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Carl from Internet of Bugs did a video on this (he actually uploaded a version that ONLY covered the SciShow video, but expanded to other YouTubers so people wouldn't think it was a problem unique to them:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lKy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lKy...
Your Favorite Science YouTubers Are Wrong About AI, (e.g. SciShow, Kurzgesagt, and Kyle Hill )
YouTube video by Internet of Bugs
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Carl from Internet of Bugs did a video on this (he actually uploaded a version that ONLY covered the SciShow video, but expanded to other YouTubers so people wouldn't think it was a problem unique to them:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lKy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lKy...
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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I got into tech because it’s fun to take things apart, see how they work, and put them back together — or rearrange the parts into something brand new. it definitely feels like the new ethos is “bro why bother to learn? caring about that stuff is cringe, just go FAST bro” and that bums me out
the main thing that makes me uneasy about llms is the cultural backdrop of global war on knowledge. the war on knowledge isn’t new but now it’s cheered on from tech too. tools for thought pivoted to slot machines because that’s what people want. “how things work” is buried under opaque indirections
August 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I got into tech because it’s fun to take things apart, see how they work, and put them back together — or rearrange the parts into something brand new. it definitely feels like the new ethos is “bro why bother to learn? caring about that stuff is cringe, just go FAST bro” and that bums me out
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i recently found out that you're supposed to leave the plastic wrapper on them and, like, inch it down bit by bit as the scent fades from each section of the air freshener, not unwrap them totally right from the get go and now i may be insane.
July 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
i recently found out that you're supposed to leave the plastic wrapper on them and, like, inch it down bit by bit as the scent fades from each section of the air freshener, not unwrap them totally right from the get go and now i may be insane.
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This is funny. And the serious problem with the NYT is it misinforms about reality. Not with inaccuracy so much as emphasis, perspective, and framing. That makes it a bad news source. Go to the Guardian, or Wired, or others/ independent sources. You don't need the NYT or LA Times, or WaPo.
Three million Americans marched today. Here’s why we wrote about one American who didn’t.
April 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This is funny. And the serious problem with the NYT is it misinforms about reality. Not with inaccuracy so much as emphasis, perspective, and framing. That makes it a bad news source. Go to the Guardian, or Wired, or others/ independent sources. You don't need the NYT or LA Times, or WaPo.
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As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity.
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
February 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity.
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
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Time to evict AirBnB from your life, if you have't already.
Airbnb’s co-founder is joining Elon Musk’s DOGE
Gebbia, a close friend of Musk, has praised DOGE’s work and defended it against criticisms on social media
www.independent.co.uk
February 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Time to evict AirBnB from your life, if you have't already.
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Hey guys meta announced a new policy where they send a killer to get you so be sure to go to settings>my account > killer> disable killer to turn that off
February 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Hey guys meta announced a new policy where they send a killer to get you so be sure to go to settings>my account > killer> disable killer to turn that off
Trying to get back into this blogging thing...
Some notes about my experience with making a Bambu Lab 3D printer usable offline, which you should probably consider doing.
stdout.roman.zone/bambu-lan
Some notes about my experience with making a Bambu Lab 3D printer usable offline, which you should probably consider doing.
stdout.roman.zone/bambu-lan
Making Bambu Lab 3D printers usable offline - /home/roman/stdout
stdout.roman.zone
February 13, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Trying to get back into this blogging thing...
Some notes about my experience with making a Bambu Lab 3D printer usable offline, which you should probably consider doing.
stdout.roman.zone/bambu-lan
Some notes about my experience with making a Bambu Lab 3D printer usable offline, which you should probably consider doing.
stdout.roman.zone/bambu-lan
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I suppose it sorta makes sense that early humans traded off fur coats and physical strength for big brains that allowed us to create clothes and tools and now we’re apparently trading off those big brains for the ability to use hallucinatory auto-complete to write reports for us.
February 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I suppose it sorta makes sense that early humans traded off fur coats and physical strength for big brains that allowed us to create clothes and tools and now we’re apparently trading off those big brains for the ability to use hallucinatory auto-complete to write reports for us.
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Musk has no technical skills whatsoever, but he wants to appear smart. So he takes bits of information like this, told to him by junior engineers, and regurgitates it to appear smart.
Musk did this with the Twitter stack and Twitter's senior architects called him out publicly, then he fired them.
Musk did this with the Twitter stack and Twitter's senior architects called him out publicly, then he fired them.
One of Musk's defining qualities is that he is a conspiracy theorist when it comes to government. He will see some ambiguous information or be presented with an easily debunked tale and he immediately believes the worst.
February 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Musk has no technical skills whatsoever, but he wants to appear smart. So he takes bits of information like this, told to him by junior engineers, and regurgitates it to appear smart.
Musk did this with the Twitter stack and Twitter's senior architects called him out publicly, then he fired them.
Musk did this with the Twitter stack and Twitter's senior architects called him out publicly, then he fired them.
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Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models.
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
February 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models.
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
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Newsletter: Mark Zuckerberg's MAGA pivot is really just the continuation of years of rotting out the core products of Instagram and Facebook - and begins an era of unrestrained, unrepentant growth where tech will proudly make their products even worse.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-slop-society/
www.wheresyoured.at/the-slop-society/
The Slop Society
In the last week we've seen the emergence of the true Meta — and the true Mark Zuckerberg — as the company ended its fact-checking program, claiming that (and I quote) "fact checkers have been too pol...
www.wheresyoured.at
January 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Newsletter: Mark Zuckerberg's MAGA pivot is really just the continuation of years of rotting out the core products of Instagram and Facebook - and begins an era of unrestrained, unrepentant growth where tech will proudly make their products even worse.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-slop-society/
www.wheresyoured.at/the-slop-society/
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In contrast to cynical takes about how of course companies don't care about DEI etc, Dan presents the argument that actually caring about employees and creating fun environments is part of what winning looks like. Every leader should remind themselves of this.
Wrote about the irrationality of the boss revolt mcfunley.com/on-misery
On Misery
Not every fun activity or moral good is a waste of time.
mcfunley.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In contrast to cynical takes about how of course companies don't care about DEI etc, Dan presents the argument that actually caring about employees and creating fun environments is part of what winning looks like. Every leader should remind themselves of this.
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*sigh*
Time to find a new sticker manufacturer.
Time to find a new sticker manufacturer.
July 15, 2024 at 3:50 PM
*sigh*
Time to find a new sticker manufacturer.
Time to find a new sticker manufacturer.
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Druhe naspravdê šče śmêšnêše.
June 18, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Druhe naspravdê šče śmêšnêše.
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The Michelin stars for fancy restaurants are handed out by Michelin reviewers. In order that the restaurant does not know that they have a Michelin reviewer dining with them that night the traditional French way of covering this up is for the Michelin reviewers to become anonymous.
January 27, 2024 at 7:21 PM
The Michelin stars for fancy restaurants are handed out by Michelin reviewers. In order that the restaurant does not know that they have a Michelin reviewer dining with them that night the traditional French way of covering this up is for the Michelin reviewers to become anonymous.
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It's getting better!
December 18, 2023 at 1:24 AM
It's getting better!
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Love a good metadata error
September 13, 2023 at 7:56 PM
Love a good metadata error