The absolute funniest thing I've seen all week. Maybe in this cursed year.
I only ever listen to this on Spotify, so my Spotify Wrapped age is 3,100: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8qh...
mummy voice
YouTube video by kmlkmljkl
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The absolute funniest thing I've seen all week. Maybe in this cursed year.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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One of the first times I've wanted to stop reading an aphyr piece before the end...I didn't, though, and neither should you.
(He might not be a journalist, but he's a fantastic writer. Not sure why OP here starts out with what reads like a backhanded compliment.)
(He might not be a journalist, but he's a fantastic writer. Not sure why OP here starts out with what reads like a backhanded compliment.)
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
One of the first times I've wanted to stop reading an aphyr piece before the end...I didn't, though, and neither should you.
(He might not be a journalist, but he's a fantastic writer. Not sure why OP here starts out with what reads like a backhanded compliment.)
(He might not be a journalist, but he's a fantastic writer. Not sure why OP here starts out with what reads like a backhanded compliment.)
Glad someone else found that segment as ridiculous as I did. Might be the first time I've heard someone say that yes, we have a problem, but only because Republicans haven't put any effort into solving it. If only we could put them all in a room together and harness their formidable abilities.
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Glad someone else found that segment as ridiculous as I did. Might be the first time I've heard someone say that yes, we have a problem, but only because Republicans haven't put any effort into solving it. If only we could put them all in a room together and harness their formidable abilities.
I dunno...sure looks like the purse strap changed. And is there an unmasked agent in any of the other photos?
October 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I dunno...sure looks like the purse strap changed. And is there an unmasked agent in any of the other photos?
(Sorry, bsky devs; I like what you've done here, but it's clear our species' brains aren't ready for the medium in general.)
September 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
(Sorry, bsky devs; I like what you've done here, but it's clear our species' brains aren't ready for the medium in general.)
If the only thing "AI" actually accomplishes is to flood social media with astroturfed propaganda, eventually making it so that no one believes anything on these sites was written by a human and hollowing them out of actual human participation...
...I'll call that a win.
...I'll call that a win.
September 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
If the only thing "AI" actually accomplishes is to flood social media with astroturfed propaganda, eventually making it so that no one believes anything on these sites was written by a human and hollowing them out of actual human participation...
...I'll call that a win.
...I'll call that a win.
You built a pattern generator, not a consciousness. It has no way to tell fact from fiction. What did you *think* would happen?
September 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
You built a pattern generator, not a consciousness. It has no way to tell fact from fiction. What did you *think* would happen?
It can't possibly have taken them this long to figure this out.
openai.com/index/why-la...
openai.com/index/why-la...
Why language models hallucinate
OpenAI’s new research explains why language models hallucinate. The findings show how improved evaluations can enhance AI reliability, honesty, and safety.
openai.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It can't possibly have taken them this long to figure this out.
openai.com/index/why-la...
openai.com/index/why-la...
I'd like to propose a novel disorder: pathological anthropomorphism
www.psychopathia.ai
www.psychopathia.ai
August 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I'd like to propose a novel disorder: pathological anthropomorphism
www.psychopathia.ai
www.psychopathia.ai
You're telling me an AI researcher is myopic and almost completely uninformed about other fields of study that could complement their own? No way; that bunch is famously multidisciplinary and supportive of the humanities.
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August 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
You're telling me an AI researcher is myopic and almost completely uninformed about other fields of study that could complement their own? No way; that bunch is famously multidisciplinary and supportive of the humanities.
I get that the underlying intent there is a bad faith argument, but...what if the words themselves are accurate? The real "ambient social disorder" is the rampant misinformation about cities/other people that results in terrified, jumpy people carrying AR-15s around.
August 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I get that the underlying intent there is a bad faith argument, but...what if the words themselves are accurate? The real "ambient social disorder" is the rampant misinformation about cities/other people that results in terrified, jumpy people carrying AR-15s around.
It takes someone truly ignorant about how this technology works to attempt to regulate "objectivity" and "top-down bias" — but that's been broadly true about government regulation of the tech industry for decades now.
New: Trump's AI Action Plan continues the crusade against “woke” AI, recommending that federal procurement guidelines are updated so that only AI companies that “ensure that their systems are objective and free from top-down ideological bias” are given contracts. www.wired.com/story/trumps...
Trump’s AI Action Plan Is a Crusade Against ‘Bias’—and Regulation
The Trump administration’s new AI policy blueprint calls for limited regulation and lots of leeway for Big Tech to grow even bigger.
www.wired.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It takes someone truly ignorant about how this technology works to attempt to regulate "objectivity" and "top-down bias" — but that's been broadly true about government regulation of the tech industry for decades now.
Reposted by Josh
one insidious thing about evil is that it makes thinking about anything else difficult, not only crowding other things out but also making them seem meaningless; it drains all but a sliver of the world of colour and saps the will to live outside that sliver — unless you ignore it, which is giving in
July 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
one insidious thing about evil is that it makes thinking about anything else difficult, not only crowding other things out but also making them seem meaningless; it drains all but a sliver of the world of colour and saps the will to live outside that sliver — unless you ignore it, which is giving in
It was the worst of times, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of darkness, it was the winter of despair.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a Republican party no longer in possession of a its senses or values, must be in want of a speaker.
To lose one Speaker may regarded as a misfortune. To lose four looks like carelessness.
October 25, 2023 at 2:10 AM
It was the worst of times, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of darkness, it was the winter of despair.
If you win, you get these shiny points made of diamond, but if you lose...well, actually, either way the devil gets your soul.
August 8, 2023 at 5:38 PM
If you win, you get these shiny points made of diamond, but if you lose...well, actually, either way the devil gets your soul.
Calling all Faustian bargain hunters!
TikTok is (almost certainly) creating a proprietary singing TTS model and would very much like you to donate some training data.
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/07/tiktok-live-music-competition-gimme-the-mic/
TikTok is (almost certainly) creating a proprietary singing TTS model and would very much like you to donate some training data.
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/07/tiktok-live-music-competition-gimme-the-mic/
TikTok seeks aspiring artists to show off their talent in live music competition | TechCrunch
TikTok is hosting a virtual talent show, Gimme the Mic, to reward aspiring artists and is giving them up to 500,000 Diamond rewards.
techcrunch.com
August 8, 2023 at 5:38 PM
Calling all Faustian bargain hunters!
TikTok is (almost certainly) creating a proprietary singing TTS model and would very much like you to donate some training data.
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/07/tiktok-live-music-competition-gimme-the-mic/
TikTok is (almost certainly) creating a proprietary singing TTS model and would very much like you to donate some training data.
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/07/tiktok-live-music-competition-gimme-the-mic/
Spotify's "AI" DJ is an underrated productivity hack.
Every time that obnoxious TTS voice pipes up, I immediately un-distract myself from whatever I'm doing to hit "next track", and then I can get back to actual work.
So I guess it does have *one* redeeming feature.
Every time that obnoxious TTS voice pipes up, I immediately un-distract myself from whatever I'm doing to hit "next track", and then I can get back to actual work.
So I guess it does have *one* redeeming feature.
July 18, 2023 at 6:55 PM
Spotify's "AI" DJ is an underrated productivity hack.
Every time that obnoxious TTS voice pipes up, I immediately un-distract myself from whatever I'm doing to hit "next track", and then I can get back to actual work.
So I guess it does have *one* redeeming feature.
Every time that obnoxious TTS voice pipes up, I immediately un-distract myself from whatever I'm doing to hit "next track", and then I can get back to actual work.
So I guess it does have *one* redeeming feature.
I agree that the consumerist version of travel described in the essay is a net negative, for a number of reasons, but attempting to pull all travel experiences under that umbrella is reductive and narrow-minded, exactly the accusation the author levels at "travelers".
June 25, 2023 at 8:27 PM
I agree that the consumerist version of travel described in the essay is a net negative, for a number of reasons, but attempting to pull all travel experiences under that umbrella is reductive and narrow-minded, exactly the accusation the author levels at "travelers".
"In order to prove my point that this thing is not worth doing, allow me to quote some people who never did it."
June 25, 2023 at 8:22 PM
"In order to prove my point that this thing is not worth doing, allow me to quote some people who never did it."
This is not a case against travel; it's a case against tourism, and it says more about the author than it does the subject:
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-case-against-travel
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-case-against-travel
The Case Against Travel
It turns us into the worst version of ourselves while convincing us that we’re at our best.
www.newyorker.com
June 25, 2023 at 8:21 PM
This is not a case against travel; it's a case against tourism, and it says more about the author than it does the subject:
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-case-against-travel
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-case-against-travel
Dying and coming back as a lazy Web 2.0 marketer looking for a domain name, call that reinkrnation
Dying and coming back as a Pontic nomad, call that reinsarmation
dying and coming back as a spotted dog, call that reindalmatian
June 22, 2023 at 7:14 PM
Dying and coming back as a lazy Web 2.0 marketer looking for a domain name, call that reinkrnation
Came here to see if this had already been done. Was simultaneously satisfied and disappointed.
June 22, 2023 at 7:05 PM
Came here to see if this had already been done. Was simultaneously satisfied and disappointed.
The further I get into the album, the more I wonder if it's not so much that the songs have aged well, but that I'm enjoying yelling along in nostalgia as if they're sea shanties, swinging my water glass like a flagon.
brb, reconsidering some life choices.
brb, reconsidering some life choices.
June 22, 2023 at 6:10 PM
The further I get into the album, the more I wonder if it's not so much that the songs have aged well, but that I'm enjoying yelling along in nostalgia as if they're sea shanties, swinging my water glass like a flagon.
brb, reconsidering some life choices.
brb, reconsidering some life choices.
I wasn't sure I was going to scream that particular question into the void, but then I saw this post, and it was as if the universe was saying, "Ask, my child. These are your people; they will know."
https://bsky.app/profile/wapplehouse.bsky.social/post/3jyr53k7c2w2l
https://bsky.app/profile/wapplehouse.bsky.social/post/3jyr53k7c2w2l
June 22, 2023 at 5:38 PM
I wasn't sure I was going to scream that particular question into the void, but then I saw this post, and it was as if the universe was saying, "Ask, my child. These are your people; they will know."
https://bsky.app/profile/wapplehouse.bsky.social/post/3jyr53k7c2w2l
https://bsky.app/profile/wapplehouse.bsky.social/post/3jyr53k7c2w2l