Sebastian Stockman

@substockman.bsky.social

BLM. Teaching Prof., Northeastern. Reviewer @nytbooks @washpost @BostonGlobe, elsewhere. he/him Newsletter at https://sebastianstockman.substack.com/

… and while he was answering I could feel myself turning into a giant cartoon nail, and every word he uttered was a hammer pounding me into the floor. No Grok I do not want another question to ask him. He answered the one you gave me so well he’s probably gonna be president now

Statistics bring a certain kind of person a sense that they know more than they do simply because they know a more probable outcome. "AI" is also based on statistics and averages, and while it can offer what the math says is a likely answer it also cannot determine the correct answer.

I’m thrilled to announce three new professorships in compressed air thruster ethics, compressed air thruster policy, and social impact of compressed air thrusters. we are also headhunting a Vice Provost of Thrust

[carefully crafting a letter to the deans explaining that the entirety of history from 5000BCE to 1945 is still worth hiring ~1.5 professors to teach about because actually it laid a lot of the intellectual and practical groundwork for the compressed air thrusters that have transformed our world]