Aaron D'Souza
@aarondsouza.bsky.social
Pathological learner. Lapsed Ph.D.
math | code | jazz | drums | photos
math | code | jazz | drums | photos
Once again, The Onion wraps around to become real news.
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Once again, The Onion wraps around to become real news.
To paraphrase: AI will become conscious because we will be duped into using the word "consciousness" to describe it.
I eyerolled so hard I think I did myself an injury.
I eyerolled so hard I think I did myself an injury.
Opinion | A.I. Is Already Intelligent. This Is How It Becomes Conscious.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
To paraphrase: AI will become conscious because we will be duped into using the word "consciousness" to describe it.
I eyerolled so hard I think I did myself an injury.
I eyerolled so hard I think I did myself an injury.
What a joy to read the words of present heroes about the music of heroes past.
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alto Saxophone
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
What a joy to read the words of present heroes about the music of heroes past.
Why can't this witch simply melt away into the sewer of history?
A Decade Later, Supreme Court Is Asked to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Why can't this witch simply melt away into the sewer of history?
Avrana Kern has entered the chatroom.
(h.t. @aptshadow.bsky.social's outstanding Children of Time series, of which I'm currently in the middle of book 3.)
(h.t. @aptshadow.bsky.social's outstanding Children of Time series, of which I'm currently in the middle of book 3.)
My favorite comment on the FT story
November 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Avrana Kern has entered the chatroom.
(h.t. @aptshadow.bsky.social's outstanding Children of Time series, of which I'm currently in the middle of book 3.)
(h.t. @aptshadow.bsky.social's outstanding Children of Time series, of which I'm currently in the middle of book 3.)
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Jack DeJohnette, just one of the deepest musicians ever, and a personal hero. Here is my obituary for NPR Music.
Jack DeJohnette, dynamic and instantly recognizable jazz drummer, dies at 83
Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday.
www.npr.org
October 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Jack DeJohnette, just one of the deepest musicians ever, and a personal hero. Here is my obituary for NPR Music.
Today's soundtrack will heavily feature this blistering album, in remembrance of the master whose drumming underpins its energy, and whose foresight preserved the recording itself.
RIP Master DeJohnette.
RIP Master DeJohnette.
McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson - Forces Of Nature: Live At Slugs’ - Blue Note Records
If the digital album is purchased, you will receive the full album via email on November 22nd, 2024.Standard digital downloads are delivered as MP3 44.1khz/24-bit audio files.Please note, digital down...
store.bluenote.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Today's soundtrack will heavily feature this blistering album, in remembrance of the master whose drumming underpins its energy, and whose foresight preserved the recording itself.
RIP Master DeJohnette.
RIP Master DeJohnette.
LOL
Replacement.AI
Humans are no longer necessary. So we’re getting rid of them.
replacement.ai
October 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
LOL
Well *this* weekend's cooking is going to be fun AF.
October 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Well *this* weekend's cooking is going to be fun AF.
Unix fan, tweaked hex to get in-game resources, jazz musician, emacs/vi user, loves Scheme.
Thomas Morgan may be my perfect spirit animal. I can't wait to hear his debut as a leader.
Thomas Morgan may be my perfect spirit animal. I can't wait to hear his debut as a leader.
NEW: utterly astonishing essay by bassist Thomas Morgan that explains his first album as a leader iverson.substack.com/p/guest-post...
Guest post from Thomas Morgan: A UNIVERSE OF POSSIBILITIES WITHIN THEIR RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS
[all about the new album AROUND YOU IS A FOREST]
iverson.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Unix fan, tweaked hex to get in-game resources, jazz musician, emacs/vi user, loves Scheme.
Thomas Morgan may be my perfect spirit animal. I can't wait to hear his debut as a leader.
Thomas Morgan may be my perfect spirit animal. I can't wait to hear his debut as a leader.
Lesson #\infty on shooting one's own foot:
Nearly 20 Percent Fewer International Students Traveled to the U.S. in August
The data shows the steepest decline in August international student arrivals since the pandemic.
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Lesson #\infty on shooting one's own foot:
Obed Calvaire is a legend. The Haitian repository of musical traditions is a deep, deep wellspring.
Gaya K'ow!
YouTube video by Obed Calvaire
youtu.be
October 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Obed Calvaire is a legend. The Haitian repository of musical traditions is a deep, deep wellspring.
FFS you guys, this timeline broke Randall.
Could we survive eating only humans?
Watch the latest What If? video collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social!
youtu.be/PUtI3xoaHx0
Watch the latest What If? video collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social!
youtu.be/PUtI3xoaHx0
Could we survive eating only humans?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
youtu.be
September 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
FFS you guys, this timeline broke Randall.
Sure, guardrails imposed by government are often flawed, but we've seen over and over again that unfettered capitalism will not police itself. I'll take the flawed guardrails and do my best to make them less flawed.
Video: Opinion | Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Meta’s A.I. Chatbot Is Dangerous for Kids
Mark Zuckerberg has a vision for how A.I. could be used in Meta’s universe. But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrai...
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Sure, guardrails imposed by government are often flawed, but we've seen over and over again that unfettered capitalism will not police itself. I'll take the flawed guardrails and do my best to make them less flawed.
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Not far into the early set at The Village Vanguard on Thursday night, I had a wildly irresponsible thought: at this moment, the Miguel Zenón Quartet might actually be the best band in the world.
Vanguardia Subterránea
The Miguel Zenón Quartet levitates the underground
open.substack.com
September 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Not far into the early set at The Village Vanguard on Thursday night, I had a wildly irresponsible thought: at this moment, the Miguel Zenón Quartet might actually be the best band in the world.
Nate Smith's new album is all 🔥🥁🎵
LIVE-ACTION, by Nate Smith
10 track album
waterbabymusic.bandcamp.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Nate Smith's new album is all 🔥🥁🎵
This beer pub comes WITH ITS OWN CAT.
Her name is Amber (I mean, obv.)
Also, the glass on the counter (right above the laptop because LET'S TEMPT FATE) has a sign next to it that says "Amber's drink".
This vacation is awesome.
Her name is Amber (I mean, obv.)
Also, the glass on the counter (right above the laptop because LET'S TEMPT FATE) has a sign next to it that says "Amber's drink".
This vacation is awesome.
September 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This beer pub comes WITH ITS OWN CAT.
Her name is Amber (I mean, obv.)
Also, the glass on the counter (right above the laptop because LET'S TEMPT FATE) has a sign next to it that says "Amber's drink".
This vacation is awesome.
Her name is Amber (I mean, obv.)
Also, the glass on the counter (right above the laptop because LET'S TEMPT FATE) has a sign next to it that says "Amber's drink".
This vacation is awesome.
How you know you married the right person: She makes a special map of places in Amsterdam that sell HATS and CHEESE ♥️.
September 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
How you know you married the right person: She makes a special map of places in Amsterdam that sell HATS and CHEESE ♥️.
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Over on Whatever today, I write on the Pixel 10 Pro's "Pro-Res Zoom" and how that "AI"-generated zoom feature is not creating photos, but illustrations, some of which have not much to do with actual reality, and what that means for taking photos with the phone:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/08/29/p...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/08/29/p...
Pictures, Not Photos: What’s Going On With the Pixel 10 Pro “Pro-Res Zoom”
For the new release of the Pixel 10 Pro (and the 10 Pro XL, which is mostly the same phone, just larger), Google has introduced something called the “Pro-Res Zoom,” a process by which, …
whatever.scalzi.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Over on Whatever today, I write on the Pixel 10 Pro's "Pro-Res Zoom" and how that "AI"-generated zoom feature is not creating photos, but illustrations, some of which have not much to do with actual reality, and what that means for taking photos with the phone:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/08/29/p...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/08/29/p...
There is no better end to a week than new music released by Miguel Zenón.
Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at The Village Vanguard, by Miguel Zenón Quartet
8 track album
miguelzenon.bandcamp.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
There is no better end to a week than new music released by Miguel Zenón.
If the look is cool with some of the most massive objects in the universe, then I don't feel that bad either. #ThanksScience
Astrophysicists Find No ‘Hair’ on Black Holes | Quanta Magazine
According to Einstein’s theory of gravity, black holes have only a small handful of distinguishing characteristics. Quantum theory implies they may have more. Now an experimental search finds that any...
www.quantamagazine.org
August 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If the look is cool with some of the most massive objects in the universe, then I don't feel that bad either. #ThanksScience
Sometimes one has to look to the masters for perfection in irreverence and rulebreaking.
(Seen at the Asian Art Museum in SF as part of the exhibition on new Japanese clay forms)
(Seen at the Asian Art Museum in SF as part of the exhibition on new Japanese clay forms)
August 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Sometimes one has to look to the masters for perfection in irreverence and rulebreaking.
(Seen at the Asian Art Museum in SF as part of the exhibition on new Japanese clay forms)
(Seen at the Asian Art Museum in SF as part of the exhibition on new Japanese clay forms)
I've made a conscious choice this year to disconnect from most of the internet and just consume books and music, and make things I love (music, food). It remains a good choice. These are books #41 & #42 YTD.
August 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I've made a conscious choice this year to disconnect from most of the internet and just consume books and music, and make things I love (music, food). It remains a good choice. These are books #41 & #42 YTD.
My response to almost every LinkedIn post on AI these days.
August 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My response to almost every LinkedIn post on AI these days.