Gustavo Costa
@simulacro.bsky.social
World's foremost slop expert
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on a purely selfish level, i got into the Go To School Forever game so i could think weird interesting and complex theory thoughts about technology, and just whacking the DONT BUILD THE FUCKING TORMENT NEXUS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS drum over and over again is not interesting!
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
on a purely selfish level, i got into the Go To School Forever game so i could think weird interesting and complex theory thoughts about technology, and just whacking the DONT BUILD THE FUCKING TORMENT NEXUS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS drum over and over again is not interesting!
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Makes me wonder: Can we meaningfully conceptualize models and modeling without appealing to representations and representing? Without assuming a corresponding entity?
September 21, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Makes me wonder: Can we meaningfully conceptualize models and modeling without appealing to representations and representing? Without assuming a corresponding entity?
Sounds similar to this: www.lesswrong.com/posts/FTY9Mt...
Phallocentricity in GPT-J's bizarre stratified ontology — LessWrong
TL;DR This relates to the findings reported in my posts Mapping the Semantic Void parts I and II. By creating a custom embedding at the token centroi…
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November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Sounds similar to this: www.lesswrong.com/posts/FTY9Mt...
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Just as a general point, watching the when prophecy fail study being demonstrated to be false (in some way) and then watch people double down on cognitive dissonance is kind of art
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Just as a general point, watching the when prophecy fail study being demonstrated to be false (in some way) and then watch people double down on cognitive dissonance is kind of art
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intelligence is the thing which i have. admitting things are intelligent means considering them morally and socially equal to me. i will never consider a computer morally or socially equal to me. therefore no computer program will ever be intelligent
November 2, 2025 at 7:41 AM
intelligence is the thing which i have. admitting things are intelligent means considering them morally and socially equal to me. i will never consider a computer morally or socially equal to me. therefore no computer program will ever be intelligent
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Yep. If this was an ordinary case of automation—not labeled “AI”—people would accept that it’s happening and move on to discuss effects, policy responses, etc.
The “AI” label makes people feel the value of their sentience is undermined, which triggers denial, which prevents a pragmatic response.
The “AI” label makes people feel the value of their sentience is undermined, which triggers denial, which prevents a pragmatic response.
November 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Yep. If this was an ordinary case of automation—not labeled “AI”—people would accept that it’s happening and move on to discuss effects, policy responses, etc.
The “AI” label makes people feel the value of their sentience is undermined, which triggers denial, which prevents a pragmatic response.
The “AI” label makes people feel the value of their sentience is undermined, which triggers denial, which prevents a pragmatic response.
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as a condition of funding, we were asked to affirm that we wouldn’t undertake any diversity, equity, and inclusion work, whether or not we used the government funds to do so. The PSF simply couldn’t agree to that statement,
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
as a condition of funding, we were asked to affirm that we wouldn’t undertake any diversity, equity, and inclusion work, whether or not we used the government funds to do so. The PSF simply couldn’t agree to that statement,
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October 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
But they told me it is Aligned to Human Values...
October 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
But they told me it is Aligned to Human Values...
I gathered resources on this here and studied how people say that they hate it. Hopefully counts as serious.
bsky.app/profile/simu...
bsky.app/profile/simu...
I wrote a Master's dissertation on AI slop. Here it is as a blog post: simulacro.co.uk/introduction...
Introduction to slop studies
One of the most salient features of our culture today is that there is so much slop. But what even is AI slop?
simulacro.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I gathered resources on this here and studied how people say that they hate it. Hopefully counts as serious.
bsky.app/profile/simu...
bsky.app/profile/simu...
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A lot of folks in the AI space are like people who insist it’s safe and smart to get drunk in the driver’s seat of their Tesla on a country road and a lot of their opponents are like people saying there’s no such thing as an automatic transmission
October 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
A lot of folks in the AI space are like people who insist it’s safe and smart to get drunk in the driver’s seat of their Tesla on a country road and a lot of their opponents are like people saying there’s no such thing as an automatic transmission
hello. i cited this video on my master's dissertation on AI slop (blog post version here: simulacro.co.uk/introduction...)
Introduction to slop studies
One of the most salient features of our culture today is that there is so much slop. But what even is AI slop?
simulacro.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
hello. i cited this video on my master's dissertation on AI slop (blog post version here: simulacro.co.uk/introduction...)
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These are some of the fiction classics. They might not reflect the current zeitgeist though. For that, there are some good new films/documentaries
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Dom casmurro
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These are some of the fiction classics. They might not reflect the current zeitgeist though. For that, there are some good new films/documentaries
September 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Grande sertao veredas
A hora da estrela
Dom casmurro
Vidas secas
These are some of the fiction classics. They might not reflect the current zeitgeist though. For that, there are some good new films/documentaries
A hora da estrela
Dom casmurro
Vidas secas
These are some of the fiction classics. They might not reflect the current zeitgeist though. For that, there are some good new films/documentaries
I wrote my Master's dissertation on this! github.com/noah-art3mis...
github.com
September 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I wrote my Master's dissertation on this! github.com/noah-art3mis...
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Anthropic's Hannah Moran finally addressed the elephant in the room at this conference when she subtly dropped "Agents are models using tools in a loop" during the intro to the "Prompting for Agents" workshop https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/22/tools-in-a-loop/
Agents are models using tools in a loop
I was going slightly spare at the fact that every talk at this Anthropic developer conference has used the word "agents" dozens of times, but nobody ever stopped to provide …
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May 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Anthropic's Hannah Moran finally addressed the elephant in the room at this conference when she subtly dropped "Agents are models using tools in a loop" during the intro to the "Prompting for Agents" workshop https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/22/tools-in-a-loop/
I got sent some screenshots the other day of a witch using chatgpt to channel angels. It's a real thing
March 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I got sent some screenshots the other day of a witch using chatgpt to channel angels. It's a real thing