One of the things that AI developers try to convey to their workers is that we shouldn’t think of the AI model we are working with as human. We shouldn’t
Author: NeoPrynne
A former academic wearing the Scarlet Letter of a felony conviction.
A Preface to Mechanical ThinkingA Preface to Mechanical Thinking
As you know, I can’t go back to my previous profession because the good folks of America perceive me as a threat. I’m the one who is going to corrupt
The Dipshittery of Alcatraz as a “New” PrisonThe Dipshittery of Alcatraz as a “New” Prison
I have been trying to be a good citizen and pour myself into completely alienating labor. That’s what we former inmates are supposed to do. That means I haven’t been
Paving the road to hell; or the consequences of not being a drone.Paving the road to hell; or the consequences of not being a drone.
Please allow me to speculate on how I got fired from a totally alienating job a few months ago. The work I was doing involved marking up possible computer responses
That’s how they do a brother, Peter Navarro.That’s how they do a brother, Peter Navarro.
I recently saw a video news clip where Peter Navarro, now convicted of contempt of Congress, was complaining that he was handcuffed and leg-shackled at some point during his interactions
Artificial Intelligence, Fake Facts, and No ChancesArtificial Intelligence, Fake Facts, and No Chances
So after about a year and a half of working as a human trainer for artificial intelligence and search algorithms, my ass got put into the unemployment line for a
It was a comfortable, old BroganIt was a comfortable, old Brogan
So…I had a teaching job, just a bottom rung adjunct position that paid LESS than I was making for doing exactly the same work that I did in graduate school
Other ShoesOther Shoes
Sometimes you think things are moving along marvelously. You have been out of prison for a while. You stop looking over your shoulder in reflexive paranoia. You think you are
Justice Is A Dead HorseJustice Is A Dead Horse
Despite that, I’m going to flog it once again. As my newshound readers have, no doubt, already heard, the judge in the Kyle Rittenhouse case in Kenosha, WI is a
The (Michigan) State of Higher EducationThe (Michigan) State of Higher Education
I’m befuddled. If you missed the news about faculty, staff, and grad students being asked to volunteer as food service workers at Michigan State University, you can give yourself a