Dr. K
@drkamikaze.bsky.social
Filmmaker, theorist, & poker player ~ 7x (S)COOP champ. PhD, History of Consciousness, UC Santa Cruz.
The impact is the intention.
Dream bigger, demand more.
~ https://pokermix.ca
~ http://discord.gg/WZaX5RKSma
The impact is the intention.
Dream bigger, demand more.
~ https://pokermix.ca
~ http://discord.gg/WZaX5RKSma
Ed is right about the labor issue, and artists, who mostly already couldn't make it, are losing the last of the paying work they had, from theft.
But he consistently misses the larger issue: AI can't actually replace artists at even close to the level of quality and creativity.
But he consistently misses the larger issue: AI can't actually replace artists at even close to the level of quality and creativity.
AI types like to argue that image models - like Google’s new one yesterday - will make illustrators more efficient, or will actually create *more* work for the best artists.
But what they will really do is put artists out of work, and do so unfairly.
🧵 1/n
But what they will really do is put artists out of work, and do so unfairly.
🧵 1/n
November 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Ed is right about the labor issue, and artists, who mostly already couldn't make it, are losing the last of the paying work they had, from theft.
But he consistently misses the larger issue: AI can't actually replace artists at even close to the level of quality and creativity.
But he consistently misses the larger issue: AI can't actually replace artists at even close to the level of quality and creativity.
I wish so much I didn't live in the idiocracy timeline where wilful ignorance and bigotry is valued over education and learning.
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I wish so much I didn't live in the idiocracy timeline where wilful ignorance and bigotry is valued over education and learning.
This is hilarious. And unsurprising for all of us who are trained in the humanities.
STEM only quantitative supremacists don't have a clue about the vast fields of knowledge that are *very* relevant to the things that are possible and the things they don't know aren't possible that they want to do.
STEM only quantitative supremacists don't have a clue about the vast fields of knowledge that are *very* relevant to the things that are possible and the things they don't know aren't possible that they want to do.
Ironically the humanities are gonna bring down AI 😂
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
This is hilarious. And unsurprising for all of us who are trained in the humanities.
STEM only quantitative supremacists don't have a clue about the vast fields of knowledge that are *very* relevant to the things that are possible and the things they don't know aren't possible that they want to do.
STEM only quantitative supremacists don't have a clue about the vast fields of knowledge that are *very* relevant to the things that are possible and the things they don't know aren't possible that they want to do.
Anyone interested in joining a private, encrypted political/economic/intellectual chat group to share info and converse and maybe transition off social media?
Oppo-fashits, pro public health, and collapse and COVID-aware folks welcome. DM for info.
Post below if you can't DM and want to join.
Oppo-fashits, pro public health, and collapse and COVID-aware folks welcome. DM for info.
Post below if you can't DM and want to join.
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Anyone interested in joining a private, encrypted political/economic/intellectual chat group to share info and converse and maybe transition off social media?
Oppo-fashits, pro public health, and collapse and COVID-aware folks welcome. DM for info.
Post below if you can't DM and want to join.
Oppo-fashits, pro public health, and collapse and COVID-aware folks welcome. DM for info.
Post below if you can't DM and want to join.
Really, you don't say. All the ghouls who threatened to leave haven't already packed up?
Who could have predicted?
Who could have predicted?
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
Supermarket Billionaire Reacts To Mamdani’s Win
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
www.forbes.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Really, you don't say. All the ghouls who threatened to leave haven't already packed up?
Who could have predicted?
Who could have predicted?
No, it can't. JFC why is every single pseudoscience that was debunked 25-150 years ago coming back?
This ridiculous, wasteful, and harmful nonsense is what happens when techbros who only had the narrowest of STEM educations get put in charge of things. They reinvent bunk and think they're geniuses.
This ridiculous, wasteful, and harmful nonsense is what happens when techbros who only had the narrowest of STEM educations get put in charge of things. They reinvent bunk and think they're geniuses.
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 7, 2025 at 8:07 AM
No, it can't. JFC why is every single pseudoscience that was debunked 25-150 years ago coming back?
This ridiculous, wasteful, and harmful nonsense is what happens when techbros who only had the narrowest of STEM educations get put in charge of things. They reinvent bunk and think they're geniuses.
This ridiculous, wasteful, and harmful nonsense is what happens when techbros who only had the narrowest of STEM educations get put in charge of things. They reinvent bunk and think they're geniuses.
I like this, what a great idea.
A practice I began keeping about 20 years ago has been a font of evergreen learning, and it's simple:
Every time I hear a person I respect use a term or technical phrase whose full meaning escapes me, I note it.
Every few months, I go thru that list, and track down straight-forward explanations.
Every time I hear a person I respect use a term or technical phrase whose full meaning escapes me, I note it.
Every few months, I go thru that list, and track down straight-forward explanations.
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I like this, what a great idea.
Reposted by Dr. K
November 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Reposted by Dr. K
"In less than 36 hours since we announced that we will be sending payments to disabled SNAP recipients in the South—$100 to individuals and $250 to households—we have received more than 12,400 applications, totaling $2.7 million in requests." - they have to close the form tomorrow... no way to cover
We are offering one time payments to disabled folks in the South who will not receive their SNAP benefits this month. If you need help, please find more information and details at ndsdj.org/snaphelp.
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
October 29, 2025 at 5:07 AM
"In less than 36 hours since we announced that we will be sending payments to disabled SNAP recipients in the South—$100 to individuals and $250 to households—we have received more than 12,400 applications, totaling $2.7 million in requests." - they have to close the form tomorrow... no way to cover
Sundays my way.
First online session since crushing fall COOP. Got up very late, did chores, watched TV, ate delicious leftovers, had a cup of hot cocoa, took a nap, max late regged the Sunday special tournaments at 9pm (4 MTTs total).
1 cash, 1 ft, 1 win!
Fun times! 🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺
First online session since crushing fall COOP. Got up very late, did chores, watched TV, ate delicious leftovers, had a cup of hot cocoa, took a nap, max late regged the Sunday special tournaments at 9pm (4 MTTs total).
1 cash, 1 ft, 1 win!
Fun times! 🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺
October 27, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Sundays my way.
First online session since crushing fall COOP. Got up very late, did chores, watched TV, ate delicious leftovers, had a cup of hot cocoa, took a nap, max late regged the Sunday special tournaments at 9pm (4 MTTs total).
1 cash, 1 ft, 1 win!
Fun times! 🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺
First online session since crushing fall COOP. Got up very late, did chores, watched TV, ate delicious leftovers, had a cup of hot cocoa, took a nap, max late regged the Sunday special tournaments at 9pm (4 MTTs total).
1 cash, 1 ft, 1 win!
Fun times! 🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺
If I cared the slightest bit about baseball, this would be a great day for me as someone from Los Angeles currently living in Toronto.
But I don't, so it's just unpleasantly loud and crowded lol.
But I don't, so it's just unpleasantly loud and crowded lol.
October 25, 2025 at 4:06 AM
If I cared the slightest bit about baseball, this would be a great day for me as someone from Los Angeles currently living in Toronto.
But I don't, so it's just unpleasantly loud and crowded lol.
But I don't, so it's just unpleasantly loud and crowded lol.
Reposted by Dr. K
#FoodBankChallenge
Can we get to $5000 to start? With SNAP running out in Nov if the shutdown continues, more folks will be turning to food banks - which are already struggling since the administration cut $500 MILLION in deliveries back in the spring.
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participant/...
Can we get to $5000 to start? With SNAP running out in Nov if the shutdown continues, more folks will be turning to food banks - which are already struggling since the administration cut $500 MILLION in deliveries back in the spring.
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participant/...
I'm supporting Feeding America!
To feed America’s hungry through food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org
October 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
#FoodBankChallenge
Can we get to $5000 to start? With SNAP running out in Nov if the shutdown continues, more folks will be turning to food banks - which are already struggling since the administration cut $500 MILLION in deliveries back in the spring.
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participant/...
Can we get to $5000 to start? With SNAP running out in Nov if the shutdown continues, more folks will be turning to food banks - which are already struggling since the administration cut $500 MILLION in deliveries back in the spring.
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participant/...
Reposted by Dr. K
My friend told me that her 14 year old son started doing laundry on Sundays for some of his elderly neighbors. He doesn't charge for the labor. And now he is the most popular person in the building and has non stop pies, cookies, and cake. The 14 year old should be our model of modern masculinity.
October 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
My friend told me that her 14 year old son started doing laundry on Sundays for some of his elderly neighbors. He doesn't charge for the labor. And now he is the most popular person in the building and has non stop pies, cookies, and cake. The 14 year old should be our model of modern masculinity.
Counterpoint: no.
There's a time and a place for identifying leaks, and before, during, and after a session is not it.
Perfectionism is the opposite of helpful; it's debilitating, and was the biggest thing holding me back for years.
It's a game. Enjoy crushing and study later.
There's a time and a place for identifying leaks, and before, during, and after a session is not it.
Perfectionism is the opposite of helpful; it's debilitating, and was the biggest thing holding me back for years.
It's a game. Enjoy crushing and study later.
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Counterpoint: no.
There's a time and a place for identifying leaks, and before, during, and after a session is not it.
Perfectionism is the opposite of helpful; it's debilitating, and was the biggest thing holding me back for years.
It's a game. Enjoy crushing and study later.
There's a time and a place for identifying leaks, and before, during, and after a session is not it.
Perfectionism is the opposite of helpful; it's debilitating, and was the biggest thing holding me back for years.
It's a game. Enjoy crushing and study later.
I think there are basically only two positions in the debate about AI:
1) I have a brain and/or I'm an artist, I don't want to give them up, & f copyright theft
2) I know nothing about language, cognition, or critical thinking and I have no interest in learning, so holy cow it's transformational!
1) I have a brain and/or I'm an artist, I don't want to give them up, & f copyright theft
2) I know nothing about language, cognition, or critical thinking and I have no interest in learning, so holy cow it's transformational!
There are basically only two positions in the debate about AI.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.
Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.
Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.
October 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I think there are basically only two positions in the debate about AI:
1) I have a brain and/or I'm an artist, I don't want to give them up, & f copyright theft
2) I know nothing about language, cognition, or critical thinking and I have no interest in learning, so holy cow it's transformational!
1) I have a brain and/or I'm an artist, I don't want to give them up, & f copyright theft
2) I know nothing about language, cognition, or critical thinking and I have no interest in learning, so holy cow it's transformational!
Too tired to do much of a write up, but back from another series. Fall results continue to be consistent "despite" very low "volume."
LIVE
Fall ring events: 11
FTs/Cashes: 3/3
ROI: 49%
ONLINE
Stars/ACR series events: 61
Wins/FTs/Cashes: 2/8/17
ROI: 99%
Downswings are a choice!
Time for a break!
LIVE
Fall ring events: 11
FTs/Cashes: 3/3
ROI: 49%
ONLINE
Stars/ACR series events: 61
Wins/FTs/Cashes: 2/8/17
ROI: 99%
Downswings are a choice!
Time for a break!
October 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Too tired to do much of a write up, but back from another series. Fall results continue to be consistent "despite" very low "volume."
LIVE
Fall ring events: 11
FTs/Cashes: 3/3
ROI: 49%
ONLINE
Stars/ACR series events: 61
Wins/FTs/Cashes: 2/8/17
ROI: 99%
Downswings are a choice!
Time for a break!
LIVE
Fall ring events: 11
FTs/Cashes: 3/3
ROI: 49%
ONLINE
Stars/ACR series events: 61
Wins/FTs/Cashes: 2/8/17
ROI: 99%
Downswings are a choice!
Time for a break!
I wanted to see how I'm doing compared to the "top" regs/pros in Ontario that I play with all the time.
One lost so much in the last week (prob over $10k) they set their stats to private a few days ago. But I was able to find the rest.
Pretty happy with my results!
One lost so much in the last week (prob over $10k) they set their stats to private a few days ago. But I was able to find the rest.
Pretty happy with my results!
September 30, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I wanted to see how I'm doing compared to the "top" regs/pros in Ontario that I play with all the time.
One lost so much in the last week (prob over $10k) they set their stats to private a few days ago. But I was able to find the rest.
Pretty happy with my results!
One lost so much in the last week (prob over $10k) they set their stats to private a few days ago. But I was able to find the rest.
Pretty happy with my results!
I used to think this.
Then I started playing every hand trying to figure out the best strategy to get my opponent, regardless of skill level, to make mistakes against me.
And now I have fun playing against everyone.
And it's super duper fun playing soft games with a huge ROI!
Then I started playing every hand trying to figure out the best strategy to get my opponent, regardless of skill level, to make mistakes against me.
And now I have fun playing against everyone.
And it's super duper fun playing soft games with a huge ROI!
September 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I used to think this.
Then I started playing every hand trying to figure out the best strategy to get my opponent, regardless of skill level, to make mistakes against me.
And now I have fun playing against everyone.
And it's super duper fun playing soft games with a huge ROI!
Then I started playing every hand trying to figure out the best strategy to get my opponent, regardless of skill level, to make mistakes against me.
And now I have fun playing against everyone.
And it's super duper fun playing soft games with a huge ROI!
It was a good day.
It's been a great week.
But, you know, I'm just a rec and it's super low volume, so, like always, I must just be lucky! 🤣📈
It's been a great week.
But, you know, I'm just a rec and it's super low volume, so, like always, I must just be lucky! 🤣📈
September 29, 2025 at 6:24 AM
It was a good day.
It's been a great week.
But, you know, I'm just a rec and it's super low volume, so, like always, I must just be lucky! 🤣📈
It's been a great week.
But, you know, I'm just a rec and it's super low volume, so, like always, I must just be lucky! 🤣📈
Oooops I did it again!
Sick week hahahahaha.
Sick week hahahahaha.
September 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Oooops I did it again!
Sick week hahahahaha.
Sick week hahahahaha.
Don't mess with the Dr. in O8!
8th COOP title, 2nd in NLO8.
8th COOP title, 2nd in NLO8.
September 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Don't mess with the Dr. in O8!
8th COOP title, 2nd in NLO8.
8th COOP title, 2nd in NLO8.
Not only is autism not a problem, much less one that needs to be solved, but I'm gonna say what no one else probably will:
Autistic people are being targeted because they are the future and the biggest threat to those currently in power.
Read Bulter's Parable of the Sower if this is puzzling.
Autistic people are being targeted because they are the future and the biggest threat to those currently in power.
Read Bulter's Parable of the Sower if this is puzzling.
I’m autistic. Not because of Tylenol.
Not because of vaccines.
Not because of some headline.
I’m autistic because that’s how
my brain works. Stop treating us
like a problem. Start listening to us.
Not because of vaccines.
Not because of some headline.
I’m autistic because that’s how
my brain works. Stop treating us
like a problem. Start listening to us.
September 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Not only is autism not a problem, much less one that needs to be solved, but I'm gonna say what no one else probably will:
Autistic people are being targeted because they are the future and the biggest threat to those currently in power.
Read Bulter's Parable of the Sower if this is puzzling.
Autistic people are being targeted because they are the future and the biggest threat to those currently in power.
Read Bulter's Parable of the Sower if this is puzzling.
What stage of science/academia are we in when people think that "identical" research papers, and not ones with novel ideas and perspectives, are actually publishable?
The cultural elevation of group-think, crockery, and hallucinations as success is weird and wild.
The cultural elevation of group-think, crockery, and hallucinations as success is weird and wild.
Tools such as ChatGPT can be used to generate almost-identical research papers that pass standard plagiarism checks
go.nature.com/4pR5Wf0
go.nature.com/4pR5Wf0
Journals infiltrated with ‘copycat’ papers that can be written by AI
Tools such as ChatGPT can be used to generate almost-identical research papers that pass standard plagiarism checks. Hundreds are thought to have been published.
go.nature.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
What stage of science/academia are we in when people think that "identical" research papers, and not ones with novel ideas and perspectives, are actually publishable?
The cultural elevation of group-think, crockery, and hallucinations as success is weird and wild.
The cultural elevation of group-think, crockery, and hallucinations as success is weird and wild.
🤦
Context-sensitive processing is (usually) exactly something people can do, but not AI 🙃
I disagree. That was not my experimental evidence building rare-disease patients models that had about 50% accuracy but diagnosed 98% faster than the current US health system. Nor is it the case with the speech recognition system on your phone that you used today.
September 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🤦
Day 5 of COOP. Really not my day even though there were two 8 game events, which are probably the ones I have the biggest edge in. But, as it sometimes happens, I just pretty much couldn't win a hand tonight in limit.
5 events played, 1 cash (but 2/5 were Total KOs where I won more than the buyin).
5 events played, 1 cash (but 2/5 were Total KOs where I won more than the buyin).
Day 4 of COOP (plus bonus NLO8 OSS on ACR):
- 3/4 sessions in profit (about -$200 on losing session)
- 16 series events
- 4 final tables (2nd, 4th, 6th, 9th)
- Currently 5th on COOP leaderboard while playing about 1/4 to 1/3 of the events of the leader/all the regs
- About +$1100
- 3/4 sessions in profit (about -$200 on losing session)
- 16 series events
- 4 final tables (2nd, 4th, 6th, 9th)
- Currently 5th on COOP leaderboard while playing about 1/4 to 1/3 of the events of the leader/all the regs
- About +$1100
Day 2 of COOP. Wasn't feeling great, so after running ridic bad for the last hour cancelled my plans to play another $700 in buyins and kept my risk for the day to $150.
Played 3 events, cashed 2 (one is a phase, made day 2 with a big stack), and took 4th in the $20 Sunday Starter for $830.
Played 3 events, cashed 2 (one is a phase, made day 2 with a big stack), and took 4th in the $20 Sunday Starter for $830.
September 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Day 5 of COOP. Really not my day even though there were two 8 game events, which are probably the ones I have the biggest edge in. But, as it sometimes happens, I just pretty much couldn't win a hand tonight in limit.
5 events played, 1 cash (but 2/5 were Total KOs where I won more than the buyin).
5 events played, 1 cash (but 2/5 were Total KOs where I won more than the buyin).