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imo this scope creep (which i have noticed too) is two things. one is the Genie Wish Problem, where AI will give you what you ask for, not what you want, and in this framework, 'ask for' includes implication and invention, yes-anding into uselessness
Aviendha69 🦋🍁 🇨🇦 | ᑐ ∪ ∩ ⊂@aviendha69.bsky.social · last wk.now this is a smart explanation of the problem
this is why the invention of photography didnt destroy representational fine art, and it's why everyone getting a high quality camera on their phone didnt wipe out the wedding photography industry
(Torturing a guy) In this grand scheme of things this is pretty normal.
You know what's actually weird? Not getting tortured.
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Not gonna lie, it sounds kind of fun to exploit your critical unpatched vulnerability so that I can read your sensitive process memory and execute commands.
bonus Bela with Laura Hope Crews in the play The Werewolf, which would have been Bela's second appearance on Broadway had he not been fired on the way in Chicago
climbing over you to get from one leaf to another
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qualifications for the ideal mad scientist’s assistant: willingness to work on one’s knees, tendency to hiss “yes, master!" at appropriate moments, having a thing for black surgical gloves
it isn't easy to maintain this level of elegance and poise when you're in the mad science lab all day doing unethical things with sharp implements and hazardous materials
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It’s been a long time coming, but at last, we made it. Wipes away a tear.
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I’m in a PotO4PotO (Phantom of the Opera for Phantom of the Opera) relationship. We’re always competing for whose soul is more tortured and who gets to unmask his hideous visage first. We live in adjacent underground lakes beneath the same opera house.
We only recently became aware of each other, after months of narrow misses while conducting opera ghost business. I have more candelabras than he does. He doesn’t even have a waterfall down here
this is a very good article but I particularly appreciate that they archived Ask Jesus
Kristina Killgrove@killgrove.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis is a good deep-dive into AI slop invading what used to be legit media sites. One thing I’m seeing more and more: slop outlets churning archaeology stories from 1-5 years ago and presenting them as news. 🏺🧪
Automattic statement: "Matt Mullenweg is currently on leave from Automattic. Mark Davies, Automattic’s CFO, will lead the company as interim CEO. The Board has full confidence in Mark's leadership and in the team's ability to execute against the company's priorities."
BREAKING: Matt's been forced into a "leave of absence" www.404media.co/wordpress-au...
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg Put on 'Leave of Absence'
Mullenweg, co-founder of Wordpress, wrote in a company-wide Slack channel on Wednesday that board members "conspired" behind his back to vote to put him on leave.
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Crowd of paramedics and firefighters begging me not to do it, telling me I have so much to live for, as I slowly raise a single blueberry to my mouth
