one of the consequences of AI is deskilling: people are losing their ability to discover art that interests them. They need AI to satisfy their needs effortlessly, and that's just not what being human is like. No robot can develop taste in music for you
I cannot stop laughing. This is so indicative of what's wrong with these AI people and how they view art
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
one of the consequences of AI is deskilling: people are losing their ability to discover art that interests them. They need AI to satisfy their needs effortlessly, and that's just not what being human is like. No robot can develop taste in music for you
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lately i've been thinking about how LLMs must feel really amazing to use if you're a dumbass, but incredibly frustrating if you're just basically competent in life.
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
lately i've been thinking about how LLMs must feel really amazing to use if you're a dumbass, but incredibly frustrating if you're just basically competent in life.
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And I would like to challenge this person to get a real job
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
And I would like to challenge this person to get a real job
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Silksong has exactly two bosses:
1) WEEPING WIDOW has 4 phases, moves at lightning speed and fills the screen with attacks. The greatest boss fight you've ever experienced
2) SILLY CHUMBUG who makes you play Flappy Bird in a tiny room full of adds with zero margin for error and a 10-minute runback
1) WEEPING WIDOW has 4 phases, moves at lightning speed and fills the screen with attacks. The greatest boss fight you've ever experienced
2) SILLY CHUMBUG who makes you play Flappy Bird in a tiny room full of adds with zero margin for error and a 10-minute runback
September 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Silksong has exactly two bosses:
1) WEEPING WIDOW has 4 phases, moves at lightning speed and fills the screen with attacks. The greatest boss fight you've ever experienced
2) SILLY CHUMBUG who makes you play Flappy Bird in a tiny room full of adds with zero margin for error and a 10-minute runback
1) WEEPING WIDOW has 4 phases, moves at lightning speed and fills the screen with attacks. The greatest boss fight you've ever experienced
2) SILLY CHUMBUG who makes you play Flappy Bird in a tiny room full of adds with zero margin for error and a 10-minute runback
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obama: runs on a progressive agenda, wins
hillary: runs on pandering to moderate republicans, loses
biden: runs on a progressive agenda, wins
harris: runs on pandering to moderate republicans, loses
hillary: runs on pandering to moderate republicans, loses
biden: runs on a progressive agenda, wins
harris: runs on pandering to moderate republicans, loses
August 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
obama: runs on a progressive agenda, wins
hillary: runs on pandering to moderate republicans, loses
biden: runs on a progressive agenda, wins
harris: runs on pandering to moderate republicans, loses
hillary: runs on pandering to moderate republicans, loses
biden: runs on a progressive agenda, wins
harris: runs on pandering to moderate republicans, loses
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This is my Evangelion
August 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This is my Evangelion
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I think the central premise that young men searching for information on how to have a sex life will invariably encounter just an absolute avalanche of right wing misogyny peddlers and very little actual helpful advice is a genuine problem.
Everyone is yelling at Ian about this but the article is good and this is a real problem! If you are a straight guy trying to get laid 99% of the advice you come across will be right wing-coded.
The left is completely silent on the subject of men getting laid - which, generally speaking, they are v.interested in doing and will continue to be interested in regardless of whether progressives want to talk about it. So the stage has been left entirely clear for the far-right.
August 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I think the central premise that young men searching for information on how to have a sex life will invariably encounter just an absolute avalanche of right wing misogyny peddlers and very little actual helpful advice is a genuine problem.
me when I'm bad at my job and I keep losing elections: "it's the posters' fault. They're posting about celebrities all wrong."
man, have you seen the shit Republicans post?
man, have you seen the shit Republicans post?
A message I just got from a buddy of mine, who’s a long time Democratic Party campaign consultant: “This Sydney Sweeney thing is the kind of thing that turns men away from our party. It’s why men think our party is weak & insane.”
My response to him? “Fuck yea it is. You are exactly right.”
My response to him? “Fuck yea it is. You are exactly right.”
July 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
me when I'm bad at my job and I keep losing elections: "it's the posters' fault. They're posting about celebrities all wrong."
man, have you seen the shit Republicans post?
man, have you seen the shit Republicans post?
i think about this all the time. what has our society done to its men? fucked up.
men writing erotica: John was attending Sex University, where all of the students and teachers are horny for sex
women writing erotica: John was attending Sex University, where sex is strictly forbidden… yet John yearns for his fellow student Douglas, who is also a secret monster man
women writing erotica: John was attending Sex University, where sex is strictly forbidden… yet John yearns for his fellow student Douglas, who is also a secret monster man
June 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
i think about this all the time. what has our society done to its men? fucked up.
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
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wendy's cashier: will that be all?
me: i think so. we just close our eyes for the last time and we're gone. but it doesn't have to be sad. it's like before you were born. we don't miss those who haven't happened yet. we don't feel their absence
wendy's cashier: mothers do. i do
me: i think so. we just close our eyes for the last time and we're gone. but it doesn't have to be sad. it's like before you were born. we don't miss those who haven't happened yet. we don't feel their absence
wendy's cashier: mothers do. i do
January 10, 2025 at 7:06 AM
wendy's cashier: will that be all?
me: i think so. we just close our eyes for the last time and we're gone. but it doesn't have to be sad. it's like before you were born. we don't miss those who haven't happened yet. we don't feel their absence
wendy's cashier: mothers do. i do
me: i think so. we just close our eyes for the last time and we're gone. but it doesn't have to be sad. it's like before you were born. we don't miss those who haven't happened yet. we don't feel their absence
wendy's cashier: mothers do. i do
"oh hey, I hadn't heard of Fevre Dream before. I wonder what other people think about it. Let's check the replies."
After you watch Sinners, you should read George R.R. Martin’s excellent and underrated vampire novel
After you watch Sinners, you should read George R.R. Martin’s excellent and underrated vampire novel
The Game of Thrones author writes more than great fantasy stories
www.polygon.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"oh hey, I hadn't heard of Fevre Dream before. I wonder what other people think about it. Let's check the replies."
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It looks like someone has hacked a crosswalk button in Palo Alto to deliver at least two different messages in the voice of Elon Musk.
(They are not complimentary)
(They are not complimentary)
April 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
It looks like someone has hacked a crosswalk button in Palo Alto to deliver at least two different messages in the voice of Elon Musk.
(They are not complimentary)
(They are not complimentary)
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not having the AI convo anymore i’m just sending people this
April 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
not having the AI convo anymore i’m just sending people this
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NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation
A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
I've had a low opinion of NYT for a while, but I think this is the most condemning thing I've ever seen from them.
If I were an editor and I saw this on my desk, I'd bury the story and cover it up. But they're proud of it.
If I were an editor and I saw this on my desk, I'd bury the story and cover it up. But they're proud of it.
Re-sharing with alt text. This is so deeply repugnant.
The NYT has utterly failed us when it comes to political coverage. Follow independent and local media/journalists instead. Starter packs to follow.
The NYT has utterly failed us when it comes to political coverage. Follow independent and local media/journalists instead. Starter packs to follow.
March 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I've had a low opinion of NYT for a while, but I think this is the most condemning thing I've ever seen from them.
If I were an editor and I saw this on my desk, I'd bury the story and cover it up. But they're proud of it.
If I were an editor and I saw this on my desk, I'd bury the story and cover it up. But they're proud of it.
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finally figured out the lyrics
February 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
finally figured out the lyrics
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I feel like Catch 22 is one of the most obviously leftist books just bc the protagonist is a smart guy who understands the insanity around him in perfect clarity, but nobody takes him seriously because it's also turned him into a miserable, high-strung neurotic
And what's more leftist than that
And what's more leftist than that
February 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I feel like Catch 22 is one of the most obviously leftist books just bc the protagonist is a smart guy who understands the insanity around him in perfect clarity, but nobody takes him seriously because it's also turned him into a miserable, high-strung neurotic
And what's more leftist than that
And what's more leftist than that
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"Common Side Effects" is coming this Sunday (Adult Swim / Max).
By the co-creator & the animation studio behind "Scavengers Reign".
By the co-creator & the animation studio behind "Scavengers Reign".
January 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"Common Side Effects" is coming this Sunday (Adult Swim / Max).
By the co-creator & the animation studio behind "Scavengers Reign".
By the co-creator & the animation studio behind "Scavengers Reign".
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this is what a lot of tech people used to be like 😭 it bums me out that younger people probably have no conception of the internet ever being this way
after days of grifters and con men at CES we stumbled upon the booth for VLC. they were all dressed as wizards and told us, "we have nothing to sell, we just decided to show up". i told them I'd been using their software to pirate media for 15 years and they said "keep doing that"
January 22, 2025 at 4:32 AM
this is what a lot of tech people used to be like 😭 it bums me out that younger people probably have no conception of the internet ever being this way
you know how a friendship with a pet dog can be deeply life-affirming because you love each other despite not speaking the same language?
i think this disgusts me so much because it's the opposite. a machine that adopts the guise of companionship without even liking you. man's worst friend.
i think this disgusts me so much because it's the opposite. a machine that adopts the guise of companionship without even liking you. man's worst friend.
A 28-year-old woman with a busy social life spends hours on end talking to her A.I. boyfriend for advice and consolation on the ChatGPT app.
And yes, they do have sex.
And yes, they do have sex.
She Is in Love With ChatGPT
A 28-year-old woman with a busy social life spends hours on end talking to her A.I. boyfriend for advice and consolation. And yes, they do have sex.
nyti.ms
January 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
you know how a friendship with a pet dog can be deeply life-affirming because you love each other despite not speaking the same language?
i think this disgusts me so much because it's the opposite. a machine that adopts the guise of companionship without even liking you. man's worst friend.
i think this disgusts me so much because it's the opposite. a machine that adopts the guise of companionship without even liking you. man's worst friend.
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“I see a difference, definitely,” said Tony, who has spent 18 years as a bus operator for the MTA.
“There have been no delays the entire week, and when I look to my left and right down the avenues I can see all the way down – I’ve never seen it like that.” nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/10/m...
“There have been no delays the entire week, and when I look to my left and right down the avenues I can see all the way down – I’ve never seen it like that.” nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/10/m...
MTA Drivers: Slowest Bus in Manhattan Is Faster Since Congestion Pricing
The slowest bus in Lower Manhattan is moving faster this week since congestion pricing began, bus drivers say.
nyc.streetsblog.org
January 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“I see a difference, definitely,” said Tony, who has spent 18 years as a bus operator for the MTA.
“There have been no delays the entire week, and when I look to my left and right down the avenues I can see all the way down – I’ve never seen it like that.” nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/10/m...
“There have been no delays the entire week, and when I look to my left and right down the avenues I can see all the way down – I’ve never seen it like that.” nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/10/m...