Rebecca Jee
@rebeccajee.com.au
Creative all rounder and social media content creator in lutruwita/Tasmania. ME/CFS haver but still making art, performing in musical theatre and community bands, watching my garden grow and being grateful and cynical at the same time
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AI might be creating a ‘permanent underclass’ but it’s the makers of the tech bubble who are replaceable | Van Badham
AI might be creating a ‘permanent underclass’ but it’s the makers of the tech bubble who are replaceable | Van Badham
Despite the relentless insistence of tech’s grifters, AI is not industrially inevitable – or even sustainable. Which is why it is time to push back
Bad news, baby. The New Yorker reports the rapid advance of AI in the workplace will create a “permanent underclass” of everyone not already hitched to the AI train.
The prediction comes from OpenAI employee Leopold Aschenbrenner, who claims AI will “reach or exceed human capacity” by 2027. Once it develops capacity to innovate, AI superintelligence will supersede even a need for its own programmers … and then wipe out the jobs done by everyone else. Continue reading...
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October 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
AI might be creating a ‘permanent underclass’ but it’s the makers of the tech bubble who are replaceable | Van Badham
The people at Labor HQ would chant anything at this point. Wild. I love it
May 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The people at Labor HQ would chant anything at this point. Wild. I love it
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May 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Ah chimenea time. Also time to start working through the giant pile of logs from the tree that fell over last year.
May 1, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Ah chimenea time. Also time to start working through the giant pile of logs from the tree that fell over last year.
I was photographing an event today and a man (a stranger) put his hands on my waist to move behind me in the crowd. Just a fleeting moment but it unsettled me so much. Why did he need to touch me at all?
April 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I was photographing an event today and a man (a stranger) put his hands on my waist to move behind me in the crowd. Just a fleeting moment but it unsettled me so much. Why did he need to touch me at all?
Yes, it sometimes gets hot in Tasmania. But it doesn't often stay that way for days on end. This sustained heat that doesn't drop at night is what I moved here to avoid!
Also, our air con broke before Christmas. So the cool weather will return on 13 Feb when the replacement is due to be installed.
Also, our air con broke before Christmas. So the cool weather will return on 13 Feb when the replacement is due to be installed.
February 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Yes, it sometimes gets hot in Tasmania. But it doesn't often stay that way for days on end. This sustained heat that doesn't drop at night is what I moved here to avoid!
Also, our air con broke before Christmas. So the cool weather will return on 13 Feb when the replacement is due to be installed.
Also, our air con broke before Christmas. So the cool weather will return on 13 Feb when the replacement is due to be installed.
37°C at my car at 1:30. Not normal for Tassie.
February 4, 2025 at 3:45 AM
37°C at my car at 1:30. Not normal for Tassie.
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It’s never been more important to make sure you are getting your information from people who know what they’re talking about. (“Often says things I think are smart and that I agree with” is not the same thing as that.) (Neither is “sounds certain.”)
January 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It’s never been more important to make sure you are getting your information from people who know what they’re talking about. (“Often says things I think are smart and that I agree with” is not the same thing as that.) (Neither is “sounds certain.”)
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The more authors you read, the less chance one of them becomes load-bearing. Any one author could crumble away and you're fine, you can point to a dozen others who are doing the same thing.
Even if it's an author like Terry Pratchett, spreading that parasociality out is never gonna be a bad thing
Even if it's an author like Terry Pratchett, spreading that parasociality out is never gonna be a bad thing
January 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The more authors you read, the less chance one of them becomes load-bearing. Any one author could crumble away and you're fine, you can point to a dozen others who are doing the same thing.
Even if it's an author like Terry Pratchett, spreading that parasociality out is never gonna be a bad thing
Even if it's an author like Terry Pratchett, spreading that parasociality out is never gonna be a bad thing
feeling very bleak today. Good to be pointed towards the light.
Fred Rogers does seem to have been a genuinely decent human being and also he would probably be the first to tell you not to idolize him, but to find in yourself what is beautiful and special and hold that up to the light so that you can see it clearly, and can everyone else.
Is it okay if I still idolize Mister Rogers?
January 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
feeling very bleak today. Good to be pointed towards the light.
Amuses me that currently the music in the doctor’s waiting room is Enter Sandman. Either what’s considered pleasant background music has changed, the clientele has aged into Metallica, or we’re all feeling especially metal on this New Year’s Eve.
December 30, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Amuses me that currently the music in the doctor’s waiting room is Enter Sandman. Either what’s considered pleasant background music has changed, the clientele has aged into Metallica, or we’re all feeling especially metal on this New Year’s Eve.
We all get excited about Wrapped, and now every other brand is showing you your stats from the year...basically they're all saying "We've got your data! We're watching yooooou! Oh, I mean, looky here at these fun graphics and puns!"
It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye in a data breach
It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye in a data breach
December 10, 2024 at 11:32 PM
We all get excited about Wrapped, and now every other brand is showing you your stats from the year...basically they're all saying "We've got your data! We're watching yooooou! Oh, I mean, looky here at these fun graphics and puns!"
It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye in a data breach
It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye in a data breach
A heads up for those who haven’t posted anything in a while: it’s going to be much more expensive than you remember
December 9, 2024 at 6:24 AM
A heads up for those who haven’t posted anything in a while: it’s going to be much more expensive than you remember
When you ask people for photos for a project and they send them to you in a PPT or Word doc. I thought we'd gotten past this.
December 5, 2024 at 10:53 PM
When you ask people for photos for a project and they send them to you in a PPT or Word doc. I thought we'd gotten past this.
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Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
December 4, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
I went to a music fair and survived!
Anoraks
A paean to passionate collectors
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November 28, 2024 at 8:46 AM
I went to a music fair and survived!
A question for doctorate-havers, regarding professional emails: do you put your title in your email signature? Why/why not?
If you put your title in personal emails that's a whole other story.
If you put your title in personal emails that's a whole other story.
November 26, 2024 at 12:48 AM
A question for doctorate-havers, regarding professional emails: do you put your title in your email signature? Why/why not?
If you put your title in personal emails that's a whole other story.
If you put your title in personal emails that's a whole other story.
Springtime in Tasmania Starter Pack. Turns out all this time I could have just put porridge on my eyelids and not had to deal with the fire of a thousand suns mixed with the aftermath of a Slimer encounter for the past few weeks. This oatmeal colloidal cream is probably more socially acceptable.
November 26, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Springtime in Tasmania Starter Pack. Turns out all this time I could have just put porridge on my eyelids and not had to deal with the fire of a thousand suns mixed with the aftermath of a Slimer encounter for the past few weeks. This oatmeal colloidal cream is probably more socially acceptable.
Check your payslip and make sure your employer is actually withholding money for your HECS. Or, like me, you’ll end up with a rather large tax bill. (Fml)
November 25, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Check your payslip and make sure your employer is actually withholding money for your HECS. Or, like me, you’ll end up with a rather large tax bill. (Fml)
So it’s been a year and I didn’t even notice! rebeccajee.substack.com/p/joyeux-ann...
joyeux anniversaire
many belated happy returns
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November 14, 2024 at 8:18 AM
So it’s been a year and I didn’t even notice! rebeccajee.substack.com/p/joyeux-ann...
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In the next couple months I need to figure out how to stay informed without endlessly exposing myself to all the dark (probably accurate) predictions of how Terrible Trump Part Deux will be. It’s just too much, seeing all these doomsday scenarios.
November 12, 2024 at 11:37 PM
In the next couple months I need to figure out how to stay informed without endlessly exposing myself to all the dark (probably accurate) predictions of how Terrible Trump Part Deux will be. It’s just too much, seeing all these doomsday scenarios.
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The butterfly effect, named by mathematician Edward Lorenz, is the idea that something as small as a butterfly flapping its wings can eventually cause a tornado.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterf...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterf...
November 13, 2024 at 6:46 AM
The butterfly effect, named by mathematician Edward Lorenz, is the idea that something as small as a butterfly flapping its wings can eventually cause a tornado.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterf...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterf...
But it makes for a long day - working 9-5 and then rehearsing 7-10. Hooray community theatre! (I love it I do)
February 14, 2024 at 8:20 AM
But it makes for a long day - working 9-5 and then rehearsing 7-10. Hooray community theatre! (I love it I do)
Ensemble is drilling choreography and us in the choir are here for moral support. Oh and vocal support.
February 14, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Ensemble is drilling choreography and us in the choir are here for moral support. Oh and vocal support.