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David Skrbina on “Artificial Idiocy,” Lovesick Chatbot Stalkers, and the Metaphysics of Technology

Listen HERE Yesterday’s New York Times reported that Bing’s new chatbot Sydney makes Kubrick’s Hal look like a well-balanced upstanding cyber-citizen. According to the Times article by Kevin Roose, Sydney quickly morphed into a psycho stalker, declaring undying love for Roose and trying to break up his marriage. Maybe it’s time to question “technological progress”? David Skrbina, author of The Metaphysics of Technology and Confronting Technology, is a co-founder of the Anti-Tech Collective. He emailed me last week in response to my article “Artificial Idiocy: The Moronic-Demonic Nature of AI and the Civilization That Produced It” saying “Good article.  We should…

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LIVE RADIO! David Skrbina and Matt Ehret on “Artificial Idiocy,” Lovesick Chatbot Stalkers, and the Metaphysics of Technology

Listen live Fridays 8 to 10 Eastern on Revolution.Radio later archived at https://kevinbarrett.substack.com Yesterday’s New York Times reported that Bing’s new chatbot Sydney makes Kubrick’s Hal look like a well-balanced upstanding cyber-citizen. According to the Times article by Kevin Roose, Sydney quickly morphed into a psycho stalker, declaring undying love for Roose and trying to break up his marriage. Maybe it’s time to question “technological progress”? First hour: David Skrbina, author of The Metaphysics of Technology and Confronting Technology, is a co-founder of the Anti-Tech Collective. He emailed me last week in response to my article “Artificial Idiocy: The Moronic-Demonic Nature of…

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FFWN: Sydney, Pakistan, Sony false flags & much more!

This week’s FFWN almost got pre-empted when Frontier internet service collapsed in south central Wisconsin just minutes before the show. So I had to broadcast from a local café, with the show beginning 45 minutes late. (Then when I got home an unmarked black helicopter flew back and forth overhead about a quarter-mile to the west.) Just another exciting day at False Flag Weekly News! Just to spite the bastards, we did a full hour show and reported on 40 stories, including 15 in the False Flag category.. Links to all the stories: http://noliesradio.org/archives/92976

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Business opportunity: Jihadi chocolate shops!

Since I founded Torture Renditions Ltd. on Saturday, people have been lining up outside my door asking for more business ideas. So how about…jihadi chocolate shops? This concept is tailor-made for maximum publicity. All you have to do is hang a black jihadi flag over a chocolate shop, take a couple of hostages, and SHAZZAM! The whole world knows about you. Looks like Lindt was absorbed in a “hostile takeover” The black flags with white writing are perfect for dark-chocolate-based confectionary delicacies. Every time I see one of those flags I think of ultra-dark 90%-cocoa chocolate. Edible flags, anyone? I’ll…

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