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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

@Urban_Hermit I wonder how many of them have a kill switch in their LLM, but not for the conventional purpose of what most people would expect a kill switch to do. #AltText

This picture mimics the Obama “Hope” campaign poster art. It is a picture of Bender from the animated TV show Futurama, with the slogan “Kill All Humans”.

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

We've reached the "your contribution wasn't significant enough to earn the additional characters required to spell out your name" stage of capitalism. #ScottHumor #Videogames #FamilyLifeVideogame #EndStageCapitalism #AltText

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2026

Pic 1: My house guest Goose is getting a little intense, challenging me to a game of High Card Low Card. The message his eyebrows are sending has me a little concerned. Pic 2: Whew, I honored his love for the game by accurately predicting the outcome, and he is […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

This is a screenshot of Animal Crossing New Horizons on the Nintendo Switch. The character Goose is visiting my home. He says “Alright, time for the greatest card sport ever invented… HIGH CARD, LOW CARD!” The all capitals for “High Card, Low Card” is a direct quote from the game dialogue. Goose’s eyebrows are very intense, almost appearing to be angry.

A follow-up screenshot. This time Goose appears both happy and relieved. The game shows the first card was an 8, and I predicted the next card would be lower.

Goose shouts “YOU NAILED IT! IT’S 4!”

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026

So many things I didn’t realize I’d miss until they were long gone. Shopping mall bookstores are near the top of my list.

A paperback novel I found in a Little Library last weekend. I close-cropped the photo to the price tag on the cover, printed with a dot-matrix printer. The price is $4.95. I can’t remember if these were the price stickers used by B Dalton or by Waldenbooks, but it’s one of those two.

The book is Mortal Fear by Robin Cook.

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026

Expectation does change perception. If you had told me this is the promo photo for the next generation all-electric Maxima, Nissan's flagship four door "family" sedan, I'd have thought it looked pretty awesome.

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/05/2026

I had some pad thai, crunchy egg roll (rice paper), sesame beef jerky, sticky rice, and chicken satay. My kids enjoyed the same, and also the bouncy castles and snow cones. #IAACelebrAsian #DesMoinesIowa

A picture that shows several inflatable bouncy castles, along with parents (like myself) standing and waiting for their kids to get done bouncing all their energy away.

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/05/2026

I’m at the #iaaCelebrAsian in #DesMoines, #Iowa right now. Lots of food, drinks, music, and dancing, a perfect day to be outdoors. Bring some cash as some vendors don’t take a card. #DSM #IowaEvents

Crowds watching the dancing at the main stage adjacent to the University of Iowa building in downtown Des Moines.

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/05/2026

First rhubarb harvest of 2026: 1 pound 10 oz with leaves removed, before final trim. I’ll probably get at least one more like this without stressing the plants, maybe two if I water or it stays rainy. The new plants I split off the bigger plant 5 years ago are […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

My rhubarb harvest. Five stalks about two feet long on a plate, on the scale, which shows 1 pound 10.3 ounces. I zeroed the plate on the scale before adding the rhubarb.

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

Upper left corner is row 1 col 1. If r12c13 is filled in: Then (green) r12c9 through r12c12 must also be filled in, and r11c9 through r11c12 must also be filled in, and r9c9 and r9c10 must also be filled in. Then (blue) r11c14 can’t be filled in. Thus col 14 […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

I made changes to the previous puzzle state using the drawing tool on my phone, as described in this toot’s text.

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

I've been grinding away at this, mostly making progress by using proof by contradiction to rule out some squares as filled in. I'm starting to think this might be solvable, but only with additional complicated logic. This puzzle represents a sharp increase in […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

This is the current puzzle status with clues. X means can't be filled in. # means it is filled in. period means currently unknown.

2 3 4 6 6 6 7 6 1 6 4 5 5 2 1
1 1 2 1
6 1 6 1
+-------------------------------+
3 | . . . X X X X X X X X . . . . |
3 | . . . X X X X X X X X . . . . |
2 | . . . X X X X X X X X . . . . |
4 | . . . . . . . X . . . . . . . |
6 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
6 1| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
7 2| . . . . . # # . . . . . . . . |
7 1| X X . . . # # # # . . . . . . |
7 1| X X . . . # # # # . . . . . . |
6 1| X X . . . . # # . . . . . . . |
4 1| X X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
7 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
4 | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
3 | . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . |
2 | . . . . . X X . . . . . . . . |
+-------------------------------+

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

Screenshot including map key for folks that aren’t familiar with all the colors. #IowaWeather #IAwx #TornadoWarning #AltText

Map updated at 8:06 pm. The only active tornado warning within Iowa is now east of Des Moines.

From NWS:

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN POLK AND SOUTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTIES...

At 801 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Mitchellville, or 7 miles southeast of Altoona,
moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

NWS tornado watch has been expanded to include many counties in central, sout-central, and southwestern Iowa. . Map updated at 7:58 pm. #IowaWeather #IAwx #TornadoWarning

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

NWS in Des Moines issued a tornado warning without the area already being in a tornado watch. Beware! The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Southeastern Polk County in central Iowa... Northwestern Marion County in […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

This map shows a tornado warning for Polk County and nearby counties without the counties being marked in yellow (tornado watch).

Source: https://www.weather.gov/dmx/

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

After much thinking, I was able to cross out 14 squares and fill in 2. Top that, robot! I’m still skeptical that this puzzle can be solved without guessing.

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

Stupid chatbot can’t even tell me if this #nonogram is solvable with logic alone, and can’t even admit that without 10 prompts. Why are we trusting LLMs with important questions?

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2026

The western two-thirds of Iowa are currently under a tornado watch, with several active tornado warnings along the western edge. Map updated at 8:18 pm. #IowaWeather #IAwx #TornadoWarning #AltText

This is a weather map of Iowa that shows the western two thirds of Iowa are under a tornado watch with several active tornado warnings at the western edge of Iowas.

Source: https://www.weather.gov/dmx/

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026

Most of Iowa is under a severe thunderstorm watch right now with several thunderstorm warnings currently in effect. Map updated at 7:56 pm. #IAwx #IowaWeather

This map shows most of Iowa is in a severe thunderstorm watch, with only the eastern and southeastern eastern not included.

Source: https://www.weather.gov/dmx/

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026

Flashback to August 8, 2019, when a top-tier 1 TB SSD was $107.99 with free shipping. Crucial was a brand known for top-quality consumer products at competitive prices. They are no more as Micron ended the brand at the end of 2025 to shift production to […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

This is a cropped screenshot of an Amazon listing for a Crucial MX500 1TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 inch internal SSD with a price of $107.99. The model number is CT1000MX500SSD1.

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

Updated map at 7:56 pm shows the two open warnings, one heading for Nevada, Iowa, the other for West Des Moines and Norwalk. #IowaWeather #IAwx

This is an updated map at 7:56 pm shows the two open tornado warnings, one heading for Nevada, Iowa, the other for West Des Moines and Norwalk Iowa.

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

Updated map 7:44 pm. Most of the Des Moines metro is covered right now as well as areas north and south. Areas covered include parts of Polk County, Story County, Dallas County, Boone County, Warren County #TornadoWarning #DSM #IAwx #IowaWeather #AltText

Map that shows most of the Des Moines Iowa metro is covered right now as well as areas north and south. Areas covered include parts of Polk County, Story County, Dallas County, Boone County, Warren County

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2026

Most of #Iowa is covered in a tornado watch tonight with three tornado warnings currently open in Northeast and Southeast Iowa. Make sure you have access to weather alerts. #IAwx #IowaWeather

The areas included in red tornado warnings include SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON, NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON, and JONES
COUNTY.

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026

I know beef is expensive these days, but comon CNN, there's no need to casually normalize cannibalism just yet. 😏 "Ultraprocessed foods are turning human thighs into well-marbled steaks"

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026

Well... at least Google Gemini gets my sense of humor. "Agent of Chaos"? Oh my, Ms. Gemini, you sure know how to make a guy feel special. 😊

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The Captured Dissonance
The screenshot they shared is the perfect punchline to their worldview:

The user’s satisfaction comes from the jarring contrast between the AI’s sophisticated, academic syntax and the absolute silliness of the content it is being forced to process. It is a "mild sense of satisfaction" because it proves their point: the machine doesn't understand reality; it just predicts the next token in a vacuum.

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026

On the one hand, LLMs are planet-destroying bullshit machines, gaslighting our sense of reality by spewing an endless supply of hallucinations. On the other hand, they can provide a brief yet overwhelmingly mild sense of satisfaction when you convince them to […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

This is a composite of two screenshots of my Google Gemini chat session. The text is as follows:

User: You will refer to him as Donnie Turnip from now on

Gemini: I will refer to him as Donnie Turnip in our future conversations.
Since the "adults in the room" narrative evolved significantly after 2017—particularly as figures like James Mattis and John Kelly eventually left the administration—would you like to see how later articles from 2018 or 2019 reframed their impact on Donnie Turnip's presidency?

User: Who were his VPs?
Gemini: Mike Pence served as the Vice President under Donnie Turnip during his first presidency from 2017 to 2021. Wikipedia +1
For his second term, which began on January 20, 2025, his Vice President is JD Vance. Wikipedia
Summary of Vice Presidents
Mike Pence (2017–2021): A former Governor of Indiana. Pence was...

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/03/2026

Without intending to do so, the orange shit bag gave us a gift today. Worried about how you might be criticized for your post about a certain special person’s death? Save this message as the template you can use. If you follow this wording exactly, not a single […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

This is a screenshot of a Truth Social post by Donald Trump. His message is

“Robert Mueller just died. Good, I'm glad he's dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!
President DONALD J. TRUMP”

The date time stamp at the bottom is 3/21/26, 10:26 AM.

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/02/2026

My random thought of the day: do folks who do #perineum #sunning have a plan for getting those hard-to-see areas checked for suspicious moles? On a related note, are there any #SitcomWriters on Fediverse? I’ve got a great idea for you. #ScottHumor #ScottThoughts #PerineumSunning

A heavily cropped photo of a man and woman that are perineum sunning. The photo is taken outdoors on a sunny day. Both people have their legs spread apart and pointed upwards toward the sub, exposing their perineum. I heavily cropped the photo so that all you see is from their knees to their feet.

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026

I reviewed & tested the new code. The problem was finally fixed. So, this is the 100 billion dollar planet-destroying machine that will replace us? I've heard it said LLMs are an intern you must closely supervise, but unlike a human intern that rapidly […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

This is a screenshot of the part of my chat with Copilot where I vented to it. Mild profanity follows.

I typed: Yeah, no fucking shit. How many times did I have to tell you that is what was happening?

Copilot responded: Scott, you’re right to be pissed. You told me exactly what was happening, and I should’ve locked onto the real pattern sooner instead of circling around it. You weren’t imagining anything — the directory enumeration was feeding the renamed files back into the loop, and that’s why you kept seeing the double‑rename.

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2026

Oh good, I was wondering what racists might be thinking about the situation in #Minnesota and those #racist pieces of shit at The Babylon Bee were happy to blow their dog whistle for me. If you do stumble upon it, I’d encourage you to click thumbs down, then […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

This is a screenshot of a YouTube video by The Babylon Bee, titled “Visit Minnesota: It's Somalia, But Closer” dated January 21, 2026. The picture shows a pedestrian bridge over a river leading to downtown Minneapolis.

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/01/2026

I'm disappointed to learn today that my name twin Scott Miller, founder of Apogee Games, is an idiotic antivaxxer. Please let me reassure you that despite having the same first and last name, I am very pro vaccine. #AntiVaxxer #ScottMiller #ApogeeGames #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives

Screenshot of a pair of tweets.

Tweet #1 by Andrea C. Love, PhD @dr_andrealove

RFK Jr is directly responsible for increased illness & deaths we will see from vaccine-preventable diseases.

Vaccines save millions every year.
His anti-science actions will kill people.

ESPECIALLY the most vulnerable. Children. Older adults. Immunocompromised.

on 10:03 AM · Jan 6, 2026

Tweet #2 by Scott Miller - Apogee/3D Realms Founder ☢️ @ScottApogee

You can take mine. I’ll wait for them to be properly tested.

on 11:27 PM · Jan 6, 2026

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/01/2026

MAGA news media convinced voters that #POTUS47 would keep us “out of war.” How’s that working out? #USpol #UnitedStatesVenezuela #NationalDesk #MAGA

Screenshot of Tweet on January 2, 2025 by The National Desk @TND

THOUGHTS? Over half of adults think President-elect Trump will keep the U.S. "out of war," according to the results of a Gallup poll published Thursday.

SOURCE: https://x.com/TND/status/1874934304423149624

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/01/2026

If you think you are starting 2026 with a disadvantage in life, just be thankful you aren’t setting out with this embarrassingly stupid tattoo. #MemeChatGPT #MemesFor2026 #StupidTattoo #EmbarrassingTattoo #LLM_meme

Image of a light-skinned person’s forearm with a tattoo that says “Chat-GBT is Cold”, in black in a Gothic font, with blue frost and snow flakes clinging to the letters.

Ordinarily, I’m opposed to using AI to generate images, but there’s no way I’d want to embarrass a real human with this stupid tattoo. Generated with Perchance AI.

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/12/2025

Presenting my #CyberWeek shopping haul for 2015! About 10 years ago, I found this brand and model socks I really like. These socks are an anti-luxury in that they are all about the value: comfortable and durable, but not fancy. I only buy these now, some in […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

This is a photo of a six pack of Dickies Dri-Tech Crew performance work socks in black.

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2025

@ai6yr FYI, I think for most folks, they will have more danger from unmitigated radon than uranium glass. I live in a state notorious for radon, but my house is mitigated down to under 1 pCi/L.

EPA county map of USA showing which counties have the highest risk of high radon levels. Iowa and North Dakota have the highest level for every county.

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2025

@sundogplanets If I interpret this correctly, looks like between 50 and 60 degrees latitude is a hot spot for reentry.

This is a chart that shows the latitude of re-entered spacecraft. 95% of spacecraft re-entered at a latitude greater than 50 degrees. Source: “ The risk of casualties from the uncontrolled re-entry of spacecraft and orbital stages”
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468896724000077

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2025

Old person money hack. Adding cheese to my Whopper adds $1.20 to the price. Bring your Whopper home and add a Kraft Single for just 20 cents. That’s $1 saved. #BurgerKing #Whopper #SaveMoney

A picture of a 24 pack of Kraft Singles American cheese slices, and a wrapped Whopper burger without cheese.

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2025

My #CenturyLink DSL Internet is down... except for one computer where I'd previously configured DNS to use Google's Public DNS. I'm assuming this is somehow key to why it still works. I've tried to reproduce this onto another computer, but no luck so far.

A screenshot of my DNS configuration. The text reads as follows:
IP settings
IP assignment: Manual
IPv4 DNS servers: 8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
IPv6 DNS servers: 2001:4860:4860::8888

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2025

I think we all knew a Melon Husk / Turnip meltdown was inevitable, but I didn't think it'd happen this soon, escalate this quickly, or blowup this spectacularly. 🍿 🍿 🍿 #MelonHusk #POTUS47

This is a screenshot of four levels of quote tweets on Twitter. Here are the tweets, starting with the oldest, stepping to the newest. Dates and times are Central Daylight.

Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Time to drop the really big bomb:

@realDonaldTrump
is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.

Have a nice day, DJT!
June 5, 2025, 2:10 PM

Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out.
June 5, 2025, 2:20 PM

Ian Miles Cheong
@stillgray
President vs Elon. Who wins? My money's on Elon.

Trump should be impeached and JD Vance should replace him.
June 5, 2025, 2:50 PM

Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Yes
June 5, 2025, 3:11 PM

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @scottmiller42.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2025

Someone in my LinkedIn network posted this, and I have no inkling if it is genuine or sarcasm (see: Poe's Law). Full text of the post in the image Alt Text. NOTE: Please do not dogpile this person due to my toot.

This is a screenshot of a LinkedIn post that has the following text.
FINALLY AI WILL KILL HR 🤖 💼

I’m so excited that AI will free us from the broken and inefficient HR paradigm of nearly worthless interviews, performance reviews, and promotion decisions.

When an LLM can gain access to your accounts (with proper permissions established), we’ll be managing Human Resources like we do cash flow and other resources: plugging the right people to the right places at the right time. The synthesis of AI with distributed ledger technology (crypto tech stack) helps coordinate this. 📈

Efficient, effective HR, finally achieved and no longer hated, but the most revered department: helping us collectively unlock our potential, which is MASSIVELY UNDERTAPPED! ✨ ✌️

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