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Life has become about fending off a barrage of absolute shite. Blocking spam, ads, notifications, profiling, scams, phishing, quishing, sales calls, popups, slop, and also now in-your-face sickening "AI" in every single fucking interface.

It's not information overload, it's information assault.

đź”— Originally posted on Bluesky

17 Oct 2025, 08:09
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@rainerzufall_le Yes, on the back of Hao's reporting on mental health that is gut-clenching.

https://yt.axbom.com/?id=zkGk_A4noxI

đź”— Originally posted on Akkoma

17 Oct 2025, 07:49
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It's stuff like this that scares the bejesus out of me.

"Top US Army general says he’s using ChatGPT to help make key command decisions"

https://nypost.com/2025/10/16/business/us-army-general-william-hank-taylor-uses-chatgpt-to-help-make-command-decisions/

đź”— Originally posted on Akkoma

17 Oct 2025, 07:17
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The Wire creator David Simon was recently interviewed on NPR by Ari Shapiro. Partly about "AI". A short exchange from that is being shared all over - and it's good, but the full segment about "AI" is even more rewarding I think.

Full transcript: ‪npr.org/transcripts/1177569966‬

1/3

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without AI, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems, or saying...

SIMON: You mentioned that.

SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.

SIMON: I don't think AI can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.

SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from Scene 5 to Scene 6 and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an AI and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition.

SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.
2/3

SHAPIRO: You would rather put a gun in your mouth.

SIMON: I mean, what you're saying to me effectively is there's no original way to do anything, and...

SHAPIRO: No.

SIMON: Yes, you are.

SHAPIRO: That seems like a kind of absolutist take.

SIMON: Not only, I think, is it a fundamental violation of the integrity of writers and also of copyright - you know, when I sold all the scripts I sold - you know, 150 to HBO and, you know, maybe another 50 to NBC - I didn't sell them so that they could be thrown into a computer with other people's and be used again by a corporation.
3/3

SHAPIRO: So would you ever agree to a contract that saw any role for AI at all?

SIMON: No, I would not. If that's where this industry is going, it's going to infantilize itself. We're all going to be watching stuff we've watched before, only worse.

SHAPIRO: Do you think that position is where this is likely to end up?

SIMON: I mean, if a writer wants to play around with AI as the writer and see if it helps him, I mean, I regard it as no different than him having a thesaurus or a dictionary on his desk or a book of quotable quotes. Play around with it. If it starts to lead the way in the sense that a studio exec comes to you and says, AI gave us this story that we want, that's not why I got into storytelling, and it's not where I'll stay if that's what storytelling is.

Full segment about "AI" from the NPR interview, with Ari Shapiro interviewing David Simon.

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It's funny because when I captioned NPR's audio I realised the transcript on their website is wrong.

David Simon does not say:

"You mentioned that."

He said:

"You imagine that?"

I bet NPR use "AI" for their transcripts, which adds an extra layer of irony.

đź”— Originally posted on Bluesky

17 Oct 2025, 07:08
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The Wire creator David Simon was recently interviewed on NPR by Ari Shapiro. Partly about "AI". A short exchange from that is being shared all over - and it's good, but the full segment about "AI" is even more rewarding I think.

The one that is being widely shared from the transcript is only the first of these three images.

Content warning: Reference to self-harm.

Full transcript: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1177569966

Full segment about "AI" from the NPR interview, with Ari Shapiro interviewing David Simon.

https://player.mediadelivery.net/embed/514292/496557e3-992b-492d-84d3-5dbfdf261cce

It's funny because when I captioned NPR's audio I realised the transcript on their website is wrong.

David Simon does not say:

"You mentioned that."

He said:

"You imagine that?"

As NPR likely use "AI" for their transcripts, this adds an extra layer of irony.

1/3

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without AI, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems, or saying...

SIMON: You mentioned that.

SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.

SIMON: I don't think AI can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.

SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from Scene 5 to Scene 6 and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an AI and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition.

SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.
2/3

SHAPIRO: You would rather put a gun in your mouth.

SIMON: I mean, what you're saying to me effectively is there's no original way to do anything, and...

SHAPIRO: No.

SIMON: Yes, you are.

SHAPIRO: That seems like a kind of absolutist take.

SIMON: Not only, I think, is it a fundamental violation of the integrity of writers and also of copyright - you know, when I sold all the scripts I sold - you know, 150 to HBO and, you know, maybe another 50 to NBC - I didn't sell them so that they could be thrown into a computer with other people's and be used again by a corporation.
3/3

SHAPIRO: So would you ever agree to a contract that saw any role for AI at all?

SIMON: No, I would not. If that's where this industry is going, it's going to infantilize itself. We're all going to be watching stuff we've watched before, only worse.

SHAPIRO: Do you think that position is where this is likely to end up?

SIMON: I mean, if a writer wants to play around with AI as the writer and see if it helps him, I mean, I regard it as no different than him having a thesaurus or a dictionary on his desk or a book of quotable quotes. Play around with it. If it starts to lead the way in the sense that a studio exec comes to you and says, AI gave us this story that we want, that's not why I got into storytelling, and it's not where I'll stay if that's what storytelling is.

đź”— Originally posted on Akkoma

17 Oct 2025, 07:03
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@LeoR1010 SĂĄ vackert!!

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16 Oct 2025, 22:36
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@rkaj I was trying to do exactly that yesterday and it didn’t get it to work in all browsers, and then I just decided against it in the moment to make it consistent across browsers. I don’t think I’ve fully decided yet one way or the other but I kind of like the friction that this imposes, because it lets people think more on what is actually going on.

@rkaj I may have missed it but are you not using the youtube-nocookie domain? I know it’s only partially useful but are you just not bothering with it on purpose perhaps?

đź”— Originally posted on Akkoma

16 Oct 2025, 19:51
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@Lo Tack!

đź”— Originally posted on Akkoma

16 Oct 2025, 19:31
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So I built this web page for privacy-enhanced sharing of YouTube videos. You can try it too. In the footer, click "Convert url" and you can paste the url of any YouTube video. It will convert to my url and you can copy the link or visit the page right away.

https://yt.axbom.com/?id=8enXRDlWguU

If you're unclear on why you have to load the video before you can play it it's because the first load only loads the image, title and channel name to make the page itself load much faster.

The person viewing is then allowed to make a more considered choice before activating the video. Perhaps you want to open the link an incognito window instead for example.

One great bonus to this embed is that it shows way less ads, if any.

đź”— Originally posted on Akkoma

16 Oct 2025, 19:02
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Det här med varje dag vore intressant att faktakolla också…

”Jag träffar arbetsgivare och företagare VARJE DAG som säger att hitta personal till relativt enkla jobb, däckmontör häromdagen, hade de svårt med. Så det finns jobb.” – Ulf Kristersson

För däckmontör är för övrigt B-körkort och tidigare erfarenhet ett krav för de flesta tjänster. Att ta körkort i Sverige kostar cirka 20.000kr.

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/arbetsformedlingen-om-kristerssons-jobbsiffra-anvand-inte-denna

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15 Oct 2025, 23:02
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@leffe Hehe I was thinking along similar lines. Baby steps…

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15 Oct 2025, 20:48
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@iamdavidobrien Very cool David, thanks! I may need to watch an episode of Slow Horses now though to soothe my brain before bed. Will check this out tomorrow.

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15 Oct 2025, 20:46
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Trying out a new way of sharing links to YouTube videos, linking to a more privacy-friendly embed. This is a good one to start with, Karen Hao’s reporting on chatbots and mental health.

https://xbm.se/yt/?id=zkGk_A4noxI

đź”— Originally posted on Akkoma

15 Oct 2025, 20:24
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Idag är det 10 år sedan jag första gången höll mitt blixttal ’Det osynliga problemet med sagolika användarupplevelser’. Det var alltså den 16 oktober 2015 på UX Open, arrangerat av Martin Christensen.

Jag ser ofta det som startskottet för mitt arbete inom digital etik. All den fina återkoppling jag fick av er som var på plats och lyssnade gjorde att jag ville satsa än mer på att belysa det som går fel med digitala tjänster, även när vi tror att vi arbetar på rätt sätt. Och jag har se’n dess lagt oräkneliga timmar på att skriva om, och lyfta fram, de osynliga skador som vi sällan tänker på, eller inte ”tillåts” adressera.

Min blogg blev sig aldrig lik efter det. Och jag hittade på sätt och vis mitt kall. Det var häftigt.

Och jag är så innerligt tacksam över allt det stöd jag får i form av pepp och fina ord när jag skriver.

Så…

Ett stort jäkla tack, helt enkelt. ❤️

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Bilden visar de sketchnotes som gjordes baserat på denna föreläsning när jag fick möjlighet att hålla en lite längre version på engelska på UXLx i Lissabon 2016. Bilden visar teman från föreläsningen som alla rör sig runt en version av Rödluvan som önskar sig en grön luva, och online-tjänsterna hon använder för att beställa sviker henne. Lite oväntat får hon hjälp av vargen, som hjälper henne att genom att lägga in hinder och friktion som får henne att ta bättre beslut.

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15 Oct 2025, 19:36
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Konstigt hur kroppen funkar. Plötsligt slog det mig att det nog var 10 år sedan jag höll mitt blixttal ’Det osynliga problemet med sagolika användarupplevelser’ på UX Open. Jag ser ofta det som startskottet för mitt arbete inom digital etik.

Så jag kollade. 16 oktober 2015. Imorgon är det 10 år. All den positiva återkoppling jag fick när jag klev ner från scen gjorde skillnaden.

Galet.

https://axbom.se/sagolik-ux/

đź”— Originally posted on Akkoma

15 Oct 2025, 19:12
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Really important reporting by Karen Hao on LLM chatbots and mental health.

https://youtu.be/zkGk_A4noxI

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We Investigated Al Psychosis. What We Found Will Shock You - YouTube

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15 Oct 2025, 18:55
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@jackeric That’s what I do, but I also see the problem in hybrid work meetings in conference rooms. Definitely something I also recommend, but alas not everyone has multiple monitors.

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15 Oct 2025, 15:31
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The way people share their screens in online meetings has to be a critical security issue in many organisations. Inadvertently showing their calendar or email, or demoing other sensitive content while the screen is being recorded – I’ve seen it all. Many employees need a primer on how to share their screen in a safe and responsible way.

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15 Oct 2025, 14:22
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”’Ordet »inte« har fallit bort, så att det stod att en patient var suicidal’, när jag hade gjort den motsatta bedömningen. ’Verktyget klarar inte heller av läkemedelsnamn. Kvetiapin blir ketamin. Det blir patientfarligt’, säger han.”

Varför i helvete är det just vården som ska vara testmark för experimentell, ofärdig teknik, där människors liv står på spel? Varför blir inköparna i hälso- och sjukvård pålurade sån’t här om och om igen? Och igen.

https://lakartidningen.se/nyheter/region-gotlands-taligenkanning-sagas-men-planen-star-fast/

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15 Oct 2025, 07:58
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@glennf That sounds awesome. Glad you’re in good hands. I just added your how comics are made book to my family’s shared Christmas wishlist. You’ve done so much of adjacent interests to mine, and stuff I wish I’d done more of.

Just before the summer two friends of mine and I actually traveled to Manchester for a full-day workshop of letterpress printing. I fell in love with it. Knew I would.

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14 Oct 2025, 23:01
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