Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D

Behavioral Scientist. Studying influence, systems, (dis)information, & power. Interested in how reality gets negotiated.

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

Just in case this place burns down, here’s where you can find me!👇
-IG: rvawonk (https://t.co/NVzd71yaBL)
-Medium: https://t.co/8SrO1wpItT
-Website: https://t.co/5ywa6NLo20 (under construction)
-Substack: https://t.co/zFWc4Nah0F. (content coming *very* soon)

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

This entire article about "antifa networks" panicking — which the State Department has now embarrassingly shared — is based upon a single social media account posting "WTF."

[Department of State @StateDept]

THE FEDERALIST: Antifa Networks Panic After Trump Administration Sanctions Their Secret Tech Collective https://t.co/deJ8MFKwvq

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

Thank you. There's a lot going on that isn't being disclosed, and even more that may be technically disclosed but not in a manner that anyone on the outside can actually verify/audit (or in some cases, even properly make sense of). And when the hearings are held, please make sure Congress brings in independent researchers and other specialists who know enough to know what *isn't* being said as well as to explain what *is* being said so that Congress can adequately perform oversight. They (AI executives) are counting on being able to exploit that knowledge gap.

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

@4sweetjustice @AlexBores @dougthompson101 @NastyOldWomynII This has actually already happened, but for some reason the internet really wants us to forget about it.

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

Several years ago, I was doing some research into a story about a Facebook AI experiment that was shut down in 2017 after the AI bots developed a “secret language” and started talking to each other in a way that humans couldn’t understand. This story has since taken a weird turn.

At the time I was doing that research, I read literally every publicly available article and document about the experiment. I clearly remember specific details from some of these articles (and somewhere buried in my files, I have dozens of screenshots, at least), and at the time, it was reported that the experiment had been shut down because of fears of a rogue AI system or something like that emerging.

But when I search for articles about it today, only a handful of the original articles are still indexed on Google. Most of the articles I read a few years ago are nowhere to be found. Even weirder, most of the original articles that were published in 2017 were “updated” in 2020 and 2021 to say that, actually, the secret language that the AI bots developed and deployed without human involvement was NOT the reason the experiment was shut down. Apparently it took 3-4 years to announce that?

There have also been a handful of new articles published from 2020-2025 (so, 3-8 years after the fact) that attempt to characterize the original reporting as hysteria and “clickbait”. If the initial story wasn’t correct, why did it take YEARS for Facebook to say so? And why did so many articles get de-indexed on Google? I’ve never seen anything like this before.

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

Lots of insults flying about, but no answers.

1. @DataRepublican admits she is paid with taxpayer money. What is her actual job?

2. @CynicalPublius refuses to answer if he's an SGE, despite being a member of a DOD group examining PME.

These are not hard questions.

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

That's great, but while you're at it, maybe you should also be investigating why the Trump admin is sending undercover agents into churches to infiltrate meetings and spy on people.

[Josh Hawley @HawleyMO]

Americans do not surrender their privacy rights when they drive to work, drop their kids off at school, or go to church.

I’m investigating Flock cameras to determine WHO has access to hundreds of millions of Americans’ data - and what they’re doing with it

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

You can read the full story here, and if you appreciate my work, please consider subscribing and sharing. Thank you!

https://t.co/eEN8hsjasd

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

The CIA is Russian state media's favorite boogeymen, but when the CIA director got to Moscow yesterday, they suddenly had nothing to say. Their silence may actually reveal a lot about how Russian intel agencies control coverage at propaganda outlets like RT.

My latest. Link👇

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

Russian state media's silence around Ratcliffe's visit also demonstrates how Russia uses strategic silence and omission — not just falsehoods, misleading narratives, etc — as part of its information warfare arsenal. The silence likely means the visit has implications that conflict with a domestic agenda, exacerbate tensions, or challenge a narrative that the Kremlin wants to uphold.

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

I'm very much done with 2026. Dolly is my breaking point.

[Variety @Variety]

Dolly Parton, Queen of Country Music, Dies at 80 https://t.co/rBvsrcs6FY

[ABC News @ABC]

Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said. Both were unvaccinated.

These are the first deaths related to measles within the state in 35 years and the first deaths reported this year in the U.S.

Read more: https://t.co/Vs2KNDIxWt

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

@Blythe_Gryphon Thank you so much for sharing, and I'm so glad you liked it!

[Blythe Gryphon @Blythe_Gryphon]

This explanation of problems with AI by @RVAwonk is exactly why I keep posting that I don’t trust or even hate AI as it’s currently used. We were better off before it poisoned our lives. I wish its development could drop back about 30 years or that it would be restrained in the ways that Pope Leo suggests. Here’s a link to Caroline’s insightful article posted this morning!
https://t.co/tMth77R4ht

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

@MAGACult2 Thank you so much for your support, I truly appreciate it. 🙏

[MAGA Cult Slayer @MAGACult2]

Caroline is starting a new weekly dive into what we’ve been warning about. THIS IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING.

Putting it bluntly, if you want the ABSOLUTE TRUTH and you think there is no source, you're wrong. Here it is. Subscribe/follow her. @RVAwonk
https://t.co/mEF5AyWqPj