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"I also believe that we, as a society, will face a violent paradigm shift as a result of the AI bubble bursting, because it revealed how many people do not understand stuff."

Yeah and this worked especially well on CEOs and execs who haven't done any real work in years: "Holy hell, this AI just wrote a funny haiku! I can definitely replace the entire Keeping My Company Afloat Team with it."

Is It Flash Fiction or Poetry? - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association by Liz J. Bradley. Explore the blurred boundary between poetry and flash fiction. Examine form, language, and emotion to decide when a story belongs to verse or prose.

I want to get "trust the vision of the poets" tatooed onto my god-damn forehead. www.sfwa.org/2025/12/23/i... from @lizjbradley.bsky.social

Sundar Pichai himself said AI is more important than electricity. You’d think they’d have a few good use cases ready to go by now.

When it comes to LLMs and creativity, I like the Emerson quote about Shakespeare here: "Shakespeare will never be made by the study of Shakespeare."

"Enjoy it while it lasts, Jensen! The bells tolleth for thee."

AI boosters also seem to think work is just about churning out documents and not, you know, thinking and working with other humans.

Unless it's their job, of course. Then AI could *never* replace it. The paradox of expertise.

Ben Folds Five is the type of quirky-ass Emersonian shit that could only be popular in the 90s

ZIWE: Which is your favorite feature of ChatGPT - the people killing themselves or the plagiarism?
ALTMAN: I, uh, I, well, I wouldn’t,
ZIWE: How much money do you have in your wallet?

I dream of aging like an italian man whose blood is 50% amaro, 50% olive oil, and 50% cigar smoke

There's a sickness out there.

@edzitron.com, mind if I name my new punk band Patagonia Apes?

Be ungovernable

Fuck yeah this AI bubble has gotta burst any day now

Poop Co says Fart Inc shares are work $69 billion each

Over under on this being some AI thing?

KOKO: Chatgpt, good chatgpt, vibe code app
ME: No Koko the app doesn't work, it won't function
KOKO: Gorilla code, gorilla engineer
ME: Koko the app doesn't even load on mobile
KOKO: jealousy cynic

Doesn't a calculator also rival human intelligence in key tasks?

Looks like ass. The sound mixing is abhorrent. And I have no compulsion to learn anything more about the Slopiverse it's set in.

i'm no genius but it seems like doing things that most people like is a good way to win things where the goal is to get the most people to like you

nice work, nyc!

6/ Nebula Flux designed revolutionary brain implants that can cure blindness. They pivoted to making chips that allow ‘Call of Duty’ players to remotely control actual soldiers in the field. 🧵 END

5/ Nebula Flux designed revolutionary brain implants that can cure blindness. They pivoted to making chips that allow ‘Call of Duty’ players to remotely control actual soldiers in the field. 🧵 5/6

4/ Cute[dot]sy broke onto the scene with an app that makes your kitten look even cuter. Their facial recognition tech is being used to help drones more reliably differentiate terrorists from school children. 🧵 4/6

3/ SketchGiggle helps kids draw with the assistance of a cute AI companion. They were acquired by DARPA to train freaky humanoid robots to stab better. 🧵 3/6

2/ Shaanti makes yoga matts from recycled Big Mac cartons. Their patents were purchased by the Pentagon to make flame-retardant flak jackets for ‘manosphere’ podcasters visiting active warzones. 🧵 2/6

1/ Fluffycloud Systems raised $100m with its promise to optimize project tracking. Their main client is the US Military, who uses their products to manage shipments of SPAM to frontline troops. 🧵 1/6

Here are SIX tech startups that pivoted to keeping America and THE WORLD safe! MUST READ! 🧵