If you haven't got my zine A Place To Be, get yourself a little treat for Christmas! It is also good for doing dramatic readings from when family charades gets boring.
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Anaïs has the best ideas for stories and a thoroughness in her research I admire, and editing this piece was a dream.
French wine, gastronationalism, the French far-right, colonialism, and food as a cultural weapon. Go read it.
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it’s called AI because when i look at it i say “ey i don’t think that looks so good”
If there's a photo booth, @clairembullen.bsky.social and I will be there
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The storytelling, the photos—everything here is just stunning. Kudos to @seanislegend.com for this inaugural long read!
It’s really devastating to see the devaluation of so many things (reading, writing, critical thinking) that I have always thought were paramount.
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This is a reminder to read one of the best pieces of writing we’ve ever published this weekend.
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Such a pleasure working with @rachelhendry.bsky.social on this tour de force. Do yourself a favor and put it on your weekend reading list!
Ok folks I’m back at work so let’s talk shop a while.
After a bit of a wobbly summer at @pelliclemag.com we’re back on track, with a new sponsor, @geterbrewed.bsky.social and we’ve immediately reinvested that support by recruiting @clairembullen.bsky.social as associate editor.
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The news is out! Could not possibly be more thrilled to join the good ship @pelliclemag.com (and party with @totalcurtis.bsky.social, @katiematherkm.bsky.social, and @lilywaite.bsky.social)
If you tolerate or ignore these actions you are complicit
If you dismiss or make light of these behaviours you are complicit
If you don’t understand why these actions are problematic, educate yourself
Making a space where everyone is safe, welcome & unthreatened isn’t censorship, it’s decency
Katie is COOKING with this one (unlike the chefs using fucking ChatGPT to come up with their menus, jfc)
If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
the argument that AI in the context of art is “just a tool” completely elides the fact that the point of art is to participate in the fucking process of making it
![Well, everything. The death of art. [Laughs.] A thing that I’ve been struck by in the last year of tech development around art is that what makes us human is making art, even if you’re not a professional artist. This is kind of corny, but I think about cavemen, right? One of the first things we ever did as a species was put our handprints on a wall, and it’s just this drive that has always been there. It’ll always be there. And I think it’s preposterous that these people are suggesting that they develop this technology, and the first thing they want to eliminate is art, so you have more time to…what, email? I don’t know what they think I’m going to do with my fucking day. Most of the population is not artists, but a lot of the population has artistic hobbies, and if you replace that with a computer doing it for you or whatever, it’s just pointless. I think there’s a death drive in these people, almost, and an actual hatred of artists; they are jealous of people with imagination because they don’t have one, and they almost consciously want to eliminate it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:obalt57atoxc2zooldtuur75/bafkreifnjtvupzmkqg7cggiv2z5nckzpp5yd2sm7h5gg2kq3plbwv2btuy)
Well, everything. The death of art. [Laughs.] A thing that I’ve been struck by in the last year of tech development around art is that what makes us human is making art, even if you’re not a professional artist. This is kind of corny, but I think about cavemen, right? One of the first things we ever did as a species was put our handprints on a wall, and it’s just this drive that has always been there. It’ll always be there. And I think it’s preposterous that these people are suggesting that they develop this technology, and the first thing they want to eliminate is art, so you have more time to…what, email? I don’t know what they think I’m going to do with my fucking day. Most of the population is not artists, but a lot of the population has artistic hobbies, and if you replace that with a computer doing it for you or whatever, it’s just pointless. I think there’s a death drive in these people, almost, and an actual hatred of artists; they are jealous of people with imagination because they don’t have one, and they almost consciously want to eliminate it.
My wife is in Vogue shitting on your AI-generated "art" 💜 www.vogue.com/article/matt...
PANEL 1: MATTIE is talking to a MAN as they walk on the street. The MAN is typing on his phone. MATTIE: What do you wanna do tonight? MAN: Hmm…! MAN: What…do…I…want…to…do…tonight? PANEL 2: MATTIE rolls her eyes. The phone pipes up as well. MATTIE: Are you asking a chatbot? Come on. PHONE: SEEING FRIENDS IS ALWAYS A GREAT WAY TO SEE YOUR FRIENDS. MAN: Oh, are you A.I. SHAMING ME? Wow. I didn't think you were a bigot. PANEL 3: MATTIE, arms spread wide. The MAN strokes his chin. MATTIE: What? Nobody was doing this a year ago. It's completely unnecessary! MAN: Huh, that's true. I wonder why that happened. PANEL 4: The MAN types on his phone, brow furrowed. MAN: Why…am…I…doing…this
AI shaming | patreon.com/lubchansky
This is very true! ❤️
(Of course, he admitted shortly afterwards that he used generative AI in his digital artworks/to avoid having to pay a web developer to make his website. Go figure.)
A month ago, I said this verbatim—"generative AI is a fascist project"—to an artist friend of a friend. He scoffed at me, and for a second I wondered if I was being hyperbolic. Turns out nope, lol.
Screenshot of an official Prime Minister post deliberately stoking fear and hate against migrants with a shadowy figure, reminiscent of old far right campaigns, and saying: @10DowningStreet We're taking action to stop migrants working illegally as food delivery drivers. DELIVERED BY WHO? Our new agreement means the government will share asylum accommodation locations with Deliveroo, Just Eat, and Uber Eats. So they'll know if riders are staying there and can take action. PLAN FOR CHANGE ALT Home Office
Oh yeah, because this won't in any way shape or form lead to people attacking delivery persons, Uber drivers etc. FFS, the image alone is meant to instil fear. That is guaranteed to lead to attacks.
Labour's new pledge "actively inciting violence to gain votes"
Very fun story from @anahlcq.bsky.social that makes me feel better about my all-consuming Brets obsession. (IMO the butter and chèvre & piment d'espelette flavors are the best.)
The AI companies are so profoundly hostile to creators, so ideologically committed to theft, that they were unwilling to pay for one (1) copy of the works they were stealing to train their AI models.
For the love of humanity, stop asking this scam machine questions! Stop asking it for advice! I get it, it was an entertaining novelty for a hot second. But it's bad. Stop stop stop.
