Is it just me or is “jagged intelligence" just a way for AI pushers to spin “our whole premise was wrong”?

Playing chicken with sellers on SeatGeek and StubHub

Going to be in Spokane next week and heartbroken to find Cyan Worlds doesn't do tours. Anything else to do around there?

So I just completed by rewatch of The Prisoner, a show I started in middle school cause our eccentric English teacher would play an episode a month as a treat, but missed the day they played the last episode. And I'm ready to issue a Take. I love this show, it's super fun and the aesthetic and […]

Something I'm wondering about: why haven't the model collapse predictions come to pass, even as models are increasingly, explicitly getting trained on synthetic data? Or has "collapse" been manifesting in less obvious ways?

Executive function is so hard, man

So it looks like I was dumb to assume the 2027 Bolt would bring down used Bolt prices. Unfortunately it looks like this might be my last chance to get a $3500 credit from the state for a used EV.

Updating to iOS 27, pray for me.

I really want the Boox Palma 3 but idk about carrying two phone sized devices

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@tortitude/117284330863732520 None of the above I just like to make them keep guessing and watch them get increasingly uncomfortable

Mona needs a thread composer

shared this take with some dsa comrades last night and they were like "no, I think Bernie is right" I already thought I needed to write something about all this but now I *really* think I do.

Jesse and the Purple Crayon … of Death!!@misctakes.com · 3w ago

I almost never read emails from politicians but i just got one from @ocasio-cortez.house.gov titled "My Thoughts on AI" and it's actually quite good. Relieved to see her diverging from Bernie.

A question I still haven't seen answered in all the "rogue AI" coverage: was the answer to the Exploit Gym challenge actually on Hugging Face's servers?

People are acting like someone being a true believer means they are speaking candidly, and I don't think that's true.

The best targeted ad I've ever gotten

not gonna do the "a memo must have gone out" thing, but I watched this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=eMNBkqIjibc and read this blog https://www.patreon.com/MaxRead/posts/ais-sheryl-crow-169107221 in short succession and couldn't help but notice they make the same slightly odd […]

enjoying spending more time here again, feels a little less affected by doom panic than bluesky

RE: https://mastodon.social/@misc/113045789200695306 so they finally did it

It's painful to see Bernie's instagram post about his "ban superintelligence" plan getting likes from people I respect. That dude is doing incalculable damage to AI resistance.

I work in IT and someone at work asked if I could provide some freelance support for his wife. How do I figure a good asking rate?

Thank you, and solidarity forever.

really hard to readjust to normal life after going full throttle for a campaign!

[cw: puking] So it turns out that the chronic allergies I've been trying in vain to fight for years with allergy shots and an ever increasing regimen of nasal sprays, air purifiers, and antihistamines, but still worsened to the point I had coughing fits that felt like asthma attacks and was […]

Can someone explain to me why this flyer feels so palpably ai generated? It's not just the busy-ness, it's something about the fonts. (also, why CEA why)

Haven’t been online much but I wanted to share this op-ed I just published about the race in my hometown of #CambridgeMA between Rep. Marjorie Decker and @evanforcambridge.bsky.social I really put my heart in it and I hope you'll read and share … and if you live in the 25th district, vote for […]

long shot but looking for someone who can do a passable Earth Wind and Fire karaoke? I have an idea for a little project for a good cause…

Seems like these are the options if you have an ongoing need for distilled water: - $1.50 or more a gallon in a plastic container forever - an hour a day at the stove - $80 device that will fall apart in 6 months - $300 device

Sometimes I wonder if we're so focused on using technology to "empower" people because we're afraid we'll never figure out how to use healthy, boundaried, empathic human relating to empower each other. The truth is the former can't succeed without the latter, and to the extent we manage the […]

Got a $1000 hydroponic plant growing robot for free cause the company was going out of business and it's been a great experience but it's required a lot of support and I am not sure how long it's gonna last after the founder stops generously answering my emails (which may have just happened?) :-/

You get two bowls from sweetgreen on uber eats. One has "safety stickers" the other one doesn't. What do you do?