It occurs to me that this is key to breaking down one of the ways that pro-AI and anti-AI people tend to talk past each other. There are things that AI can do *for* us, and that list of things is likely to grow. But I'm not seeing any serious examples of things that AI can do *with* us.

Angus Johnston@angus.bsky.social · 3mo ago

There is no way to do anything interesting in any sustained way in any field without immersion in that field. That's just a fundamental fact of being human, and there's no getting around it.

And not just false but aggressively so—research already shows that even brief AI use erodes problem-solving skills & persistence, so in many cases using AI to do X actively makes people WORSE at it, even if it’s not giving them specific incorrect info or processes.

Angus Johnston@angus.bsky.social · 18m ago

"By using AI to do X, it keeps me from having to do X" is a statement that's clearly true in some circumstances, though the risk that AI is going to do X badly, and often invisibly badly, is a serious one. But "by using AI when I do X, I get better at doing X" seems clearly false in all instances.

good morning !! its "Flatten Your Shaft With A Tungsten Cube Day" !

Awestruck:

🏳️‍⚧️ Alexandra Merideth Erin [she/her]@alexandraerin.com · 10h ago

Some forecastle never eat a skunk, but then again, some forecastle

I know the babes on itch.io are gonna slap this bad boy on their store pages

possqueen (TRICKSTARTER IS LIVE)@possqueen.dev · 13h ago

this is the best comment i've ever seen on any footage of my game. pack it up. there's no topping this.

I feel like the writer here only uses LinkedIn, TikTok, or Insta. Us text based posters are misery personified.

New York Magazine@nymag.com · 21h ago

On social media, a broad consensus is that you can’t admit to struggle — at least not while you’re struggling. Doing so represents a failure so profound it’s almost existential. How did it become mandatory to demonstrate perpetual growth and progress online?

this is actually my fav part of this whole shitshow, where he argues that he needs to stay in office because of his record in fighting for the people of Ohio by....wait for it....supporting Ukraine and the ACA, both of which his party have been trying to end since day 1

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 19h ago

TAPPER: Hold on -- hold on, 'cause I'm not done with the list of women who have accused you of violence. Are all three of them lying? REP. MAX MILLER: Yes. And I'm not getting out of the race because in 2016, President Donald J Trump faced the most extreme allegations in the world ...

I think winning a race where you get outspent by like a factor of 10 is a pretty solid outcome all things considered, if you wanted a landslide, I dunno which race you were watching

Politico@politico.com · 9h ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

this book is like if fleabag was a victorian murderer and i love it

dipped over into Threads and it's basically nothing but this

British media trying to pull a Charlie Kirk over a dead racist pedophile wife-beater is just more proof that ruthlessly and brutally denazifying British news media is going to be important.

If you present "I had a Nazi phase" as only as meaningful as "I used to play softball" you are doing Nazi work, and that's the end of the matter for me.

You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.

"Vote Blue No Matter Who" is typically a statement where the speaker is using "Blue" as a stand-in for one specific other color

angel girl@beautravail.bsky.social · 8h ago

i love these mask off moments for vote blue no matter who liberals, like these people fucking hate muslims it's crazy

again and again we see that this movement is just patriarchy and misogyny. it's about constantly shrinking the group of 'acceptable women' that get to have rights and protections until basically no women do

Them Fatale,@mxthemfatale.bsky.social · 8h ago

This is diabolical. Imagine demanding funding to persecute anyone you think might not be a woman in a rape crisis centre rather than decry the abysmal lack of rape crisis funding. They keep talking about services they have no idea how they are run or what those running them want.

#MythAugust 1: Introduction to fantasy religion. The setting of Stability has multiple layers to it, in many senses of the world, but this is especially true in the metaphysical and religious senses.

🫜Prof Emily🫜@professoremily.bsky.social · 5d ago

Hello #writingcommunity, welcome to Day 1 of #MythAugust! This is a worldbuilding game about ✨fantasy✨ gods, myths & religions! You can use the prompts to build up your gods, or yap about some you've already made! Today, give us a BRIEF intro (not too detailed!), & please interact with others ☺️❤️

Fuck it, I think I will take a stab at #MythAugust again this year. Whole household is sick and I am coming in five days late, but I have been reviewing my notes and want to start writing again.

🫜Prof Emily🫜@professoremily.bsky.social · last wk.

I'm excited to announce that I'll be doing #MythAugust again this year, since it was so much fun last year! Have some fantasy gods you'd like to yap about? Don't have any, but would like to build some? Either way, this game is for you! NOTE: This is NOT about real religions!! #writingcommunity

This in incredible comedy.

Los Angeles: sports capital of the world@theamitie.bsky.social · 12h ago

There’s a guy on TikTok who posts just him taking a pizza out of the oven every day with tongs and all of the comments are about how their day is ruined from having watched this

Textes from Sisyphus: UGH You are not goinge to BELIEVE what just happenid AGAYNE 🪨

Yf you spye a fadid signe at the syde of the roade that saith 'V short leagues to the Shack of Love'

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

The Midnight Society@midnightpals.bsky.social · 3d ago

Johnson: ok first let's introduce our characters Johnson: now before we start Johnson: none of you are actual furries are you? Koontz: no Cordwainer Smith: [sweats] no Brian Jacques: [sweats] no Frank Belknap Long: [sweats] no

He's electable if we elect him.

This is not going to be easy. But it can be done.

Oh this is fascinating though, just absolutely no grappling with any of the anti-AI points at all, or what AI even is, or what it does, or even just understanding of HOW it is being used

Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 16h ago

There is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.

This is how we get people to care in November. Good job, Raw Story.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2d ago

Good framing.

I like how the Emily Wilson of the chud imagination is a promoter of abstruse and impenetrable woke feminism, queerness, and cultural Bolshevik decadence, and then the Emily Wilson of real life is like "Nolan's ODYSSEY sucked because it wasn't enough like DIE HARD"

Chris Suellentrop@suellentrop.bsky.social · 24h ago

Turns out @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social knows a lot about ancient epics www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

As far as mush-brained defense of AI, this is the mushest lmao

Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 16h ago

There is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.

Some forecastle never eat a skunk, but then again, some forecastle