Heres where I remind everyone of the correct lyrics to the Blake's 7 theme song
"give me my estrogen!
I'll feel better then
I'm a specimen
Of a very peppy femme
Estrogen is my bestest friend
And I will recommend
It every time
DAH da da da da da da DAH
shoot em up shoot em up shoot em up"
etc.
We can go deeper
Update your spreadsheets!
Important
“And what will happen to me if I refuse?”
“Nothing.”
“Nothing?”
“No, nothing at all…. Ever.”
Screenshot of a Tweet by @TheChiefNerd inclusing an interview with Sam Altman. The text in the Tweet says: SAM ALTMAN: “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”
The whole "AI" industry is just based on the hope that they can deskill people fast enough that they'll have to rent back cognitive support systems. Forever.
It's like Uber. Just that they don't try to break existing transportation infrastructures but your brain.
Been sitting on this news for a while! There's going to be a Children of Time TTRPG courtesy of the amazing folk at Rowan Rook and Decard (Heart, Spire, DIE, Eat the Reich and many more).
Narratively speaking, there is a character who should be showing up to solve the crisis and redeem themselves in a dramatic final act.
that twitter billionaire's dumbass grok image proposing oil transfer by land through what looks like oman and uae, both currently in range of iranian drones and missiles. the trucks have been replaced by a giant slip n' slide running between the ships and a caption that reads "Pour Oil into Giant Slip n' Slide"
Can this be a solution?
I thought this was depicting Starmer as the God Emperor of Dune
Fluffy black cat sticking her tongue out
Jodie cat has a message for the world.
I could go on, but the point is this: if an industry tells you up front that its core aim is to exploit human intelligence for profit without reference to human rights, then the moral thing to do is burn it down and salt the fucking earth.
If nobody could be bothered to write it Why should anyone bother to read it?
Tapping the sign again
I gotta tell you, long before the advent of AI, the expense of paying the writer was already, with very few exceptions, not a significant part of the cost equation. I think we’re just dealing with people who see the existence of humans as a problem to solve.
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Our societal systems have elevated to untold power and wealth the most bent and twisted humans among us, people who exploit their fellow humans to such a degree they learn to scorn humanity. Little wonder the tools they build seek to eliminate the problem of humans from the equation of society.
Clearly there’s only one option
Even if AI could write a novel what problem has been solved? The problem of knowing what you’re reading was written by another person? Who loves reading novels but hates the part where your mind briefly and mysteriously touched another?
In my depressive moments I do suspect that this is the feature, not the bug.
Inside you are two lesbians.
Neat, huh?
Please read this eloquent expression of the fury so many of us feel.
the entire field of '90s video game advertising -- print, TV, and otherwise -- deserves an entire Adam Curtis documentary series-length interrogation
We have seven new books coming your way in April. Here's a taster.
Cover of The Jicker Man by Ben Mears. Art by Ben Baldwin. Image is a silhouette of a young man in a military greatcoat. Through him we can see a steampunk van surrounded by wolf-like creatures. In the sky behind him there are airships and giant birds.
Recently published, The Jicker Man is a heartwarming tale of a boy and his dog. In this video Ben Mears talks about this inspiration for the canine character: vimeo.com/1113891080...
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Historian of French Revolution here to say that in periods like this, squeamish compromisers do as much to drive radicalization as do ideologues. If you keep making excuses for the unfit king, eventually folks come for you and him.
Shout out to this insane tweet from a few years back about Chris Pratt refusing to observe our holy days.
You know the best way to kill AI? Don't use it. Don't buy it. Don't share it. Don't give the people who use it your labour or your money.
If AI developers wish to use our copyright work to build their software they can ask us for permission. If we agree, they can pay us to license it on clearly defined terms.
Tech companies ignoring copyright is theft. The UK government should uphold the existing law.
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David Cameron’s book “For the record” on display in a bookshop window next to a small statue of a pig.
A friend spotted this in a shop window. Hmmm.
