{"generator":"GNU social 2.0.2-dev","title":"Conversation","totalItems":1,"items":[{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/dair-community.social\/users\/alex","displayName":"Alex Hanna","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/74732-original-tmp20221216184613.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/74732-96-20221216184613.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/74732-48-20221216184613.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/74732-24-20221216184613.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"74732"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/74732-96-20221216184613.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute.Roller derby athlete\/announcer at Bay Area Derby. \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddec\u26a7Residing on unceded Lisjan (Ohlone) land. Pay your Shuumi Land Tax if you live in the East Bay. https:\/\/sogoreate-landtrust.org\/","url":"https:\/\/dair-community.social\/@alex","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"alex","displayName":"Alex Hanna","note":"Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute.Roller derby athlete\/announcer at Bay Area Derby. \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddec\u26a7Residing on unceded Lisjan (Ohlone) land. Pay your Shuumi Land Tax if you live in the East Bay. https:\/\/sogoreate-landtrust.org\/"}},"content":"<p>\"In many ways, Bender and Hanna successfully demonstrate that AI is a con. It fails at productivity and intelligence, while the hype launders a series of transformations that harm workers, exacerbate inequality and damage the environment.\"<\/p><p>Nice write-up of The AI Con by Luke Munn in The Conversation.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/is-ai-a-con-a-new-book-punctures-the-hype-and-proposes-some-ways-to-resist-257015\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/is-ai-a-con-a-new-book-punctures-the-hype-and-proposes-some-ways-to-resist-257015<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/dair-community.social\/@emilymbender\" class=\"u-url mention\">@emilymbender<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-15:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/dair-community.social\/users\/alex\/statuses\/114738358263760447","object":{"id":"https:\/\/dair-community.social\/users\/alex\/statuses\/114738358263760447","objectType":"note","content":"<p>\"In many ways, Bender and Hanna successfully demonstrate that AI is a con. It fails at productivity and intelligence, while the hype launders a series of transformations that harm workers, exacerbate inequality and damage the environment.\"<\/p><p>Nice write-up of The AI Con by Luke Munn in The Conversation.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/is-ai-a-con-a-new-book-punctures-the-hype-and-proposes-some-ways-to-resist-257015\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/is-ai-a-con-a-new-book-punctures-the-hype-and-proposes-some-ways-to-resist-257015<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/dair-community.social\/@emilymbender\" class=\"u-url mention\">@emilymbender<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/dair-community.social\/@alex\/114738358263760447","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/dair-community.social\/users\/emilymbender"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-06-24:objectType=thread:nonce=16fc0a6bc15f0137","notice_info":{"local_id":"10301766","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-06-24T12:34:05+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/dair-community.social\/@alex\/114738358263760447"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/5250174","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}