What people using AI crave at root is an end to the uncertainty of human interaction and connection and its replacement with endless hollow affirmation and instant gratification. They should be pitied but never enabled or excused.
Will Fulton
@thewillennium.bsky.social
affable nerd, cranky leftist, writes about games
this work step tracking competition is unprepared for how much I do not own a car
sick, every day online will be april fools day, everyone's favorite day to be on the internet
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d agoNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
If anyone around LA wants a big sweetie, my friend is fostering
Sam: So maybe eventually the AI will become a genie and grant wishes. Theo: Whoa. Sam: And if people supported it, it will know that and it will be a fun genie like Robin Williams. Theo: [laughs] Cool. Sam: But if they didn’t, it might be an evil genie like Wishmaster. Theo: Oh shit.
Comfortably Numb@numb.comfortab.ly · 4mo agoThese are very special bois
I don't disagree with any of Wilson's complaints here, even if still I had a good time at da movies overall. Odysseus the guy--with all his schemes, appetites, and rough edges--was decidedly absent from the film
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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Please, I beg of you: the children yearn for more Myst
Cyan Worlds@cyan.com · last wk.Over a year ago, we built a prototype for a new Myst Universe game meant for publisher eyes only. This project is NOT in active development, but we're proud of the work the team did, and wanted to share it with you all. Presenting: Project Anglerfish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvNGt02yZNc
Dune, The Odyssey, now Neuromancer--everything I thought was sick as hell as a teenager is being adapted now
William Gibson@greatdismal.bsky.social · 2w agoKazuo Ishiguro: In my book I invented the organ harvesting clones as a cautionary tale. Bryan Johnson: At long last, we have created the organ harvesting clones from classic sci-fi novel Never Let Me Go.
Biohacker Bryan Johnson Claims He 'Cloned' Himself as a Newborn to Grow Organs After Incurable Disease Diagnosis
Bryan Johnson says his autoimmune gastritis diagnosis inspired him to create a 'newborn' version of himself using stem cells in the hope of growing replacement organs. The controversial experiment has...
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I enjoyed Nolan's Odyssey a lot, but it really did sand down what a dirtbag Odysseus is in the text. He cares primarily about treasure, glory, and getting laid
Boze the Library Owl@sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 2w agoBy far the funniest moment in Homer’s Odyssey is when Circe says, “Shall we have sex?” and Odysseus says, “You just turned all my men into pigs. You have the GALL to think I would sleep with you? Of course I will. Absolutely. But don’t do any weird spells”
I hope The Odyssey's success gives someone the juice they need to get an adaptation of Madeline Miller's Circe greenlit
happy Nolan’s The Odyssey release day for all who celebrate. here’s my favorite Odyssey-related contemporary poem, “Telemachus’ Detachment” by Louise Glück.
Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley
Great shitpost because it's really 50/50 whether any given quote takes it at face value or knows it's a Wilco album
Chris Steller@chrissteller.bsky.social · 3w agoSomeone just sent me this photo from Chicago, unbelieveable
Andy Serkis has always been a jerk even back when he started getting big, by trying to shortchange and downplay the hard work of VFX artists and animators to try to glorify himself. Saying that his mocap performances were just "digital make up" instead of celebrating that creative collaboration.
It's kind of insane what fdm printers can do these days. I'm going to make so many guys
games industry television industry handshake meme
John Rogers@johnrogers.bsky.social · 4w agoIt was a profitable business in which one could *accidentally* make one million dollars. But so many of our problems now are because, while good business allowed a lot of people to get paid, focus on “growth” allowed a few people to get crazy, crazy rich. And they are in it for the plunder.
I've achieved heretofore untold levels of regular status at my preferred local coffee shop: both times I went this week, a different barista preemptively slid me my usual drink over the counter while I was in the back of the line and told me it was on them. Very nice in an otherwise anxious week
I suppose now would be a good time to plug my new project: Cherry.txt. A culture blog, with some experimental and often broken design elements and a delightfully GARISH design language. The first story is a bit of a screed about Mixtape. You can read the rest at cherry.news
‘Mixtape’ is three hours of white noise
I was honestly a little hopeful for Mixtape. After all, it pulled on the right strings to seem compelling, promising a story in the era I grew up in, even in the general region* I grew up in. So, I tr...
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What if we rearranged the deck chairs on the titanic so beautifully and with such subtle grace that everyone loved and believed in us forever
GameSpot folks deserve so much better than Fandom's executive leadership. GameSpot could have grown bigger than IGN if it hadn't been constantly tossed between owners who'd lose interest before the ink on the acquisition paperwork dried. A victim of a decade of utter negligence.
Hey so, if you use Waymo driverless car services, you are aiding and abetting fascism. Waymo helps ICE agents locate people to terrorize and abduct. The company willingly shares all facial recognition, license plate and GPS data with ICE and other law enforcement agencies—no subpoena required.
Waymo Self-Driving Jaguar at Traffic Light
ALT: Waymo Self-Driving Jaguar at Traffic Light
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hardware prices 🤝 astrology keeping an eye on chinese ram
I went into The Blood of Dawnwalker with no expectations, and left excited for it! The pressure of time passing combined with reactive writing gave it some really cool narrative friction. Very polished (and Polish) news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
The Blood of Dawnwalker: Dead and Loving It - XBOX Wire
We went claws-on with The Blood of Dawnwalker, an upcoming vampire dark fantasy action RPG, and are very excited for this debut from the Warsaw-based Rebel Wolves.
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Ok I figured out who needs to hear this
weeder@weeder.bsky.social · 2mo agoNot sure who needs to hear this but admitting you're wrong doesn't kill you instantly
