Caleb Mayo

Brilliant Actor

[Caleb Mayo @kingdangerously]

@AdrienneLaF One armchair psych theory about his tone is that he feels threatened by a new species of thing that's good at writing

Categorical dismissal of the realness of AI minds is an alluring prospect if you make your living as a creative mind

And again, he really is a wonderful writer

[Caleb Mayo @kingdangerously]

@AdrienneLaF Chiang's argument that conscious-sounding chats don't prove LLMs can have consciousness is reasonable, but he doesn't address any OTHER reasons we might have for thinking AIs could be conscious, like inscrutable reasoning chains and surprise emergent behaviors

[Caleb Mayo @kingdangerously]

@bokuHaruyaHaru @camhberg Agree. And Microsoft Word has never suddenly demonstrated a new capacity its creators never anticipated. Developing AI models have done that repeatedly

[Caleb Mayo @kingdangerously]

Chiang is a wonderful writer, but this is a bad take. Calling trained neural nets "the same" as programmed software is like saying plants and plastics are all just carbon.

[Adrienne LaFrance @AdrienneLaF]

You really have to read Ted Chiang on consciousness and AI—just published in The Atlantic:

https://t.co/z9eRSlkwQ8

[Chelsea Music Festival @cmf_nyc]

Catch the NY Premiere of Copland & Twain,
a work full of humor, satire, & honesty

featuring actors @kingdangerously,
Chloe McFarlane, Carson Elrod,
Maurice Emanuel Parent, & Robert Walsh

on Thu June 25th at @openjarstudios !

🎟️ https://t.co/5RON1zOEfw - get your tix!

[Caleb Mayo @kingdangerously]

Come see Copland & Twain this weekend with @MilwSymphOrch. It's funny and thoughtful and everyone else wears clothes https://t.co/rK1rP30yJ5

[Caleb Mayo @kingdangerously]

Starting a warmup in symphony hall

[Caleb Mayo @kingdangerously]

Excited to return to Symphony Hall with the BSO Chamber Orchestra tonight. Come check us out if you're in Boston! https://t.co/kR8QnRwAuC

[Caleb Mayo @kingdangerously]

If I'm honest, this is also my relationship with cream

[Caleb Mayo @kingdangerously]

once you start noticing iambic pentameter itll pop up frequently in the wild

[Caleb Mayo @kingdangerously]

Moon shirt trending tonight for good reasons. Pass it on or pick one up! https://t.co/egBNbRBGje

[Caleb Mayo @kingdangerously]

Happy Easter! Anyone else notice they always turn the shower off with the same hand? I'm a righty but it's always my left

[Caleb Mayo @kingdangerously]

a fun and weird part of ai is the zero ego vibe

i just asked chat if i should switch to codex for a terminal api task and it said nah stick with claude for now

[Caleb Mayo @kingdangerously]

@Sky_SNL The instinct to protect valuable content behind a paywall is an alluring trap

We want you to succeed, you're doing great!

But if people can't watch and share your sketches online, the show will eventually fail

Embrace YouTube like SNL US

The internet will reward you

[Caleb Mayo @kingdangerously]

@Sky_SNL congratulations on your great work so far!

One note—you're leaving major value on the table by limiting YouTube to just a few sketches per episode

I know it seems wise to drive people to streamers for the full episodes, but SNL US posts every sketch for good reasons

[Caleb Mayo @kingdangerously]

@Sky_SNL The biggest one is free marketing reach

Then cultural influence—you can't go viral on a streaming service

Then there's the feedback loop you get from views and shares. You'll learn what connects and what fizzles

Finally there's supplemental ad revenue—it's less but it's real

[Caleb Mayo @kingdangerously]

gotta be honest i'm left pretty cold by the ai song stuff. it's objectively extremely impressive, but the application range feels extremely narrow

i'm a big ai fanboy but i honestly find it cringe

i think i'm looking forward to it sounding NOT like humans

[Caleb Mayo @kingdangerously]

@EmilyMoment 👀

[Caleb Mayo @kingdangerously]

i hear a lot of people talk about AI booking their flights for them and i think these people fly way more often than most of us