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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 28/07/2026

For those that don't fancy a full read - here's a little infographic summary that you might want to peruse instead to whet your appetite. #aiFuture #ai

An infographic comparing two potential stabe AI futures - a controlled equilibrium or an adaptive equilibrium.

Both have different features on how to get there but run risks to how durable they are.

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 21/11/2025

Discussing a post I'm writing and exploring critiques of the narrative with Gemini 3. Um, okay.... (Though maybe it's referring to Eric Schmidt?? 😅) #ai #gemini #llms

An image of text provided by the Gemini LLM. Underlined is a phrase "my 80 year old father" written from the perspective of the chat bot

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 27/10/2025

Video showing the red belly black snake heading off the road back into the bush. Asphalt in the sunshine would have been lovely & warm for it - thankfully I was driving quite slowly and saw it, so stopped with plenty of distance so I didn't kill or injure (or scare) it.

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 27/10/2025

Visiting my parents at the moment - who live at the edge of a big national Park in Sydney. Happened across this well fed bugger sunning itself today. I grew up here & have always come across snakes but far fewer since I was a kid. So great to see such a healthy one again. #snake #nature #wildlife

Red belly black snake on a street in Sydney, NSW Australia

Photo of a red belly black snake on Sydney, NSW, Australia

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 12/09/2025

Getting some truth bombs from @ghuntley.com at web directions engineering AI this evening.

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 21/08/2025

Are engineering teams treating AI as productivity hacks or as a core capability to be developed? Early data from my AI in dev survey is suggesting teams of all sizes are racing ahead on generation but lacking some of the other practices to make this sustainable. #ai #dev #engineering

A bar chart showing how developers are using AI in their code practices across different sized teams

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 14/08/2025

Interesting first data from AI & Development survey. Teams that are tiny or large+ show more maturity than their mid-sized counterparts. #ai #aisew #development #engineering

A column chart showing the maturity of different sized teams against different software engineering domains.

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 08/08/2025

Even more weird is the use of phonetics as rationale for why it fails and particular the way lips work when making the sounds. This is some A-grade post-rationalisation going on here to defend a mistake.

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 08/08/2025

After this, I also asked it why it thought there were 3 b's. *Sometimes* you can get cGPT to introspect so thought I'd give it a go. It then went into some phonetics which was a bit long to screenshot but you can read if interested (chatgpt.com/share/689591...).

Asking chatGPT why it thought there were 3 b's in boysenberry and it indicated it did a shortcut....

As an aside suggesting it has a "head" and "gut" was a bit weird

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 08/08/2025

So I tried this out as well but with "boysenberry" instead in case it was patched. Results attached. #ai #chatgpt5 #llms

Asking chat CPT how many B's there are in "boysenberry" and it answers 3.

Asking if it is sure about the answer, it then swaps to thinking mode and counts them out and confirmns there are only 2.

Just to see if it would latch the answer I asked it if it was still happy with that answer or wanting to confirm which it does (and also tries to crack a joke)

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 25/07/2025

The timing of these posts in my feed couldn't have been more perfect... 😂 #music #getOffMyLawn @stilgherrian.com @johnfallsopp.com @grogsgamut.bsky.social

Two subsequent posts in a BlueSkey timeline, one talking about music and then the next talking about how voting on music polls should be banned to those over 25

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 02/07/2025

Well, as I predicted, QANTAS has now sent out it's "Hearts and Minds" comms to affected customers (including me) and they doubled down on the "no card details were compromised" statements. Original thread here: bsky.app/profile/ajfi... #qantas #security #cyber #privacy

Text from an email sent by QANTAS. Follows:

"I wanted to update you on a cyber incident that occurred in one of our contact centres impacting customer data. The system is now contained. For those customers whose information has been potentially compromised you will receive further communication from us shortly.

To all our customers, I would like to sincerely apologise that this has occurred.

There is no impact to Qantas' operations or the safety of our airline. However, we understand that when personal information is at risk, it can affect peace of mind, so we wanted to update all of our customers on what occurred and what we are doing.

What happened

On Monday, we detected unusual activity on a third-party platform used by one of our airline contact centres. We immediately contained the incident and can confirm all Qantas systems remain secure.

Our initial investigations show the compromised data includes some customers' names, email addresses, dates of birth and Frequent Flyer numbers. Importantly, no credit card details, personal financial information and passport details are held in the system that was accessed. No Frequent Flyer accounts, passwords, PIN numbers or log in details have been compromised.

What we're doing

We're working closely with government agencies and independent cyber security experts while we respond to this incident."

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 17/06/2025

Doing a talk on mission oriented teams tomorrow at a retailer here in Melbourne and so making some new images to go with it. #genAI #generativeImages #missionTeams

An artistic illustration of an Apollo era lunar lander with an astronaut standing next to it.

An artistic illustration of a saturn V rocket on the launch pad.

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 13/06/2025

Ideas used to be worth zero and it was all about execution. We're rapidly moving towards a point where ideas and execution almost are the same thing. #innovation #webdirections #ai #developer

Ideas are everything now. Ideas are execution

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 13/06/2025

Dropping the truth on AI tooling relating to software development at the moment - @ghuntley.com We need better tools for sure but this will be getting better. Why do we even need an IDE? I have been playing with this idea too ajfisher.me/2024/10/28/s... #wdcode

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 13/06/2025

Last talk of @webdirections.org code this year is from @ghuntley.com on AI and the future belongs to those who do things. This is likely to be unhinged with AI demos based on the playing we were doing over drinks last night #wdcode #ai

Geoff Huntley presenting at ACMI in Melbourne

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 11/06/2025

First panel discussions at Code Leaders talking about how to better make decisions, how power and influence works and how to manage stakeholders through story telling. #wdcleaders

Panel discussion at web directions code leaders at ACMI Melbourne

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 11/06/2025

Great use of influence maps from @roundcrisis.com at #wdcleaders today. These are super helpful for self or small teams where power resides with other stakeholders for the decisions you need to get made.

Presentation of an influence map at web directions code leaders at ACMI

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 11/06/2025

Getting us started and oriented to the day for Code Leaders is @johnfallsopp.com #wdcleaders

John Allsopp on stage at ACMI opening code leaders

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 11/06/2025

Three days of tech conference this week. About to get started here for the Leaders day at @webdirections.org Code. Always great to get to spend time @labs.acmi.net.au #wdcleaders

View of a stage at ACMI with three chairs and a screen.

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 25/03/2025

Maintaining context is a big improvement. While you could do limited highlight edits before, doing turn based changes is ace. Here I started with something I'd made and asked it to update to early 2000s cinema still. Then asked to relight it and be more photo realistic. #genAI #imageGen #AI

An illustration of a giant tentacled robot walking across a barren landscape at sunset. Two people stand watching as silhouettes. Style is 80s anime

An illustration of a giant tentacled robot walking across a barren landscape at sunset. Two people stand watching as silhouettes. Style is 2000s anime

An illustration of a giant tentacled robot walking across a barren landscape at sunset. Two people stand watching as silhouettes. Style updated to be better lit and more photorealistic

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 25/03/2025

Started playing with the new OpenAI 4o image gen capabilities. Seriously improved from where they were when it was just make a prompt and send it to Dall.E Being able to say "get the forecast" as one step, then "turn this data into an infographic" feels very natural #ai #genAI #imageGen

An infographic showing the weather forecast for Melbourne, Australia generated by an AI model

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 16/03/2025

Passing the time by alternately sleeping, having crazy ass fever dreams (actually due to having a fever) then using them as prompts to try and recreate them. #generativeAI #imageGen #sick

An illustration in retro anime style of a vast insectoid machine walking across the landscape. In the foreground and two youths armed with knives preparing to attack it

A retro anime illustration of a body machine with tendril legs walking across the landscape. Two humans stand watching as the sun sets.

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 10/03/2025

Wow. 5 years since this started happening. At one level it doesn't feel like 5 years since COVID really kicked off in Melbs even though 2020-2022 took 10 years to complete. #covid #lockdown #flashback

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 28/01/2025

Seems like my feed has been going wild for Deepseek R1 today - mostly due to the tanking of US tech stocks. I have thoughts on this but, as someone who regularly works with and tests out these models I want highlight why R1 may not be the model that kills off Open AI etc. #deepseek #llm #AI /1

Terminal log of a user asking a question to Deepseek R1 LLM about when the Tiananmen Square protests happening and what the Chinese government did about it.

The LLM, refuses to answer and then after prompting again, processes the information again before declining to answer.

Terminal log of a user asking a question to Deepseek R1 LLM about the January 6 insurrection in the USA, causes and government response.

The LLM responds with considerable detail about the protaganists, causes and government response.

This is one of two screenshots outlining the response.

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 21/01/2025

I spotted this tube worm (Christmas tree worm) while snorkeling the other day and just laid in the water watching it for ages. Very calming and centring. Everyone needs some tube worms today. #marinelife

A photo of a Christmas Tree Worm (spirobranchus giganteus) taken in Lake Merimbula, NSW.

The worm has extended white appendages filtering and feeding from the water.

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 25/12/2024

One of those mornings where I spent more time laying on my yoga mat looking up at the clouds than I did doing any stretches... Hey ho - pretty clouds though.

High scattered clouds with a bright blue morning sky.

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 10/12/2024

Apparently we've now passed the "festive cutlery is acceptable" date... #xmas

A board with a piece of banana bread on it. Next to the banana bread is a fork with a Christmas tree attached to the end.

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 06/12/2024

This week I've got three articles that tackles new thinking about the Dark Forest theory of the social internet, the UX of LEGO brick interfaces and a solar powered minecraft server that forces players to make resource choices. #longread #lego #ux #solar #minecraft 1/4 🧵

DALL.E illustration of a person standing in a train carriage reading on their phone.

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 05/12/2024

At SLV - @katecrawford.bsky.social framing where things are at with AI and the interplay of data being harvested but also material resources.

Professor Kate Crawford speaking at the state library of Victoria on Making Planetary AI.

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 02/12/2024

Seems like summer has arrived in Melbourne as my garden basil is now starting to grow faster than either me or my "garden friends" can eat it. #gardening #cooking

A large bunch of basil leaves lay on a wooden chopping board next to a knife and some diced garlic.

Lentil "Bolognese":

2x onions, finely diced
2x carrots diced
5x mushrooms diced
2x garlic cloves
2x tins diced / crushed tomatoes
2tbsp tomato paste
As much basil as you can find
1x tin brown lentils

Saute onions, carrots and mushrooms for 5-10 mins. Start with onions and get them cooking first then add the others.

Add the garlic and tomatoes and a little bit of salt then cook for 10-15 minutes to break down the tomatoes into a sauce.

Drain the lentils and add, and add the basil. Cook for another 10 minutes until the sauce thickens up.

Salt and pepper to taste.

More basil to serve with some pasta

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 02/12/2024

The combo of bluesky allowing 3rd party interaction and "cheap enough" LLMs to be able to use them for giggle-ware is an age I'm very much down for. I don't normally read the detail in social media dashboards but this was surprisingly good fun. blueskyroast.com/roast/ajfish...

A screenshot of a dashboard from blueskyroast.com of ajfisher.social.

Main heading: AJ Fisher: The Tinkering Techie with a Dash of Snark

Detail:

Blending tech musings and cheeky observations like a programmer who just discovered coffee.

"A delightful mix of brainy insights and unexpected puns, like a high-functioning AI with a sense of humor."

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 29/11/2024

Pretty much the view all the way from Sydney to Melbourne this morning!

An image of a window on a plane looking outwards at cloud and fog with no visibility.

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 29/11/2024

Liked the talk enough that I'm watching it again. @mariafarrell.bsky.social talking about Rewilding the Internet @webdirections.bsky.social Next 24. (No photo of OFG boofhead this time)

Maria Farrell talking about Rewilding the Internet at UTS

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 29/11/2024

Great talk by @joshofclark.bsky.social at @webdirections.bsky.social Next 24 on sentient design and using intelligence as a design material. UX is about pointing the machine intelligence at the right problems that are worth solving.

Josh Clark presenting at next conference in front of a screen that says "the system adapts to you, instead of the reverse"

A presentation screen with a view of the Sentient intelligence triangle

A presentation that outlines the good and bad of AI

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 28/11/2024

Getting a rev up by @mpesce.arvr.social.ap.brid.gy about being active, staying connected and contributing. @webdirections.bsky.social Next 24.

Mark Pesce giving a talk at web directions next conference at UTS.

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 28/11/2024

Very excited about "Next" - a new conference by @webdirections.bsky.social thinking about where to next with the web, media and tech. @johnallsopp.bsky.social kicking off the day and our context giver in chief, the wonderful Nicholas Gruen

John Allsopp speaking in a conference room in front of a screen at UTS.

Nicholas Gruen (economist) providing an introductory address at web directions next conference at UTS

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 28/11/2024

The OFG theory of internet governance from @mariafarrell.bsky.social #wdds24 One Fucking Guy determines the algorithms, the model, the policies and your interactions.

Maria Farrell speaking on a stage in front of a photo of Mark Zuckerberg

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 28/11/2024

Coding speedrun happening @webdirections.bsky.social developer summit 2024 #wdds24

A group of developers stand in front of a screen with some laptops at a conference

Developers standing in front of a presentation screen

Presentation screen with presenters talking through what's on screen being shown live

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 22/11/2024

What's been interesting me this week? Some trash-bots, some co-bots and whether to follow fashion in programming languages. A thread: 1/6 #robotics #ai #podcast #react #development

AI generated illustration of a person laying on a sofa reading on their smartphone

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 15/11/2024

Summer vibes officially started. First cricket match of the season at the MCG for the #wbbl Melbourne Derby.

A man standing on the pitch of the Melbourne Cricket ground

Fire works on the pitch of the Melbourne Cricket ground

Melbourne Cricket ground pitch, from the stands, a game of cricket in progress

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 15/11/2024

Here's my Friday round up of interesting things that have captured my attention this week. The mix is biology, trends on leadership roles and the economics of journalism. Enjoy. 1/6 (a thread) #longreads #biology #quantum #journalism #work

An AI generated illustration of a sofa and coffee table. The table has some books, an iPad and a cup of coffee on it. The tone is warm and welcoming.

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 09/11/2024

Love this. 😍😍 One tiny bug for you (chrome / ff on Android) - no indication of the results updating after search. Recent and popular searches push the lyric responses "below the fold".

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AJ Fisher @ajfisher.social · 09/11/2024

Saturday plan: continue to noodle with comfyui to improve image generation workflow and look for speed boosts. This is still a speed challenge on even high end Macs unfortunately. #ai #generativeAI

AI generated image. Concept product photo of a futuristic pair of pastel coloured trainers. There are marshmallows and macarons in the image too.

AI generated image. Concept product photo of a futuristic pair of pastel coloured trainers.

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