Jon

Blogger & freelance writer (always taking comms, DM for rates). I talk about stuff here, sometimes it turns out to be interesting.

[blue @bluewmist]

I'm finally reading Dune. This quote, which is in the first few pages, hits hard:

"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."

[𝗠𝘂𝗵𝗲𝗲 ♛ @muheediva01]

It's hilarious when companies try to make it seem unethical to only be at work for the money. What other reason would I be here???

[Anthony Avon .Art @AnthonyAvonArt]

So stop it maybe? Who are you warning? I can't do anything, YOU are the UN.

[Nick Kapur @nick_kapur]

Compelling essay by sci-fi writer Ted Chiang on why LLMs are nowhere near consciousness, but why it serves the interests of LLM companies to constantly suggest that they might be.

I've pulled one quote below, but the whole article is worth reading.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Boomers be like, “Just walk into the office and ask for a job.”

The office: locked
The recruiter: AI
The interview: automated
The job posting: fake
The rejection email: instant
Your data: sold

[Arron Automata 🤖 @Arron_TK]

“Maybe you should set realistic expectations for Sony’s State of Play.”

Bloodborne fans for the 11th year in a row:

[goma @soigomaa]

My "Roman Empire is the realization that my life is a lottery win. Somewhere in Sudan, Pålestine, iran, Afghanistan, Iraq or Congo, there is a boy smarter than me. He is more disciplined, more resilient, and holds more potential in his single finger than I do in my entire career.
The only difference? I am siting in a train and he is sting in the rubble of his dreams.
My "bad days" are his wildest dreams.
My "burnout" is a luxury he can't afford because his only job is staying alive.
It's geographical luck and it's a haunting injustice that we all refuse to acknowledge and look away

[Tom Harris 🇬🇧 @MrTCHarris]

My son set me this.

[mersomas @mersomas]

Google is revamping its entire search engine to this btw

[Mountain Ğeneral @MountainGenera]

Since Pope Leo XIV mentioned this in encyclical, this means if your employer is pushing you to use AI, you can cite religious conserns as a reason to not use it at work

[Edgar Allen Poe 🇬🇲 @allenakinkunle]

📌

[maddie @madsssagascar]

quote so evil it could be used in a childrens comic book to be widely and easily understood as “thats the bad guy”

[TheNCSmaster @TheNCSmaster]

It’s tragically comical how all the hyper evil fictional corporations from 80’s and 90’s media like Skynet and Shinra now sound indistinguishable from real world billionaires and corpo heads

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

Please stop. I don’t want an AI summary of my Google search. I don’t want an AI summary of the text message from my friend at work. I don’t want an AI summary of the email I’m about to read. Please just stop.

[Janel Comeau 🍁 @VeryBadLlama]

incredibly funny stuff from a country obsessed with a beverage made from a plant that does not grow in their climate

[Ana_LaPatata @ymuchosmemes]

Los que creen que la tierra es plana deben estar hartos de que todas las conspiraciones sean reales menos la suya.

[Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darren_cullen]

On the tube

[matt bernstein @mattxiv]

has everyone lost their fucking minds