Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 10hUnfortunately, most voters have no concept of scale so it's still useful propaganda. 010
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 11hI think maybe there's been a poor job explaining to students why they are asked to do various work, and that's probably been true for a long time. At least, it seems like a lot of people have a poor understanding of it. 030
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 11hI've heard it said that mostly it seems LLMs are much better at doing searches through math papers than tools we already have and that the bulk of the real work was done by humans. How accurate is that from your perspective, if I may ask. 000
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 12hIt was kind of surprising for him to argue the economy is fine just the other day, tbh. And that there were no numbers to back up any problems. 010
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 21hYou can't have content moderation without therapists. 010
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 21hThey became the party of grifting and now it's just becoming more and more blatantly criminal. 000
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 21hI think the current environment and social media also make a large audience that is eager to pick up their pitchforks and torches. 101
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 21hThere's a real "shoot first, ask questions later" mentality that I think social media and the increasing extremism* seem to encourage. *Dire stakes make a lot of people less likely to consider things carefully 050
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 21hThough a lot of people did at least make pretty clear how gross the themselves were by their recorded interactions with Epstein at least. 010
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 21hHe liked making himself feel important and influencial by interacting with scientists and other people. It's one of the reasons it's hard to pin down who knew what or was involved in what. 100
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 21hI think there's even been a bit of a rush to judgement on people who interacted with him just a handful of times before it was generally known that kind of person he was. Seems like that could happen before realizing he was incredibly gross and awful. 200
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 22hPeople love platforming an idiot that has the message they want and superficially seems credible. And a lot of other people want to hear said person, unfortunately. 010
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Let's not act like they've thought that far ahead, really. They depend on the critical thinking of others every day. Their own products require it to be developed even. They just think if they move fast enough and ignore everything breaking then it will all get fixed. 100
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Just like law research, right? Who cares if the citation actually exists or is being used correctly? 060
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Unsurprisingly, many corporations are finding it's not as useful or cost effective as advertised 040
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 07/10/2026And if you're doing tasks that don't require understanding, then do they even need to get done or is this just making corporate waste more expensive? 130
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 07/10/2026For a lot of them, it really isn't necessary good if it means you don't have a thorough understanding of the mechanics of the answer -- which you can't really rush. It's even worse if the AI is making mistakes, which is frequently does and you've lost the critical thinking and skills to notice 160
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I told Jennifer about this and she said "you were quacking at your computer earlier". You had to be there... Probably. 040
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It's easier to just avoid them, I say. Join Hermits United! 000
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I'd need it too if I ever had to talk less. I ramble a lot to my wife about whatever comes across my mind, no matter how nonsensical. 110
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Prescription: one roll of duct tape. Self-applied only. 120
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sometimes you just need a snuggle close to someone that loves you. 010
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The lines they draw on where it's ok to be blatantly racist and where they have to do whatever this is are weird. 020
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026To be fair, at least half the time he says something like this, nothing happens. 120
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026 Better to spend that time and energy on hearings and investigations that don't have a false "not guilty" vote at the end. 000
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A lot of people seem to think the Democrats should be spending a lot of time and publicity to have a process that ends in Trump being found not guilty in the Senate. I just don't see how that's a great move. Trump's first term showed it didn't do anything. 100
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Last thing they need to be doing is having votes where Trump is found not guilty. 000
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I think this is, in fact, very likely to not happen. Not because Democrats wouldn't want to convict Trump and remove him (and many others) for their many crimes, but because they won't have the 2/3rds majority in the Senate to convict. Better to spend the time and energy on hearings/investigations 100
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And they need a 2/3rds majority in the Senate to convict, and that just isn't happening. We already saw how useless impeachments without conviction were in Trump's first term. If anything, it sends a message that Trump is innocent. Better to spend energy on investigations and hearings, imho. 010
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The bigger hurdle is that they wouldn't have the votes in the Senate to convict. That requires a 2/3rds majority. 010
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It's kind of impressive how the company founded on the idea of doing AI ethically has repeatedly shed ethical standards until it we got here. 000
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Is he saying Trump isn't accustomed to hiring? 010
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026You can look at the text on the podium. Why did they modify it with AI? I don't know. It's stupid, but it's there. Maybe take a look before posting? 000
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Sometimes Asimov wakes up and is really frantic and I wonder if he dreamed of a world with no kibble 000
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Yes, you can also very easily see this behavior with ascii art. Heck, often it just straight-up copies the entire art (sometimes just 95%). 000
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026static.klipy.comWhite Cat Vibe Check Meme - Slow BlinkALT: White Cat Vibe Check Meme - Slow Blink 000
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Just never charge your phone and it'll be fine then 000
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026There's a lot of voting the month leading up to election day, so I'd think they'd want to keep things bad for that month. 030
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'd have one that didn't speak common and only one or two other people knew their language. Like Han and Chewbacca. 110
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/20263-4 each is quite a lot. I did just 2 once and it's not exactly easy, imho. 120
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026White kids study for it too, of course. But obviously the guy is a bigot and a fool. 030
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Yeah, there are plenty of other programs to use too to just modify the color, but the original color was fine too, tbh. But using AI is just ridiculous and makes the whole thing look fake. 110
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026So as a thought experiment, you'd think Data from Star Trek would have no rights and no one would owe him any moral consideration? Really? 020
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026People actually study a lot for the spelling bee too. 010
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Which can be done without AI screwing up the image. Whatever the reason though, we shouldn't spread around obviously AI manipulated images. 010
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Makes less sense to have an AI edit then, but the meme uses one which discredits the whole thing for no reason. 000
Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Look at the podium text in the AI edit in the OP. 100
