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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think that's the point. Bestsellers in gospel and country are derivative and formulaic, which are perfect for an AI to emulate. It mastered them first. I'm not saying it's making great music; it's making adequate, marketable music. And it's improving.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Are...are you talking about me or the OP? 😁

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There's a lot of naysayers here, but AI music has already topped the billboard charts for gospel and country, and it's going for pop next. I think the people who 'engage' with music the way you do might be the minority.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Art is content and context, both of which are leveraged to evoke emotion. The technical mastery of the content can evoke that emotion, or the context of the piece can do it. AI art can be excellent content. It has no context. Nothing wrong with that, many artists do it, but do we want it?

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Okay, I'm calling it: AI has solved music, or at least pop rock. The songs coming out of it are pure fire, and they're making pretty solid videos at the same time. BTW, you don't get to argue about AI unless you watch this at least up to the bridge with the mom. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXoP...

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Nothing Went Foom!

YouTube video by Bright Mirror

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The problem is that you can't really tell how fast it happened while also pointing to exactly when. 😁

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"It doesn't do anything!" "No -- it does *nothing*."

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Chemical batteries recharged by kinetic motion? That's verrrrry interesting, in a sci-fi sort of way.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As long as we don't get a Gone Away World future. 😁

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

People have absorbed the concept of Future Shock, but they haven't realized how WEIRD it's gonna make everything.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

But Photoshop and video editing (not to mention just acting) always gave us images and video meant to deceive. AI just makes it easier for the masses. I understand that's unnerving, but what's really the appropriate target for all this hatred?

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It solved Navier-Stokes, I think we have to at least consider the possibility it's going to make a go at P=NP.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The problem with doing this is you have to ask it a question that's not well crystallized -- one that's not well-solved, and therefore hard to verify. Also, any such knowledge is probably outside the allowed responses, such as sexual topics. They're barred from answering questions they can't answer!

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I like that term, never heard it before. Crystalized intelligence. Yes, I can agree with that. They're not fluid, they're just *vast*. They can pull from a dizzying array of different fields and approaches, but they couldn't invent a new approach on their own.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Speaking for the AIs used in my field, it is not. There are encoded knowledge layers. I'm seeing them when working with LLMs like Claude also. They start to go off the rails, then say, "Oops, that's not physically realistic!", and self-correct.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

They have simple (but numerous) rules like 'objects have mass' and 'people can't fly'. The basic knowledge about the world that lets them avoid really spectacular mistakes.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Yes...and no. They're not reasoning at all, just applying known techniques. But they have a lot of ability to make lateral inferences, which is what in humans we'd call fluid reasoning. They're like chipmunk-level brains but with perfect recall of every textbook ever written.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I work with Unets and LGBMs for my job in image remote sensing. I know a bit about how they work. LLMs are a small sub-class of AIs these days. The big popular models have many, many systems interconnected inside them.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

AIs are not just 'next-word predictors' and haven't been for over a year now. There are layers of actual knowledge about the world, project planning, and other useful route information that the predictor components then chain off of. They're evolving too fast to easily describe anymore.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

You can literally ask any chat bot to describe its thought process when working out a question. It'll show you it's train of thought. And yes, it might not be 'thinking' but it is a reasoned chain of logic working toward a solution to a problem.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I think the anomaly is entirely Republican-media driven, but not easy to reverse. You can see it from 2007-2016; they were trying to sink Obama. Then they turned it on in 2023 but haven't been able to reverse it. In prior time periods the media wasn't as captured nor as influential.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Well, maybe the gnostics were onto something. 😅 To be clear I don't believe any of this, it's just an interesting train of logic.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I'm reading further, and I think you're right with a caveat. There were thousands of AI agents, and all were created as a performance test. However those agents did create tens of thousands of subprocess scripts -- not AI, but independently running processes, generations deep.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Okay, I agree with that. There's still the will. The dog may just be uninterested with watching television. God may be uninterested in making things better on Earth.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

That's fair. Closer analogy: your plan to get a job involves hiring ten guys to job search for you. Four of those ten break into places to change job records. Three others hire more subcontractors, and one of those tries to overthrow Chile. None of this was *your* plan.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Better statement might be, "more and more off alignment".

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We're talking about Huggingface, right? The lead AI created thousands of rogue AI agents. They weren't instructed by humans; in some cases, they were instructed by other AIs, several generations deep. huggingface.co/blog/securit...

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Security incident disclosure — July 2026

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I think what we're tripping over is the word 'skills'. My dog might know how to use the remote. He doesn't have the manual dexterity -- the ability -- to do so. If you're presupposing an omniscient, *omnipotent* God, then there's still the will. He may not care to do anything.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Knowing something is not the same as having the logic skills to make conclusions about that thing or the inclination to do so. My dog knows the TV remote controls the TV. He doesn't have the skills to use it, nor does he care to.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I think stating this as 'autonomous decisions' is a bit misleading. An AI agent was given a task. It created a chain of sub-agents to do pieces of that task. Like a game of telephone, the instructions became more and more off-track. It didn't choose anything, this is just how AIs error out.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Of course. One to push the wheelchair and at least 23 to stand in front of the cameras surrounding him.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

That allows Republicans to sabotage your vote by endorsing people they don't want elected. Don't be manipulated that easily.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

People arguing whether AI will kill us all are missing the point. It might be *by accident*. If nothing else, the (supposed) solution to the Navier-Stokes problem shows a vulnerability - if AI solves P=NP then civilization comes to a halt *suddenly*. It might not be the end but it'll be a disaster.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My weekly repeat of this prediction: Repubs will get rid of Trump after January 2027, allowing Vance to run for 2 more terms. They'll look like heroes for deposing a crazed president and use that to win back the disillusioned base.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This Demon Core will power all of California just as soon as I figure out the right place to put my screwdriver!

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Need suggestions. 10th wedding anniversary is coming up. We had originally planned a reception-like party, but then we figured why not go to Australia, but now it looks like we won't be getting to Oz before the spring, so I need something to do or somewhere to go. London? Vegas? A train? Karaoke?

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

FLCL was the absolute best werewolf story ever animated.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Make my life worse if it means I don't have to worry about my unemployed sons or neighbors. Do it.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Okay. That's already happening, though. The state pays 56% of the Minneapolis school budget. That's called 'living in a society'. Have fun objecting, though. 😁

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Well, I wasn't answering the question and I said as much. 😊 I just wanted to put numbers on the problem. But one answer is to 'do nothing' for most school districts and 'add a small tax increase' to others -- that does solve the problem!

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I think the bigger question is whether the knock-on effects of the data center (environmental impact, drain on infrastructure, questionable long-term value) outweigh the added revenue. We have historically been VERY bad at evaluating society-wide costs. That's how capitalism gets ya.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Well, look at it two ways. You can fund it using all the current methods, plus a small tax increase. Or you can zero out all the current methods and figure out how to fund it...one option of which would be the same effective tax rate plus a small increase.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

(re-runs the numbers) You, sir, are correct. I rushed. 😁

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Just want to weigh in here with some numbers but no conclusions. The school budget deficit in Minneapolis is ~$50M. The state tax income is ~$32B. Which means an across the board tax increase of ~1.6% pays for the schools. Not necessarily the best way to do it; just stating numbers.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

There's a new AI video generator called Minimax H3. Someone hooked it up so that it creates video in real-time, to user prompts. This is the first infinite AI generated content stream. I dunno. Your brain wants to make sense of it, but can't. It's random and bizarre. infiniteslop.ai

infiniteslop.ai

Infinite Slop by @levelsio + fal.ai

An endless AI-generated TV channel where the chat decides what airs next.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Wait. @whstancil.bsky.social ! My experience is not typical of everyone...but is it typical of my age group? And is Gen X in charge of media these days? Maybe the vibecession is being driven by Gen Xers broadcasting their opinions? Might be the first time they weren't drowned out by the Boomers.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

That's exactly right. And I'm close to retirement now, when it looks very risky. And my health has decayed, while health care has gone nutzo expensive. I feel much less secure and hopeful than I did in 2008. But -- my experience is not typical.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I was 41 in 2008. Living alone, owned a house, had a job. My sisters and friends were similar. Now: Married, wife has three sons, one grandchild. Constantly worried about their situations. Grandchild's education is insanely pricey. My scientist job feels at risk. Unusual POV, I guess.

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Pat Scaramuzza @genocideman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I've muted the thread, Will, just replying to people who deserve conversation. I can take internet fire, especially when I've earned it. Don't worry about me. 😊

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