ncnvrgnt
@inconvergent.net
procedural & graphics artist
parallel programmer
tired
website: https://inconvergent.net
a game: https://boxtype.app
plots: https://buy.inconvergent.net
parallel programmer
tired
website: https://inconvergent.net
a game: https://boxtype.app
plots: https://buy.inconvergent.net
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ncnvrgnt
@inconvergent.net
· Jun 6
i published a first version of my browser puzzle/platform game (+ level editor). you can play it for free (w/a keyboard) at boxtype.app. levels are encoded in the url; if you make something you like you can share it with anyone
i'd love to hear what you think!
i'd love to hear what you think!
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Gallery: Sorry, your art was not accepted for our exhibition, but thanks for applying.
Me: What? I never applied.
Gallery: Oops! [verbatim] "I was using an AI tool to organize a spreadsheet of exhibition submissions. It incorrectly invented a few names during the sorting process, and yours was one."
Me: What? I never applied.
Gallery: Oops! [verbatim] "I was using an AI tool to organize a spreadsheet of exhibition submissions. It incorrectly invented a few names during the sorting process, and yours was one."
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Gallery: Sorry, your art was not accepted for our exhibition, but thanks for applying.
Me: What? I never applied.
Gallery: Oops! [verbatim] "I was using an AI tool to organize a spreadsheet of exhibition submissions. It incorrectly invented a few names during the sorting process, and yours was one."
Me: What? I never applied.
Gallery: Oops! [verbatim] "I was using an AI tool to organize a spreadsheet of exhibition submissions. It incorrectly invented a few names during the sorting process, and yours was one."
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if you need any computer things, you may want to buy them now. before the DRAM prices increase even more
November 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
if you need any computer things, you may want to buy them now. before the DRAM prices increase even more
if people knew how to use computers well they would be less impressed by coding agents
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
if people knew how to use computers well they would be less impressed by coding agents
if you need any computer things, you may want to buy them now. before the DRAM prices increase even more
November 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
if you need any computer things, you may want to buy them now. before the DRAM prices increase even more
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spending over a decade getting pretty good at doing "generative things" only to land in the decade of generative slop is ... not ideal
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
spending over a decade getting pretty good at doing "generative things" only to land in the decade of generative slop is ... not ideal
fortunately we don't use RAM for anything important
November 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
fortunately we don't use RAM for anything important
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is clippy trying to kill you? the answer might surprise you!
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
is clippy trying to kill you? the answer might surprise you!
OpenAI has two options. 1) make God and ask for more money; or 2) expand their user base at any—and i mean any—cost
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
OpenAI has two options. 1) make God and ask for more money; or 2) expand their user base at any—and i mean any—cost
is clippy trying to kill you? the answer might surprise you!
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
is clippy trying to kill you? the answer might surprise you!
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Every single actual creative person has experienced the experience of finding effortless what was once effortful.
A generative AI user is completely alienated from this experience, it's alien and unfamiliar to feel pride in the outcome. Or, even to actually give a fuck about it at all.
A generative AI user is completely alienated from this experience, it's alien and unfamiliar to feel pride in the outcome. Or, even to actually give a fuck about it at all.
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Every single actual creative person has experienced the experience of finding effortless what was once effortful.
A generative AI user is completely alienated from this experience, it's alien and unfamiliar to feel pride in the outcome. Or, even to actually give a fuck about it at all.
A generative AI user is completely alienated from this experience, it's alien and unfamiliar to feel pride in the outcome. Or, even to actually give a fuck about it at all.
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I just gave a talk where a student asked "what do you call this kind of work because it's way more interesting than most generative art?" ::sigh::
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I just gave a talk where a student asked "what do you call this kind of work because it's way more interesting than most generative art?" ::sigh::
spending over a decade getting pretty good at doing "generative things" only to land in the decade of generative slop is ... not ideal
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
spending over a decade getting pretty good at doing "generative things" only to land in the decade of generative slop is ... not ideal
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On the one hand I remain adamant that computers should try new shapes because there are too many rectangles. On the other hand, we all seem to agree that computer orb is bad. Must find a new computer shape that pleases the people
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
On the one hand I remain adamant that computers should try new shapes because there are too many rectangles. On the other hand, we all seem to agree that computer orb is bad. Must find a new computer shape that pleases the people
kind of hard to make "safeguards" for a product if you don't know what the product is
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
kind of hard to make "safeguards" for a product if you don't know what the product is
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the intern is running their favorite test cycle on The Big Lights
October 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
the intern is running their favorite test cycle on The Big Lights
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pretty good visibility today
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
pretty good visibility today
it is going to get pretty weird with all these cults of one person and the aggregate erstatz consciousness they believe resides in their phone
November 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
it is going to get pretty weird with all these cults of one person and the aggregate erstatz consciousness they believe resides in their phone
i was going to say that google wouldn't be so careless as to train LLMs on all of gmail; the cost of the potential fallout would be too great, even for them. but i really don't know if i believe that anymore
November 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
i was going to say that google wouldn't be so careless as to train LLMs on all of gmail; the cost of the potential fallout would be too great, even for them. but i really don't know if i believe that anymore
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The “google is using your email to train AI” debacle is imo most instructively seen as tracer dye for multiple failures: many people are instinctively skeptical of tech companies now; and many outlets that should have had experts able to cogently weigh in and go “wait a minute” simply don’t anymore.
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 AM
The “google is using your email to train AI” debacle is imo most instructively seen as tracer dye for multiple failures: many people are instinctively skeptical of tech companies now; and many outlets that should have had experts able to cogently weigh in and go “wait a minute” simply don’t anymore.
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I don't share as much art as I used to, & I don't make as much art as I used to cos:
1. Slop machines made it even more difficult to get paid for making art, so I do more of other things that do pay. Cos I have bills.
2. Stuff artists do share ending up in the slop machines is pretty demotivating…
1. Slop machines made it even more difficult to get paid for making art, so I do more of other things that do pay. Cos I have bills.
2. Stuff artists do share ending up in the slop machines is pretty demotivating…
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I don't share as much art as I used to, & I don't make as much art as I used to cos:
1. Slop machines made it even more difficult to get paid for making art, so I do more of other things that do pay. Cos I have bills.
2. Stuff artists do share ending up in the slop machines is pretty demotivating…
1. Slop machines made it even more difficult to get paid for making art, so I do more of other things that do pay. Cos I have bills.
2. Stuff artists do share ending up in the slop machines is pretty demotivating…
i don't remember signing up for this poetry circle
November 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
i don't remember signing up for this poetry circle
the main problem is that words sometimes have meaning
November 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
the main problem is that words sometimes have meaning
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November 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM