Media pundit

I haven't been on twitter in over a year but it seems like Musk has transformed it into a powerful platform devoted to proving he's the most embarrassing person who's ever lived.

Screenshot of a tweet from Joyce Carol Oates posted on Sunday, November 9th that reads "so curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates--scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. in fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. the poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the "most wealthy person in the world."

Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.

Reminds me YouTuber Perun's quote about why people tend to avoid using nuclear weapons. A) Because everyone would die, and b) because the economy is better when everyone isn't dead

One of the most viscerally upsetting things I’ve read.

ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.

If OpenAI knew this could happen, they committed murder. End of story.
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Generally immigrants are young, motivated, ambitious and have valuable skills. Exactly the sort of people we want more of.

If a professional did this they would be arrested and I don't really understand why the answer box gets a break

I seriously think this is correct. Companies should be required to ensure that to the best of their ability the bots frequently identify themselves as non-human. They should not attempt to be your friend.

Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.

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In particular a future where pro se litigants can generate mediocre complaints at close to zero cost does not seem to me like a future where billable hours are inevitably reduced

Douglas Adams had a more realistic view of artificial intelligence than supposed futurists like Yudkowsky .

I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.

KPop Demon Hunters is like a 70s Hanna Barbera cartoon but they’re finally allowed to murder the monsters

True

I’m not sure why humans would be radically impoverished, in the long run, by use of GenAI. Labour-saving devices tend to just move people into other tasks (or other industries) which the machines still can’t do, while making everything cheaper.
Lots of disruption, but not permanently.

are we allowed to talk about how Hamilton is good again yet or is that still, like, off limits

Introducing the Ominous Calendar, in which every year is measured by its proximity to 2078, year 0.

This is year -53 before year 0.

What happens in 2078? Don't worry about it.

‘I buy violets for Amy. Not roses. Roses are for people who did something wrong.’
-Caroline Kepnes, Hidden Bodies

The problem is AI is a good productivity tool which is deceptively hard to use. The people who get the best out of it, and avoid its usual pitfalls, are domain experts who also understand AI specifically.
But that’s harder to market than ‘machine which does anything.’

The default feed is tilted not just to the right-wing but to the extreme, fringe right.
Robinson is so extreme that even Farage, who was considered beyond the pale a few years ago, is careful not to be associated with him.

I have mostly stayed off Twitter over the last 1-2 years, but a few months ago I for some reason made a default account there which wasn't following anyone/not followed by anyone.
I am based in the UK.
First post in my feed: Musk. Pathetic, but not surprising.
Second post: Tommy Robinson rally.

Good old Hellraiser

"You're making up a guy to get mad at!" Yes, I am a novelist. That's the job description.

Happy Halloween! Here is my favourite SCP at the moment: a literal ghost in a sheet.
#Halloween
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For me her songs break down pretty evenly into terrible, catchy but stupid, and actually good.
I suspect that eventually people will only remember the better ones, and she will be regarded as a good artist overall.
#TaylorSwift

In my view TS is capable of writing good songs but often doesn’t.
The two main reasons are a) she’s too big to fail, b) the general public can’t tell the difference.
#TaylorSwift

Glad I managed to get my slightly anti-Taylor take in before she made her worst album ever
#TaylorSwift

The filibuster should not be a thing in a functioning democracy, and doesn’t exist in any other democracy that I know of

The moral of the story is that some people aren’t very bright.
Which is the moral of the original story as well.

I feel like they could have mentioned in the marketing that the burger is bigger than the quarter pounder, or would the 80-90% of people who know that feel insulted if you mention it?
Maybe show a picture of it next to a quarter pounder to visually show that it is bigger?