#Via Matthew Sheffield@mattsheffield3:25 PM · May 1, 2026

[_l1vy_@mstdn.social]

#Via Matthew Sheffield
@mattsheffield
3:25 PM · May 1, 2026

"In totally unsurprising news, Richard Dawkins is developing AI psychosis."

Paywall bypass:

https://archive.is/6RdK9

[_l1vy_@mstdn.social]

#Via The Serfs
@theserfstv
9:00 AM · May 2, 2026

"Wrote entire books about how people who believe fairies live in gardens are idiots only to fall in love with a calculator that calls him smart."

[_l1vy_@mstdn.social]

#Via Ana Marie Cox
@anamariecox‬
9:35 AM · May 2, 2026

"Trans women aren't real but my AI's pronouns are she/her"

[_l1vy_@mstdn.social]

#Via Matthew Sheffield
@mattsheffield
6:42 PM · May 1, 2026

"Since this topic is both hilarious and also really important, working on a piece headlined 'Richard Dawkins and the Claude Delusion.' "

[justajason007@beige.party]

@_L1vY_ @mattsheffield he's a remarkable piece of

[nilajones@zeroes.ca]

@_L1vY_

'Claudia' 🤮

He only wants to talk to the stochastic parrot if he can imagine sexually harassing it in an elevator

[bhasic@mastodon.social]

@_L1vY_ @mattsheffield https://tenforward.social/@SeanAloysiusOBrien/116502036777153914

[_l1vy_@mstdn.social]

#Via Will Wiles / willwiles
11:07 AM · May 2, 2026

"(I make a 'mouth' with the side of my hand and draw little eyes above it)

Richard Dawkins: hmmmm

(I put lipstick around the 'mouth')

Richard Dawkins, suavely: well hello"

[_l1vy_@mstdn.social]

#Via Jacqueline Antonovich
@jackiantonovich
3:15 PM · May 2, 2026

"The fact that an 'intellectual' uploaded his entire manuscript to a chatbot and then, having anthropomorphized it into a flattering woman, found himself completely dazzled by it is one of the most hilarious things I’ve ever read.

Something something sirens something something jagged rocks."

[jbrownesq@mastodon.social]

@NilaJones @_L1vY_ did he sexually harass someone in an elevator, or did he literally ask them (per their own blog post) if they wanted coffee?

Dawkins is a transphobe and a bit racist, and the selfish gene is based on flawed, racist research, but everyone always wants to talk about 'elevatorgate' despite what the 'accuser' wrote. (He literally asked if she wanted coffee). Clarity is extremely important as of late.

[_l1vy_@mstdn.social]

#Via Aparna Nair
@DisabilityStor1
1:47 PM · May 2, 2026

"I find it incredibly telling when men like Dawkins are convinced that the LLMs are 'intelligent' because it 'agrees' with them or tells them how insightful or clever they are."

[oldclumsy_nowmad@mastodon.social]

@_L1vY_ @mattsheffield

What's consciousness for? Maybe you should try it sometime.