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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 6h

It’s surreal how stupid our tech oligarchs are.

David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I have zero confidence in my ability to distinguish between men and women writers. I would be fooled by a pseudonym 100% of the time.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Not the point, but that had to be written by someone else. Trump just learned how to spell “dumb.” Ain’t no way he’s using 9th grader words like “indelible.”

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There’s an important difference between making fun of someone’s innate physical characteristics and making fun of someone’s wack style choices.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

You could do a stuner by jumping off of a concrete ledge!

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Nah, we should just add 3 seats and impeach the ones who have violated federal judicial ethics rules.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Where’s the Kennedy curse when you need it?

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You gotta smash him with a brick now

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hanlon’s razor supports this view, but Occam’s razor suggests that he is doing it for the money. The truth is probably somewhere in between razors (i.e., he’s both stupid and malicious/greedy).

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“Both sides” bullshit! It’s right-wing radicalization, not “polarization” of the parties.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You should text this to Peter Thiel. You got his number, right?

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Scott Adams hated mensa? I’m guessing it was for the wrong reasons? It’s not exactly the most science-driven organization, what with the dubious nature of iq testing. The “race science” crowd seems like it would like mensa.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

bsky.app/profile/real... Amazing results

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Had no idea he’s a limey, but now I can excuse his butchering of Outkast on the last episode of Lanterns. He’s been excellent overall. Def deserves more good roles.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Trump was saying “supreme intelligence” and it is so funny how oblivious he is to his evangelical supporters

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I hate that my mind immediately went to this guy. It’s not fair to Garfield.

Greasy rapist who pretended to be British and died in prison

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

State rep republican wayne johnson just came up to me outside my house and I got to tell him why I think he and his party suck for several minutes. He said “i’m not a fan of donald trump either.” Lol

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

These people always want to make the presumption that the computers are sapient. One simple trick to win every argument (absurdly reversing the burden of proof).

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

LOL “style evolution.” He’s just wearing the extra expensive version of Young LA’s clothing line.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

He seems extremely aggro! He was just jostling for position with RFK Jr in the Oval a couple weeks ago. It was like soccer players in front of goal before a corner kick. Genuinely curious what these guys’ hormone labs look like.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Seems impossible that so many people in an nyt focus group could be right about anything

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I would be sad that we’re gonna have to listen to him again, but he’s probably more capable than anyone at motivating people to vote dem this fall. Swings and roundabouts, silver linings, etc.

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

it's important to arrive at sturdy ethical principles that you can't be annoyed out of. people are annoying as shit

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In this respect, bubbles fuckin rule.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Beatles refused to play segregated venues. The owners caved then, too.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We all rightly shit on billionaire longevity freak Brian Johnson, but it’s weird that Elon also obviously subscribes to conventional health/beauty standards, yet he doesn’t achieve any of them for himself. Speaking from experience, money makes it so, so much easier to get in shape. Dude’s pathetic.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Bret Stephens citing the 5-4 upholding of birthright citizenship as evidence that this court is unfairly derided: Is it trolling, or is Bret Stephens shockingly stupid?

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I think it’s just that the conservatives have a supermajority now. They’ve always been like this.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

You literally had 2 seasons back-to-back (2 years in a row) one time over the span of 14 years. I just looked at the release dates. I’m not sure why you are bending over backwards here. I lived through it. I waited for Venture Bros. A lot.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This discourse is making me wonder if I’m the only Venture Bros fan on Bluesky.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I unironically feel like star trek tng did pretty well with that. That said, if I’m on that crew, I’m using Data as an android shield on away missions. Need to drop some weight to launch the shuttle? Bye, Data. Etc.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I know you didn’t say any of that, and I’m sorry because I can see how it comes across as me implying you did. My concern about saying a machine can think is that it raises a lot of ethical questions.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Computers don’t have minds. If anthropomorphizing computers makes you happy, I have no problem with that. Just don’t pretend they have rights that we have to balance with human interests or whatever and we’re all good.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is where lots of social media convos re ai go, and I think it’s largely down to the broad application of an inaccurate term to a lot of different software. A lot of the tech is clearly beneficial for society.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You’re still suggesting that I have the burden of proof to show that the computer is not thinking. If your definition of thinking doesn’t imply the existence of a mind doing the thinking, I’m not even sure we disagree (using your nonstandard definition of thinking).

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If it uses well-defined rules, it’s just a sophisticated calculator. LLMs are just sophisticated predictive text. They land on correct answers, yes, but as a function of mimicry, not thought.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You’re avoiding the question

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Let’s put it this way: has ai “hallucinated” incorrect solutions to math problems? If the answer is yes, then how do we explain why that is?

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You can program a machine to solve problems according to a set of rules without giving it the answers. Software mimicking the patterns of published theorems is not thought. If ai invents a new form of mathematics the way Newton invented calculus, that would force me to reconsider.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I am too! I don’t understand why you are hung up on the fact that ai has solved problems that have stumped people. Math lends itself to computer programming precisely because it operates by well defined rules.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

How is that functionally different from a 1967 Texas instruments calculator solving a unique equation?

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Mathematics are just complex sets of rules that describe reality. If you are telling me that there’s no mathematics framework in the training data that would serve as a starting point for machine learning, I am respectfully skeptical.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Well, I guess we’re operating on different definitions of thinking, then. My working definition of thinking in this context does not include computer processes. In other words, thinking requires a mind. Not just sentience, but sapience as well.

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Complex machine learning is still machine learning. I think you’re also getting the burden of proof backwards. Why would we presume sentience? Humans anthropomorphize, across cultures and ages. This is no different than imagining the moon has a human face

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David Jones @davidajones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I believe thinking is different than computer software following its programming

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