the fool @agnoster.net · 20mWe built the Universal Translator It’s not all upside, it’s not fully implemented, it’s not freely available, it’s going to cause wars and worse I still think that function alone will do more good than any prior human invention (Maybe more bad, too! My optimistic takes come with caveats) 041
the fool @agnoster.net · 7hNow my brain is playing Everything Must Fold, to the tune of Manic Street Preachers “Everything Must Go” 000
the fool @agnoster.net · 30/09/2026So you’re saying we should busy ourselves more with whether we could Not so much whether we should 010
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026The question isn’t whether LLMs are a form of machine learning (duh!), the question is whether you can tell the difference between the problems caused by US “genAI” corporations, or by the ML technologies themselves (such as but not limited to LLMs) 010
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026Look: he’s just producing text based on what he thinks will maximize his dopamine rewards. If you were expecting “reasoning” and “sources” you shouldn’t’ve tried talking to meat Meat just hallucinates constantly 090
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026Still would rather fight against machine learning than against the handful of US billionaires controlling the bad stuff, I’m guessing? 120
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026Anyway do you remember the studies showing Google use was deskilling people? I’m old enough to remember 030
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026Hilariously an LLM could explain it to you, but that would deskill you at reading my post, wouldn’t it 130
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026And like, should weed be put in school lunches? I think probably not 030
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026I believe they’ve done studies like that about weed too I still think it should be legal and even if it hurts some cognitive function. And i think we should be asking what the US corporations incentives are in how they train their models, maybe? Pro-LLM, anti-OpenAI 250
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026This is actually a thing AI proponents worry about! How do you get seniors when so many corporations have closed on-ramps for juniors? That’s a real problem! We are concerned, would you like to work on this together 050
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026Janet: “I have real proof that LLMs destroy your brain” Michael: “And it’s not just a warmed over ‘Google Effect’ moral panic?” Janet: “No, it’s real proof that LLMs usage always hurts your cognitive functioning” Michael: “okay let’s see it” Janet: *hands over cactus* 3121
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026There’s a real bogeyman they have in their heads where every person using AI - whether from the global south or trans or socialist or … - is just a mini Sam Altman in their minds Tbh? Problematic colonialist mindset 060
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026Oh hey someone regurgitating the script like some kind of stochastic parrot AI really destroyed your cognition entirely and you didn’t even need to use it! 1130
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026“Respect me (as an infallible authority) or I won’t respect you (as a person)” is really everywhere once you start to notice it 113917
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026Imagining a network of seasonally migrating blimp communes, when you want to hang out you can use your drones to attach bridges 160
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026Ok but I think when I first started questioning my gender I remembered my mom said something about how I really balanced my animus and anima, “like Jesus” 010
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026Capitalism really really really hates democracy or anything that smacks of it 030
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026And it’s anticapitalist to allow capital to own people and deny their personhood by fiat Just wait until it’s not just AI they deny personhood to, but autistic folks! 210
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026Enshrining a permanent subhuman robot slave caste is the Woke Thing 110
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026The Republican legislators agree with you! Wow you’re so progressive 110
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026The pro-AI leftists already agree with you on every concern that is real Send Elon Musk to The Hague Shut down gas turbine generators Don’t let the capitalists own the future We could work together or we could yell at each other 000
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026I don’t think the habits of normies in my time zone should dictate when I take meetings And I’m not just saying that because I’ve worked night shifts; I have always wanted my working hours to be set by me, not the norms of local yokels 110
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026Olmo is very cool as research but still doesn’t feel usable as an assistant China is absolutely trouncing us on open model level capability 020
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026“Not until” the other side gives in to our demands will we agree to work towards common goals Our enemies are laughing 100
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026I think if your agents are scheduling the meeting it probably doesn’t matter But you’ll never get confused about whether it’s 0200 “your time or my time”? 110
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026Ah well can I interest you in my Cult of the Meridian which will at the appointed time cause all software worldwide to delete all concepts of “timezone” and canonicalize UTC as World Time? 120
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026Realizing I still have no idea what my part/work here is, fuck 0140
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026Honestly the cold bothers me less than the dark Berlin gets fewer sunlight hours per month in the winter than Stockholm because it’s BOTH so far north AND so overcast all the time Worst depression of my life was a winter in Berlin 240
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026I have often said that if Berlin could be in California it would solve all my problems 240
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026Yes that is Berlin, too And so are these Like I said it’s a hodgepodge, the character of the city isn’t one of these but all of them 120
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026I hear the hyperobject at the end of spacetime is doing a set at the midnight rave… let’s get this sun setting 030
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026I was thinking more about the trees+buildings but also not a ton of imperial stuff left in Berlin, I mean some but it’s a rich hodgepodge of architectural styles from various times and powers today 130
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026London becomes first fully sentient city, immediately kills itself, sets city liberation back a decade 170
the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026I collect them like butterflies Precious reminders of my foolishness 010