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fasterandworse@awful.systems
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I write things on my blog sometimes https://fasterandworse.com/

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Some others that might work for you, mixture of informative and entertaining hosts

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Thanks! I thought it shows up on here too. Anyway, you can find me on all the places with that username

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I have sent an email to their press enquiries contact asking for more information, but I don’t know if I have the “press” clout to warrant a response (I know I don’t)

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My current hyperfixation is Ecosia, maker of “the greenest search engine” (already problematic) implementing a wrapped-chatgpt chat bot and saying it has a “green mode” which is not some kind of solar-powered, ethically-sound, generative AI, but rather an instructive prompt to only give answers relating to sustainable business models etc etc.

See my thread here https://xcancel.com/fasterandworse/status/1837831731577000320

I’m starting to reach out to them wherever I can because for some reason this one is keeping me up at night.

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Yeah, it doesn’t look good. Both artists are shilling NFTs on their personal profile but only one of them, Ciro Negroni, is openly pro AI. The studio site, weirdcore.tv does have some folio projects credited as being with AI visuals and they also have studio NFT projects. They do seem to specialise in lots of different styles of digital glitch art.

It doesn’t look good. Especially the lack of questions about AI in the official The Smile tweet thread announcing the video

Did I say it doesn’t look good?

Edit: I’d like to know https://x.com/fasterandworse/status/1841878497662283978

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For real, I can’t find info about this. Can you share a source?

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