Daniel Abraham

a man with long hair and a beard is holding a cup and the word dude is on the bottom Alt: a man with long hair and a beard is holding a cup and looking confused and the word dude is on the bottom

[reads headlines]

Something something fucking mop…

That's a really insightful question, and one that not many people have the intelligence to ask. You should pat yourself on the back and [input-error: 1a63ddb27 -- failed instruction]

Nope. Turns out coincidence.

I’ve only met a few people with perfect names:

Julianna Damewood
Nathan Randall Holt
Deliverance Benedict

Great names. Just lovely.

Academic intros that go hard

It's a bad tool

They have a lot of ai applications that aren’t working out.

To me, it seems like a desperation driven search for ways to justify the investment that’s already been made.

If Skynet can put together a solid campaign that doesn’t involve juggling everyone’s calendars, it won’t need to kill all humanity.

Also, and not unrelated:

"Almost works" is the nice way of saying "Doesn't work yet."

#ai

Inspired by a different conversation:

I will be impressed by AI and superintelligence when it can run a decent D&D campaign.

Only because that's so obviously a terrible, terrible idea.

Wonder if ChatGPT can play D&D.

My guess is that the rules would be too complicated for the model to handle.

Maybe it should just stick to cold reading and deepfake porn…

My fault. I doubled down on laconic over clarity. 🤣

I think that I might not have come across quite as intended.

I wasn't correcting you. I was agreeing that it is indeed hella unfortunate. Like, wildly.

I apologize for coming across as a grammar scold. Wasn't what I meant.

Is

Well Welp GIF Alt: Welp GIF of a man in a suit overwhelmed with regret.

At this point, I'm just glad we didn't move ahead with the Woody Allen Station novella.

Not yet. He's been doing stuff.

And yeah, he's off social media entirely.

Makes me nostalgic for NFT.

Came across the argument that ai isn’t actually a bubble because, since everyone is aware of the risk, the risk is already baked into the market’s evaluation.

I understand this as saying “that many people can’t be stupid at once.”

Meeting with my retirement fund guy today….

Really ties all the threads together, this one

This really feels like we are at the Bored Ape stage

I work with what I'm given. 🤷

I feel sorry for Lewinski. She deserves a break from this shit.

CNN Headline: Epstein Scandal Snowballing

Me: Putin has pictures of that too?

[Fair warning: working blue today]

I feel this is more in the line of literary criticism. I don't have it myself, but I can gesture toward it for others.

There's a "Bill Clinton sitting on a couch" joke in here someplace, but I can't quite find it.

YouTube video by Works in Progress Stewart Brand explains Maintenance

"The apparent paradox is profound: Maintenance is absolutely necessary and maintenance is optional."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AMX...

Lot of people think if they light the fire, they get to tell it what to burn.

Politely, we disagree.