Clinton Coker
@clintoncoker.bsky.social
Engineering and radiography trained. Tinkers with batteries. Rides bikes. Left leaning. Works for Te Whatu Ora.
Currently residing mid North Island, Aotearoa.
Currently residing mid North Island, Aotearoa.
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Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
I had five fascinating conversations for this RPS piece, gathering perspectives on genAI chatbots in games, as seen in Where Winds Meet. Thanks to @meghna.bsky.social, @pyrofoux.bsky.social, @maxkreminski.bsky.social, and @chrisgardiner.bsky.social www.rockpapershotgun.com/horrible-bor...
"Horrible", "boring", and "cheap": Experts pan new chatbot NPCs, but some leave room for optimism
We speak to a collection of developers and AI experts about the potential impact of LLM-powered NPCs in videogames.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
What the actual...
NEW: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) says Colorado will not release Tina Peters after President Trump announced he is pardoning her state-level convictions.
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
December 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
What the actual...
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So much of woke backlash is “I miss when I didn’t have any social consequences for being a huge piece of shit”
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
So much of woke backlash is “I miss when I didn’t have any social consequences for being a huge piece of shit”
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So many people fail to grasp that these are built on Large Language Models, not Large Knowledge Models.
Simulate human communication? Great
Apply thought or skill? No
Simulate human communication? Great
Apply thought or skill? No
November 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
So many people fail to grasp that these are built on Large Language Models, not Large Knowledge Models.
Simulate human communication? Great
Apply thought or skill? No
Simulate human communication? Great
Apply thought or skill? No
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Good riddance to bad rubbish.
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
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Retailers consistently overestimate how many customers arrive by car. A recent survey from Graz confirms this gap once again. #carbrain continues to distort even the most economic thinking people. @ianwalker.bsky.social @carsten-diekmann.bsky.social
In Graz wurden Gewerbetreibende gefragt, was sie glauben, mit welchem Verkehrsmittel ihre KundInnen gekommen seien.
Und sie haben das Auto (wieder einmal) massiv überschätzt.
(via @kleinezeitung.at)
Und sie haben das Auto (wieder einmal) massiv überschätzt.
(via @kleinezeitung.at)
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Retailers consistently overestimate how many customers arrive by car. A recent survey from Graz confirms this gap once again. #carbrain continues to distort even the most economic thinking people. @ianwalker.bsky.social @carsten-diekmann.bsky.social
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
I'd forgotten how much fun bike racing is.
Also, I didn't think my heart rate could get up to 184 any more!
Also, I didn't think my heart rate could get up to 184 any more!
November 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I'd forgotten how much fun bike racing is.
Also, I didn't think my heart rate could get up to 184 any more!
Also, I didn't think my heart rate could get up to 184 any more!
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All the coverage is of the Israeli captives released from Gaza, zero about the Palestinian bodies returned by apartheid Israel with clear signs of torture and execution. Israel doesn't even try to hide these crimes because of total impunity. #FreeThemAll
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
At least 135 mutilated bodies of Palestinians had been held at notorious Israeli jail, say Gaza officials
Documents indicate they came from Sde Teiman, which already faces allegations of torture and unlawful deaths
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
All the coverage is of the Israeli captives released from Gaza, zero about the Palestinian bodies returned by apartheid Israel with clear signs of torture and execution. Israel doesn't even try to hide these crimes because of total impunity. #FreeThemAll
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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Why do we call it generative AI when derivative AI is right there?
‘A new service called Objector is offering “policy-backed objections in minutes” to people who are upset about planning applications near their homes.’
Another reminder that AI can be used for things you don’t like as well as things you like…
Another reminder that AI can be used for things you don’t like as well as things you like…
Bloody hell www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Why do we call it generative AI when derivative AI is right there?
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It’s grimly fascinating to see the horror and outrage directed towards micro-mobility transport and the limits placed on them, including speed limiters, and the laissez-faire attitude to vehicles on our roads designed to do 150mph and accelerate to 60 in 3-5 seconds with nothing to restrict them.
November 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It’s grimly fascinating to see the horror and outrage directed towards micro-mobility transport and the limits placed on them, including speed limiters, and the laissez-faire attitude to vehicles on our roads designed to do 150mph and accelerate to 60 in 3-5 seconds with nothing to restrict them.
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"Normal. That’s the word,” Verbeek wrote in his newsletter, The Planet. “Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
November 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"Normal. That’s the word,” Verbeek wrote in his newsletter, The Planet. “Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
I'm no fan of J D Vance or Erika Kirk - far from it - but their hug (which BlueSky seems to have gone nuts about), was no big deal.
With all the things the conservative right in the US does - and all the principles that the left claim to support (love etc) - this hug is a huge distraction.
With all the things the conservative right in the US does - and all the principles that the left claim to support (love etc) - this hug is a huge distraction.
November 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I'm no fan of J D Vance or Erika Kirk - far from it - but their hug (which BlueSky seems to have gone nuts about), was no big deal.
With all the things the conservative right in the US does - and all the principles that the left claim to support (love etc) - this hug is a huge distraction.
With all the things the conservative right in the US does - and all the principles that the left claim to support (love etc) - this hug is a huge distraction.
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Gaza has 2.2 million people. In 2 years, 10% of the population has been killed or wounded. Their entire infrastructure has been destroyed.
Instead of giving more military aid to Netanyahu’s extremist government, the US must work with the international community to rebuild Gaza.
Instead of giving more military aid to Netanyahu’s extremist government, the US must work with the international community to rebuild Gaza.
‘Everything Is Gone’: Gazans Return Home to Find Devastation and Little Hope
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Gaza has 2.2 million people. In 2 years, 10% of the population has been killed or wounded. Their entire infrastructure has been destroyed.
Instead of giving more military aid to Netanyahu’s extremist government, the US must work with the international community to rebuild Gaza.
Instead of giving more military aid to Netanyahu’s extremist government, the US must work with the international community to rebuild Gaza.
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At least 38 Palestinians have been killed as the Israeli army commits 47 violations of ceasefire agreement.
Israel continues deadly attacks on Gaza, closes Rafah crossing
At least 38 Palestinians have been killed as the Israeli army commits 47 violations of ceasefire agreement.
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM
At least 38 Palestinians have been killed as the Israeli army commits 47 violations of ceasefire agreement.
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To create a world of servitude for women with nothing but abuse for us
Page 432
Project 2025 Plan for Women
"Financial and Social Order Framework" whose objective is "to restore traditional family structures by reinforcing financial and economic policies that align with conservative values."
Page 432
Project 2025 Plan for Women
"Financial and Social Order Framework" whose objective is "to restore traditional family structures by reinforcing financial and economic policies that align with conservative values."
April 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
To create a world of servitude for women with nothing but abuse for us
Page 432
Project 2025 Plan for Women
"Financial and Social Order Framework" whose objective is "to restore traditional family structures by reinforcing financial and economic policies that align with conservative values."
Page 432
Project 2025 Plan for Women
"Financial and Social Order Framework" whose objective is "to restore traditional family structures by reinforcing financial and economic policies that align with conservative values."
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"Chuck Schumer, why are you doing this? Hakeem Jeffries, why are you doing this?...It's the donors...They're not up to the moment...sternly worded letter? ARGHH."
On 'We're Not Kidding', watch @markruffalo.bsky.social 'hulk out' over the uselessness of top Dems.
Full show: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
On 'We're Not Kidding', watch @markruffalo.bsky.social 'hulk out' over the uselessness of top Dems.
Full show: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
September 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"Chuck Schumer, why are you doing this? Hakeem Jeffries, why are you doing this?...It's the donors...They're not up to the moment...sternly worded letter? ARGHH."
On 'We're Not Kidding', watch @markruffalo.bsky.social 'hulk out' over the uselessness of top Dems.
Full show: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
On 'We're Not Kidding', watch @markruffalo.bsky.social 'hulk out' over the uselessness of top Dems.
Full show: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
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Elon Musk spoke by video to Tommy Robinson's anti-immigrant rally in the UK today.
"You're in a fundamental situation here where, whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you," said Musk. "You either fight back or you die."
"You're in a fundamental situation here where, whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you," said Musk. "You either fight back or you die."
September 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Charlie Kirk on gun violence.
Truly a "I didn't think the leopard would eat my face!" moment.
Truly a "I didn't think the leopard would eat my face!" moment.
September 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Charlie Kirk on gun violence.
Truly a "I didn't think the leopard would eat my face!" moment.
Truly a "I didn't think the leopard would eat my face!" moment.
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Banksy satirised the state silencing those opposed to Israel’s genocide.
The state then inadvertently made his artwork genius.
The state then inadvertently made his artwork genius.
September 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Banksy satirised the state silencing those opposed to Israel’s genocide.
The state then inadvertently made his artwork genius.
The state then inadvertently made his artwork genius.
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