opening the glove box to find my registration and a ream of mapquest printouts spills onto the passenger seat

They should invent an ice cream scoop you can find (h/t @jcsalterego.bsky.social)

I figured the implementation would be something like `curl (Wikipedia URL) | mecha_hitler_filter`

...we could diss each other's mothers
...

If you're ever up for another, we are watching David Tennant in the BBC RSC production (2009) and he is amazing!

Going through this now and it is absolutely wonderful (and illuminating as to why AI refusal is not an option for many students) and also I cannot take my eyes off the sagging shelves of CDs behind @carlbergstrom.com

"The LLM, it seems, is kind of what 21st century capitalism wants us to be." -- yes! This is why Sam Altman says " i am a stochastic parrot, and so r u." An algorithm that can plausibly replace a human provides an edifice around which to build systems that treat all humans as algorithms.

Checking with the hospital to make sure my upcoming colonoscopy is being performed by the local discount plumber and not some totalitarian with a medical degree

I mean, Ayn Rand is required reading for that set right?

These are both great pieces! The ai-vs-human quizzes out there (can you tell the real Byron/Chaucer/Plath from an "in the style of") are perhaps a genre of AI slop, but they are also a demo of how AI-generated text stays on the rails while good writing plays with and often subverts our expectations.

"Klein's approach would make the stakes higher specifically for already threatened people, precisely at the moment that the stakes have become personally alarming to him" is perfect. It's getting warm in here, maybe it will cool down if we turn the heat up on those folks already sweating over there!

Enjoyed reading this! Re: "any accommodation of public opinion or tactical adjustment is a betrayal" - the challenge is sniffing out when a "common sense" argument is actually a bad-faith ploy to harm, e.g. kafka-esque work requirements or targeting gender expression but framing it as about biology.

A win by way of capitulation is in some way more insidious than an outright defeat, because it cements for everyone the idea that the rights of marginalized groups are not a bedrock for either party, but rather contingent on electoral dynamics.

When Klein talks about Trump's win imperiling trans people, of course he is right! But if instead Democrats show that it's a winning strategy to peel off the rights of trans folks or other disfavored groups to pull in some slice of the electorate, can the marginalized really say they've won?

Checks out

Yup

Every time I hear Under Pressure I think of that interview, thought I was the only one!

Speaking of serious actors dancing I hope you have seen this treasure

youtu.be/wCDIYvFmgW8?...