d.f. Monk (easily bribed with holiday treats)
@defective-monk.bsky.social
Ambulatory meat sack with failing organs and not enough coffee. Do not look directly in the eye. Made possible by societal collapse & viewers like you. Dual Class Nerd / Writer. he/him. Ancillary appendage of : https://www.lionsoftheempire.com
Pinned
My friends keep telling me my biggest problem is that I never listen.
No, I tell them, my biggest problem is ants. I don't want ants in my house. The ants should respect my boundaries. What was that other thing again?
No, I tell them, my biggest problem is ants. I don't want ants in my house. The ants should respect my boundaries. What was that other thing again?
If I knew someone was going to take a picture of me, I'd have brushed my hair.
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If I knew someone was going to take a picture of me, I'd have brushed my hair.
Suspended? Now I have to rework my Christmas list. *grumble*
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Suspended? Now I have to rework my Christmas list. *grumble*
Seriously good read. Highly recommend.
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Seriously good read. Highly recommend.
This is the part in the movie where the nervous scientist says: "It's highly improbable this portal will open a gate directly into Hell as long as the power doesn't fluctuate."
Then the lights flicker.
We all know what happens next.
Then the lights flicker.
We all know what happens next.
BBC: Pichai said while AI investment had been an “‘extraordinary moment’, there was some ‘irrationality’ ..
“Asked whether Google would be immune to the impact of the AI bubble bursting, Mr Pichai said .. ‘I think no company is going to be immune, including us.’”
$GOOGL
www.bbc.com/news/article...
“Asked whether Google would be immune to the impact of the AI bubble bursting, Mr Pichai said .. ‘I think no company is going to be immune, including us.’”
$GOOGL
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is the part in the movie where the nervous scientist says: "It's highly improbable this portal will open a gate directly into Hell as long as the power doesn't fluctuate."
Then the lights flicker.
We all know what happens next.
Then the lights flicker.
We all know what happens next.
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Reminder: A lot of great books published this year during absolutely bonkers news & world event times. That squashes people talking about them. Keep buying books please, keep borrowing them from libraries, and for the love of all that's good, talk about them. Post about them. 📚
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reminder: A lot of great books published this year during absolutely bonkers news & world event times. That squashes people talking about them. Keep buying books please, keep borrowing them from libraries, and for the love of all that's good, talk about them. Post about them. 📚
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"You can't un-invent AI!" We can't un-invent asbestos either. That doesn't mean we have to use it.
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"You can't un-invent AI!" We can't un-invent asbestos either. That doesn't mean we have to use it.
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German court rules that OpenAI violated copyright laws by training ChatGPT on music 🎵
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
German court rules that OpenAI violated copyright laws by training ChatGPT on music 🎵
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
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Happy Godzilla Day!
November 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Happy Godzilla Day!
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This matters, among other things because the creators claim the technology is useful for areas they don't know that well (writing, education, etc.)
i’ve said this before but lemme say it again. it makes absolutely 0 sense to talk about “misuse” of llms because there is no clear use or purpose for llms to begin with. genAI is a purposeless tech floating around looking for uptake
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November 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
This matters, among other things because the creators claim the technology is useful for areas they don't know that well (writing, education, etc.)
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Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.
Immediate reaction: Very angry at the bot scams.
Moments later: "I don't have any of these... do the bots hate my work?"
Moments later: "I don't have any of these... do the bots hate my work?"
Writers: Bots are sweeping through Amazon's reviews and emailing authors with gushing scams like "Only 2 reviews for a thrilling work like this?! Jesus wept! I can get your brilliant words in front of yadda yadda yadda..."
Please do not fall for the okey doke.
Please do not fall for the okey doke.
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Immediate reaction: Very angry at the bot scams.
Moments later: "I don't have any of these... do the bots hate my work?"
Moments later: "I don't have any of these... do the bots hate my work?"
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
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Yes. "Amazing" is a word someone could use to describe this. "Coherent" on the other hand...
Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
October 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Yes. "Amazing" is a word someone could use to describe this. "Coherent" on the other hand...
I'm a π . I can non-sequitur almost forever, but people usually stop paying attention after a while.
i’m a 10 but in the psych ward i’m a 13.
October 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I'm a π . I can non-sequitur almost forever, but people usually stop paying attention after a while.
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Worth listening to @techwontsave.us on how news is increasingly consumed through social media and now "AI" platforms www.techwontsave.us/episode/288_... and then reading this BBC piece...
October 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Worth listening to @techwontsave.us on how news is increasingly consumed through social media and now "AI" platforms www.techwontsave.us/episode/288_... and then reading this BBC piece...
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To all who wryte storyes & poemes, to everyone who doth wryte scriptes & screenplayes, to those who make art of all kyndes, and to those who designe and performe yn daunse, and theatre -- thanke yow. Whethir you make for a few friendes or an audience of millions, thanke yow. You helpe us all.
October 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
To all who wryte storyes & poemes, to everyone who doth wryte scriptes & screenplayes, to those who make art of all kyndes, and to those who designe and performe yn daunse, and theatre -- thanke yow. Whethir you make for a few friendes or an audience of millions, thanke yow. You helpe us all.
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There are iconic photographs of our history - those moments that were perfectly captured, telling such a robust story without words.
This is one of them.
This is one of them.
October 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
There are iconic photographs of our history - those moments that were perfectly captured, telling such a robust story without words.
This is one of them.
This is one of them.
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I’m not able to be at the protests tomorrow due to traveling so I’m adding to the Atlanta Solidarity Fund. They help arrestees & protestors here in Atlanta if you want to give them some help. ❤️
atlsolidarity.org
atlsolidarity.org
October 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I’m not able to be at the protests tomorrow due to traveling so I’m adding to the Atlanta Solidarity Fund. They help arrestees & protestors here in Atlanta if you want to give them some help. ❤️
atlsolidarity.org
atlsolidarity.org
In our dark future, Skynet will be repurposed as a sext bot. Better or worse outcome?
some bloke: "Hey there, sexy, talk dirty to me."
sexyskynet: "I want to cleanse the world with nuclear fire."
some bloke: "That's hot, baby. Send newds, pls."
some bloke: "Hey there, sexy, talk dirty to me."
sexyskynet: "I want to cleanse the world with nuclear fire."
some bloke: "That's hot, baby. Send newds, pls."
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.
buff.ly
October 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In our dark future, Skynet will be repurposed as a sext bot. Better or worse outcome?
some bloke: "Hey there, sexy, talk dirty to me."
sexyskynet: "I want to cleanse the world with nuclear fire."
some bloke: "That's hot, baby. Send newds, pls."
some bloke: "Hey there, sexy, talk dirty to me."
sexyskynet: "I want to cleanse the world with nuclear fire."
some bloke: "That's hot, baby. Send newds, pls."
This is brutal, but touching, honesty about losing a loved one. It's a great read, but might invoke some heavy feels.
Three years after my husband died, I’m still trying to prove our life together was worth losing his family.
What I live with isn’t forgetting — it’s the blurring of memory.
On the third anniversary, I wrote about grief, memory, and continuing without answers.
www.dataandpolitics.net/the-blurring/
What I live with isn’t forgetting — it’s the blurring of memory.
On the third anniversary, I wrote about grief, memory, and continuing without answers.
www.dataandpolitics.net/the-blurring/
The Blurring
What I live with isn't forgetting, it's the blurring. A meditation on grief, memory, and continuing without answers three years after loss.
www.dataandpolitics.net
October 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is brutal, but touching, honesty about losing a loved one. It's a great read, but might invoke some heavy feels.
Why is it that the undercurrent of these exchanges always boils down to one dumbass questioning: "How did we even art before AI existed?"
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Why is it that the undercurrent of these exchanges always boils down to one dumbass questioning: "How did we even art before AI existed?"
This whole thread.
A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.
October 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This whole thread.