I block "AI" advocates and apologists. https://trevorbramble.com/ https://druggedslumber.com/
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Also this thread by the extraordinary @rahaeli.bsky.social tells the story way better and from the insider-est pov (consider this the plug for @dreamwidth.org)
rahaeliWhat's the biggest example of the domino meme in my life? I'm gonna have to go with "I got bored on the sleepy overnight shift at the data center -> Russia invaded Ukraine".
I sometimes point out that "kill transit nationwide" is literally in Project 2025, and oh hey look:
Yonah FreemarkCongress appropriated billions of dollars for new transit projects. Why is the Trump administration spending none of it? Why are even transit projects in red states going unfounded? New reporting in @nytimes.com (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...
everyone’s gut reaction is going back to physical games but all digital feels like an inevitability even if it should be 10 years from now the real solution is better digital rights you shouldn’t have to check in online with a game you own, even if it’s on a hard drive rather than a CD
VGCXbox says it’s aware of "major outages" leading to some players having problems signing in and launching games, and is "working to mitigate the issue". www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-sa...
Seattle peeps: Stay away from Seattle Center right now. Monorail is shut down too so if you're planning on going to Bite of Seattle turn around now.
Holly GreenJesus Christ there was just a shooting a block from here at Seattle Center during the Bite of Seattle festival, reports are saying at least six victims, medics are performing CPR. Good god and fuck damnit
johnny cab in total recall feels more apt. ugly dangerous crap designed to steal jobs and pretend to have conversations. at no moment do you consider johnny cab to be pondering concepts
Shady Inference 🌫️You won't catch me posting matrix or terminator bits in relation to real-world AI deployment because that would constitute a reproduction and endorsement of the foundational marketing lie that these technologies ought to be conceived of as comparable to the "thinking machine" science fiction premise
1. The Noid, he is unpredictable and far too motivated 2. Kool-Aid Man, the apparent glass of his body is indestructible and no wall stops him 3. Jolly Green Giant, you have to respect a burly vegetarian 4. The Pillsbury Dough Boy, who cheerily sends his countless brethren to be baked and consumed
Discontinued Foods!Things aren't great, let's have some fun
"The Wharton study’s framing of cognitive surrender as a structural risk, not just a bad habit, matters because it shifts the conversation from individual discipline to system design. [...] [N]ot a failure of willpower but a predictable outcome of the product’s architecture."
Aurelien Mondon"Cognitive surrender" is a fascinating concept to think about the impact of AI as it exists under reactionary tech Preventing people from thinking for themselves and imagining different worlds is a godsend for authoritarians thenextweb.com/news/wharton...
