Brian Penny 🍿
@brianpenny.bsky.social
Movember raises money every year for men’s health. This year, they are partnered with Google Gemini.
So instead of donating to a charity, you can upload your face to Gemini and get a fake AI slop picture of you with a mustache.
So instead of donating to a charity, you can upload your face to Gemini and get a fake AI slop picture of you with a mustache.
Movember and Google Gemini are giving anyone and everyone a mustache this Movember.
Movember and Google have teamed up to give anyone a mustache this Movember using Google's new AI tool, Google Gemini.
us.movember.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Movember raises money every year for men’s health. This year, they are partnered with Google Gemini.
So instead of donating to a charity, you can upload your face to Gemini and get a fake AI slop picture of you with a mustache.
So instead of donating to a charity, you can upload your face to Gemini and get a fake AI slop picture of you with a mustache.
This is a fantastic deep dive with a ton of great info that debunks all the shallow arguments against how AI destroys the environment.
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is a fantastic deep dive with a ton of great info that debunks all the shallow arguments against how AI destroys the environment.
The AI crash is still early bro. The bubble burst is only going to get more and more realistic as the technology fails to improve.
The AI Boom Is Looking More and More Fragile
AI stocks have swung downward as doubt rises about sustainability and payoff.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The AI crash is still early bro. The bubble burst is only going to get more and more realistic as the technology fails to improve.
If you want to be horrified, Google “deepfake nude Nevada DOT” to see just how many live links Google indexed to AI sex apps in the official Nevada Department of Transportation website.
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
If you want to be horrified, Google “deepfake nude Nevada DOT” to see just how many live links Google indexed to AI sex apps in the official Nevada Department of Transportation website.
Bluesky is exactly as vague and corrupt as Twitter. Gross
False attribution. If a person is suspended it is because of their identity? Could it not be because of their content? I wrote about it here aaron.leaflet.pub/3m52nqqmk322v
Moderating With Humans, For Humans - Trust Issues
aaron.leaflet.pub
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Bluesky is exactly as vague and corrupt as Twitter. Gross
ARC Raiders was given a 2/5 review on Eurogamer because of the developer’s usage of AI generated voices, which they initially refused to disclose and, when caught and called out, insisted everyone is doing it.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney wasn’t happy about “politics” being included in a game review.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney wasn’t happy about “politics” being included in a game review.
Epic's Tim Sweeney wades into the Arc Raiders AI row
"This technology increases human productivity in some areas by integer multiples"
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
ARC Raiders was given a 2/5 review on Eurogamer because of the developer’s usage of AI generated voices, which they initially refused to disclose and, when caught and called out, insisted everyone is doing it.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney wasn’t happy about “politics” being included in a game review.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney wasn’t happy about “politics” being included in a game review.
So much happening in one screenshot.
AI bro is mad because Elon Musk RTed his favorite troll account who “stole” the AI image he generated in ChatGPT and claimed it was made by Grok.
AI bro is mad because Elon Musk RTed his favorite troll account who “stole” the AI image he generated in ChatGPT and claimed it was made by Grok.
November 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
So much happening in one screenshot.
AI bro is mad because Elon Musk RTed his favorite troll account who “stole” the AI image he generated in ChatGPT and claimed it was made by Grok.
AI bro is mad because Elon Musk RTed his favorite troll account who “stole” the AI image he generated in ChatGPT and claimed it was made by Grok.
Great read for a lot of firsthand perspectives from people who lost their jobs to artificial intelligence.
People Reveal How They Lost Their Jobs To Artificial Intelligence
Making life better or worse?
www.comicsands.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Great read for a lot of firsthand perspectives from people who lost their jobs to artificial intelligence.
Thank god AI removed all the gates and democratized everything.
Now anyone can do anything if they raise tens of billions in financing from their wealthy friends to overinflate their value & run for years at a loss but still use exotic debt to build massive datacenters that place the burden on us.
Now anyone can do anything if they raise tens of billions in financing from their wealthy friends to overinflate their value & run for years at a loss but still use exotic debt to build massive datacenters that place the burden on us.
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Thank god AI removed all the gates and democratized everything.
Now anyone can do anything if they raise tens of billions in financing from their wealthy friends to overinflate their value & run for years at a loss but still use exotic debt to build massive datacenters that place the burden on us.
Now anyone can do anything if they raise tens of billions in financing from their wealthy friends to overinflate their value & run for years at a loss but still use exotic debt to build massive datacenters that place the burden on us.
Meta is evil, exhibit 26383920550473
TL;DR—a 49yo woman unknowingly crossposted from her private Facebook account to public Threads.
It was two photos of her biracial daughter.
In 10 hours, over 900,000 people gathered in an angry mob to call her racist, bad mom, etc. and it turns out I know her.
TL;DR—a 49yo woman unknowingly crossposted from her private Facebook account to public Threads.
It was two photos of her biracial daughter.
In 10 hours, over 900,000 people gathered in an angry mob to call her racist, bad mom, etc. and it turns out I know her.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Meta is evil, exhibit 26383920550473
TL;DR—a 49yo woman unknowingly crossposted from her private Facebook account to public Threads.
It was two photos of her biracial daughter.
In 10 hours, over 900,000 people gathered in an angry mob to call her racist, bad mom, etc. and it turns out I know her.
TL;DR—a 49yo woman unknowingly crossposted from her private Facebook account to public Threads.
It was two photos of her biracial daughter.
In 10 hours, over 900,000 people gathered in an angry mob to call her racist, bad mom, etc. and it turns out I know her.
“learn how to use AI.”
Roflmfao wut?
The point of AI is to control your computer using natural language. Literally the sales proposition is that it removes the barriers so you never have to learn anything. Nobody has to “learn to use” AI—it’s targeted at people who already don’t know anything.
Roflmfao wut?
The point of AI is to control your computer using natural language. Literally the sales proposition is that it removes the barriers so you never have to learn anything. Nobody has to “learn to use” AI—it’s targeted at people who already don’t know anything.
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“learn how to use AI.”
Roflmfao wut?
The point of AI is to control your computer using natural language. Literally the sales proposition is that it removes the barriers so you never have to learn anything. Nobody has to “learn to use” AI—it’s targeted at people who already don’t know anything.
Roflmfao wut?
The point of AI is to control your computer using natural language. Literally the sales proposition is that it removes the barriers so you never have to learn anything. Nobody has to “learn to use” AI—it’s targeted at people who already don’t know anything.
This clip lives rent free in my head every time there’s a debate over AI.
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This clip lives rent free in my head every time there’s a debate over AI.
This is your reminder that Mark Cuban is just as clueless and evil as every other tech bro billionaire.
Mark Cuban: AI-skilled kids are more likely to become successful adults—they'll 'be best equipped to lead'
Mark Cuban and fellow entrepreneur Emma Grede are ambassadors for a Samsung initiative providing free AI training resources to public schools across the U.S.
www.cnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is your reminder that Mark Cuban is just as clueless and evil as every other tech bro billionaire.
Caltrans (the cutesy name of California’s state Department of Transportation) told everyone that the drone dogs they bought from Boston Dynamics for nearly $150,000 solved a crime.
When reporters reviewed the footage, the supposed crime was simply a passerby looking through the gates.
When reporters reviewed the footage, the supposed crime was simply a passerby looking through the gates.
AI hype? Caltrans robot dog gets credit for solving a crime that never happened
Reports of the robot’s crime-fighting appear to have been exaggerated.
www.sacbee.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Caltrans (the cutesy name of California’s state Department of Transportation) told everyone that the drone dogs they bought from Boston Dynamics for nearly $150,000 solved a crime.
When reporters reviewed the footage, the supposed crime was simply a passerby looking through the gates.
When reporters reviewed the footage, the supposed crime was simply a passerby looking through the gates.
“Let’s circle back”
“Low-hanging fruit”
“Please advise”
The most irritating buzzwords and phrases that show up in emails are becoming even more prevalent now that a quarter of professionals use AI to write their emails for them.
“Low-hanging fruit”
“Please advise”
The most irritating buzzwords and phrases that show up in emails are becoming even more prevalent now that a quarter of professionals use AI to write their emails for them.
The most overused email jargon — and why it has to go
Professionals are getting sick of these corporate-speak phrases. Artificial intelligence isn't helping the problem
qz.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“Let’s circle back”
“Low-hanging fruit”
“Please advise”
The most irritating buzzwords and phrases that show up in emails are becoming even more prevalent now that a quarter of professionals use AI to write their emails for them.
“Low-hanging fruit”
“Please advise”
The most irritating buzzwords and phrases that show up in emails are becoming even more prevalent now that a quarter of professionals use AI to write their emails for them.
What can possibly be worse than NFTs and AI, you ask?
Genetically engineered babies funded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.
Genetically engineered babies funded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.
Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway.
Silicon Valley startups are pushing the boundaries of reproductive genetics, hoping to prevent diseases as well as improve chances for a high IQ and other traits.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
What can possibly be worse than NFTs and AI, you ask?
Genetically engineered babies funded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.
Genetically engineered babies funded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.
Great deep dive into Common Crawl and how AI companies are leveraging internet archives to train their models on paywalled content.
The Company Quietly Funneling Paywalled Articles to AI Developers
“You shouldn’t have put your content on the internet if you didn’t want it to be on the internet,” Common Crawl’s executive director says.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Great deep dive into Common Crawl and how AI companies are leveraging internet archives to train their models on paywalled content.
Couldn’t tell if parody or sincere until I saw his profile is all about AI SEO
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Couldn’t tell if parody or sincere until I saw his profile is all about AI SEO
Ummm why does the Nevada Department of Transportation think I need to know this to operate a motor vehicle?
What does this have to do with transportation?
www.dot.nv.gov/Home/Compone...
What does this have to do with transportation?
www.dot.nv.gov/Home/Compone...
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Ummm why does the Nevada Department of Transportation think I need to know this to operate a motor vehicle?
What does this have to do with transportation?
www.dot.nv.gov/Home/Compone...
What does this have to do with transportation?
www.dot.nv.gov/Home/Compone...
Reposted by Brian Penny 🍿
I cannot stress this enough: This wave of AI is not providing anything that we cannot do without. This doesn't even have the veneer of necessity that banking did. We can just let them fail. We can afford for this technology to hit setbacks and need to spend more time being evaluated. This is silly.
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
trib.al/CUazMCQ
trib.al/CUazMCQ
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I cannot stress this enough: This wave of AI is not providing anything that we cannot do without. This doesn't even have the veneer of necessity that banking did. We can just let them fail. We can afford for this technology to hit setbacks and need to spend more time being evaluated. This is silly.
Vince Gilligan on AI:
“AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit. It’s basically a bunch of centibillionaires whose greatest life goal is to become the world’s first trillionaires.”
“AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit. It’s basically a bunch of centibillionaires whose greatest life goal is to become the world’s first trillionaires.”
Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn on What ‘Pluribus’ Is Really About, Why Hollywood ‘Needs More Heroes’ and How Silicon Valley Has ‘F—ed Up the World’
Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn unpack the first two episodes of 'Pluribus' and slam AI: 'Silicon Valley' has 'f---ed up the world.'
variety.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Vince Gilligan on AI:
“AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit. It’s basically a bunch of centibillionaires whose greatest life goal is to become the world’s first trillionaires.”
“AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit. It’s basically a bunch of centibillionaires whose greatest life goal is to become the world’s first trillionaires.”
The subprime mortgage crisis of 2006-2008.
Except this time, it’s commercial mortgage-backed securities used to finance an estimated $7 trillion in AI datacenter buildouts by 2030.
Except this time, it’s commercial mortgage-backed securities used to finance an estimated $7 trillion in AI datacenter buildouts by 2030.
Debt Has Entered the A.I. Boom
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The subprime mortgage crisis of 2006-2008.
Except this time, it’s commercial mortgage-backed securities used to finance an estimated $7 trillion in AI datacenter buildouts by 2030.
Except this time, it’s commercial mortgage-backed securities used to finance an estimated $7 trillion in AI datacenter buildouts by 2030.
This has to be who he’s talking about. He maybe deleted some posts, but there can’t be two guys spending the last month posting publicly about stalking a woman on LinkedIn right? Right?!?
#linkedinlunatics
#linkedinlunatics
November 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This has to be who he’s talking about. He maybe deleted some posts, but there can’t be two guys spending the last month posting publicly about stalking a woman on LinkedIn right? Right?!?
#linkedinlunatics
#linkedinlunatics