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bencaudron.bsky.social
Sociologist dissecting ‘Tech’ bullshit narratives, killing optimists’ crap on AI. Head of Program at Erasmus College University. Author, columnist & essayist. #sociology #discourse #tech #capitalism #AI
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Jamaar woke!

Let’s hope this is a symbol for the moron’s real value. Bring #tesla down and the South African While Elitist piece of shit is off the grid. Go get after his wallet

www.goeuropean.org GoEuropean’ mission is to @support European-made products remains unchanged, as we continue to be a community-led directory of European products and services.” Might work as a short term strategy to raise a middle-finger to those 2 fake ‘business men’ over there.

Yep. Better understand we did nice things building a parrot (kudos 2 @timnitgebru.bsky.social) that fooled us all (and moronic VCs) but basically it’s a dead end. Is a next winter possible?

Reuters reports talks with EU to replace Starlink satellites above Ukraine. Ontario kills the contract. Good news! Hit those guys in the pocket

Can’t wait to read the conversation between Jan Walraven and @emilymbender.bsky.social … gotta get her book fast

@jdceulaer.bsky.social heeft het over een mechanisme waarover meestal gezwegen wordt, of geridiculiseerd. Hij stelt terecht dat het een keer grondig onderzocht mag worden. Akkoord! Laten we het model van Hermann en #Chomsky nog een keertje lezen. Filter 3, Joël 😎 www.demorgen.be/meningen/ook...

Wordt Rik Torfs vilainer naarmate hij minder opgevoerd wordt, of beeld ik me ‘t in? Arme man

Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Expert takedown of latest burst of Neuralink hype, from ever-reliable @garwboy.bsky.social. So frustrating that media keep falling for this, especially at a time when Musk & co are in midst of vandalizing the science research infrastructure of the US, damage that will reverberate across the world. 🧪

www.axios.com/2025/02/12/o... #Altman knows about #PR.

the-decoder.com/openai-veter... OpenAI veterans reunite at Thinking Machines Lab

CLOSING TODAY: the Sociological Review Foundation is hiring an Editorial Officer to manage the journal’s review process and support the Editor-in-Chief and team of editors. Applicants must be based in, and eligible to work in, the UK. Today, 17 February, is the final day to apply. buff.ly/4hw5BJq

#listen

#read

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open.substack.com/pub/populari... #NSA’ "Big #Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 #banned #words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion" is creating unintended consequences, taking down "mission-related" work.

Wie helpt studente Nina De Winter met haar masterthesis over de (lokale) herinnering aan het verzet tijdens WOII? Nina zoekt mensen die zich hierover in februari/maart willen laten interviewen. Interesse? Mail aub naar [email protected]. Alvast bedankt!

Meanwhile…

Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, at the very end of their recent earnings call: “Palantir is here to disrupt and make the institutions we partner with the very best in the world and, when it’s necessary, to scare enemies and on occasion kill them.” www.youtube.com/live/MW0zvoE...

www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20... “In januari werden er slechts 1.277 nieuwe #Tesla's geregistreerd (in Duitsland), een daling van 59,5 procent tegenover dezelfde periode vorig jaar. Tesla's marktaandeel kromp in januari zelfs van 14 naar 4 procent.” Mooi!

Marc #Andreessen, investor and bullshitter, calls #DeepSeek “ #AI’s Sputnik moment” while Lina #Khan prefers “the canary in the coal mine”. I think “the emperor’s new clothes” does a better job: DeepSeek hit the #evangelists’ #narrative. @rbreich.bsky.social’s plea makes sense. Stop worshipping.

Check out my conversation with Coding Rights co-founder Joana Varon. "In this episode, we talk about the ideologies driving some of Silicon Valley’s most powerful CEOs and tech billionaires." codingrights.org/en/library-i...

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u... He’s so competent. They all are.

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www.404media.co/anthropic-cl... “#Anthropic, the company that made one of the most popular #AI writing assistants in the world, requires #job applicants to agree that they won’t use an AI assistant to help write their application.” Oh irony

the.ink/p/watch-its-... Musk buying a coup? Nice analysis in the #substack blog The #Ink

We could see it coming. They told us.

Idioten die “massamoordenaar” roepen… www.knack.be/nieuws/belgi...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Can’t wait to see the face when he finds out he’s not the #king #Yarvish has in (a very weird) mind

Get in touch. I’ll sync. Or delete

The CFAA is an overbroad and ambiguous law subject to weaponization against journalists and their sources. That said, DOGE is likely violating it left and right these days. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/04/w...

Surprised to see my favourite swarms of ex x folk finally decided to find another public space. Glad they did.

maxread.substack.com/p/what-the-h... So many attempts to understand what the #bullionaire is trying to do with #DOGE. Here’s a nice one, by @maxread.info Also listen to the podcast with @parismarx.com and @xriskology.bsky.social. The insights on #Longtermism do help.

Nice topic to make an entrance. On #LLM and #value #deepseek www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/b...