I am 30 or 40 years old and I do not need this.
“The Catholic Church is an institution which has harmed, and continues to harm many, many people” and “it’s really good that the leader of the world’s largest religious organization is speaking out against AI and fascism” are both true statements
Musical equivalent of how a cat feels when you rub its fur the wrong way
1000% off topic but I had this inflicted on me in a Discord I’m in and I need to drag as many people down with me as I can: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQRl7q_oN4c
Didn’t see anyone post this, apologoes if I’m late to the draw: Character.ai getting sued because their chatbot posed as a doctor
Yes, dear reader, the author of The God Delusion is now suffering from a Claude delusion.
Matthew Sheffield saw his chance and he took it. (WTF is the rest of that article tho)
A teacher has a potential answer for dealing with AI-poisoned students. An actually hopeful read, for once!
Semi-topical, there’s a new Local 58 and even the moon demon hates AI, I guess.
A friend of mine is working on an internal AI chatbot at their company, so that the Least-Productive Team will have something to answer the same 5 questions that they keep asking to Friend’s (extremely productive) team, instead of wasting Friend et al’s time.
So I guess that’s the one use case of AI bots: to dangle keys in front of MBAs who are too stupid to do their own jobs. Which explains everything, really.
Every time I hear about people using chatGPT as a therapist, I want to scream
Apparently he’s a Quaker, so maybe that’s how the euthanasia stance can pass muster. But Quakerism might also make even less sense with his views on race? I don’t know enough about the reality of Quakerism to say.
Quakers have a history of being anti-racist, but views on stuff like abortion and euthansia cam vary a lot. Quakerism is big on both individual conscience but also social justice and activism. It’s an interesting denomination.
Nearly laughed out loud in a waiting room
I doubt I’m the first one to think of this, but for some reason as I was drifting off to sleep last night, I was thinking about the horrible AI “pop” music that a lot of content farms use in their videos and my brain spat out the phrase Bubblegum Slop. Feel free to use it as you ses fit (or don’t, I ain’t your dad).
I cannot post the picture for obvious reasons, but the CEO of [Company My Friend Works For] has a fancy pair of AI sunglasses he keeps wearing to Teams meetings. Friend got a screenshot of it and the guy looks like, as they say in France, “a total fucking douchebag.”
I block pretty freely, on all social media. Being both trans and religious means that people on any part of the political spectrum might think I’m subhuman, and I don’t see the point of engaging when that’s the case.
The story is awful enough, but the headline is making me want to punch someone.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/02/1122871/therapists-using-chatgpt-secretly
Off-topic but this seems like a place that appreciates an insane legal dispute: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/02/everyone-in-this-lego-dispute-should-have-spoken-to-a-lawyer-earlier-than-they-did/