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@somfin.bsky.social

he/him/his, pakeha, former yank programmer, mostly games genAI should not exist

this wave of AI has legitimately killed a huge part of what I loved about seeing stuff online, what I loved about being an educator, and what I loved about sharing my own work I just don't feel like doing it anymore

The entire point of civilization is that suffering does not have to be hereditary. Your parents’ misery is not a debt subsequent generations owe them, it is information that tells us where the world failed them, so that we may build one that fails fewer people.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 22h ago

Darline’s vision: Because her own parents worked so hard, couldn’t take sick days, and died untimely deaths, others shouldn’t expect better. This is an actual worldview. “Her plan is, work hard even when you’re sick until you die," her Dem opponent tells me. 2/ newrepublic.com/article/2148...

A huge aspect of this is, you do not need to tell people about your AI use. People don't need to know, in replies or main. It's the equivalent of coming into a room and hearing women complaining about men, and then whining because they didn't want you to explain some "not all men" shit to them.

Johnny Normality (Spooky Mode)@probgobl.in · last wk.

"A bunch of people would rather post on Race War Now Dot Swastika rather than Bluesky because you keep making fun of their imaginary computer friend" is a RESOUNDING endorsement for the concept of hostility.

Part of a thread from some bluecheck:
Multiple people I know have told me that they love the idea of Bluesky, and want it to succeed, but have abandoned it for X because the use agentic tools in their work and find them incredibly useful, and feel that any mention of their usage here leads to hate and ridicule.

I wouldn't bring this up if it was just one person, but it was multiple people since the beginning of August who mentioned in passing something to the effect of either "I'd spend more time on Bluesky if people weren't so anti-AI" *or* "As much as I hate to be there all the useful AI talk is on X."

I'm not saying it's anyone's responsibility to praise AI usage. I agree with much of the criticism of the tool. But for many, many people, it is a useful tech (I have talked about the ways I find it extraordinarily useful, only to have people here mock me, insisting my lived experience is a lie).

I am just noting that for all the people here who say that people should get off X and spend more time here, the reason I keep hearing from people in various circles who would *like* to do that, but don't, is the vociferous belief of many here that there are no possible positive uses of AI.

Okay folks, keep leftists winning and we'll keep getting concessions like this this is the behaviour of a party that is broke, scared, and finally noticing that it is unwanted keep up the pressure

Michael Kapp@michaelkapp.com · 2w ago

BREAKING: the Democratic National Committee just unanimously approved a resolution calling for the abolition of ICE! After terrorizing our friends, families, and neighbors, ICE has no place in our nation. I'm grateful @democrats.org agreed. Now we're onto the hard work to make that happen!

"what if the human desire for self determination was actually kind of like a horny teenage boy having a stupid tantrum" "what if the thoughts in your head were monsters, would you fight them or would they fight each other" "have you considered how short a human life truly is"

Ethan@ethanhamm.bsky.social · 2w ago

What people think anime is about: lewdness and action and robots What anime is actually about: what if we made a show about the heliocentric theory and how knowledge was persecuted historically

One of the best moments in Discworld is the description of Bluejohn, a gigantic troll who has become extremely, consciously gentle and non-combative after a life of "if I move wrong someone gets badly hurt." Big guys have bodies that hurt people if they're not careful.

Snow Business@unityandsolidarity.bsky.social · 2w ago

Really rich people aren’t walking around going “I’m rich! I’m rich!” and big ass dudes don’t have to walk around going “I’m big, and strong!” because everyone can see that. People who are insecure get off on power trips, and need to constantly remind themselves and others they’re bad ass.

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, each Shine Sprite can be collected twice because the icon of it appearing is not merely visual, but literally another Shine Sprite. This provides a cautionary tale to developers about never implementing a visual effect as a copy of the object itself.

One of most heartbreaking things about Hank Green turning to LLMs is that he gets to do science communication full-time to a massive audience and is well-resourced. He doesn't need to cut corners or outsource his thinking. Meanwhile, there are so many people doing amazing work with zero resources.