Mark Riva

Mark Riva

@markriva.bsky.social

HUMAN 3.0 @human30.bsky.social‬

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Mark Riva
@markriva.bsky.social

My HUMAN 3.0 startup is inspired by the book, LIFE 3.0 by Max Tegmark, and all who are working for a world where humanity and technology coexist harmoniously.

human3o.comHUMAN 3.0 - Transformational Media for the Future HumanDiscover HUMAN 3.0, your hub for the human future.
HUMAN 3.0@human30.bsky.social

Life 3.0, is a book by Max Tegmark tackling some of the biggest questions raised by the advent of AI. It posits a future where AI has surpassed our own — an era he terms “Life 3.0” — and explores what this might mean for humanity’s sense of self. www.human3o.com/life-3-0/ @futureoflife.org

Mark Riva
@markriva.bsky.social

The man building some of the most powerful AI systems on Earth believes there's a 1 in 4 chance of catastrophe. If your pilot said there was a 25% chance your plane would crash, would you board?

ControlAI@controlai.com

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says he thinks there's a 25% chance AI ends in disaster.

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Techdirt
@techdirt.com

Take Back Our Digital Infrastructure To Save Democracy Watch the tech oligarchs who lined up behind Donald Trump at his inauguration, and you'll see the most important story of our time: the fascists are winning because they've built a direct pipeline from concentrated technological power to…

techdirt.comTake Back Our Digital Infrastructure To Save DemocracyWatch the tech oligarchs who lined up behind Donald Trump at his inauguration, and you'll see the most important story of our time: the fascists are winning because they've built a direct pipeline from concentrated technological power to concentrated political power. This isn't about technology being inherently dangerous—it's about how distorted Wall Street incentives drove us toward digital infrastructure that mirrors authoritarian power structures.
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dorian
@doriantaylor.com

Replying to @hypervisible.blacksky.app

my headcanon is that there was a schism early on between the licklider/engelbart camp (the computer is a tool) and the minsky/mccarthy camp (the computer is a slave), and it is somewhat substantiated by this book: press.stripe.com/the-dream-ma...

press.stripe.comStripe Press — The Dream MachineA biography of J. C. R. Licklider, the psychologist and scientist who inspired the work that led to the internet, and shifted our understanding of what computers could be.
Mark Riva
@markriva.bsky.social

FoL's AI Safety Index is an independent assessment of how leading AI companies are addressing critical safety and security challenges...

Future of Life Institute@futureoflife.org

‼️📝 Our new AI Safety Index is out! ➡️ Following our 2024 index, 6 independent AI experts rated leading AI companies - OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google DeepMind, xAI, DeepSeek, and Zhipu AI - across critical safety and security domains. So what were the results? 🧵👇

Mark Riva
@markriva.bsky.social

Hey ya’ll, welcome to Prison Planet

Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org

The Trump administration’s new policy requiring applicants for student and exchange visas to set social media accounts to “public” for government review is a dangerous expansion of existing social media collection efforts. This policy gravely chills free expression.

eff.orgYou Shouldn’t Have to Make Your Social Media Public to Get a VisaThe Trump administration is continuing its dangerous push to surveil and suppress foreign students’ social media activity. The State Department recently announced an unprecedented new requirement that...
Mark Riva
@markriva.bsky.social

Anyway, after an active few months on here, I do recognize-identify a small group forming with shared mutual interests-affinities. Thanks everyone doing their part and for engaging with me.

Mark Riva
@markriva.bsky.social

Techno-Cultus Takedown by @adambecker.bsky.social #MoreEverythingForever

Truthdig@truthdig.com

“Imagine a billionaire’s digital boot stamping on a human face — forever.” That’s the future Silicon Valley is building, writes astrophysicist Adam Becker in his blistering takedown of tech’s most delusional prophets. www.truthdig.com/articles/the...

truthdig.comThe Mad Religion of Technological Salvation - TruthdigIn ‘More Everything Forever,’ astrophysicist Adam Becker exposes Silicon Valley’s insanity and explains why Mars isn't where we want to go.

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Teddy Wilson
@reportbywilson.bsky.social

This project needs your support — Please consider donating and sharing this project. Pardon Tracker is an independent investigative journalism and data visualization project, documenting the statements, activities, and networks of the Capitol Rioters pardoned by Donald Trump.

fundrazr.comPardon TrackerPardon Tracker is an independent investigative journalism and data visualization project, documenting the statements, activities, and networks of the individuals that received pardons charges related ...

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DWeb
@getdweb.net

Join us at our next DWeb Virtual Meetup— Distributed Tech to Resist Authoritarianism, Wed July 30 10am PT / 1pm ET / 19 CET Featuring decentralized tech projects that enable communities to self-organize for mutualistic, peer-to-peer power. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-meetu...

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Andy Greenberg
@agreenberg.bsky.social

Replying to @agreenberg.bsky.social

With fellow security reporters @lhn.bsky.social and @mattburgess1.bsky.social, some of the best in the business, we published or updated a collection of guides to resisting surveillance in the Trump 2.0 era. www.wired.com/story/the-wi... www.wired.com/2017/02/guid... www.wired.com/story/how-to...

wired.comThe WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government SurveillanceDonald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...

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Internet Archive
@archive.org

📚 “Every citizen should know that libraries are under attack.” In a new interview‬, Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle outlines the structural threats facing libraries today & the paths forward for an enduring library system. @cni-org.bsky.social @brewster.kahle.org vimeo.com/1103555091/8...

vimeo.comCNI 2025 - Brewster Kahle - Libraries at Risk:Borrowed Infrastructure and and Institutional ResilienceThis is "CNI 2025 - Brewster Kahle - Libraries at Risk:Borrowed Infrastructure and and Institutional Resilience" by EDUCAUSE on Vimeo, the home for high…

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Andy Greenberg
@agreenberg.bsky.social

For 7 years, Akasha Song ran secret labs that produced tens of millions of doses of DMT—one of the world's most potent psychedelic substances—and made a fortune selling it on the dark web. His story, in this 13,000-word piece, is one of the wildest I've ever told: www.wired.com/story/rise-f... 🧵👇

wired.comThe Epic Rise and Fall of a Dark-Web Psychedelics KingpinInterdimensional travel, sex with aliens, communion with God. Anything is possible with just a sprinkle of DMT. Akasha Song’s secret labs made millions of doses—and dollars—until the feds showed up.
Mark Riva
@markriva.bsky.social

Psychiatric researchers warn of AI-fueled psychosis...

futurism.comPsychiatric Researchers Warn of Grim Psychological Risks for AI UsersA team of researchers issued an ominous warning of the types of vast psychological harm which comes with AI use.
Maggie Harrison Dupré@mharrisondupre.bsky.social

NEW: A support and information-sharing group has launched for people reeling from the life-altering impacts of "AI psychosis." It's called The Spiral. "I had at some point, like, eight responses," one founder told us, "and six of them were suicide or hospitalizations." futurism.com/support-grou...

Mark Riva
@markriva.bsky.social

Meta refuses to sign the EU’s code of practice, a voluntary framework helping companies ensure compliance with EU AI rules requiring developers to “regularly update documentation about their AI tools and services and bans developers from training AI on pirated content” techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/m...

techcrunch.comMeta refuses to sign EU's AI code of practice | TechCrunchMeta will not sign the EU's new rules, calling the implementation "overreach" and claiming it will throttle AI development.