Stephen The Lesser
@stephenthelesser.bsky.social
Writer, Editor for Impossible Worlds: a Quarterly Speculative Fiction anthology. impossibleworlds.bsky.social Impossibleworlds.net
I figured it out. The response for when people try to justify AI as it could figure out a cure for cancer or Alzheimer's or whatever. That it could in the future do something really good. The hypothetical future good isn't worth the current bad.
Brooklyn99: Cool Motive, Still Murder
Alt: Brooklyn 99: Jake Peralta saying Cool Motive, Still Murder
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blocking just isn’t a super serious thing, it doesn’t have to be saved for a massive transgression “I didn’t enjoy interacting with this person on the internet” is a perfectly good reason now you won’t find each other annoying anymore, everyone wins
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d ago"You can't block someone just for being annoying!" Those are actually the most important people to block
This. A thousand times over, this. I think it was Maya Angelou who once observed that wasting your time was a genuine tactic of these people, deployed with the intent to distract, frustrate, and exhaust. Block that shit and commit to sharing only actionable, informative political content.
Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com · 3d agoI’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.
For the love of all things Gaga, stop putting “—maxxing” and “—mogging” in your usage of language. A) you sound like an absolute twat and many of us are laughing at you B) more importantly, it’s the language that came from incel-culture, so you are normalising it C) you are neither hip nor cool
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d agoThe joy of veg-maxxing: how to eat many, many more plants – without really trying
Exactly right. Mediocre white men love AI for this very reason. They can't do the work but need the praise and are unwilling to learn. Can't learn Photoshop can't even learn Paint. Can't learn how to write an interesting sentence, can't make a joke. Outsourcing being a person.
KetAnthropic JoshAI@ketanjoshi.co · last wk.The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...
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Bad Bloods: Episode 1: Pilot
YouTube video by Bad Bloods Podcast
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Since this news source no longer acts like one—never gives source info, dates, etc on its posts, and just posts free-floating clickbait and ragebait—I really wish folks would stop sharing it.
Hey California! Be careful this election because the big money creeps are trying to trick you (again).
There was a reason why I was against Microsoft buying Activision and to find out the person responsible for selling it to MS happens to be on the newly illegal Skydance board...What a shock. Nothing but the worse people right,No wonder why they want Skydance condemned.
Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager
When witches are cackling and telling you “Fire burn and cauldron bubble,” take a step back. Breathe. Those are normal things for fire and cauldrons to do. They’re trying to mess with you.
Probably THE most persuasive tool we have as Video Essayists is using ourselves as the uncomfortable example The fact that in 10 years he never made a video about this "life-changing rehabilitation," a thing many young people NEED to learn about, in my mind makes his work cowardly & self-serving 💁
Maggie Mae Fish 🐟@maggiemaefish.bsky.social · 3w agoI'll also be brave and attack his art, how do you not now see a giant IM THE PROBLEM elephant-sized hole in his videos about Mouthwashing, or being Afraid of the Dark etc etc, how could you ever watch them the same again ?
same with the AI flag in the video itself, ESPECIALLY for music
"It's so good you can't even tell it's AI!" 1) No it isn't 2) Yes you can 3) Even if it was good the very fact you say "you can't even tell" means that if people did know they'd react in a different manner, meaning the entire enterprise relies on deceit.
Your favorite Anthropic so-called "whistleblower" said that the rationalists have "specialized minds" that allow them to see that the end is about to be brought on to us by a magical machine god. Parroting the cult leader (of the rationalists, the R in TESCREAL) who says the same about himself.
this is the most video game villain coded shot I think I've ever seen irl
Patrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield@patblanchfield.bsky.social · 4w agonew wolfenstein looks like shit
Mocking ai for not being as good at Something as a human should be called Cableism I claim the title of cableist.
Dude is one magic school bus away from being Ms. Frizzle and I am here for it.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 4w agoWant to learn about the history of our city? Well you’re in luck. This month, we’re hosting a massive scavenger hunt across the city — all about the history of organizing in NYC. Sign up at organize.nyc.gov and come see the city through the eyes of the people who built it.
Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
