Skyfisher
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European web dev doing mostly Ruby
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this is deeply ghoulish, but it would also have been possible pre-AI - you could equally lie to elderly relatives using photoshop. the issue isn't just gen AI as a technology but the marketing and cultural trends around bypassing death, AI's universal applicability, deprioritising truth etc
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
this is deeply ghoulish, but it would also have been possible pre-AI - you could equally lie to elderly relatives using photoshop. the issue isn't just gen AI as a technology but the marketing and cultural trends around bypassing death, AI's universal applicability, deprioritising truth etc
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I think within about a year most social media will be unusable because of AI so you are better off making small communities on Discord and translating that to IRL friends.
December 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I think within about a year most social media will be unusable because of AI so you are better off making small communities on Discord and translating that to IRL friends.
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Hail to the King
December 25, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Hail to the King
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it's crazy that 500 years ago, you would see the ruler of your country maybe once in your life and hear whispers that they're the Sun God, but now with social media, you get to see on a daily basis that they're the most unhinged, idiotic, and unhappy person you know
December 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM
it's crazy that 500 years ago, you would see the ruler of your country maybe once in your life and hear whispers that they're the Sun God, but now with social media, you get to see on a daily basis that they're the most unhinged, idiotic, and unhappy person you know
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Economics may be complex and all that but the stuff you buy today costs a lot more than it used to even a few years ago because companies raised prices blaming “inflation,” posted record profits and never brought prices down. If “inflation” doesn’t ever recede for the consumer that’s a problem!
December 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Economics may be complex and all that but the stuff you buy today costs a lot more than it used to even a few years ago because companies raised prices blaming “inflation,” posted record profits and never brought prices down. If “inflation” doesn’t ever recede for the consumer that’s a problem!
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is GAME OF THE YEAR at The Game Awards
December 12, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is GAME OF THE YEAR at The Game Awards
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TIME magazine is owned by Marc Benioff, owner of Salesforce, who literally ran an AI agents puff piece about his ow company in the magazine. I’m unsurprised he thinks a bunch of grifters are person of the year, he thinks they’re cool
Just wait until you see Time’s Person of the Year…😱😭
December 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
TIME magazine is owned by Marc Benioff, owner of Salesforce, who literally ran an AI agents puff piece about his ow company in the magazine. I’m unsurprised he thinks a bunch of grifters are person of the year, he thinks they’re cool
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I can't believe people who have only ever known rent seeking bullshit tech want tech that doesn't do that and, broadly, works
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I can't believe people who have only ever known rent seeking bullshit tech want tech that doesn't do that and, broadly, works
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he literally reformed and renamed the entire company around this. in a sane world, the board would fire him
Meta’s Zuckerberg Plans Deep Cuts for Metaverse Efforts
Meta Platforms Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg is expected to meaningfully cut resources for building the so-called metaverse, an effort that he once framed as the future of the company and the reason for changing its name from Facebook Inc.
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
he literally reformed and renamed the entire company around this. in a sane world, the board would fire him
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
Interesting to see BSky untouched by the Cloudflare outage. Kudos to @jay.bsky.team and rest of the team.
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Interesting to see BSky untouched by the Cloudflare outage. Kudos to @jay.bsky.team and rest of the team.
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Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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November 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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i wish i could have been in the room when they were brainstorming how to solve the housing crisis and someone raised their hand and said "what about 50 year mortgages?"
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 AM
i wish i could have been in the room when they were brainstorming how to solve the housing crisis and someone raised their hand and said "what about 50 year mortgages?"
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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when you wear a size 9.5 shoe but the 8.5 was on sale
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
when you wear a size 9.5 shoe but the 8.5 was on sale
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*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.