Reposted by Paul IutziMartha, but like, super spooky @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This is possibly the worst thing I have ever read. It should be the only headline on every news source. It won't be. If you've experienced sexual assault, maybe don't read the details. 12415142
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child? 000
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Mary Poppins, picking up a crowbar: "No spoon. No sugar. I make the medicine go down." 110
Reposted by Paul IutziLar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Editorial cartoon: I couldn't decide which idea I preferred so I drew them both. It's incredible how some politicians don't hesitate to embarass themselves. 32767292
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Pushing Daisies is the unquestioned best series of the 21st century. 110
Reposted by Paul IutziKate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is a very cute clip, but I love it for reasons that the episode doesn't really explore: *All networked technology comes down to chat* Talking to each other is either the foundation of all new networked technology or becomes inexorably tied up with it-- since the early days of the Internet 1/ 416849
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Sure, it's not predictable. There are non-deterministic processes used in the training and in the generation. You don't expect them to be predictable. 000
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Chain calls together supplemented by skills, and it seems intuitive that you'll get something that looks like deliberation if you watch the flow through the chain. 100
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 24/09/2026What is unexpected about how these act? You use back propagation and the entire corpus of written communication to adjust a trillion parameter model, I don't find it surprising that you get sensible output when providing natural human language input. 100
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Part of the reason it doesn't feel that way to me could be that I spent a lot of time implementing noise generation algorithms that could be layered constructively for generative art before diving into building a GPT. It's not the same thing, but it's not miles off either. 010
Reposted by Paul IutziNick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 05/03/2026It's that time in my Making comics intro course when I talk image-text relations, which gives me an excuse to share 2 favorite comics that do bewildering things that can only be done in comics! Ibn Al-Rabin's seminal Le Verbe Prophétique alongside the always brilliant @tomgauld.bsky.social. So good! 8373121
Reposted by Paul IutziMagdaloween! 🏳️⚧️ @magsvisaggio.com · 24/09/2026i will go to my grave saying this is the greatest comic of all time. 321333
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Sure, the process for improving the model is incremental and massively iterative, but that's not new. It's how you create a model experimentally when attempts to create a model theoretically have failed. 100
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 24/09/2026That trillion parameter deep model is just a giant equation. You don't grow them. You use best-fitting techniques to tweak the constants in the equation to get the model to provide the desired output for the given input. 200
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 24/09/2026That doesn't mean it's wrong to analogize what they do with the human mind. It's also not new. We talk about conditional statements as making decisions all the time. Game AIs have been described as thinking for as long as they've been around. 010
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 24/09/2026They are regular programs. The Python I write to create a GPT isn't categorically different than what I write for anything else. They do what you expect the code would do when you have the processing and memory available to throw at the problem. 300
Reposted by Paul IutziMalaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026What scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you see it? 😭 1144
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The same is true of the word think. We've been using that word for computers running an algorithm for as long as I've used computers. So, yes, a system using an LLM is "thinking," but so is a PAC-MAN arcade cabinet determining where Blinky moves in relation to PAC-MAN. 000
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I know the analogy to neurons is somewhat apt. The structure of neural networks and some features of the training process were inspired by what was/is thought to be the inner workings of the brain. But, it is an analogy, and I worry it gets overextended in conversations like this. 110
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I worry the use of the term "neuron" is an analogy that clouds the issue. As far as I'm aware, they are just terms in an extremely large equation. The coefficients for the terms are determined by a best-fitting process designed to cause the equation to output known good values for provided input. 100
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 16/09/2026People personify simpler machines and tools all the time. We ascribe personalities to buildings and landscapes. We speak about subatomic particles having desires. I wouldn't think it would be bizarre at all for someone to feel like an ATM is being polite by printing "THANK YOU." 000
Reposted by Paul IutziMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 11/09/2026Why is 'lb' the abbreviation for 'pound'? 501202318
Reposted by Paul Iutzicursèd gem 💎 @gemcitygem.bsky.social · 11/09/2026me: hi gimme a large pizza pizza guy: any appetizers? me: what do you have? pizza guy: we've got fried cheese with no sauce or crust, crust with no cheese or sauce, and crust and cheese with no sauce me: gimme crust and cheese with no sauce pizza guy: and for your dip? me: sauce 4863771684
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 08/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3S6...youtube.comLithium by Nirvana (Morgan James Cover)YouTube video by Morgan James 001
Reposted by Paul IutziMarian Call @mariancall.bsky.social · 06/09/2026bugs is a trickster god, an ageless elder being one should take pains not to cross. he must be treated with respect or dire consequences follow 181164239
Reposted by Paul IutziAnil Dash @anildash.com · 04/09/2026When I talked about "cancer capital", I said that VC didn't use to work like this. Here, I break it down. Did you know: neither Microsoft nor Apple used venture funding to get started? And initial funding rounds have gotten six THOUSAND times larger since those days? www.anildash.com/2026/09/04/v...anildash.comCancer Capital: VC didn’t use to work like this - Anil DashA blog about making culture. Since 1999. 36722
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I love the art style and panel layout of Legion of Super-Heroes #1 so much! 020
Reposted by Paul IutziStephen Granade @granades.com · 28/08/2026It’s the Feast of St. Augustine day so time to re-up @artofmarza.bsky.social’s depiction, available as a print at www.artofmarza.com/product/sain... 03614
Reposted by Paul Iutzigamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I Have No Mouth, and I Must Submit a Secondary Claim 1425926
Reposted by Paul IutziB'alith Tia | 7.56 spoilers @inmyleylines.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Find out who you are, and do it on purpose. 859502361
Reposted by Paul Iutzi🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton and Patti LaBelle playing their acrylics. Two icons. 5696393237
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I’m apparently spending a year as a playing card in Balatro. Not sure if that would be nightmarish or relaxing. 040
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Oh, right, Reacher! Need to catch up with seasons 3 and 4. 011
Reposted by Paul IutziZoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 15/08/2026actually, I'm working on two bumper stickers 726214
Reposted by Paul IutziCrow @abbyjane.cloverdalelane.com · 14/08/2026I think about this a lot. 7895102495
Reposted by Paul IutziPᴜʀᴇ Dᴇᴀᴅ Gᴀᴍɪɴɢ @puredeadgaming.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The results of the video I posted earlier was this iconic shot 👏 Danny León and his crew smashed it. 131171174576
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 10/08/2026static.klipy.comHahaha Standing OvationAlt: Hahaha Standing Ovation 030
Reposted by Paul IutziRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 07/08/2026gets incredible air here 256145463363
Reposted by Paul IutziChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Oh, so *this* is how the writers are gonna bring together the A story and B story for the finale! Very cool. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/s...nytimes.comThis A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in NatureScientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses. 1051426251
Reposted by Paul IutziKari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I'm dimly remembering a tumblr post theoretically from somebody entering faerie and a reply was like "if you eat any of that you'll be trapped forever" and OP said "that's the fae's problem." And just. Mood. 732527
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 04/08/2026One of them is insulted by your poor quality copper ingots. The other is discovering other families don’t have a poop knife. 010
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Speak to your doctor today. Tuvixes may be right for you. 020
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 31/07/2026“No one? What? Are there no spirits here?” “I didn’t say that. I said no one has ever called them.” “Why? If there are spirits, I’m sure….” “The original name of this place was Mosquito Grove.” “Oh. Let try Minier then.” #nonsequitur #nonsequito 020
Paul Iutzi @pji.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Dear Microsoft, I just spent some of my limited life trying to figure out why I lost some formatting when forwarding an HTML email in new Outlook. I understand that there is probably good reason why CSS support in Outlook sucks. It is a different medium than a browser. However, please suck less. 010
