 삼성 언팩 행사를 통해 베일을 벗은 Galaxy S26 시리즈는 기술적 진보라는 찬사 뒤에 가려진 거센 비판에 직면했습니다. 특히 새롭게 탑재된 AI 카메라 기능은 우리가 수십 년간 지켜온 사진의 개념을 완전히 뒤흔들고 있습니다. 단순히 보정을 넘어 실체를 왜곡한다는

Galaxy S26 AI 카메라가 재앙이라 불리는 3가지 결정적 이유

https://bit.ly/4qYWvsY

#GalaxyS26 #AICamera #AIPhotography #Samsung #TechCritique #PhotographyEthics #DigitalReality

Funny how “AI safety” shifts when the Pentagon calls.

#AIPolitics #TechGovernance #MilitaryTech #AIAccountability #PoliticalEconomy #TechCritique

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Essay van SETUP uit Utrecht over wat we kunnen leren van sociale bewegingen om tot een tech-kritische beweging te komen incl citaten van ondergetekende:

www.setup.nl/artikelen/all-aboard-the...

Ze hebben ook nog een carnavalskraker gemaakt […]

L’illusion du benchmark : pourquoi votre RAG d’entreprise est peut-être techniquement aveugle Soyons taquin sur un mot que nous trouvons sur toutes les bouches actuellement : le RAG... Le monde de l'informatique décisionnelle a trouvé son nouveau jouet : le RAG. Sur le papier, la promesse est séduisante pour tout architecte système : "branchez vos données propriétaires sur un LLM et regardez la magie opérer". Pourtant, à force de vouloir optimiser la "génération" (le G de RAG), les entreprises ont fini par oublier que le "R" (Retrieval) n'est pas une simple fonctionnalité, mais une dépendance d'infrastructure critique.

Votre RAG est-il un moteur de décision fiable ou une simple passoire à données mal indexées ?
Il est temps de passer du "tuning" de prompt au monitoring de l'infrastructure de récupération.

#GenerativeAI #RAG #EnterpriseArchitecture #DSI #TechCritique

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Today on NovaLandia: "The Decentralization LARP: Why Your Favorite 'Federated' App is Just Web2 in a Fake Mustache"

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mkultra.monster/tech/2026/02/10/the-dece...

#Decentralization #Bluesky #ActivityPub #Fediverse #Web3 […]

The Magic Sphere: How the Internet Became Our Escape from Reality Remember when the internet was simply a tool? A remarkable innovation designed to connect people and transport information across vast distances. It was practical.

We stare into the witch's crystal ball waiting for it to tell us what to think, what to feel, what to want.

The internet was supposed to serve humanity. We became servants to the sphere.

www.linkedin.com/pulse/magic-...

#TechCritique #DigitalLife #SocialMedia #InternetCulture

The Magic Sphere: How the Internet Became Our Escape from Reality Remember when the internet was simply a tool? A remarkable innovation designed to connect people and transport information across vast…

Speed has murdered truth. AI slop replaces art. Bots outnumber humans. "Are you 50+ on X?" gets more views than BBC.

The internet isn't showing us reality—it's showing us what keeps us scrolling.

medium.com/@ion-oaie/th...

#SocialMedia #DigitalCulture #TechCritique #AI

The Magic Sphere: How the Internet Became Our Escape from Reality Remember when the internet was simply a tool? A remarkable innovation designed to connect people and transport information across vast…

While millions manufacture real things—food, cars, books—the tired worker on the metro pulls out their phone and enters the bubble.

Why do we accept the magic sphere as our escape from reality?

medium.com/@ion-oaie/th...

#DigitalWellbeing #TechCritique #SocialMedia #ModernLife

The Magic Sphere: How the Internet Became Our Escape from Reality Remember when the internet was simply a tool? A remarkable innovation designed to connect people and transport information across vast distances. It was practical.

We stare into the witch's crystal ball waiting for it to tell us what to think, what to feel, what to want.
The internet was supposed to serve humanity. We became servants to the sphere.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/magic-...
#TechCritique #DigitalLife #SocialMedia #InternetCulture

The Magic Sphere: How the Internet Became Our Escape from Reality Remember when the internet was simply a tool? A remarkable innovation designed to connect people and transport information across vast distances. It was practical.

Check out my latest article: The Magic Sphere: How the Internet Became Our Escape from Reality www.linkedin.com/pulse/magic-... via @LinkedIn

#DigitalTransformation #SocialMediaReality #TechCritique #InternetCulture #DigitalWellbeing #mikronews

The Magic Sphere: How the Internet Became Our Escape from Reality Remember when the internet was simply a tool? A remarkable innovation designed to connect people and transport information across vast…

READ NOW: The Magic Sphere: How the Internet Became Our Escape from Reality medium.com/p/the-magic-...
#DigitalTransformation #SocialMediaReality #TechCritique #InternetCulture #DigitalWellbeing #mikronews

Constant WordPress updates to fix bugs reveal a deeper issue: today’s dev cycle struggles to produce clean code—even with AI assistance. The same flaw plagues plugins and mobile apps, exposing systemic inefficiency. #WordPress #TechCritique #BugCulture #AppDev #Linux #Android #iOS

Many critiqued Design Thinking as overhyped, often misused to sell consulting services without providing real value. It's seen imposing unnecessary processes on software developers, similar to how data science is sometimes misapplied. #TechCritique 2/6

Art As Social Criticism by NLLFX23 on DeviantArt

Images speak louder when they don’t explain.
Some messages are meant to be found, not shown.

#AIArt #DigitalArt #SurrealArt #DarkArt #GenerativeArt #HiddenMessage #Secret #DigitalIdentity #TechCritique #ExperimentalArt

www.deviantart.com/nllfx23/art/...

Politeness Might Be Slowing Your AI Down

#AIandSociety #TechCritique #DigitalCulture #TheInternetIsCrack

AI Without the Fear Tactics

Jocelyn Burnham pushes back against hype-driven AI narratives and “learn or else” thinking—focusing on values, curiosity, and choosing how AI fits into creative and cultural work.

🔗 Listen: youtu.be/s3MkT8fCpgw

#Podcast #AIandSociety #DigitalCulture #TechCritique

Grokipedia And Me Elon Musk’s new “AI”-generated “encyclopedia” just published its version of my biography … with predictable results

Grokipedia And Me: Elon Musk’s new “AI”-generated “encyclopedia” just published its version of my biography … with predictable results. The latest Apparent Horizon column from BINJ.News' @jasonpramas. binj.news/2026/01/15/g... #TechCritique #criticsm #AI #technology

A Future Where Saving Is Pointless?

#AIandSociety #TechCritique #TheInternetIsCrack

The core issue: HN's culture encourages deep technical scrutiny. A 'negative' comment might be a detailed flaw report, not a personal attack. Misclassifying this as hostility overlooks a key aspect of valuable discourse. #TechCritique 3/7