@patter.bsky.social
hired geek & fuzzy peep // he/him // yorkshire european // remain indoors // may contain more than your RDA of sarcasm // http://meow.social/@patterfloof // AI is Tech Heresy
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Who decided cats need a special pocket for pills? You can pill them, let them eat dinner & they'll still break able to produce the pill they surely swallowed
Just walked home from the DIY shop carrying 10 litres of paint. Now I've got to go back & look like an idiot because the spare rollers I've got at home don't fit the one paint roller handle I've also got at home.
Twitch and Amazon are being sued in a class action over claims that the tech companies harvest creators' video streams without permission or compensation to train Amazon's generative AI program. Story: www.courthousenews.com/online-strea...
Online streamers sue Twitch, Amazon over generative AI training
The proposed class of video streamers claims their content is being used to train Amazon’s AI models without permission or compensation.
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FYI to artists, paypal has now started to require invoices with the label "commission" to have "items" attached in order to audit out NSFW art. it's super bullshit and it only just started stopping me today. good news is you can just not include the words "commission" or "comm" and it'll let you
Break bad premises, don't accept them. Receive obstacles as problems to solve toward the goal, not reasons to never pursue the goal. Realize there are enough of us to pursue everything, so there are no distractions, and there is no trolley problem. www.the-reframe.com/there-is-no-...
There Is No Trolley Problem
We actually aren't constrained into atrocious premises by thought exercises. Obstacles are a reason to fight, not an excuse to quit. Our friends and neighbors aren't distractions..
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Bro is rethinking every single life choice that led to this room. #LifuX #Cats #Catsofbluesky #Caturday
Skinner: Bart, by special order of the Mayor's Office, you... are being held back Bart: awww, you mean I have to repeat the fourth grade? Skinner: mmhm, yes, but not for four or five years. Bart, you're going to VIETNAM!!! *butchered loop of fortunate son starts playing*
when the feed is suddenly entirely pornography and you see the same username repost after repost
When photographers find the perfect moment of a pine marten. 🐿️: @quollmarten.bsky.social 📸 1: @vazulwolf.bsky.social 📸 A: me
Got this Cave Canem fridge magnet from an unauthorised tat stall outside Pompeii during my honeymoon. AI fridge magnets are an insult to honest tat peddlers and classical good boys
Nick Walker@nickwalker.bsky.social · 10h agoActually sad what AI has done to the world of souvenir fridge magnets, postcards, etc. It's kind of microcosmic of the whole issue: the people in charge of fridge magnets don't seem to care that fridge magnets actually matter to people who collect fridge magnets.
In light of the recent GTA 6 leak (leek) drama, it's time to take a moment and remember this GTA related internet triple homicide from the days of yore @wapplehouse.bsky.social
Also, I warned about exactly this – that "AI" fans risked getting pulled into the same kind of mindset and false ideas as naturopaths and homeopaths – over a year ago under the heading "Self-experimenting with psychological hazards is always a bad idea" www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/trustin...
Trusting your own judgement on ‘AI’ is a huge risk
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
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When Jesus jumps up on the counter even though he KNOWS he's not allowed
I work at a radio station. Before the advent of AI, I listened to most of the new music we received to know if it was any good. Now, whenever I receive a song with AI-generated image, I don't even press play, I know it's gonna be crap. I don't feel even remotely guilty for it.
Race scientists are like asbestos: unwisely built into the fabric of universities many years ago, will absolutely kill people, and require careful but total removal. Also, mostly harmless if embedded in concrete.
