@georgetakei Do not create the #TormentNexus...

#TormentNexus

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66128111

@NicoleCRust @dlevenstein P.S. The time to consider ethics is before, not after, one builds the #TormentNexus …

I was disappointed I couldn't buy https://torment.nexus until I saw it's an (apparently) open registration Mastodon instance...

#TormentNexus #mastodon

Everyone: …
TechBros: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ketchup-from-the-cloud-kraft-heinz-debuts-remix-its-personalized-sauce-dispenser-100022983.html

#TormentNexus

@arpieb My partner keeps proposing a ban on scifi stories because tech bros just keep wanting to implement the worst cautionary imaginings from them. I’m increasingly inclined to agree with her. 🙈 #tormentnexus

For those of you who want to queue up to register ‘torment.nexus’, Sunrise phase starts on April 2nd;

".FOO for developers, .ZIP for speedy hosting, .MOV for moving content, .NEXUS for everything you’re doing online, .DAD for fatherhood, .PHD for doctorates, .PROF for professors, .ESQ for lawyers.”

'Everything you're doing online’ sounds pretty accurate, for some Big Tech companies 🤔

If you don't have a trademark, you'll probably want to wait for the Early Access Period instead, which starts on May 3rd, or bet on being the first on May 10th, from 16:00 onwards.

Oh, yeah, and .foo, too 😏

#TormentNexus #DotFoo #NewDomains

Chatgpt will refuse to generate instructions for building the Torment Nexus... unless you tell it it's for the AI Weirdness blog.
https://www.aiweirdness.com/the-ai-weirdness-hack/
#TormentNexus #PromptInjection #AIWeirdnessHack

What if I told you that you could have the Torment Nexus™ experience at home? Well wait no more! With the revolutionary PainPod you can have the full excruciating agony of the Torment Nexus in the comfort of your own living room. Call now!

#TormentNexus

@scotclose @edri @openrightsgroup #TormentNexus

Petition for Cronenberg (either of them) to make the #TormentNexus movie so we all know what we're signing up for

Are you on the #TormentNexus waitlist? Sign up and follow these steps to get ahead in the line. Get ready for the #TormentNexus powered experience!

* Install the TormentNexus app
* Set your default to TormentNexus
* Opt-in to Torment from TormentNexus
* Grant TormentNexus the permissions it asks for - don't worry, it's GDPR-compliant and not under any settlement or consent decree!
* Refer 5 of your friends to TormentNexus

Every person participating is guilty...whether it's the people designing them/coming up with the ideas/actually building them/selling them/using them...they are all fucking guilty...they know they are...they're too deep in their own bullshit now if they try to convince themselves they are doing it for the "good of humanity"...FUCKING. BULLSHIT. The harms of continuing dystopian projects will always be greater than any claimed "benefits". #TormentNexus #FuckThisDystopia

Maybe we need a new kind of job interview question testing whether someone can understand cautionary tales. It seems like an uncreasingly elusive skill in tech circles.

#TormentNexus

Maybe we need a new kind of job interview question testing whether someone can understand cautionary tales. It seems like an uncreasingly elusive skill in tech circles.

#TormentNexus

In news from the #TormentNexus:

Meta alleges surveillance firm collected data on 600,000 users via fake accounts | Meta | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/12/meta-voyager-labs-surveillance-fake-accounts

#RokosBasilisk, but Roko is an Effective Altruism techbro & 'Basilisk' is his new startup.
#TormentNexus

Dear @AlexBlechman we need the #tormentnexus post over here plz

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/24/1066041/a-startup-says-its-begun-releasing-particles-into-the-atmosphere-in-an-effort-to-tweak-the-climate/

#news #climate #dystopian #jackpot

“Hi! I am Important McJournalistPants and here are my thinky thoughts about the absolutely ESSENTIAL features Mastodon MUST implement in order to turn it into the #TormentNexus from the classic sci-fi novel, ‘Don’t Create The Torment Nexus’. ”

"Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the #TormentNexus as a cautionary tale

"Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus" -Alex Blechman twitter