The Black Mirror episode Smithereens hit me hard.
The Black Mirror episode Smithereens hit me hard. I watched it on a long-haul flight. Maybe it was just the altitude making me more susceptible to hokey things. No ma...
Topic: black mirror
5 chunks · 5 episodes
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- black mirror appears in 5 chunks across 5 episodes, from 2024-05-20 to 2025-06-09.
- Its densest episode is Bits and Bobs 5/20/24 (2024-05-20), with 1 observation on this topic.
- Semantically it travels with operating system, tech industry, and schelling point, while by chunk count it sits between knowhow and cory doctorow; its yearly rank moved from #185 in 2024 to #176 in 2025.
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A haunting signpost: an AI-generated short film reflecting on the inner lives of AI actors.
...: an AI-generated short film reflecting on the inner lives of AI actors. Like a Black Mirror episode!
An insight from a friend: "All consumer AI devices are one config setting away from being a Black Mirror episode."
...rom a friend: "All consumer AI devices are one config setting away from being a Black Mirror episode."[lo]
If it's the operating system for your life, then losing access to it would be like losing a hemisphere of your brain.
...nd users' context to their model. If you haven't seen it, make sure you see the Black Mirror season 7 episode Common People for a chilling illustration of the importance of this. It asks the question "if you subscribe to your memory what happ...
A hyperstition is a belief that becomes true if people believe it's true.
...ost people are too busy to get more than a superficial understanding of things. Black Mirror is a useful, nearly comprehensive compendium of different dystopias (with a few more subtle ones thrown in). People in the tech industry tend to be m...