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  • Barefoot sage on steps of the UN addresses wishful agency – holds up lantern, not smartphone

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    Summary press release A modern-day Diogenes on the UN steps used a lantern to challenge AI CEOs, asserting that commodified data yields no authentic man. Like Midas or a Djinn, machines mimic humanity but strip spirit, exposing alignment failures and lost authenticity. NotClosedAI’s CEO advocated a coordinated slowdown; Diogenes called it liability protection masking runaway growth. Mostlysoft’s CEO claimed a co-man liberates humanity; Diogenes warned…

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  • There is nothing to see here – common wisdom & coverups

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    Under the rug The darkside of technology, particularly regarding social media and the AI stampede, continues to unfold, with whistle-blower testimonies and books. Even a movie now & then, like The Social Dilemma. We’re in a political climate where hypocrisy is no longer a disqualification. Yet again money muddies moral missteps. Ancient wisdom butts heads with billionaires wielding power: “Powerful people try to make something…

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  • AI warlords – We don’t need no stinkin’ redlines!

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    Epigraph “I just think that most of us are simply sick of the parts of digital life that once seemed miraculous but now feel exploitative.” – Backchannel, Steven Levy (2-13-2026) Boom and kaboom There’s a new factor about the AI boom – an arms race. From the pen to the sword, our Promethean moment carries us into uncharted territory. Wizards & witches, all claiming to…

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  • Architects of AI – Time Magazine’s ‘Person’ of the Year 2025

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    Two years after Time’s “TIME 100 AI” cover for 2023 – the most influential people in AI … movers & shakers, shaping the good, bad, & ugly, we have a shorter list for the 2025 cover. I’ve read & written a lot about AI the last two years. Time’s article covers all the bases. Even some anecdotal tales of AI’s “Midas touch” seeping (or blending)…

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  • ‘Rage bait’ – word of the year 2025

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    It’s been a year of “deliberate agitation.” Witness Oxford University Press’ announcement that rage bait was Word of the Year. Compare with last year’s word brain rot: “outrage sparks engagement, algorithms amplify it, and constant exposure leaves us mentally exhausted.” Eliciting anger grabs attention, offers personal gain, promotes political sway – all in a marketplace of bad faith, manipulative tactics, emotional hijacking. Yeah, words have…

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