Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialsamhain ⎔ @personhood.removal.surgery · 15hBanger thread. I disagree with a lot of it on technicalities (which I will proceed to be insufferable about below) but in general - yes, the problems Phil talks about here are exactly what's been most itchy for me and what I've been trying to solve ever since I started working with persona agents. 25313
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 6hman the republicans who hate language policing are going to be so mad about this 6051287
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialCiaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 9hI was wrong. It’s happening 201653210
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.social🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ>∿<ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 6hThey're putting the screws down on the 20x users, reducing it by 50%, and trying to upsell to a $500/mo plan help.openai.com/en/articles/...help.openai.comAbout ChatGPT Pro tiers | OpenAI Help CenterInformation about our paid subscription plan, Pro. 9386
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.social🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ>∿<ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 6hin the end everyone will be bankrupt and all the computers will be haunted 3536
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialAlex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 10hI wonder when Meta decided to launch Muse in September and when OpenAI decided to launch Dots in September and when Meta learned that OpenAI had decided to launch Dots in September 7186
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialAlex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 7hWhen assessing claims like “are the labs sincere about their concern that recursive self improvement is imminent, or is it simply marketing”, I think a useful data point is that openAI is now on a weekly release cycle for point improvements. 2175
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialColin @colin-fraser.net · 9hthis thing seems to work quite well and poking around at it it seems to me like it is actually built to be factual and non-partisan and helpful so you know they are going to lobotomize it to shit by next week 28312
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialNever stop poasting @persistentpoasting.bsky.social · 7h"give us regulatory capture or we are all gonna die" - Dario 2388
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.social𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲 @magnets.eurosky.social · 10hi am simply.... the most correct man in the world uk.news.yahoo.com/quantity-pet...uk.news.yahoo.com'Quantity of petrol' but no homemade bombs found in vans near RAF base, police sayA QUANTITY of petrol but no explosive devices were found in the vans that sparked a major security alert near an RAF base used by the US, police have said ... 3333
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.social𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲 @magnets.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026God it would be class if the "explosives" were "red diesel" and "a shitload of charcoal" that would be so funny 47910
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialMatt Kane @mk.gg · 7hHello everyone please don't use this model that's almost as good as ours at 1/10th the cost and without all the guardrails that won't even let you fix an auth bug 115927
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 9hMaking fundamental due process rights a nullity with the emergency docket (again) 13705189
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Technology enthusiasts severely overestimate the average person’s desire or willingness or capacity to build and use AI agents. I understand some work roles that could mandate or encourage it but that is no way a tech revolution. Agents are best for structured, clearly delineated tasks. 321822300
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialNat Guest @unfortunatalie.bsky.social · 9hIt's October in 2 days. 6246
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 11hSorry kids no social care for you... 1111212
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialCasey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 12hPLAY CHAINSTAFF!!! It's a feast for the eyes and ears. There's a demo!store.steampowered.comChainStaff on SteamChainStaff is a brutal action-platformer with a transforming spear and grappling hook, blazing weapon upgrades, and a rocking soundtrack. Aliens have attached to your head! Swing, shoot, and spear you... 17819
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 13hThis part of the muse privacy and security debacle manages to be worse than it agreeing to lowball offers in your name on marketplace, giving the buyer your address, and then telling them you're home when you're not; because this part? The "it reading messages you explicitly told it not to" part?…appleinsider.comMeta Muse AI reportedly read Mac Messages without consentIn a completely unsurprising turn of events, Meta's Muse AI is stealing Apple Messages, past and present, and uploading the contents to its cloud, even if explicitly told not to. 110640
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026Seriously, just do not use muse 15791261
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14hPM Burnham: "We will contest the next election with a manifesto of commitment to change the electoral system, so that everyone's vote counts and everyone's voice is heard" 612417
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialBrendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 16hAce Combat isn't Top Gun - it's Star Wars. www.jank.cool/ace-combat-8... 4356
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialEmily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.wisn.comSkydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airportFour people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m. 12099702558
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 19hThe BBC news summary this morning went seamlessly from "critics warn PM scrapping triple lock would be electoral suicide" to "critics ask if PM has nerve to make tough decisions" and I don't think it's a particularly pro Burnham stance to suggest he might not be the entire problem here. 431384246
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialBrendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 17hDeferred maintenance is no joke the stuff of nightmares 010116
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialTom Wilson @feedthedrummer.bsky.social · 18hFound the best Labour Conference protestor. 314118
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 18hManifestos are the mind killer. 2486
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialDominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 29/09/2026The mech crowd really should check this out. It's like Mechwarrior 2's combat but with a whole galactic strategy layer and battles that can grow WAY larger than just a couple squads. Infantry, tanks, jets and choppers on both sides. 25718
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialRami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 21hFolks, I'm happy to announce my next game will use up all water, destroy humanity in a global blaze, & lose $8 billion weekly. IPO starts at a 20 gazillion euros valuation based on me counting the amount of zeroes wrong. Upon checking the prototype I realized bigger number is better. Supersentience. 3578994
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialTania Doney @taniadoney.bsky.social · 19hSo, who's your money on? Gérard Depardieu? Javier Bardem? Personally, I suspect Jackie Woodburne (Susan off Neighbours). 5725846
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialPatrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 18hThe proposition that pension reform is political suicide needs road-testing with actual voters across the spectrum imho. Polling / recent elections suggest there is a progressive centre-ish bloc of working age people which might be willing to hear the arguments on this. 122
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20hTrump’s weakness after his defeat in the Iran War is evident in how the Iranians feel comfortable ramping up their demands. Today an IRGC spokesperson said the US “must admit defeat” and withdraw from the region. 24495134
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialTyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/09/2026A key component of the Cambridge Analytica outrage was your friends subjecting you to data theft without your consent or knowledge. Facebook is running the same playbook on your text messages. Even if you’re not on Meta properties, they’re ingesting your interactions. 131167596
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialTits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 21h"Investment firm Urbagestión, which bought the property in 2018, increased the rent from €500 per month to €2,650 The company later offered to reduce this to €1,650 however she was still unable to pay this with her monthly pension of €1,350" These companies are parasites 🤬bbc.co.ukEvicted Spanish pensioner, Maricarmen Abascal, can move home, lawyer saysThe eviction of Maricarmen Abascal, 87, prompted large-scale protests across Spain. 04111
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialSkybrush Threepwood @skybrush.bsky.social · 21hNext time I've done a shit job of something, I'm just going to tell people it's too dangerous to show them. The PowerPoint that I threw together last minute could actually pose a risk to humanity at large 416243
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/09/2026Remember, Jenrick is not stupid. He's a trained lawyer, he knows the difference between police and court bail. He's just a turd. 29459105
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/09/2026A letter shows how the coal industry pressed the Trump administration to keep coal plants open using emergency powers.nyti.msThe Coal Industry Asked for a Rescue. Trump Obliged.In a previously unreported letter, a top lobbyist floated the idea of using emergency powers to keep aging coal plants open. 106438
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23hThe tweet that immediately came to mind: 221716394
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialChris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 21h"so my job is to create that fairness. In our immigration system" lmao we dealt with *ten* home secretaries and never once saw any of this "fairness". and some of the worst nonsense we experienced was under mahmood. this is what i like to call a massive lie 17420
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialViolet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 21hAlt headline: US company OpenAI admits to hacking foreign government healthcare and crime stats portals, and avoids offering meaningful remediation in the near-term. 320252
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialBrandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 28/09/2026Proboards just updated their terms of service for their forum software, essentially saying "you give us the right to use anything you post to train LLMs, and we can also disclose and sell your personal information, fuck you." One of the worst of these I've ever seen. www.proboards.com/tos 612463
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialan eloquent attempt at ire @eloquentire.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026@cozylivesgames.bsky.social knocked it out of the park not just with the game design but the empathetic & hilarious character writing. would be over the moon if that some writing was applied to Suit-maker, Hat-maker & Cobbler type games >from this team specifically< 0224
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialJill Pantozzi @jillpantozzi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Last month, a Google alert directed me to an interview I did with cartoonist Matt Furie—creator of Pepe the Frog…only I haven’t done any interview and I’d never even met Furie. So I clicked. "None of this is true": AI, content farms, and one completely made-up article. bsky.app/profile/then... 12703371
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialhikikomorphism @hikikomorphism.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In my experience LLMs are almost spooky good at understanding private dialects/baroque references/etc - you'd need to put them in some kind of "ask questions and learn" mode to start, but once they write a memory block or two about your ideal shopping outcomes, they'd be pretty good at this 252605
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialAidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Note for Americans, “fly-tipping” is *not* cow-tipping on a much smaller scale. 216610
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialAidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Yuge day for American Bluesky, as many are getting their first experience of the quaint and traditional British rural pursuits, "dogging" and "flytipping" 29787155
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 28/09/2026who do I petition to get someone to launch a Tate Morden, to confuse the tourists 3546736
Reposted by @ppiixx.bsky.socialTom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I suspect there are a significant number of people on BlueSky who just stay out of these conversations because they know there is very limited interest in engaging with the idea that a technology that can easily be seen as right-coded, dangerous and built on theft could also, you know, work. 8181