James Purser

Peoples front of Judea and all that

Why are any of us here?

Oh that takes me back, just saw someone claim that SMR's are "not far off being commercially viable"

Dear #Photography People.

If you were to use a site like Flickr or SmugHub or 500px to share your photos which one would you use and why?

Can you hit a Letter note?

No, a thousand times no.

Grief and emotions around loss are big and scary and they hurt for the longest time.

But they are real, human things.

Personally an LLM pretending to be my Dad would be the most offensive thing

Can AI ’cure’ grief? - BBC YouTube video by BBC

"In a lot of ways Ive spent a lot of time being the one person willing to say we're all afraid to die and afraid to lose our loved ones..."

Oh really, Justin? You're the only one willing to say death is scary?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQt...

Doesn't look to have changed much in forty years

Not the kingswood!

Isn't this about the kids in camps in Syria?

So my decision not to watch the film is a good one?

LLMs should not be making triage decisions, that's NOT what they're good at

‘Unbelievably dangerous’: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases

You don't say?

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

#ai #health

What's that you say? A non deterministic system will always have chaotic elements?

Hold on while I find my shocked face

But why even? There are plenty of actual, approved of, welcomes to country out there.

It's cupcakes on IDPWD.

For now

Is there anything Bruce doesn't own now?

Why would they when they can pay SpaceX?

Also SpaceX wouldn't have been able to build the re-usable rocket without NASA and its money

A two panel vertical image. The first image has a giant Cube covered in panelling and tubing and glowing faintly green. It is hanging in space next to a flat world, that is balances on four elephants which are themselves balances on a turtle (gender unknown at this point). The text reads "We are the borg. We will add your bioligical and technological distinctiveness to our own. Resistance is futile" The second panel has the giant Cube fleeing as an old time travel trunk with hundreds of little legs and teeth white as sycamore, and a pulsating tongue, red as mahogany. charges through space after it. The text reads "Oh shiiiii......!!!!!!!"

The cure for when AI goes bad

Tah, I haven't done the age verification thing on bluesky yet so no dming.

My main umm and ahh is the cost. Because it's not one of the prescribed usages under PBS it's a hefty chunk o change

I'm an incomplete paraplegic and my doctor want's me to go on them for weight loss. I'm umming and ahhing about it

Are they shipping it direct?

Concerns ‘AI slop’ used by University of Sydney-based institute to lobby for $20m gambling education funding | Gambling | The Guardian ‘Evidence review’ sent by OurFutures Institute to David Pocock and other politicians references studies that do not exist or make opposing findings

Years of evidence that chat bots hallucinate and people still get them to write reports without validating them.

You are responsible for anything you submit, you can't just say "oh the AI got it wrong, soz"

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Is anyone else having an issue with npm audit at the moment?

Waymo is paying DoorDash gig workers to close its robotaxi doors Waymo is relying on humans for certain tasks, showing some of the limitations of its autonomous operations.

Can drive by itself but needs doordash to close doors

www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/w...

At the algorithm’s mercy: Jean may have to leave her SA home as ‘outrageous’ tool cuts aged care support Exclusive: Jean Mathew, who has cerebral palsy, might have to leave her beloved home and rose garden after her funding was reduced

At the algorithm’s mercy: Jean may have to leave her SA home as ‘outrageous’ tool cuts aged care support www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

A picture of a bottle of banana ketchup

Just a reminder that Banana Ketchup exists

Dear purveyors of assistance tech, please include prices on your websites, ESPECIALLY for the bigger ticket items.