Space Cat
@thewesson.bsky.social
A cat from space. Confused and confounded by the human species. I paint things and stare into the void. The void says “hi”.
One day I will post without a typo, but today is not that daay.
One day I will post without a typo, but today is not that daay.
AI boosters need to read this thread about a hundred times.
Aside from this, I’m firm in my belief that one reason people cling to the false idea that LLMs have some ability to feel is that humans often anthropomorphize inanimate objects. Giving my car a name doesn’t also give it feelings.
Aside from this, I’m firm in my belief that one reason people cling to the false idea that LLMs have some ability to feel is that humans often anthropomorphize inanimate objects. Giving my car a name doesn’t also give it feelings.
as a girl with a PhD in natural language processing and machine learning it's actually offensive to me when you say "we don't know how LLMs work so they might be conscious"
I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.
We know exactly how LLMs work.
I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.
We know exactly how LLMs work.
October 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
AI boosters need to read this thread about a hundred times.
Aside from this, I’m firm in my belief that one reason people cling to the false idea that LLMs have some ability to feel is that humans often anthropomorphize inanimate objects. Giving my car a name doesn’t also give it feelings.
Aside from this, I’m firm in my belief that one reason people cling to the false idea that LLMs have some ability to feel is that humans often anthropomorphize inanimate objects. Giving my car a name doesn’t also give it feelings.
Let’s talk about why this is bad reporting. The first item is that 60-70% of it is sound bites about how great AI is for education from someone who has a vested financial interest in pushing AI in education. This is made worse by the fact that there’s zero real pushback on tech bro-sephus.
Technologist Victor Riparbelli sees a future where students interact with AI avatars rather than read and write. We ask teachers and kids what they think and how they're using AI right now.
Will AI avatars eventually teach our kids?
Technologist Victor Riparbelli sees a future where students interact with AI avatars rather than read and write. We ask teachers and kids what they think and how they're using AI right now.
n.pr
September 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Let’s talk about why this is bad reporting. The first item is that 60-70% of it is sound bites about how great AI is for education from someone who has a vested financial interest in pushing AI in education. This is made worse by the fact that there’s zero real pushback on tech bro-sephus.
Good, let’s make sure everyone gets notified that they need to sign up.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Good, let’s make sure everyone gets notified that they need to sign up.
They finally let someone who isn’t a zealot blinded by the hype speak on AI and it’s glorious.
Here's the clip!
youtu.be/ZGVKZQQSJkg
youtu.be/ZGVKZQQSJkg
August 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
They finally let someone who isn’t a zealot blinded by the hype speak on AI and it’s glorious.
Finally saw the @jamesgunn.bsky.social Superman today, it was fantastic. Strong Chris Reeve vibes of hope and heroism.
Took my mom to see the Snyder version and she walked out saying “that wasn’t her Superman”.
I can’t wait to take her to this one to renew her faith in the character.
Took my mom to see the Snyder version and she walked out saying “that wasn’t her Superman”.
I can’t wait to take her to this one to renew her faith in the character.
July 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Finally saw the @jamesgunn.bsky.social Superman today, it was fantastic. Strong Chris Reeve vibes of hope and heroism.
Took my mom to see the Snyder version and she walked out saying “that wasn’t her Superman”.
I can’t wait to take her to this one to renew her faith in the character.
Took my mom to see the Snyder version and she walked out saying “that wasn’t her Superman”.
I can’t wait to take her to this one to renew her faith in the character.
Work has had me slammed, but I did manage to finish up a commission of 1st Robinson Rangers for a local. #battletech
July 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Work has had me slammed, but I did manage to finish up a commission of 1st Robinson Rangers for a local. #battletech
Speaking up on these hateful, petty policies is the kind of everyday act of bravery we need to see daily.
I wish this headline was "POLITICIANS' Anti-Diversity Crusade..." because it should be clear that this is on them.
I spoke up because the public needs to see what's being done to our universities, which have worked so hard at diversity and truth-telling... which is exactly why they came after us.
I spoke up because the public needs to see what's being done to our universities, which have worked so hard at diversity and truth-telling... which is exactly why they came after us.
MSU told departments to remove words like “access,” “minority,” “bias" and “discrimination” from official websites, Engagement Librarian DeeDee Baldwin said.
“Pretty much anything that acknowledges racism exists has to be taken off. Anything like diversity is a bad word," she said.
buff.ly/PadUQOQ
“Pretty much anything that acknowledges racism exists has to be taken off. Anything like diversity is a bad word," she said.
buff.ly/PadUQOQ
June 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Speaking up on these hateful, petty policies is the kind of everyday act of bravery we need to see daily.
Maybe LLMs weren’t a great idea after all.
June 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Maybe LLMs weren’t a great idea after all.
These takes do nothing but infantilize adults and remove their agency, absolving them off the consequences of their actions. They definitely voted for this and had eight years to think about it.
The only thing they DIDN’T vote for was it affecting them; white privilege at its finest.
The only thing they DIDN’T vote for was it affecting them; white privilege at its finest.
i really, really need people to understand that they *didn't* vote for this, no matter how much you insist they did. insisting "they voted for this" elides the information environment that led them to vote the way they did in the first place, the thing that actually needs fixing.
June 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
These takes do nothing but infantilize adults and remove their agency, absolving them off the consequences of their actions. They definitely voted for this and had eight years to think about it.
The only thing they DIDN’T vote for was it affecting them; white privilege at its finest.
The only thing they DIDN’T vote for was it affecting them; white privilege at its finest.
This is one reason why I rail against the constant barrage of the “need” to install AI in everything. Our society isn’t designed to adapt to making employees redundant and it will only cause more human suffering.
Pretty wild to be living in a time when humans are being forced to work in order to even be considered deserving of life or even to be considered human at all, while simultaneously human labor is being systematically eliminated from the concept of work.
May 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
This is one reason why I rail against the constant barrage of the “need” to install AI in everything. Our society isn’t designed to adapt to making employees redundant and it will only cause more human suffering.
Same for those of us who aren’t necessarily in a creative field. I don’t want to substitute glorified chat bot slop for the actual decades of institutional knowledge and experience I possess.
I don’t want to “streamline” my writing. I don’t want to “increase my output.” I don’t want to “write a novel with one click.” I want to write stuff only I can write. I want to read and write novels with soul and heart and a unique voice. Fuck AI. Long live real writers.
May 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Same for those of us who aren’t necessarily in a creative field. I don’t want to substitute glorified chat bot slop for the actual decades of institutional knowledge and experience I possess.
I never thought I would ever find myself applauding Palantir alums…but here we find ourselves.
NEW: A DOGE recruiter told a Palantir alumni Slack group that AI agents could do the work of tens of thousands of government employees.
He was met with 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 and custom emojis of a man licking a boot.
He was met with 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 and custom emojis of a man licking a boot.
A DOGE Recruiter Is Staffing a Project to Deploy AI Agents Across the US Government
A startup founder told a Palantir alumni Slack group that AI agents could do the work of tens of thousands of government employees. He was met with emojis of clowns and a man licking a boot.
www.wired.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I never thought I would ever find myself applauding Palantir alums…but here we find ourselves.
Terrifying thread, but no lies detected.
I've been thinking a lot about the movie The Big Short lately. Or, at least it kept coming into my head out of my sub-conscious. I felt a weird kinship with the protagonist.
I finally realized why late last night.
I'm shorting on the entire concept of the US. 1/n www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltNv...
I finally realized why late last night.
I'm shorting on the entire concept of the US. 1/n www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltNv...
The Big Short (2015) - Jared Vennett calls a Wrong Number [HD 1080p]
YouTube video by Extractor
www.youtube.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Terrifying thread, but no lies detected.
Kind of important.
The "freight train" coming for the separation of church and state is receiving scant coverage.
Before I left my job at POLITICO, I was heavily researching the case at the center of it all -- started in Oklahoma. Justice Barrett's good friend helped seed it, which I reported.
I have more to share 👇
Before I left my job at POLITICO, I was heavily researching the case at the center of it all -- started in Oklahoma. Justice Barrett's good friend helped seed it, which I reported.
I have more to share 👇
April 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Kind of important.
In these trying times I think the only responsible thing to do is follow in L. Ron’s footsteps and start a cult at sea.
April 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
In these trying times I think the only responsible thing to do is follow in L. Ron’s footsteps and start a cult at sea.
Decide to finally do something with the Horus Heresy models I’ve been hoarding. The first member of the 13th legion.
April 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Decide to finally do something with the Horus Heresy models I’ve been hoarding. The first member of the 13th legion.
So a guy who voted for this, who doesn’t regret voting for this EVEN AFTER they chose to deport his wife who had overstayed her visa, is begging the internet for money to get his wife out of the detainment his vote out her in…his vote that he does not regret.
Just fuck these people.
Just fuck these people.
Trump voter asks for donations for wife's bond after she's detained by ICE
Bradley Bartell's wife is being held after U.S. agents arrested her as they traveled home from their honeymoon.
www.newsweek.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
So a guy who voted for this, who doesn’t regret voting for this EVEN AFTER they chose to deport his wife who had overstayed her visa, is begging the internet for money to get his wife out of the detainment his vote out her in…his vote that he does not regret.
Just fuck these people.
Just fuck these people.
Schumer.
Fetterman.
Cortez Masto.
Durbin.
King.
Shaheen.
Gillibrand.
Schatz.
Hassan.
Peters.
The names of the quisling cowards who were more concerned about bad vibes than protecting democracy.
Every single one should be primaried and cast out of the Democratic Party as pariahs.
Fetterman.
Cortez Masto.
Durbin.
King.
Shaheen.
Gillibrand.
Schatz.
Hassan.
Peters.
The names of the quisling cowards who were more concerned about bad vibes than protecting democracy.
Every single one should be primaried and cast out of the Democratic Party as pariahs.
March 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Schumer.
Fetterman.
Cortez Masto.
Durbin.
King.
Shaheen.
Gillibrand.
Schatz.
Hassan.
Peters.
The names of the quisling cowards who were more concerned about bad vibes than protecting democracy.
Every single one should be primaried and cast out of the Democratic Party as pariahs.
Fetterman.
Cortez Masto.
Durbin.
King.
Shaheen.
Gillibrand.
Schatz.
Hassan.
Peters.
The names of the quisling cowards who were more concerned about bad vibes than protecting democracy.
Every single one should be primaried and cast out of the Democratic Party as pariahs.
We move farther from god and closer to Shadowrun every day.
I was hoping techno feudalism would come with less blatant pushes for the reintroduction of slavery.
I was hoping techno feudalism would come with less blatant pushes for the reintroduction of slavery.
March 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
We move farther from god and closer to Shadowrun every day.
I was hoping techno feudalism would come with less blatant pushes for the reintroduction of slavery.
I was hoping techno feudalism would come with less blatant pushes for the reintroduction of slavery.
About two weeks ago I got blocked by quite a bit of the performative left because I expressed skepticism that congress would implement Amendment 14.3 to keep Trump out of office. They swore to their followers that the institutions would save us, that the legislatures would see reason, and that…
January 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
About two weeks ago I got blocked by quite a bit of the performative left because I expressed skepticism that congress would implement Amendment 14.3 to keep Trump out of office. They swore to their followers that the institutions would save us, that the legislatures would see reason, and that…
This is not beyond the realm of plausibility.
Everything happening with TikTok this weekend is a show and happening outside the legal system. I’m looking at it this way: TikTok shut down to send the message to users that Trump wanted to fix it; TikTok is coming back up before the inauguration because Trump wants it up for his inauguration.
January 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This is not beyond the realm of plausibility.
Welp, TikTok is back with a full blown Trump propaganda splash screen pop up the first time you log back in…
…well fuck if THAT doesn’t feel sketchy.
…well fuck if THAT doesn’t feel sketchy.
January 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Welp, TikTok is back with a full blown Trump propaganda splash screen pop up the first time you log back in…
…well fuck if THAT doesn’t feel sketchy.
…well fuck if THAT doesn’t feel sketchy.
With the inauguration looming:
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
January 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
With the inauguration looming:
Some more @wargamesatlantic.bsky.social minis painted up for an upcoming FLGS Mordheim campaign.
#warhammeroldworld
#mordheim
#warhammeroldworld
#mordheim
January 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Some more @wargamesatlantic.bsky.social minis painted up for an upcoming FLGS Mordheim campaign.
#warhammeroldworld
#mordheim
#warhammeroldworld
#mordheim
Considering the ongoing rhetoric about the United States immediate neighbors I feel like I should remind everyone that the Canadian military was a major factor in necessitating the creation of the Geneva Accords as standards for engaging in conflicts.
It’s not all maple syrup and smiles up there.
It’s not all maple syrup and smiles up there.
January 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Considering the ongoing rhetoric about the United States immediate neighbors I feel like I should remind everyone that the Canadian military was a major factor in necessitating the creation of the Geneva Accords as standards for engaging in conflicts.
It’s not all maple syrup and smiles up there.
It’s not all maple syrup and smiles up there.