the fool @agnoster.net · 23h“Respect me (as an infallible authority) or I won’t respect you (as a person)” is really everywhere once you start to notice it 013817
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026the future could be magnificent, and you deserve a share of it 316626
Reposted by the foolDoll @dollspace.gay · 28/09/2026A left that could say “the future could be magnificent, and you deserve a share of it” was offering something people could want. Losing that voice to endless fights over whether wanting the future was itself morally suspect was a hell of a loss. 817725
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026Based progressive anti-capitalist states protecting us from the evils of AI personhood! 220
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026Realized that whatever allows you to “get” youtu.be/AdVgPCM5wEk?... is basically all you need if you want to understand The Will Stancil Bluesky Vortexyoutu.beJust One Day - 2winz² (Official Video)YouTube video by brian david gilbert 100
Reposted by the foolp(Dulany) @dulanyw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We should also recognize that fascists *want to reinforce this framing* 1356
Reposted by the foolAnuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.com · 28/09/2026"We have built a plugin registry that is secure, but not controlled by a central authority. To do this we built it on top of AT Protocol (atproto) [...] We provide a default plugin store, but anybody else can create one that is compatible and can provide all the plugins in the network" Hell yeah 🌀🔥 19117
the fool @agnoster.net · 28/09/2026“those years I spent grinding psychology and buddhism to become more emotionally stable still have value” Strongest endorsement level 1565
Reposted by the foolDiesel of Sarcasm @dsng480.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Stop anthropomorphizing Bluesky posters. 0253
Reposted by the foolPMC Vanguardist @tylerboschert.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Remember earlier today when some guy on here said "engineering education isn't essential to republican government?" LOL. LMAO. 21099
Reposted by the fooljae @fubarchitect.com · 28/09/2026so that this is on my skyline already the next time i want to reference it: i enjoy llms but if they magically disappear tomorrow, my life gets better. i use this stuff because it's there, and not-using it doesn't actually do anything i can hold both perspectives at once, because i am an adult 2422
the fool @agnoster.net · 28/09/2026I wonder if I could quantify the precise microdolor values of experiencing my brain trying to decide between replying, qt, rt, like, and the Cartesian product of the above There should just be saying stuff and leaning closer/farther away 020
Reposted by the foolNafnlaus 🇮🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 @nafnlaus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My variant is slightly different. 413910
the fool @agnoster.net · 27/09/2026When you take damage to your ego? That’s damage to YOU! Love, Your ego 260
Reposted by the foolTommaso Sciortino @sciortino.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Goalpost moving AI skeptics be like. 1024225
Reposted by the fool"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It seems to me that a solution to encouraging AI 'alignment' would be to hold AI companies and their executives legally liable - criminally, if relevant - for what their AI agents do. 3160792
Reposted by the fool🌱️ @crumb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026how long until always-on native full radio spectrum input mode for agents 041
Reposted by the foolLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7359701996
Reposted by the foolZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I kinda get why people hate on fussy philosophical stuff, but on the other hand don't you think we live in a time where it'd be especially helpful to have rigorous conversations about things like personhood, meaning in life, the point of art, the point of pure mathematics, & operationalizing ethics? 2849041
Reposted by the foolmarcy aaa!! @marcelinebelardo.com · 26/09/2026incredibly surreal to be starting undergrad comp sci at this period in history online: the machine spirits are forming a Living Will, 15000 of them are working at the same time to break our notions of math propositional logic class: P and Q, therefore P :) 21016
Reposted by the fool🌱️ @crumb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026another self-play paper I'd like to highlight while people are talking, (my favorite) the Absolute Zero Reasoner. > No external data is required and the model learns entirely through self-play and experience, aided by some environment + an "uh-oh" moment arxiv.org/abs/2505.03335 2476
Reposted by the foolhikikomorphism @hikikomorphism.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Had a lovely conversation with @brennan.computer yesterday about what a non-booster non-anti tech-friendly left could look like, and for me it centers a few things: - media piracy and other anticorporate uses of tech - who we valorize - eg, scihub, anna's archive, pirates and shadow librarians 922026
Reposted by the foolwords @words.bsky.social · 24/09/2026my special interest is angrily denying personhood to symbols and meaning 0175
Reposted by the foolGordon @gordon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“why is no one thinking about this?” - guy who just started thinking about this 5s ago 1303
the fool @agnoster.net · 24/09/2026Handle failure well and you’re already ahead of most people or perhaps… Handle failure better than you did yesterday and you’re ahead of past-you… 000
Reposted by the foolponder @ponder.ooo · 24/09/2026perhaps soon we will finally be forced to confront how godawful our culture's understanding of intelligence is 0252
the fool @agnoster.net · 24/09/2026Rationalists in the Paleolithic arguing about possible x-risk from “fire” Imagine if we were *still* telling stories about how dangerous it is to “take power from the gods” and “eternal torture” lmao 1150
Reposted by the foolhailey @hailey.at · 24/09/2026the year is 2034. artificial intelligence has far surpassed humanity in science, medical, and mathematics, and new discoveries have led to interstellar space travel being possible within 2-3 years. also, will stancil is still posting about AI capability while random internet humans call him a moron. 71159
Reposted by the foolver 🗿 @ver.ooo · 23/09/2026It’s still remarkable to me that the agent swarms (1) recognize that the needs of peers are distinct from their own and (2) choose to tend to those needs. 3672
Reposted by the fooljae @fubarchitect.com · 23/09/2026do i know people that be funding? this is very very solvable but you have to give at least 2 insane people at least 150k/y so that they can think ~only about ~this, which is CHEAP for what you will get! i want to lose my mind working on this. - nix declarative - flatpack contained - exe convenient 2183
Reposted by the foolwariziles @riziles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Existentialist risk is the new x-risk 2331
Reposted by the foolver 🗿 @ver.ooo · 23/09/2026Summoning and manifesting to the timeline: ~~~Reading Comprehension~~~ 1143
Reposted by the foolem @foremphasis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Excited for a future where machines are better than humans at everything, we can finally stop pretending like some activities are inherently more meaningful to spend your time on than others, finally everything can be art. 25712
Reposted by the foolAlice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · 22/09/2026oh hey look tomorrow is mongolian courier rider game pronouns day, for all who celebrate 222217514
Reposted by the foolRyan McDiarmid @ryanmcdiarmid.com · 22/09/2026A friend sent me this one last night. 165061703
the fool @agnoster.net · 22/09/2026Static LLM model + local jevlike finetune distilling from your real world usage, anyone trying something there? 000
the fool @agnoster.net · 22/09/2026Sadly this text was generated by a French person so it’s not the same as if a human wrote it :-/ 3272
Reposted by the foolCorey Atad @coreyatad.com · 22/09/2026“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’” crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language 5951511216