Alister
@alisterair.com
posts don't even reflect my own opinion, let alone any employer's
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Glad to see people talking about Penn Jillette. The 2024 interview was done by me. I found him to be a refreshingly reflective, self-critical individual who has remained curious and willing to evolve.
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Glad to see people talking about Penn Jillette. The 2024 interview was done by me. I found him to be a refreshingly reflective, self-critical individual who has remained curious and willing to evolve.
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Musk has been instrumentalising Twitter/X to feed reactionary politics and its concomitant disinformation networks for the past two years. Staying there gives tacit consent to that destructive project. And yet so many institutions, politicians, broadcasters & companies remain there, morally inert.
February 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Musk has been instrumentalising Twitter/X to feed reactionary politics and its concomitant disinformation networks for the past two years. Staying there gives tacit consent to that destructive project. And yet so many institutions, politicians, broadcasters & companies remain there, morally inert.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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It takes a lot to impress me, but this is fucking impressive.
October 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
It takes a lot to impress me, but this is fucking impressive.
If I were starting to test autonomous cars, Sydney would absolutely be the last city I'd test them in. www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/28/w...
Waymo in talks to start testing self-driving taxis in Australia
A Transport NSW spokesperson confirmed Waymo has been in contact, with the Google-linked autonomous taxi company having appointed local lobbyists.
www.crikey.com.au
October 28, 2025 at 6:36 AM
If I were starting to test autonomous cars, Sydney would absolutely be the last city I'd test them in. www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/28/w...
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"I have a decent fluency in LLMs, and they have utility, but the absurd degree of over-hype, the way they're being forced on everyone, and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value."
October 17, 2025 at 4:32 AM
"I have a decent fluency in LLMs, and they have utility, but the absurd degree of over-hype, the way they're being forced on everyone, and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value."
This seems bad www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Cohealth CEO says closure follows 'death by thousand cuts' from government
Inner-city Melbourne community health service cohealth will be shuttering its GP services at the end of the year, citing escalating costs and aging infrastructure.
www.abc.net.au
October 16, 2025 at 7:54 AM
This seems bad www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
This definitely seems like a great use of resources and will have no negative effects on people at all.
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
ChatGPT is about to get flirty.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This definitely seems like a great use of resources and will have no negative effects on people at all.
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I read the phrase “plot-based media” for the first time this week, and I died a little inside. The context was the unleashening of Sora, OpenAI’s new hybrid video extruder and anti-social network...
End of Story?
Sorry. Had to get thinky this week.
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October 10, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I read the phrase “plot-based media” for the first time this week, and I died a little inside. The context was the unleashening of Sora, OpenAI’s new hybrid video extruder and anti-social network...
I'm not entirely sure this is a particularly good idea. www.cio.com/article/1908...
September 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I'm not entirely sure this is a particularly good idea. www.cio.com/article/1908...
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This one is only for Blueskyers of a certain age.
August 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This one is only for Blueskyers of a certain age.
thank you linkedin for this indispensable advice
August 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
thank you linkedin for this indispensable advice
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Seems like a “my bad” shouldn’t cover it here.
Australian lawyer apologizes for AI-generated errors in murder case
A senior lawyer in Australia has apologized to a judge for using AI-generated fake quotes and non-existent case judgments in a murder case
abcnews.go.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Seems like a “my bad” shouldn’t cover it here.
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This is the most GenX playlist in the history of Australian GenXers #triplejhottest100
July 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This is the most GenX playlist in the history of Australian GenXers #triplejhottest100
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"Autism doesn’t erase potential. It reshapes it. Sometimes it’s quiet. Sometimes it’s nonlinear. Always, it’s human."
An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Who Thinks My Daughter Is a Tragedy
Dear Mr. RFK Jr., (The “dear” is tradition. Don’t mistake it for affection.) You said autistic children are a burden. That they ruin families. That...
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June 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"Autism doesn’t erase potential. It reshapes it. Sometimes it’s quiet. Sometimes it’s nonlinear. Always, it’s human."