Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan
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Analyst/ editorial manager @ISDGlobal by day; Medievalist by night | @FT reporter turned contributor | @Columbiajourn @OIIoxford @PembrokeOxford | DMs open
London, England
Joined August 2010
For @FTAlphaville, I went into the world of slopagandists: newsletter writers and 'social media influencers' shovelling coal into the AI hype train for those sweet advertising dollars. With thanks to @edzitron!
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Grifters gonna grift
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Is there historical precedent for an ideology that so neatly combines vapidity with sadism? Nostalgia and childish malice dressed up as 'very serious politics'.
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Very excited to be speaking on a subject that's unsurprisingly close to my heart - sign up here!
Our latest study reveals a troubling rise in harmful online content targeting South Asian communities, particularly Indians, in Canada and the United States. This timely discussion brings together researchers from @ISDglobal @SantaClaraUniv and Queen’s University to examine what
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This is actually just an elaboration on a fake news story from a satirical page on Facebook, yet continuing to spread across X.
Italian PM Georgia Meloni has BLASTED Keir Starmer saying he played no part in Gaza peace deal and branding him an international embarrassment. Georgia said: ‘If anything he harmed peace negotiations, trying to impose his master Tony Blair on Palestinians. Now he wants to get a
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Strange how they haven't used an image from Germany in the 1940s as advertising for their cause.
UK citizens are probably wishing right now that Germany had successfully conquered them back in the 1940. Which would you rather have as your new culture? 1) Pakistan 2) Germany
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We’re doing something big in the heart of NYC to highlight an even bigger issue: how exposed our lives can be online. Stay tuned. 🤫
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Really telling this is framed as “the next big IP”, not “these shows bring me joy and I’d like to create something that sparks that in myself and others”.
This is Hopeless Steve. A cartoon character you've created with AI. You grew up watching Simpsons, South Park and now you dream of Hopeless Steve becoming the next big IP. So you start posting short sketches on Youtube, TikTok, IG, etc. Then one day... 👇
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Nothing says “tradition” like a hack account pumping out monetised conspiracy slop with fake quotes.
“Tradition didn’t die. It was murdered—by industries that profit from you staying sick, single, and spiritually lost.” – G.K. Chesterton A Thread Exposing the Weaponized Lies and Propaganda We’ve Been Sold🧵 1. Feminism Killed Chivalry
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There's something deeply sad about the failed marketing gimmick, an emblem of ersatz entrepreneurship and empty hype.
not sure where to go from here
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I spend a lot of time ragging on low-level AI "slopagandists" pumping out threads for $60, but VCs the same thing but with higher salaries and better profile pictures.
It's going to be insane when we can prompt our own virtual worlds like this and explore them. Imagine adding other characters you can talk to with LLMs + voice models!
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https://t.co/M7GYAWW2wu Imagine getting your geopolitical insights from a random (presumably) man in Pakistan whose only tweets in 2020 were crying that PUBG had been banned.
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One of my favourite bits with the intel bros is when they go “I have an exam” or “I have a basketball match” and that illusion that it’s not a teenager posting unverified images for clicks gets shattered.
Enjoy the footage guys, i have an exam, see you after a few hours.
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This is a perfect example of Slopaganda ( https://t.co/X6uYAojhDH), pumping parlour tricks to sell a useless course
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guys please read the replies to this slop post LMAO
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Ah yes, Masayoshi Son - famous for always making good bets like, uh, WeWork.
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I still don’t understand how people can post this unironically without even imagining that maybe, just maybe, those scientists and CEOs have a vested interest in talking up their book.
What I still don't understand is the following: Scientists and CEOs of the most important companies in the world say that: -will cure all diseases in 5-10 years (Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, Masayoshi Son, Sam Altman) - in 1-3 years we will see 10%-20% unemployment (Dario
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New explainer on the manosphere by my colleagues @svr13 and @timsquirrell
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Overviews of issues, trends, narratives, platforms and actors.
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Breaking: Gimmick account puts out unsubstantiated rumours, uses news outlet for cover
🚨 BREAKING : There are rumours that The Sun has explicit photos of Keir Starmer in “A compromising position”. Which reportedly involves the two arsonists who recently firebombed the PMs property. If true, this would be one of the biggest scandals in British history.
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Always interesting to the people behind pseudo-OSINT accounts whose life is regurgitating real reporting at best and promoting propaganda at worst (and this account is not the worst of them)
I will be offline for a couple hours I am at a championship basketball game trying to win 3 titles in a row I will be back online at around 3pm EST
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Ah and there’s a GenAI tale of the East India Company which misses out the Mutiny. Just sparknotes engagement bait, wonderful
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Self contracting slop - how can “ancient beef” only be “brewing for decades”? And surely stewing would be a better verb here?
In less than 24 hours, India will go to war with Pakistan. Over one tiny region. This ancient beef has been brewing for decades. Here’s why India and Pakistan have been at odds since 1947 (and why the world should care):
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I might need to shut this account down. 😆 Nothing a VC can say will ever be more self-aggrandizing about the profession than this.
Marc Andreessen says when AI does everything else, VC might be one of the last jobs still done by humans. It's more art than science. There's no formula. Just taste, psychology, and chaos tolerance.
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