sorry about your cookies • this is probably TMI

She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???

The grok stuff is pathetic but it’s also a perfect and undeniable illustration of chatbots as ideology. It’s no less true for chatgpt or other bots, but sometimes not as visible.

Incredibly good sign

Sora 2 is not being “misused” when people use it to produce racist, transphobic, misogynistic, & otherwise vile images—it exists to make it easier to put these images out into the world. Calling it a “misuse” is a grave misunderstanding of what these companies are up to, & lets OpenAI off the hook.

A fundamental problem with left defenses of Platner is that he has not responded to the events of the last week in the way that someone with a rigorous and deeply held left ideology would.

A great episode, as always. Highly recommend, especially if you’ve heard phrases like effective altruism or longtermism.