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ai happened suddenly, was pitched as an unequivocal positive, people started using it without knowing it, Everywhere, Lightspeed

When the smartphone revolution began about 20 years ago you knew when you were using a smartphone or not. You knew when you were sitting down at a computer or not, when you were opening up a social media app or not, etc. I think the big difference here is that AI is everywhere and in everything, almost without user consent. No industry is safe. Education isn't safe. Childhood isn't safe. Religious communities aren't safe. Text exchanges with family members aren't safe. For months now I've recognized the need to establish a set of personal values and safeguards around AI. These apply primarily to me and in my domains of oversight. But also they will shape who and what I engage with and consume from. In many ways I think this will be the issue of our time. What does it mean to be a human? Is there value in creating or only in the completed product? What do we gain from the struggle of the creative process? Also I see opportunity everywhere. As generative AI overtakes and as we realize that we can't trust anything that comes through a screen, even, soon, the person on the other side of a Zoom video chat (it could be their AI avatar authorized to speak on their behalf), then real life and real world interactions become so much more poignant and beautiful. Right now I lead a community writing workshop on weekly basis. IT IS REAL. No one is using AI. We write together with pens in notebooks. We read our work aloud together. This will remain a safe space. I can see other safe spaces springing up too. For instance: we gather and paint or make art, together and in realtime. Then we walk next door and hang our art immediately in a gallery and have a show. It's real. It's human. And we can trust it. Also I see communities forming of people who choose to opt out of the generative AI devolution. There's a lot of thoughtful writing about this out there already.

@mattshawsome

May 15, 2025

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the life and death of online platforms

piece that explores our collective relationship with algorithmically driven platforms and theorizing why non-algorithmically driven platforms haven't caught on yet (PI.FYI mentioned ‼️). some of the references and moments in the writing style makes this article feel hollow and generic, but the overall conceit is engaging. also this article (and the general public alike) keep saying tumblr is dead but tumblr is very alive for me personally. "Just kidding. There is no pure place: we crave the end because it seems cleaner on the other side. We all live,and have always lived, in the muck—even and especially after death. Download the niche app, participate in the empty-ish forum. Labor to make the experience you want. Labor to animate a human internet."

@veggiedumpling

Mar 6, 2024

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Filterworld: how algorithms flattened culture by kyle chayka

once I picked this up, I couldn’t set it down. made me realize how pi.fyi can be one of these new spaces where we can regain control of culture and have true recommendations far away from the algos. you can also listen to it here

@zoots

Feb 4, 2024

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Register what u listen

I like to draw the covers of the albums I listen to every week and write down my favorite songs.

@robcrr

Jan 2, 2025

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talk to the moon

She is my oldest friend and I love looking at her in her full glow ✨

@robcrr

Feb 13, 2025

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TRYING NEW THINGS

someone speaks passionately about their favorite book? I read it! You loved this album I never heard of? I listen to it! Movies, experiences, activities, I love to try it all, maybe I’ll like it or not but I feel like I get to know all of a you a little and more importantly I learn about myself, here I feel free to embrace who I l am, I might not be super interesting but I’m slowly becoming more me. 🌱 Shoutout to @SAYLOR for recommending Bluebeard, I’m halfway and I am really enjoying it!

@robcrr

2d ago