hm. think we need a labeller for this

Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 6d ago

Google’s response to the outcry about this very dangerous new AI function is to claim “We take misinformation seriously”:

they're not autonomous beings and they won't ever be. it's a fantasy

even Im not autonomous if they unplugged my refrigerator I would die

PLEASE STOP LOOKING AT THE GAME BINARIES. THANK YOU

chasing down 17yos speeding on lime bikes to make sure they're organ donors

in 2028 people will pay you to haul away and dispose of nvidia ngx boxes. you will have a side business grinding up ddr5 modules to use as aggregate for asphalt

The internet is only dead if you're on platforms owned by the people trying to kill it

Going to the nix store you want anything?

to a guy like me these heatwaves are just ordinary waves. just a glimpse into my australian mind

you got three options: go to law school, take up knitting, or invest the $1000 you’re going to save in etsy witches to turn sam altman into a pumpkin

we're so back #pebbletime2

the monad is the powerhouse of the cell

my hot edtech take is that proprietary software should not be allowed in classrooms

All I gotta say is that people who are criticizing any staff of a website for blocking users of the website need to spend a few years as staff of a social website and experiencing the unhinged abuse you get for it and see how fast you resort to mass blocking too

on my way to get a second ice coffee

I’ve posted it before, but it feels evergreen The two hardest problems in Computer Science are 1. Human communication 2. Getting people in tech to believe that human communication is important

Jake Anbinder@jakeanbinder.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I think we need an inverse thread where we talk about things that normal intelligent people universally agree upon that are for some reason hot takes within your profession

i've never regretted not booking a flight more. brilliant talks from brilliant people. #atmosphereconf

i'm continually mystified why otherwise smart people keep publishing llm-assisted essays. the bla IS the bla; it's not foo, it's bar. look this shit just sucks to read, pls stop this

things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes

Machine Gun #cavestory

It's on Roomy. Message me on Germ. It's literally on Streamplace. You can find it on Leaflet. Go to Eurosky. Use Tangled.

with all the deskilling and gell-manning (etc) we're gonna get from automated thinking machines, now is the time for the 'tools for thought' crowd to make tools that help you think things through for yourself. tools to do *more* hard thinking. it should feel effortful. cherish that feeling.

Woke 3.0 will have decentralized versions of all the apps you loved from Woke 2.0. But instead of relying on centralized gatekeepers, you can own and control your own identity via cryptography.

this is funny in the same way as it would be funny to find that your melanoma had formed a perfect image of Nicolas Cage

Code is liability. AI allows us to create tremendous amounts of liability very quickly

Suspiciously asking my wife who's funding her anytime she criticizes me

The increasingly common habit of screenshotting the AI summary of a Google search and presenting it as evidence must be nipped in the bud immediately. That is nothing. That is not anything, it is not a thing.

Insisting that the plural of “Lego” is “Legolas”

man I love avocados but I really wish they weren't so hard to cut