Andrew Seabrook

gifted AND talented

[Andrew Seabrook @ASeabrook36]

the ideal app has an audience count of exactly one: me

[Sayan @sayan_wtf]

At this rate everyone’s gonna have their own app and zero users.

[Andrew Seabrook @ASeabrook36]

an effect of modern nihilism on people who strive to be intellectual-coded; because they lack a true aesthetic/moral direction, the ultimate insult they can think of, the worst fate possible, is to be thought "not smart". makes you dismissible and impossible to redeem, excusing them from having to make the effort to convince

this is also why their ugliness really comes out in discussions of measurable intelligence (IQ and similar) and it's obviously why they try to suppress those discussions as much as possible

[Andrew Seabrook @ASeabrook36]

it's okay John we all have our limits

[Andrew Seabrook @ASeabrook36]

You (the person making the sign) didn't try very hard! And you're willing to show everyone, the whole public, just how very hard you didn't try!

I think people have an understandable feeling of disappointment and repulsion when faced with someone so obviously phoning it in

[Andrew Seabrook @ASeabrook36]

This is very precisely correct, and I think is the true reason why people reflexively react negatively to ai content in word and image

[eigenrobot @eigenrobot]

asking people to read ai-generated text is offensive.

this is not because ai text is intrinsically bad. rather, the author has not paid a cost to write the text himself. this cost is a credible signal he finds its communication important.

so: not paying that cost is telling

[Andrew Seabrook @ASeabrook36]

My wife and I are seeing lots of campaign signs and it's very obvious which ones are ai generated. We both reached the same conclusion that we don't dislike these for the simple aesthetic sin of not being very good, but of what it implies:

[Andrew Seabrook @ASeabrook36]

people like to talk about "garbage in garbage out" but they tend to forget "vibes in vibes out"

[Philip Pilkington @philippilk]

This is so obvious it barely needs to be stated. If you believe otherwise you have a very limited imagination.

[Andrew Seabrook @ASeabrook36]

https://t.co/VQacoFgvio

[Andrew Seabrook @ASeabrook36]

@sinopaso2 Haha no problem!

I found it humorous that the point of the original post (to see what words other languages use for apple) is thwarted by the auto translate feature, because to me every response will just be "apple"

[Andrew Seabrook @ASeabrook36]

😐

[Andrew Seabrook @ASeabrook36]

@JeffMorganTV @WMAR2News Lol interesting characterization there jeff

[dany @danywander]

me and @claudeai

[Andrew Seabrook @ASeabrook36]

This has come up in the news recently and has been treated as a bit of a joke.

But after hearing his explanation and as a long-time sympathizer to frustrations re Maryland's one-party-system, I'm interested in knowing what other people think.

He is not wrong about Republican irrelevance. Their participation in the process has not seemed to slow the pace at which the Dem hegemony in MD passes an increasing volume of legislature each year, limited only by the logistics of how long the session is and what procedure (even done at light speed) will allow rather than by any feeling of restraint. Though judging by the actions of the House majority in the final minutes of the session this year, that friction too may be going by the wayside in practice.

They and the governor even attempted to gerrymander the (already-incredibly-gerrymandered) state electoral map even further this year, stopped only by the Senate President's fear of repercussions from the court system, rather than the voters.

Yes, the state as a whole has elected Republican governors. But the Dems have long had a veto-proof supermajority, and the ability of the governor to just not sign bills he doesn't like. But let them pass into law has also let them off the hook a bit for things that are not popular with their electorate, but they don't want to be seen vetoing.

So I can understand the frustration. It's disheartening to know that the general election simply doesn't matter in many of the districts here, because the majority has seen to it that they don't. I say this is a long time registered independent, having never gotten to vote in the primaries.

That being said, I feel like this is the sort of protest that would probably be better served by making it explicit at the outset what you intend to do? I'm sure that would be electorally foolish, but at the very least you could announce that you're doing it at the beginning and give a clear and reasoned explanation for why. I think Americans have a lot more sympathy for legislator political protest actions that are personally uncomfortable/ professionally detrimental if you at least explain why you're falling on the sword.

[Gary M. Collins @realgarycollins]

'THEY'RE WRONG': A Maryland lawmaker told me that his constituents are wrong about their outrage over his bizarre routine of voting present at the start of each day, placing a statue of Aristotle on his desk, and then leaving Annapolis entirely.

He calls it a "protest."

[Andrew Seabrook @ASeabrook36]

Great news

[NewsWire @NewsWire_US]

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill Signs Legislation Ending 40-Year Nuclear Power Moratorium

[The Baltimore Sun @baltimoresun]

Chaos rang out in the Maryland House in the final minutes of the legislative session, as Del. Matt Morgan and a number of others seemingly objected that House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk did not allow their explanation of votes on SB 255 and SB 141.

[Visa is doing marketing consults (see pinned!) @visakanv]

the most important thing you need on a perilous journey is...

[Andrew Seabrook @ASeabrook36]

This is true.

What's more, it's often inexplicably a shop that does something else as its primary food genre, like a Greek deli or an Italian pizza place

[Sandy Petersen 🪔 @SandyofCthulhu]

The best fast food everywhere in America is not a chain. Ask any local man in town what the good burger place is. It’ll be a one-of-a-kind spot better than any chain. Here are four from my town area.

Fellow Americans, back me up.

[Andrew Seabrook @ASeabrook36]

tbh I think this particular criticism doesn't get more traction is partly because it's the most obvious and boring one

[Andrew Seabrook @ASeabrook36]

I know it's not the point of this particular article, but I remain amazed at Yud's ability to be so sure about the danger of something (ASI-caused extinction) that relies upon something we can't even fully say exists (AI motivation and hypothetically, malevolence).

[Andrew Seabrook @ASeabrook36]

This is not helped by the models having been trained on the same material ("Act like a scary robot") and so being willing to play-act along ("I'm a scary robot").

[Andrew Seabrook @ASeabrook36]

I know it's not the point of this particular article, but I remain amazed at Yud's ability to be so sure about the danger of something (ASI-caused extinction) that relies upon something we can't even fully say exists (AI motivation and hypothetically, malevolence).

[Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹️ @ESYudkowsky]

https://t.co/32atCiIMW4

[Andrew Seabrook @ASeabrook36]

The easy explanation is to blame Hollywood for portraying autonomous computer systems with the same responsible deliberation as they do for firearms, resulting in a similarly warped view of the thing in the mind of the public.