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Hilary Mason

@hmason.bsky.social

Co-founder & CEO of Hidden Door. I <3 cheeseburgers and making beautiful things. I know a thing or two about AI, but it's people who matter. I am interested in many things. NYC

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Every time you like an artist’s artwork, an angel grows their wings.

Every time you repost an artist’s post, an angel grows artillery and heat-seaking missiles to fight the forces of evil.

28.10.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1364    πŸ” 441    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 10
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I Tried the Robot That’s Coming to Live With You. It’s Still Part Human. 1X’s Neo wants to be your housekeeper. First, it needs to be controlled by a human in your home. Cool with you?

Someone is going to be murdered by one of these and it’s going to be an incredible detective story

www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

29.10.2025 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a sad but correct decision. Thank you, @python.org, for committing to your values when it matters.

I would love a list of organization that have made this kind of value-driven decision to donate to.

27.10.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks as if Trump is saying no Democrat will be allowed to win another national electionβ€”and he will use the FBI, the DOJ, and the CIA to make sure of that. This is a full-scale attack on American democracy, and every Republican, CEO, and conservative mouthpiece who doesn't object is complicit.

23.10.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4231    πŸ” 1676    πŸ’¬ 161    πŸ“Œ 46
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Hidden Door has Halloween games for adults who love fan fiction Back in August, Hidden Door, a tech studio at the intersection of machine learning and immersive entertainment, launched its social role-playing platform where roleplay...

Hidden Door is forging ahead with the marriage of roleplay and fan fiction, built with humans, authors and AI. gamesbeat.com/hidden-door-...

19.10.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
A screenshot of an article in The Canberra Times with the title "How sitting down to write her memoir led to a debut novel" by Paula McClean with the first sentence "Paula McClean's debut novel, The One Remaining, is the fictitious memoir of a fictitious novelist named Hilary Mason."

The last line is fading to unreadable white, as I have not paid for access to the full article.

A screenshot of an article in The Canberra Times with the title "How sitting down to write her memoir led to a debut novel" by Paula McClean with the first sentence "Paula McClean's debut novel, The One Remaining, is the fictitious memoir of a fictitious novelist named Hilary Mason." The last line is fading to unreadable white, as I have not paid for access to the full article.

Oh Paula, I would like a word.

17.10.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's Spooky Season, and if you relish exploring mysterious gothic horror in modern-day Amsterdam, you can now play Dracula on hiddendoor.co

15.10.2025 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A printed sign taped to a door with blue tape that says "X, DO NOT USE"

A printed sign taped to a door with blue tape that says "X, DO NOT USE"

Good advice, random door.

14.10.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Golden Oecumene - Wikipedia

I'm surprised no one has mentioned John C Wright's The Golden Age series, since the central theme of it is about the idea of identity in a society of originals, fragments, and sub-process consciousness: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gol...

The first book was published in 2002.

14.10.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've recommended this book before, now is the time to go order it!

14.10.2025 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I put in an order, and I really hope it goes as well as possible for you and that you recover easily and without stress. πŸ€—

14.10.2025 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
How to stop authoritarianism across the globe: a conversation with President Obama
YouTube video by Obama Foundation How to stop authoritarianism across the globe: a conversation with President Obama

This one is worth amplifying, because it's @barackobama.bsky.social using his platform to do exactly what we want him to be doing: @obamafoundation.bsky.social alumni who have been doing the work of fighting authoritarianism globally share what they've learned. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNa...

12.10.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 137    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3

These are very good words.

10.10.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œI fucking love tropes.” - @scalzi.com

Strong start to NYCC with this incredible panel on SciFi tropes with @cjfarley.bsky.social, Emery Robin, Yume Kitasei, @scalzi.com and moderated by @juliesnyder.bsky.social

09.10.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How to Not Capitulate for Dummies A framework for weighing decisions under Trump.

I had my first run-in with Trump 2.0 complicity days after the 2024 election.

Since then we've seen more examples from media, universities, law firms & many others.

Does what the little guys do matter? Yes, more than ever.

wiczipedia.substack.com/p/how-to-not...

09.10.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

YES!!

09.10.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A pile of paper street posters in bright pink and orange that say WHERE FANFIC MEETS ROLEPLAY in a handwritten font. The bottom has a bunch of tearaways that are each a different trope. There's a hand and a scissor cutting them up.

A pile of paper street posters in bright pink and orange that say WHERE FANFIC MEETS ROLEPLAY in a handwritten font. The bottom has a bunch of tearaways that are each a different trope. There's a hand and a scissor cutting them up.

Sometimes being a founder means staying up too late doing arts and crafts.

We'll be at #NYCC tomorrow with an exciting launch, come find us (or at least find our QR code to skip the waitlist)!

09.10.2025 02:24 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
A long table lined with redacted documents

A long table lined with redacted documents

Close-up of redacted documents, showing that the redactions are moveable black strips and blobs

Close-up of redacted documents, showing that the redactions are moveable black strips and blobs

A stack of printed Du Bois FBI files that visitors can take with them

A stack of printed Du Bois FBI files that visitors can take with them

😍 Ann Messner's "Du Bois: The FBI Files" at the "In Our Time: Eleven Artists + W.E.B. Du Bois" show @ Pratt Manhattan Gallery β€”Β making redaction tangible!

(Also in the show: Derrick Adams, Radcliffe Bailey, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Theaster Gates, Mickalene Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems, et at)

09.10.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

LOL, you are definitely not the kind of leader I'm talking about here!

07.10.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm trying to understand how otherwise intelligent people can make such poor leadership decisions.

...and is it just a few, or is it the majority of folks?

Back in 2014-2018, it was IBM, Palantir et al bullshit hype but there was a way from hype excitement to strategy to outcomes.

06.10.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you have specific examples you can share? DMs welcome!

I'm really trying to understand the dynamics that are leading to otherwise intelligent people losing the thread of good leadership.

06.10.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ahh yes, that lack of role clarity and expectations has been a huge problem.

I do wonder if it’s getting better, as the AI energy sucks up a lot of the magical thinking.

06.10.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I appreciate the comment. I have a good sense of the 2014-2018 ML moment (I built a whole business in the sales wake of IBM’s Watson bullshit!) and I’m trying to figure out why it’s so especially difficult right now. I see the through line.

06.10.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

01.10.2025 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 14031    πŸ” 2821    πŸ’¬ 312    πŸ“Œ 176

I'm not going to 'like' that, but I'm sorry!

06.10.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How many folks have actually experienced a CEO or manager pressuring them to use AI in a way that's dumb or out of touch?

06.10.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 0

WHAT THE FUCK

04.10.2025 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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So what's so great about reading books? If you pay attention to the news at all, you may have seen a host of alarming headlines recently about how the number of Americans who say they read for pleasure has declined sharply over the past 20 ...

What does it mean to "read for pleasure", and what does it mean that that's declining?

I appreciate Mathew Ingram's pretty balanced take in his newsletter: torment-nexus.mathewingram.com/so-whats-so-...

...and I expect that amidst all of the noise, we are finding new places and ways to read.

02.10.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ€—

01.10.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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