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The only reasonable position is zero tolerance: the AI industry must end sooner rather than later. It is culturally, socially, environmentally, and economically destructive, and all the Silicon Valley marketing in the world isn't going to make it otherwise.
December 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The only reasonable position is zero tolerance: the AI industry must end sooner rather than later. It is culturally, socially, environmentally, and economically destructive, and all the Silicon Valley marketing in the world isn't going to make it otherwise.
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There are many people who simply do not understand the stakes and either understate or overstate them. The issue is not that AI will replace writers or w/e: it can't. The issue is that AI will make our working conditions significantly worse and harm the development of new artists in our fields.
December 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
There are many people who simply do not understand the stakes and either understate or overstate them. The issue is not that AI will replace writers or w/e: it can't. The issue is that AI will make our working conditions significantly worse and harm the development of new artists in our fields.
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people are saying the autonomous vehicles all stopped in sf last night and that's not true because i think we can all agree that, definitionally, it's not autonomous if losing its connection to the internet means it stops in the middle of a goddamn intersection
December 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
people are saying the autonomous vehicles all stopped in sf last night and that's not true because i think we can all agree that, definitionally, it's not autonomous if losing its connection to the internet means it stops in the middle of a goddamn intersection
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Ultimately it doesn’t answer to the social contracts of the community. It answers to the shareholders. It’s value and trajectory in our towns and roads is a level of mercenary humans can’t even intellectually grasp.
December 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Ultimately it doesn’t answer to the social contracts of the community. It answers to the shareholders. It’s value and trajectory in our towns and roads is a level of mercenary humans can’t even intellectually grasp.
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Bro, you doing alright, bro? I saw the autosave icon come on just as you entered the room
December 20, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Bro, you doing alright, bro? I saw the autosave icon come on just as you entered the room
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If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
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'as a security researcher, I [often unthinkingly share PHI w/a black box in my browser]; now purchase the risk assessment tool that didn't prevent me from doing this'
nice nice, real natural ad integration there.
just one quick note, maybe don't *directly* link your product & your (bad) judgement
nice nice, real natural ad integration there.
just one quick note, maybe don't *directly* link your product & your (bad) judgement
December 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
'as a security researcher, I [often unthinkingly share PHI w/a black box in my browser]; now purchase the risk assessment tool that didn't prevent me from doing this'
nice nice, real natural ad integration there.
just one quick note, maybe don't *directly* link your product & your (bad) judgement
nice nice, real natural ad integration there.
just one quick note, maybe don't *directly* link your product & your (bad) judgement
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Well, well, well…
8 Million Users' AI Conversations Sold for Profit by
www.koi.ai
December 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Well, well, well…
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
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There’s a growing belief in the industry that home computers are redundant, and we should move to dumb terminals with memory and processing and AI assistance existing server-side.
It’s the Enclosure Movement for home computing.
It’s the Enclosure Movement for home computing.
December 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
There’s a growing belief in the industry that home computers are redundant, and we should move to dumb terminals with memory and processing and AI assistance existing server-side.
It’s the Enclosure Movement for home computing.
It’s the Enclosure Movement for home computing.
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"i can't explain trans people to my child!!" oh so you're stupid AND bigoted? pick a struggle bitch
December 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"i can't explain trans people to my child!!" oh so you're stupid AND bigoted? pick a struggle bitch
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
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In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
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haha. Is there even a hell hot enough
December 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
haha. Is there even a hell hot enough
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helps to think about the details like any regular crime you'd see on one of the 800 cop shows that run on TV constantly: these guys committed one set of murders, thought it over, and then decided to kill the witnesses as part of the coverup. mention of drugs is just jingling keys at this point
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
helps to think about the details like any regular crime you'd see on one of the 800 cop shows that run on TV constantly: these guys committed one set of murders, thought it over, and then decided to kill the witnesses as part of the coverup. mention of drugs is just jingling keys at this point
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NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
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It’s like a man telling you you didn’t smile enough but via a machine and a college application
December 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It’s like a man telling you you didn’t smile enough but via a machine and a college application
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The purpose of a system of is what it does.
OpenAI's Sora Is Letting Teens Generate Videos of School Shootings
OpenAI's Sora 2 easily allows teenagers to generate videos of school shootings and other harmful content, despite repeated claims of safety.
futurism.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The purpose of a system of is what it does.
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It’s so wild how the wealthy are destroying the Amazon that potentially has the cure for all the cancers in favor of an Amazon that’s creating new types of cancers
December 1, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It’s so wild how the wealthy are destroying the Amazon that potentially has the cure for all the cancers in favor of an Amazon that’s creating new types of cancers
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💯 all while claiming their tech can’t be regulated because some day it could cure cancer.
It’s so wild how the wealthy are destroying the Amazon that potentially has the cure for all the cancers in favor of an Amazon that’s creating new types of cancers
December 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
💯 all while claiming their tech can’t be regulated because some day it could cure cancer.
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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In 1657, Jin Shengtan 金聖嘆 broke off from his commentary on 'The Romance of the Western Chamber' to list "33 Nice Things" 不亦快哉三十三則.
It's one of the most likable things I know of in any language. I translated it to cheer myself up a while ago, if anyone could use it. www.burninghou.se/p/whats-good
It's one of the most likable things I know of in any language. I translated it to cheer myself up a while ago, if anyone could use it. www.burninghou.se/p/whats-good
November 8, 2024 at 4:07 AM
In 1657, Jin Shengtan 金聖嘆 broke off from his commentary on 'The Romance of the Western Chamber' to list "33 Nice Things" 不亦快哉三十三則.
It's one of the most likable things I know of in any language. I translated it to cheer myself up a while ago, if anyone could use it. www.burninghou.se/p/whats-good
It's one of the most likable things I know of in any language. I translated it to cheer myself up a while ago, if anyone could use it. www.burninghou.se/p/whats-good
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Add it to the list...
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Add it to the list...