David Kyle

Founder, The #Blingularity | Decoding AI’s cultural impact & #UncannyVoid of human #cognition | UC Davis researcher | #AI #TechCulture

[David Kyle @theblingularity]

In 2016, I launched @theblingularity (is here) to explore how AI mediates culture and redefines human roles through ‘Intelligent Artificiality.’ After 6 years of research at UC Davis, I’m back to dive into the ‘Uncanny Void’ and AI’s cognitive and sociological impact. Follow for insights! #Blingularity #AI

[David Kyle @theblingularity]

So It Begins...Is This A Real Band Or AI? https://t.co/BDiDoWSqN8 via @YouTube

[David Kyle @theblingularity]

Have you ever felt smarter using AI but suspect you're getting dumber? Is the main feature of AI use the gap between feeling and being smart?

The uncanny part of the uncanny void. #uncannyvoid

[Science without the gobbledygook @sciencewtg]

If AI has ever made you feel dumber, you’re not alone—and now there’s research to back it up. New studies suggest AI may be hurting our ability to read, write, and process information effectively. @skdh has a look.
https://t.co/xsFSAHe3fl

[David Kyle @theblingularity]

"Uncanny Void" as the Mirror Image of the #UncannyValley? Advances in #Computers, #AI, and #Robotics produce both less creepy #humanoid #Bots AND less need for human thinking. U.V. def.: A strangely unfamiliar form of educated human ignorance due to a dependence on machine #tech

[David Kyle @theblingularity]

Why Does Every Commercial for A.I. Think You’re a Moron? https://t.co/KBbLWyR67Z

[David Kyle @theblingularity]

@claudiagary Yes, but mostly trying to describing something already happening in more subtle ways than what we now see all around us in 2025.

[David Kyle @theblingularity]

"Uncanny Void" as the Mirror Image of the #UncannyValley? Advances in #Computers, #AI, and #Robotics produce both less creepy #humanoid #Bots AND less need for human thinking. U.V. def.: A strangely unfamiliar form of educated human ignorance due to a dependence on machine #tech

[David Kyle @theblingularity]

MIT study of the cognitive deficit from #AI overuse--what I labeled the "Uncanny Void" in 2019: "MIT’s New Brain Scan Study Reveals a Terrifying Cost of Using ChatGPT," by Rohit Kumar Thakur @_ninza7 https://t.co/dhsY2DLGTi

[UC Davis Magazine @UCDavisMagazine]

#UCDavis sociology professor David Kyle studies creativity and performs as a jazz pianist. @theblingularity

https://t.co/xmeIEpFnGA

[David Kyle @theblingularity]

@beachnut826 Great idea—going to do it!

[Jean-Baptiste Lefevre @jblefevre60]

There is necessarily a robot for that!

#AI #MachineLearning #Robotics #5G @XHNews

@DeepLearn007 @SpirosMargaris
@HaroldSinnott @Nicochan33 @ipfconline1 @gvalan @mvollmer1 @ShiCooks @Droit_IA @diioannid @sebbourguignon @labordeolivier @kalydeoo @Ym78200

[Inc. @Inc]

Google’s new certificate program only takes 6 months to finish, and will be a fraction of the cost of college. https://t.co/N0pvPfUY8d

[Scott Galloway @profgalloway]

We’re in a non-innovation economy & unfortunately we’re moving towards an exploitation economy — w/ @karaswisher

https://t.co/n3TtLPH2ZI

[David Kyle @theblingularity]

I can still beat a #robot in the bad poetry category: “Roses are red, Garbage in, garbage out, creative #AI means we’re all dead?

[Ian Jones @IanLJones98]

10 ways AI is becoming more Autonomos, more Inventive & more Intelligent. #AI #IoT #AIEthics #RPA By @wef via @MikeQuindazzi cc @YIbnM @DrJDrooghaag @NevilleGaunt @MasterofIoT @BetaMoroney @sallyeaves @Nicochan33 @PawlowskiMario @Victoryabro @FrRonconi

[David Brady (@davebrady72.bsky.social) @DaveBrady72]

Historic collapse of academic sociology labor market.
Good gosh, this is awful. The bottom has completely fallen out.

[Franco Ronconi 🇮🇹 @FrRonconii]

Female #robot capable of mimicking more than 600 human facial expressions gets a job for Russian government

#AI #Robotics #FutureOfWork
@alvinfoo @chboursin @mvollmer1 @NevilleGaunt @DrJDrooghaag @baski_LA @WSWMUC @fogle_shane @DigitalColmer @JoannMoretti @ShiCooks @kalydeoo

[David Kyle @theblingularity]

Worth pondering how Getting Hustled (negative) is different from Hustling (positive)--are you the hustler or the hustlee? The illusion this time is that you, all alone, are an entrepreneur without a boss within the digital food chain of the Surveillance Economy. @shoshanazuboff

[OneZero @ozm]

The hustle economy promises a sense of agency the gig economy lacked: an online labor market where workers create and monetize their own digital products on platforms like Patreon and OnlyFans.

But like the gig economy, it rarely lives up to its promise. https://t.co/ckfAQvwB8Y

[Ian Jones @IanLJones98]

Is AI getting easier? Great insight & perspective by Tom Davenport, ‘Buy don’t Build’ v/ @Forbes cc @BillMew @DrJDrooghaag @NevilleGaunt @BetaMoroney @antgrasso @sallyeaves @andi_staub @FrRonconi @SpirosMargaris @Victoryabro @Nicochan33 @PawlowskiMario https://t.co/fG7bxe6kLM

[Greg Brockman @gdb]

A nice OpenAI original:

“Music is the most advanced form of mathematics”