Tom Slatter

@tomslatter.bsky.social

Constantly bewildered. Singer-songwriter under my own name, 'High Wire Act' and 'Ashfeathers'.

People on the BBC are once again taking AI claims at face value. Why? Because BBC stands for CREDULOUS FUCKING MORONS. I know none of the letters are correct for that. But it is still true.

BBC Radio 4: we should talk about this Ed Sheeran story. Who should we get on the programme? I know, what about a frothing mad person we can have an argument with? Someone who has the most extreme ludicrous cartoonish view. That'll be a good use of our time.

Watching Silo. It is fun. One thing I like about it is that, while it tries to be gritty and dark, it is so obviously a load of theatre kids having fun. It's got a real drama-club-devising-an-ensemble-piece vibe.

I do not believe that these guys are about to summon a world-ending superconsciousness from Nvidia graphics cards. But they either believe they can or want me to believe they believe they can. So I think "fuck them" is the only rational response

I don't understand people seeing intelligence behind AI output. As a songwriter I have often used word randomising techniques to find ideas for my lyrics. The cut up technique Bowie used is a famous one, but there are others.