Matt 🏳️🌈
@legendblade.bsky.social
[He/him] Software Engineering Manager. Sometimes streamer. Gay. Cat-dad to multiple feline menaces. I feel too old for only being in my 30s.
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AND YET I HAVE TO FIGHT TOOTH AND CLAW TO GET EVEN BASIC VBA PERMISSIONS TURNED ON FOR SHIT, AND FIGHT THE MARK OF THE WEB BULLSHIT CONSTANTLY?
CMON YALL.
CMON YALL.
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
AND YET I HAVE TO FIGHT TOOTH AND CLAW TO GET EVEN BASIC VBA PERMISSIONS TURNED ON FOR SHIT, AND FIGHT THE MARK OF THE WEB BULLSHIT CONSTANTLY?
CMON YALL.
CMON YALL.
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❌ A/I can’t replace real skills
❌ A/I can’t stop crime before it happens
❌ A/I can’t have real feelings or thought
❌ A/I isn’t therapy
✅ A/I is hurting the environment
✅ A/I is plagiaring creatives
✅ A/I is moderated by underpaid traumatized workers
✅ A/I can give you psychosis
🚫SAY NO TO GEN A/I🚫
❌ A/I can’t stop crime before it happens
❌ A/I can’t have real feelings or thought
❌ A/I isn’t therapy
✅ A/I is hurting the environment
✅ A/I is plagiaring creatives
✅ A/I is moderated by underpaid traumatized workers
✅ A/I can give you psychosis
🚫SAY NO TO GEN A/I🚫
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
❌ A/I can’t replace real skills
❌ A/I can’t stop crime before it happens
❌ A/I can’t have real feelings or thought
❌ A/I isn’t therapy
✅ A/I is hurting the environment
✅ A/I is plagiaring creatives
✅ A/I is moderated by underpaid traumatized workers
✅ A/I can give you psychosis
🚫SAY NO TO GEN A/I🚫
❌ A/I can’t stop crime before it happens
❌ A/I can’t have real feelings or thought
❌ A/I isn’t therapy
✅ A/I is hurting the environment
✅ A/I is plagiaring creatives
✅ A/I is moderated by underpaid traumatized workers
✅ A/I can give you psychosis
🚫SAY NO TO GEN A/I🚫
Of course 10 minutes before my grocery delivery arrives is the perfect time for Nico to decide he wants to lay across my shoulders.
Timing, cat.
Timing, cat.
November 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Of course 10 minutes before my grocery delivery arrives is the perfect time for Nico to decide he wants to lay across my shoulders.
Timing, cat.
Timing, cat.
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Remember when some of y'all got real mad at me for doing some back-of-the-napkin math about how much water "AI" likely uses, in light of the fact that they refuse to release their actual numbers?
Anyway.
Anyway.
Google’s emissions are up 48% in 5 years. Microsoft’s are up 30% since 2020. Those soaring figures are being driven by mass investments in data centers to power AI tools.
Generative AI is a climate disaster and data center expansion must be stopped.
Generative AI is a climate disaster and data center expansion must be stopped.
Generative AI is a climate disaster
Tech companies are abandoning emissions pledges to chase AI market share
disconnect.blog
July 6, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Remember when some of y'all got real mad at me for doing some back-of-the-napkin math about how much water "AI" likely uses, in light of the fact that they refuse to release their actual numbers?
Anyway.
Anyway.
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Considering AI voices in games was the example used in article, here’s some nuance:
Voice actors are increasingly pressured into giving up their voice prints in perpetuity for some of these games. Some for cheap; others are finding these terms snuck into contracts.
Not an “extreme”, but reality.
Voice actors are increasingly pressured into giving up their voice prints in perpetuity for some of these games. Some for cheap; others are finding these terms snuck into contracts.
Not an “extreme”, but reality.
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Considering AI voices in games was the example used in article, here’s some nuance:
Voice actors are increasingly pressured into giving up their voice prints in perpetuity for some of these games. Some for cheap; others are finding these terms snuck into contracts.
Not an “extreme”, but reality.
Voice actors are increasingly pressured into giving up their voice prints in perpetuity for some of these games. Some for cheap; others are finding these terms snuck into contracts.
Not an “extreme”, but reality.
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Dana Terrace does not hold back against Disney…..
holy shit she is rightfully pissed 💀
holy shit she is rightfully pissed 💀
November 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Dana Terrace does not hold back against Disney…..
holy shit she is rightfully pissed 💀
holy shit she is rightfully pissed 💀
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THIS.
This is the second major vulnerability in ALL AI.
And the more you know about the model, the easier it is to make it spit out things it shouldn't.
This is the second major vulnerability in ALL AI.
And the more you know about the model, the easier it is to make it spit out things it shouldn't.
I watched a very informative video about hacking AI and the key point made was that they are primarily statistics models. Given enough dice rolls, even with the "guard rails", the LLMs will spit out almost anything they're trained with. And they're trained with stuff like Reddit.
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
THIS.
This is the second major vulnerability in ALL AI.
And the more you know about the model, the easier it is to make it spit out things it shouldn't.
This is the second major vulnerability in ALL AI.
And the more you know about the model, the easier it is to make it spit out things it shouldn't.
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this is what you asked for! #ffxiv #finalfantasyxiv
November 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
this is what you asked for! #ffxiv #finalfantasyxiv
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It really needs to be pointed out how every one of these embarrassing statements is made by a c-suite executive and not an artist or even art department lead
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It really needs to be pointed out how every one of these embarrassing statements is made by a c-suite executive and not an artist or even art department lead
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Attention friends! As a Cyber Sec Specialist, I feel a need to share this. If you receive an email from Ao3, alerting you to a password reset attempt, DO NOT click on the links! This is a scam to get you to provide your current password. Absolutely terrible. Safe cyber smart! #ao3 #scamalert
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Attention friends! As a Cyber Sec Specialist, I feel a need to share this. If you receive an email from Ao3, alerting you to a password reset attempt, DO NOT click on the links! This is a scam to get you to provide your current password. Absolutely terrible. Safe cyber smart! #ao3 #scamalert
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A new state-by-state evaluation of the projected energy and water use of "AI" data centers in the US. Looks… real bad. Like, "undoing tech sector climate gains" bad.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Environmental impact and net-zero pathways for sustainable artificial intelligence servers in the USA - Nature Sustainability
The rapid expansion of AI server installations in the United States poses sustainability challenges in terms of water usage and carbon emissions. A study now quantifies these potential impacts and out...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
A new state-by-state evaluation of the projected energy and water use of "AI" data centers in the US. Looks… real bad. Like, "undoing tech sector climate gains" bad.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
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It literally has a disclosure on its Steam page. It didn't "slip through", man. You tried to charge people for a thing that's got slop in it and they're mad.
I have an extension to add a pop-up on the Steam page for it but I really think it should be by default top-of-page.
I have an extension to add a pop-up on the Steam page for it but I really think it should be by default top-of-page.
November 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
It literally has a disclosure on its Steam page. It didn't "slip through", man. You tried to charge people for a thing that's got slop in it and they're mad.
I have an extension to add a pop-up on the Steam page for it but I really think it should be by default top-of-page.
I have an extension to add a pop-up on the Steam page for it but I really think it should be by default top-of-page.
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Execs always claim bloated budgets increase retail prices. This is a lie.
They will always increase prices to whatever they think they can get away with. Always have, always will. AI is merely a new get-richer-quicker scheme.
And execs will never admit the most bloated costs… are themselves.
They will always increase prices to whatever they think they can get away with. Always have, always will. AI is merely a new get-richer-quicker scheme.
And execs will never admit the most bloated costs… are themselves.
- AI is used to offload the "tedious" work so devs can focus on the artistic side of things
- AI will make games cheaper to and faster to produce
Still a $70 game btw...
- AI will make games cheaper to and faster to produce
Still a $70 game btw...
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Execs always claim bloated budgets increase retail prices. This is a lie.
They will always increase prices to whatever they think they can get away with. Always have, always will. AI is merely a new get-richer-quicker scheme.
And execs will never admit the most bloated costs… are themselves.
They will always increase prices to whatever they think they can get away with. Always have, always will. AI is merely a new get-richer-quicker scheme.
And execs will never admit the most bloated costs… are themselves.
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"what games will you play when everything uses AI?"
So there's this cool thing called playing older games, did you know we have hundreds of thousands of them?
Enough to keep someone busy for multiple lifetimes?
I'm not gonna run out anytime soon
Still hoping the AI bubble bursts though of course
So there's this cool thing called playing older games, did you know we have hundreds of thousands of them?
Enough to keep someone busy for multiple lifetimes?
I'm not gonna run out anytime soon
Still hoping the AI bubble bursts though of course
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"what games will you play when everything uses AI?"
So there's this cool thing called playing older games, did you know we have hundreds of thousands of them?
Enough to keep someone busy for multiple lifetimes?
I'm not gonna run out anytime soon
Still hoping the AI bubble bursts though of course
So there's this cool thing called playing older games, did you know we have hundreds of thousands of them?
Enough to keep someone busy for multiple lifetimes?
I'm not gonna run out anytime soon
Still hoping the AI bubble bursts though of course
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Solid meme of our buisness cat
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Solid meme of our buisness cat
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![[photo of Rutabaga, a big tortoiseshell cat next to a 16" Surface Laptop, on the floor]
Rutabaga has her kitty music back, with much better fidelity
5:00 PM
Listening to Vivaldi having 4 seasons
5:01 PM
When I plugged it in she came over, reached out her paws and started pressing keys
5:02 PM](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o7kc3e22v7cxms67f4gbpryi/bafkreia32rzbavmrefqenydd2k3yayhnvkg7ir6qtxhaqrsmzocu336r4a@jpeg)
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November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
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November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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Wild to see a dude who was actively telling me earlier this year “AI is here to stay” complaining about the amount of AI commercials he’s seeing.
Yeah it sucks man. It also sucked when it didn’t affect you, but you were too busy vouching for scabs to get that.
Yeah it sucks man. It also sucked when it didn’t affect you, but you were too busy vouching for scabs to get that.
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Wild to see a dude who was actively telling me earlier this year “AI is here to stay” complaining about the amount of AI commercials he’s seeing.
Yeah it sucks man. It also sucked when it didn’t affect you, but you were too busy vouching for scabs to get that.
Yeah it sucks man. It also sucked when it didn’t affect you, but you were too busy vouching for scabs to get that.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM