David Cox
@davecoxygen.bsky.social
Unexpressed thought leader. Vibe physicist.
Design, drums, music.
Design, drums, music.
Grok being evil doesn’t imply the existence of the ‘good guys’.
Maybe they’re all objectively bad?
Maybe they’re all objectively bad?
February 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Grok being evil doesn’t imply the existence of the ‘good guys’.
Maybe they’re all objectively bad?
Maybe they’re all objectively bad?
Sensible. Love this for us.
February 6, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Sensible. Love this for us.
Audiobook? Narrated by you? Plskthx
February 3, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Audiobook? Narrated by you? Plskthx
This has already existed for a couple years without mass market appeal or hype (in the form of Rewind/Limitless, recently acquired by Meta).
January 22, 2026 at 12:30 AM
This has already existed for a couple years without mass market appeal or hype (in the form of Rewind/Limitless, recently acquired by Meta).
Whenever ICE turns up, restaurants should just take their orders and never cook the food. When they complain, insist that it’s on the way right up until they leave.
January 20, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Whenever ICE turns up, restaurants should just take their orders and never cook the food. When they complain, insist that it’s on the way right up until they leave.
Even if one of them did, it would be out of shareholder interest. It’s pretty much all they care about.
January 20, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Even if one of them did, it would be out of shareholder interest. It’s pretty much all they care about.
Like, at the very least it should tell you which of your family/friends are vegan or pescatarian or immigrants.
January 16, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Like, at the very least it should tell you which of your family/friends are vegan or pescatarian or immigrants.
Why doesn’t Instagram put a “real” badge any photo taken directly through their app? They could do dozens of small things like this to counter the onslaught of AI slop if they cared about anything other than engagement.
January 1, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Why doesn’t Instagram put a “real” badge any photo taken directly through their app? They could do dozens of small things like this to counter the onslaught of AI slop if they cared about anything other than engagement.
Why not make this even simpler?
To each, the healthcare they need, FUNDED BY each, an amount they can afford to pay?
(AKA Australia)
To each, the healthcare they need, FUNDED BY each, an amount they can afford to pay?
(AKA Australia)
December 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Why not make this even simpler?
To each, the healthcare they need, FUNDED BY each, an amount they can afford to pay?
(AKA Australia)
To each, the healthcare they need, FUNDED BY each, an amount they can afford to pay?
(AKA Australia)
Heard Cory Doctorow say we’re in the Enshittocene. Enjoy!
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Heard Cory Doctorow say we’re in the Enshittocene. Enjoy!
If you love trains, here’s an award-winning novel that is free online in glorious 1990s HTML format (also purchasable as a physical book).
A London Underground train contains 253 passengers, each with 253 words written about them, describing their connected lives. It’s awesome.
www.253novel.com
A London Underground train contains 253 passengers, each with 253 words written about them, describing their connected lives. It’s awesome.
www.253novel.com
253-- interactive novel home
www.253novel.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
If you love trains, here’s an award-winning novel that is free online in glorious 1990s HTML format (also purchasable as a physical book).
A London Underground train contains 253 passengers, each with 253 words written about them, describing their connected lives. It’s awesome.
www.253novel.com
A London Underground train contains 253 passengers, each with 253 words written about them, describing their connected lives. It’s awesome.
www.253novel.com
Probably a slop remix of this:
Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Led Zeppelin
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Probably a slop remix of this:
Settings > Moderation > Muted Words. I’ve had ‘Trump’ and ‘Elon’ muted for a year and it makes a huge difference. Also worked when nobody could stop talking about Luigi Whatzisface.
October 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Settings > Moderation > Muted Words. I’ve had ‘Trump’ and ‘Elon’ muted for a year and it makes a huge difference. Also worked when nobody could stop talking about Luigi Whatzisface.
Exactly. It’s not like alcohol where there’s all that evidence that it’s bad if you’re under 18 (or 21 or whatever), and harmless thereafter.
October 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Exactly. It’s not like alcohol where there’s all that evidence that it’s bad if you’re under 18 (or 21 or whatever), and harmless thereafter.
One more daily cognitive load to the face of humanity.
September 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
One more daily cognitive load to the face of humanity.
Would love your opinion (in longform YT content) on how the US possibly comes back from this. I’m not seeing it.
September 18, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Would love your opinion (in longform YT content) on how the US possibly comes back from this. I’m not seeing it.
Can we also talk about how Semafor in general started promisingly, but has become depressingly pro-AI and routinely uses the Jordan Peterson “there’s nothing we can do about it” defence?
Recent e.g.: www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...
Recent e.g.: www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...
🟡 Semafor Tech: “AI psychosis” | Semafor
In this edition, a behind-the-scenes look at Microsoft’s first internally built AI models, and tackling “AI psychosis.”
www.semafor.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Can we also talk about how Semafor in general started promisingly, but has become depressingly pro-AI and routinely uses the Jordan Peterson “there’s nothing we can do about it” defence?
Recent e.g.: www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...
Recent e.g.: www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...
This book breaks it all down quite elegantly.
August 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
This book breaks it all down quite elegantly.
This is not a new story. ‘Run fast and break things’ is a dogshit mantra. There’s no incentive for SV tech companies to plan for obvious or unintended consequences or do basic, responsible human-centred design.
August 27, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This is not a new story. ‘Run fast and break things’ is a dogshit mantra. There’s no incentive for SV tech companies to plan for obvious or unintended consequences or do basic, responsible human-centred design.
I just started a book featuring this whole clown car of AI supremacists. Highly recommended.
August 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I just started a book featuring this whole clown car of AI supremacists. Highly recommended.
Isn’t Allen Iverson more of a parallel for LLM-era AI?
Scores “yay points”, low efficiency, looks good and has some big cultural moments, but ultimately isn’t game-changing or historically great *ducks*
Scores “yay points”, low efficiency, looks good and has some big cultural moments, but ultimately isn’t game-changing or historically great *ducks*
August 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Isn’t Allen Iverson more of a parallel for LLM-era AI?
Scores “yay points”, low efficiency, looks good and has some big cultural moments, but ultimately isn’t game-changing or historically great *ducks*
Scores “yay points”, low efficiency, looks good and has some big cultural moments, but ultimately isn’t game-changing or historically great *ducks*
Any plans for an audiobook?
August 3, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Any plans for an audiobook?