Mastodon users voice concerns over AI content and its societal impact

By PulseAugur Editorial · [53 sources] · 2026-10-31 18:40

Multiple users on Mastodon are expressing frustration and concern regarding the proliferation of AI content and its perceived negative impacts. Some posts criticize the prioritization of Big Tech AI companies over public services, while others highlight the potential for AI and LLMs to foster disrespect and undermine knowledge. There's also anticipation for an interview with Ed Zitron discussing the future of OpenAI, alongside general commentary on AI's presence in online spaces and data centers. AI

IMPACT Users express concerns about AI's societal impact, including its presence on social media and potential to foster disrespect, alongside commentary on its future.

RANK_REASON The cluster consists of user-generated posts on a social media platform expressing opinions and concerns about AI, rather than reporting on a specific event or release.

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Mastodon users voice concerns over AI content and its societal impact

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Newsworthiness bucket: Commentary; The cluster consists of user-generated posts on a social media platform expressing opinions and concerns about AI, rather than reporting on a specific event or release.
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COVERAGE [53]

Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-09 15:27

@ AnnaAnthro This is the # CarneyCons # Canada - trash the public service while bolstering the incompetent, dehumanizing # BigTech # AI clowns.

@ AnnaAnthro This is the # CarneyCons # Canada - trash the public service while bolstering the incompetent, dehumanizing # BigTech # AI clowns.
Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-08 19:51

@ tante # Quote (slightly shortened / edited, click to see original post) # AI & # LLMs give # permission to # disrespect everyone else's # knowledge and # expe

@ tante # Quote (slightly shortened / edited, click to see original post) # AI & # LLMs give # permission to # disrespect everyone else's # knowledge and # experience , and makes worse trying to defend against # capital .

LINKS tldr.nettime.org/@tante
Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-06 17:18

@ quixoticgeek I'm waiting for the next Tech Report interview with Ed Zitron. It is due in the next day or so and should be hilarious. # ai

@ quixoticgeek I'm waiting for the next Tech Report interview with Ed Zitron. It is due in the next day or so and should be hilarious. # ai

LINKS social.v.st/@quixoticgeek
Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 Suomi(FI) · [email protected] · 2026-11-06 09:47

@ KAS82 Sharing AI stuff in Fediverse is admittedly stressful nowadays 😅 But I'm trying to get over my own traumas regarding it. Of course, you can block here and

@ KAS82 Fedissä AI-juttujen jakaminen on kieltämättä ahdistavaa nykyään 😅 Mutta koitan päästä yli omista traumoistani sen suhteen. Kyllähän täällä saa estää ja hijentää, jos ei jutut miellytä, sanafiltteröinti on aika tehokas tapa piilottaa köntsää. Itse asiaan: tuttu kuvio, Linu…

LINKS github.com/…/coucou
Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-06 09:18

Thank you for your attention to this matter. /s # AI # DataCenters # Meme

Thank you for your attention to this matter. /s # AI # DataCenters # Meme
Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 Bahasa(ID) · [email protected] · 2026-11-05 09:06

@ Steeph darn # ai # propaganda dissemination # memetics

@ Steeph darn # ai # propaganda dissemination # memetics

LINKS mastodon.green/@Steeph
Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-09 02:03

I posted this in my employer's Slack channel this evening. # Slack # AI # TechBros

I posted this in my employer's Slack channel this evening. # Slack # AI # TechBros
Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-08 19:09

@MatthewBerman on YT! "RSI already started..." https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=lVbQqjAJpkE # RSI # AI ##RSL # LLM # SOTA # Anthropic 11/8/2026

@MatthewBerman on YT! "RSI already started..." https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=lVbQqjAJpkE # RSI # AI ##RSL # LLM # SOTA # Anthropic 11/8/2026

LINKS youtube.com/watch
Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-08 16:21

@ funnymonkey Put # AI to sleep. Send AI to a farm upstate where it run in the fields all day. Deconstruct, slowly, safely, legally, the data centers arriving l

@ funnymonkey Put # AI to sleep. Send AI to a farm upstate where it run in the fields all day. Deconstruct, slowly, safely, legally, the data centers arriving like giant UFOs from a Marvel Villain.

LINKS freeradical.zone/@funnymonkey
Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-06 18:27

@ quixoticgeek And the Tech Report interview with Ed Zitron has just dropped. First line: "I don't think we have an OpenAI in 2028" This is going to be good. ht

@ quixoticgeek And the Tech Report interview with Ed Zitron has just dropped. First line: "I don't think we have an OpenAI in 2028" This is going to be good. https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=YB3XE8mWNF0 # ai # openai # finance # today

LINKS social.v.st/@quixoticgeek youtube.com/watch
Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-05 23:00

@ Serpent7776 @ Jonstewartmill People don't want data centers at all. People do not want them. Don't want the corporate collection of data, don't want the data

@ Serpent7776 @ Jonstewartmill People don't want data centers at all. People do not want them. Don't want the corporate collection of data, don't want the data saved, or stolen UP, or surveillance, the waste of billions of gallons of water, dont want the waste of terawatts of pow…
Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-05 22:24

@ kfort @ dolanor @ kaia I think there should be a new # fedi rule: only send pictures and videos you created yourself. Otherwise baseline risk of # AI # slop i

@ kfort @ dolanor @ kaia I think there should be a new # fedi rule: only send pictures and videos you created yourself. Otherwise baseline risk of # AI # slop is above 50%

LINKS social.sciences.re/@kfort pleroma.soykaf.com/…/kaia
Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-05 17:50

@ Lazarou Yes, looks like the # aibubble is bursting, but I hope the Democrats don't end up getting the blame. It's almost as if the techbros waited until after

@ Lazarou Yes, looks like the # aibubble is bursting, but I hope the Democrats don't end up getting the blame. It's almost as if the techbros waited until after the midterms before their shares plummeted, which doesn't seem possible. Weird coincidence though. # ai # aihype
Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-05 12:10

@ theverge @ the-creators-issue-theverge this discord less ram is the whole crazy Ai story but i would rather have a internet system like it was pre pandemic re

@ theverge @ the-creators-issue-theverge this discord less ram is the whole crazy Ai story but i would rather have a internet system like it was pre pandemic remember what Sam Altman said about 5% of RAM # ai # tech

LINKS flipboard.com/@theverge flipboard.com/…/the-creators-issue-pu4g4l…
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 Deutsch(DE) · nschotschi · 2026-11-09 20:26

@ Jurate_Graun Terrifyingly friendly 👽👾👻 # KI # AI

@ Jurate_Graun Erschreckend freundlich 👽👾👻 # KI # AI
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-09 19:34

#ai #chatgpt #openai #neverslop #claude #anthropic #art

#ai #chatgpt #openai #neverslop #claude #anthropic #art
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-09 13:24

@ helenwebberley First I stripped out the junk from the URL I read the fist paragraph! then got pestered with. the "Talk to sammy" ai shatbot popup on your site

@ helenwebberley First I stripped out the junk from the URL I read the fist paragraph! then got pestered with. the "Talk to sammy" ai shatbot popup on your site TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW? looked around the site THE SITE IS OVER RUN WITH AI CHATBOT SHIT https:…
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-09 12:44

#Apple #siri #ai #agentic www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

#Apple #siri #ai #agentic www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

LINKS theverge.com/…/apple-siri-ai-agentic
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-09 09:49

#security #banks #password #chatbot #ai #aiagent techcrunch.com/2026/10/27/b...

#security #banks #password #chatbot #ai #aiagent techcrunch.com/2026/10/27/b...

LINKS techcrunch.com/…/bank-of-america-kindly-a…
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · infidel · 2026-11-08 23:43

@ saxnot @ cwebber this should be the case, but management in full # AI psychosis won't listen. When I told them it won't work I was first blamed for not being

@ saxnot @ cwebber this should be the case, but management in full # AI psychosis won't listen. When I told them it won't work I was first blamed for not being open minded and then ignored entirely. Yes I am looking to find another job. I have no confidence in a business that pay…

LINKS chaos.social/@saxnot social.coop/@cwebber
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-08 18:29

@ tomgauld.bsky.social on the impact of AI & associated technologies & writing... (all a bit meta, of course) # AI # technology # books # media # writing

@ tomgauld.bsky.social on the impact of AI & associated technologies & writing... (all a bit meta, of course) # AI # technology # books # media # writing
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-08 12:32

@ marius It's not "a purism failure." It's you using a fascist technology and disrespecting people, esp. blind people, by uncritically copy paste a condescendin

@ marius It's not "a purism failure." It's you using a fascist technology and disrespecting people, esp. blind people, by uncritically copy paste a condescending AI AltText while trying to give yourself an anti AI image. You could have just used a free online OCR for this. This t…

LINKS river.group.lt/@marius epicyon.libreserver.org/@bob
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-08 03:47

Controversial # Sydney # AI # datacentre at # CooksRiver # scrapped following community # backlash . # auspol https://www. abc.net.au/news/2026-11-08/syd ney-ai

Controversial # Sydney # AI # datacentre at # CooksRiver # scrapped following community # backlash . # auspol https://www. abc.net.au/news/2026-11-08/syd ney-ai-data-centre-scrapped-after-community-backlash/107360592

LINKS abc.net.au/…/107360592
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-07 22:47

@ aseantoday I’ve seen some # slop but that image could be the sloppiest of the slop I’ve seen lately # ai # aislop

@ aseantoday I’ve seen some # slop but that image could be the sloppiest of the slop I’ve seen lately # ai # aislop
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 Bahasa(ID) · [email protected] · 2026-11-07 21:42

@[email protected] https://freyjas.org/notes/atabxhu0fbfy1cmr #ai #aitraining #meme

@[email protected] https://freyjas.org/notes/atabxhu0fbfy1cmr #ai #aitraining #meme

LINKS framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · kaffando · 2026-11-07 21:31

@ VeroniqueB99 Being # AI means never having to say you're sorry* *apols to the OG Love Story # AISlop

@ VeroniqueB99 Being # AI means never having to say you're sorry* *apols to the OG Love Story # AISlop
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-07 21:23

🥱 Tired of your # ai open-weight # LLM answering free speech questions like it's reporting to a Party plenum? # Arete27B by Nous Research fine-tunes Alibaba's #

🥱 Tired of your # ai open-weight # LLM answering free speech questions like it's reporting to a Party plenum? # Arete27B by Nous Research fine-tunes Alibaba's # Qwen3 .8 27B to drop the refusals, deflections and CCP-framed talking points on sensitive topics # NousResearch # LLM #…
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · ilust606 · 2026-11-07 21:06

Elon Musk had a terrible week. 😁 👍🏼 🌊 # ElonMusk # ApartheidElon # AI # BigTech https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=MVDcmg_xQhM

Elon Musk had a terrible week. 😁 👍🏼 🌊 # ElonMusk # ApartheidElon # AI # BigTech https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=MVDcmg_xQhM

LINKS youtube.com/watch
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-07 20:47

@ Tutanota @ murena Both gone, or going over to Ai. At this rate all that will be left for the holdouts will be @ Vivaldi . The future is a Trojan horse that wi

@ Tutanota @ murena Both gone, or going over to Ai. At this rate all that will be left for the holdouts will be @ Vivaldi . The future is a Trojan horse that will be used to rape human society under the guise of convenience and progress. As long as someone is making a lot of mone…

LINKS social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-07 16:13

@ isaaclyman What I'm seeing are CEOs too lazy to read their own emails or do their job. They should be the first ones replaced by # AI , imho. # NoAI # AISucks

@ isaaclyman What I'm seeing are CEOs too lazy to read their own emails or do their job. They should be the first ones replaced by # AI , imho. # NoAI # AISucks # LazyCEOs

LINKS toot.cafe/@isaaclyman
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-07 15:31

@ baldur # ai and # billionairism are an ongoing conspiracy against humans. A subversion. Robustly, effectively tax billionaires. Ban, remove data centres. End

@ baldur # ai and # billionairism are an ongoing conspiracy against humans. A subversion. Robustly, effectively tax billionaires. Ban, remove data centres. End # ai

LINKS toot.cafe/@baldur
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-07 08:04

@ dansup id love to share this project around , since its made by #humans , without #ai ! i rlly hope more #people can contribute to this beautiful #community p

@ dansup id love to share this project around , since its made by #humans , without #ai ! i rlly hope more #people can contribute to this beautiful #community project . new #noai projects are always a breath of fresh air !
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-07 00:03

🔗 This is a Conflict and there are Sides via @ bruno # ai # politics # tech A little over a week ago, on the night of the Brazilian election runoff, I spent sev

🔗 This is a Conflict and there are Sides via @ bruno # ai # politics # tech A little over a week ago, on the night of the Brazilian election runoff, I spent several hours going slowly from despair, to cautious hope, to a sort of weary joy. I live, these days, in a downtown area o…

LINKS azhdarchid.online/@bruno azhdarchid.com/there-are-sides
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-06 21:43

@ alineblankertz The caption text of the video underscores the absurdity of our times. # AI # fuck_ai

@ alineblankertz The caption text of the video underscores the absurdity of our times. # AI # fuck_ai

LINKS indieweb.social/@alineblankertz
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-06 20:52

@ ProPublica Pitchforks and torches # ai

@ ProPublica Pitchforks and torches # ai

LINKS newsie.social/@ProPublica
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-06 18:54

@ Jonstewartmill @ Serpent7776 And the opposition is GROWING, pitchforks and torches. No to data centers, no to AI # ai # dataCenters # canada # nsndp

@ Jonstewartmill @ Serpent7776 And the opposition is GROWING, pitchforks and torches. No to data centers, no to AI # ai # dataCenters # canada # nsndp
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 Nederlands(NL) · [email protected] · 2026-11-06 16:14

@RoosVonk, as among others #meta, is behind the lobby for #chatcontrol. They want our data, also private data, photos, and videos. #EU wants by law #BigTech

@ RoosVonk zoals onder andere # meta achter de lobby zit voor # chatcontrol ze willen onze data ook privé data en foto’s en video’s. # eu wil bij wet # bigtech toestemming geven om al onze data te mogen gebruiken voor # ai learning. Zonder onze toestemming of vergoeding. # waanzi…
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-06 15:13

☄️ You stopped voting for meteor jobs, meteor still coming tho. # uspol # ai # datacenters

☄️ You stopped voting for meteor jobs, meteor still coming tho. # uspol # ai # datacenters
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · peterjriley2024 · 2026-11-06 08:15

@ camwilson # Ai # dataCenters aka # warfarehubs

@ camwilson # Ai # dataCenters aka # warfarehubs
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-05 17:56

@ feed the # AIscam is coming unstuck! # aibubble # aihype # ai # hyperfailures

@ feed the # AIscam is coming unstuck! # aibubble # aihype # ai # hyperfailures

LINKS igeek.gamer-geek-news.com/@feed
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-05 11:52

@ baldur The # AI bros have been so busy trying to become Gods, they have lost the Earthly politics. For a group of feckers obsessed with Western foundational m

@ baldur The # AI bros have been so busy trying to become Gods, they have lost the Earthly politics. For a group of feckers obsessed with Western foundational myths, they seem to have missed all the ancient lessons on hubris.

LINKS toot.cafe/@baldur
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-05 09:23

# USpol # DataCentres # AI https:// youtu.be/UGrNGM_SuZU

# USpol # DataCentres # AI https:// youtu.be/UGrNGM_SuZU

LINKS youtube.com/watch
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 Deutsch(DE) · [email protected] · 2026-11-04 18:24

SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE # ElonMusk # FuckElonMusk # AI # DataCentres # DataCenters

SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE # ElonMusk # FuckElonMusk # AI # DataCentres # DataCenters
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-04 14:27

@ gajim Btw. it's already in # Debian unstable. No # AI involved. # Gajim # Jabber # XMPP

@ gajim Btw. it's already in # Debian unstable. No # AI involved. # Gajim # Jabber # XMPP
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-04 10:17

@ Techmeme I am an I.T. guy, and I’m happy about these news. Fuck bloated # AI datacentres. We should never sacrifice the environment just for computing power.

@ Techmeme I am an I.T. guy, and I’m happy about these news. Fuck bloated # AI datacentres. We should never sacrifice the environment just for computing power. If your problem needs more computing time, the solution is NOT to throw infinite hardware at it, but to work on the perf…

LINKS techhub.social/@Techmeme
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · woodenmachines · 2026-11-04 01:07

@ angrystaffer.bsky.social my understanding is # foxnews ratings are down because they are fluffers for data centers # ai

@ angrystaffer.bsky.social my understanding is # foxnews ratings are down because they are fluffers for data centers # ai
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · six_grandfathers_mountain · 2026-11-03 20:40

@ aburtch @ randahl Re we are ruled by (many) # incompetent # unaware ... Like the many # bigtech CEOs who love # algorithms and money and push their power ⭕Goo

@ aburtch @ randahl Re we are ruled by (many) # incompetent # unaware ... Like the many # bigtech CEOs who love # algorithms and money and push their power ⭕Google Will Take Away Search From Schools Not Willing To Use AI 🟢NOTE, They can use # DuckDuckGo ‼️ # Google will _allow_ s…

LINKS shakedown.social/@aburtch huffpost.com
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-03 12:22

@ pbloem Until we close them down. We are going to close them down. Close them down. # ai # dataCenter

@ pbloem Until we close them down. We are going to close them down. Close them down. # ai # dataCenter

LINKS mathstodon.xyz/@pbloem
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-03 11:48

@ happyborg I am surprised at the inaction. # ai # dataCenter

@ happyborg I am surprised at the inaction. # ai # dataCenter

LINKS indieweb.social/@happyborg
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-02 20:15

@ amy Also, I think there is a lack of nuance in messaging. With *SO MANY* powerful people lost in LLM-gen-AI ballyhoo, it's easy to think that anyone who says

@ amy Also, I think there is a lack of nuance in messaging. With *SO MANY* powerful people lost in LLM-gen-AI ballyhoo, it's easy to think that anyone who says “It may be possible to use LLM-gen-AI responsibly to help FOSS, not sure yet, but looking into it.” is the same as sayin…

LINKS ice.ch3.st/@amy
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-01 16:20

@ WeirdWriter It's hard to know about the good folks & orgs using # tech when they have no marketing budget and # media coverage is sparse ... 🤷🏽 🏆 This week, o

@ WeirdWriter It's hard to know about the good folks & orgs using # tech when they have no marketing budget and # media coverage is sparse ... 🤷🏽 🏆 This week, our # nonprofit is receiving an award at the # APHA conference for our tech-based work! We prevent violence & promote ado…

LINKS caneandable.social/@WeirdWriter
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-11-01 05:15

@ GossiTheDog Great. I gotta move again? 😶 We really can't have good things, can we? # protonmail # AI

@ GossiTheDog Great. I gotta move again? 😶 We really can't have good things, can we? # protonmail # AI

LINKS cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog
Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-10-31 18:40

@ [email protected] I can't not laugh at the wording. Usually tech bros defend their "creations", but instead… "Yeah I know you put effort into our

@ [email protected] I can't not laugh at the wording. Usually tech bros defend their "creations", but instead… "Yeah I know you put effort into our code. Stop doing that!" Simply amazing. RE: https://cyberplace.social/users/GossiTheDog/statuses/117524749987076662 #pro…

LINKS cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog cyberplace.social/…/117524749987076662

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