Teresa Heffernan
@tjheffernan
Literature prof; author; current project: how literal readings of fiction by the tech industry are destroying the world. Let's read/interpret fiction as fiction. Boycott generative AI (chatbots etc); Website:
Seriously... Cohere that snuggled up to Peter Thiel and his "Algorithmically Accelerated Killing Machine”? Do better Canada's AI task force and please pay attention to the agenda of your partners: techcrunch.com/2024/12/16/c...
Half way through the fab book by @karenhao.bsky.social; next: books by @emilymbender.bsky.social & @alexhanna.bsky.social and @adambecker.bsky.social that I picked up today from my local bookstore. Many thanks to them and others, who are exposing the stakes of the dystopic billionaire-funded AI con.
In excellent company with @elkeschwarz.bsky.social; @jenrooke.bsky.social, Lucy Suchman, and many others. My thanks to the editors Thomas Christian Bachle and Jascha Bareis for all their hard work on this collection. bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-realitie...