Owen Smith
@owensmithguitar.bsky.social
Eclectic. Musician. Songwriter. Founder. AI/Data Practitioner. SciFi. Comedy. Theology. Decolonisation. Antitrust. Also, cats.
🎸 Australian Country/Rockabilly 🎸
Where tall tales and adrenaline meet
👉 https://owensmithguitar.com/inside-scoop
🎸 Australian Country/Rockabilly 🎸
Where tall tales and adrenaline meet
👉 https://owensmithguitar.com/inside-scoop
Happy camel-botox day for all those who celebrate.
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Happy camel-botox day for all those who celebrate.
This just happened. And all I could think about was your tote 😆😅
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This just happened. And all I could think about was your tote 😆😅
@apraamcos.bsky.social - looks like the link is broken 😱
December 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
@apraamcos.bsky.social - looks like the link is broken 😱
Is Magic 8 Ball Conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists point to yes.
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Is Magic 8 Ball Conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists point to yes.
Is this rock conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Is this rock conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 13, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Dear Lord, have mercy on us.
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Dear Lord, have mercy on us.
Dear America.
We've found the Fentanyl.
It was in the White House.
Here's the screenshot of the *actual White House website* to prove it.
We've found the Fentanyl.
It was in the White House.
Here's the screenshot of the *actual White House website* to prove it.
November 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Dear America.
We've found the Fentanyl.
It was in the White House.
Here's the screenshot of the *actual White House website* to prove it.
We've found the Fentanyl.
It was in the White House.
Here's the screenshot of the *actual White House website* to prove it.
Just your average day on council: "Okay, so hear me out, what if we take the whale... and fill it... with dynamite."
October 31, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Just your average day on council: "Okay, so hear me out, what if we take the whale... and fill it... with dynamite."
First bloom of Chicago Peace for the season.
Praying it's a good omen given the current state of things.
Praying it's a good omen given the current state of things.
October 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
First bloom of Chicago Peace for the season.
Praying it's a good omen given the current state of things.
Praying it's a good omen given the current state of things.
This seems a rather naive take: "in that the Israeli prime minister seems to listen to President Trump."
Rather, he seems to take a perverse delight in manipulating Trump in word and then mocking him through action.
We keep treating bad faith actors as if they can be trusted on face value.
Rather, he seems to take a perverse delight in manipulating Trump in word and then mocking him through action.
We keep treating bad faith actors as if they can be trusted on face value.
October 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This seems a rather naive take: "in that the Israeli prime minister seems to listen to President Trump."
Rather, he seems to take a perverse delight in manipulating Trump in word and then mocking him through action.
We keep treating bad faith actors as if they can be trusted on face value.
Rather, he seems to take a perverse delight in manipulating Trump in word and then mocking him through action.
We keep treating bad faith actors as if they can be trusted on face value.
GenAI: "Enron, hold my hat" 👀
September 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
GenAI: "Enron, hold my hat" 👀
If you're using a base model, there's a system prompt baked in as part of pretraining, hence why they advise against supplying your own. From the DeepSeek-R1 paper:
September 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
If you're using a base model, there's a system prompt baked in as part of pretraining, hence why they advise against supplying your own. From the DeepSeek-R1 paper:
With the world gone mad, if you can, take some time for self care away from the feed.
Do something creative or outdoors. You are of immeasurable value.
Here's my little weekend project.
(Now, if I can just get a pressure regulator to make those drippers work properly with the darn mains 😅)
Do something creative or outdoors. You are of immeasurable value.
Here's my little weekend project.
(Now, if I can just get a pressure regulator to make those drippers work properly with the darn mains 😅)
September 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
With the world gone mad, if you can, take some time for self care away from the feed.
Do something creative or outdoors. You are of immeasurable value.
Here's my little weekend project.
(Now, if I can just get a pressure regulator to make those drippers work properly with the darn mains 😅)
Do something creative or outdoors. You are of immeasurable value.
Here's my little weekend project.
(Now, if I can just get a pressure regulator to make those drippers work properly with the darn mains 😅)
🤦♂️ "Not thrilled" is the feeling you have when they run out of chicken for your burger.
"Livid, humiliated and incensed" is what the president should feel when an allies indiscriminate bombing of children and civilians overflows to other peaceful allies
Src: ABC News
"Livid, humiliated and incensed" is what the president should feel when an allies indiscriminate bombing of children and civilians overflows to other peaceful allies
Src: ABC News
September 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
🤦♂️ "Not thrilled" is the feeling you have when they run out of chicken for your burger.
"Livid, humiliated and incensed" is what the president should feel when an allies indiscriminate bombing of children and civilians overflows to other peaceful allies
Src: ABC News
"Livid, humiliated and incensed" is what the president should feel when an allies indiscriminate bombing of children and civilians overflows to other peaceful allies
Src: ABC News
Yeah... about that Adobe... stuffing your app with even more useless bloatware...
👎👎👎
The sooner we kill off this proprietary data format the better.
👎👎👎
The sooner we kill off this proprietary data format the better.
August 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Yeah... about that Adobe... stuffing your app with even more useless bloatware...
👎👎👎
The sooner we kill off this proprietary data format the better.
👎👎👎
The sooner we kill off this proprietary data format the better.
Such a depressingly short lifespan for "content"
August 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Such a depressingly short lifespan for "content"
Ah yes, that great American revolutionary anthem!
"We're making a stand,
Won't rollover and die,
We'll throw our subway sandwich
At the FBI"
"We're making a stand,
Won't rollover and die,
We'll throw our subway sandwich
At the FBI"
August 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Ah yes, that great American revolutionary anthem!
"We're making a stand,
Won't rollover and die,
We'll throw our subway sandwich
At the FBI"
"We're making a stand,
Won't rollover and die,
We'll throw our subway sandwich
At the FBI"
With the Upper Class Bogan video clip now out in the world, a huge thanks to Matt for coming on this wild journey! 🫶
August 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
With the Upper Class Bogan video clip now out in the world, a huge thanks to Matt for coming on this wild journey! 🫶
Only "verging" on the unhinged?
Regardless of what comes next, AI valuations have long been detached from reality.
@economist.com
Regardless of what comes next, AI valuations have long been detached from reality.
@economist.com
August 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Only "verging" on the unhinged?
Regardless of what comes next, AI valuations have long been detached from reality.
@economist.com
Regardless of what comes next, AI valuations have long been detached from reality.
@economist.com
And by "see more posts from your friends" they really meant "see more posts from these suggested pages and groups you never followed"
But whoever let the facts get in the way of a corporate PR exercise.
🤷♂️
But whoever let the facts get in the way of a corporate PR exercise.
🤷♂️
August 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
And by "see more posts from your friends" they really meant "see more posts from these suggested pages and groups you never followed"
But whoever let the facts get in the way of a corporate PR exercise.
🤷♂️
But whoever let the facts get in the way of a corporate PR exercise.
🤷♂️
Show your appreciation to your superfans through some no effort spam content!
Why thank you facebook, I'm sure all the bots on your platform will love some shonky slop images!
Why thank you facebook, I'm sure all the bots on your platform will love some shonky slop images!
August 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Show your appreciation to your superfans through some no effort spam content!
Why thank you facebook, I'm sure all the bots on your platform will love some shonky slop images!
Why thank you facebook, I'm sure all the bots on your platform will love some shonky slop images!
The replicons are upon us.
And here I was just ginding my own business.
And here I was just ginding my own business.
July 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The replicons are upon us.
And here I was just ginding my own business.
And here I was just ginding my own business.
"Your forever my little girl"
*evil laugh*
Not creepy at all Adobe
(Eg. Arms, feet, caption)
*evil laugh*
Not creepy at all Adobe
(Eg. Arms, feet, caption)
July 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
"Your forever my little girl"
*evil laugh*
Not creepy at all Adobe
(Eg. Arms, feet, caption)
*evil laugh*
Not creepy at all Adobe
(Eg. Arms, feet, caption)
🤦♂️
I find it endlessly ironic how the AI companies pushing their AI tools are also doing it so poorly because of bad implementation of their AI tools.
It's like quality doesn't matter if you can vomit it enmass into social media.
Here's a doozy from Motion:
I find it endlessly ironic how the AI companies pushing their AI tools are also doing it so poorly because of bad implementation of their AI tools.
It's like quality doesn't matter if you can vomit it enmass into social media.
Here's a doozy from Motion:
July 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
🤦♂️
I find it endlessly ironic how the AI companies pushing their AI tools are also doing it so poorly because of bad implementation of their AI tools.
It's like quality doesn't matter if you can vomit it enmass into social media.
Here's a doozy from Motion:
I find it endlessly ironic how the AI companies pushing their AI tools are also doing it so poorly because of bad implementation of their AI tools.
It's like quality doesn't matter if you can vomit it enmass into social media.
Here's a doozy from Motion: